New York Army National Guard Col. Jason Lefton, an Iraq War veteran and Niskayuna resident, will take command of the Guard's 53rd Troop Command on January 11, 2025, during a ceremony at Camp Smith, the New York National Guard's training site near Peeks...

New York Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Gary Charlton II, a Loudonville resident, will be promoted to the two-star major general rank and become the commander of the 5,800- member New York Air National Guard on Friday, January 9, 2026. Charlton will re...

The New York Air National Guard's 107th Attack Wing honored Millard Fillmore, the nation's 13th president, Jan. 7, as the wing's Mission Support Group deputy commander laid a wreath at his gravesite in Buffalo. Lt. Col. Andrew Rodgers, of Buffalo NY, ...

New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen provided military funeral honors at 6,166 graveside services in 2025. The 69 Soldiers who serve in the New York Army National Guard Honor Guard conducted 5,051 military funerals during the year. Meanwhile, ...

The New York Army National Guard was tops in recruiting and retaining Citizen Soldiers in 2025 out of the 54 state and territorial Army Guards in the United States. This was the fourth year in a row in which the New York Army Guard was the best in rec...

Volunteers from across the New York National Guard will join military family members, community supporters and Gold Star Families for the annual Christmas Eve road march tomorrow morning, December 24, 2025 in Glens Falls, N.Y. to show support for milit...

New York Air National Guard Chief Master Sgt. Robert Savio, a Seaford New York resident, closed his 40-year military career with a retirement ceremony at the 106th Rescue Wing, F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach on December 6...

New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Gary Barney, a Fairport resident and a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, turned over command of the 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment during a Dec. 14 ceremony at the unit's headquarters at Niagara Fa...

Rotterdam resident Michele VanNess received a promotion to the rank of master sergeant in the New York Army National Guard during a ceremony held at New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters on December 22, 2025. She was promo...

Nine New York Air Guard Airmen and two New York Army Guard noncommissioned Soldiers were among 40 military personnel who turned out for the annual Wreaths Across America remembrance ceremony at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schu...