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Brig. Gen. Shaw Clouthier, a Coxsackie resident and former commander of 109th Airlift Wing retires after 38 years
Brig. Gen. Shawn Clouthier, a former commander of the 109th Airlift Wing, ended his military career after 38 years of service on Sunday, January 12, during a ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham. Clouthier served as Chief of St...
Jan 13, 2020, 3:00pm EST
Bassett Medical Center head named top medical advisor for New York Army National Guard
Dr. William LeCates, a Cooperstown resident and president of Bassett Medical Center, the 180-bed teaching hospital in Cooperstown, has been selected to serve as the New York Army National Guard's top medical advisor. LeCates, a lieutenant colonel in...
Dec 30, 2019, 5:00pm EST
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Christmas Eve Road March in Glens Falls Honors Deployed Troops, Veterans
Volunteers from across the New York National Guard joined more than a thousand military family members, community supporters and Gold Star Families for the annual Christmas Eve road march December 24, 2019 here in Glens Falls, N.Y. to show their suppor...
Dec 23, 2019, 1:00pm EST
Altamont resident Jeffrey Quivey, an Iraq War veteran, is promoted to Sergeant Major in the New York Army National Guard
Altamont resident Jeffrey Quivey, a veteran of the Iraq War, was promoted to the rank of sergeant major in the New York Army National Guard during a short ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 19 at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham. Sergeant Majo...
Dec 20, 2019, 10:00am EST
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Niskayuna resident Nestor Berge promoted to Lt. Colonel in the New York Army National Guard
Niskayuna resident Nestor Berge, a veteran of the War in Afghanistan, was promoted to Lt. Colonel in the New York Army National Guard during a ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters on Thursday, Dec. 19. Berge, an Army lawyer, serves as th...
Dec 20, 2019, 5:00am EST
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French Government will honor Olean WWII Veteran of National Guard Artillery Unit on Friday, Dec. 20
New York Army National Guard artillery Soldiers will attend a medal presentation for WWII veteran Charlie Brown, 95, a former member of the 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery who will be honored with the French Legion of Honor for his service in th...
Dec 19, 2019, 9:00am EST
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Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Thomas Carpenter, a Prospect resident, graduates from Brazilian Army jungle school
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Thomas Carpenter, a Prospect, N.Y. resident has successfully passed the six-week long International Jungle Operations Course run by the Brazilian army at its Center for Jungle Warfare Instruction in Manaus, Brazi...
Dec 11, 2019, 9:00am EST
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Springfield Gardens National Guard Soldier promoted to rank of lieutenant colonel
Latham, NY (11/16/2019) - New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Judith Williams, a veteran of the war in Iraq from Springfield Gardens, New York, was promoted during a ceremony at the Joint Force Headquarters in Latham November 16, 2019. Williams be...
Nov 29, 2019, 2:56pm EST
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National Guard Flight Facility Commemorates Anniversary of 1999 Crash that Claimed Two Lives
Members of the New York Army National Guard aviation community commemorate the loss of two aircrew members in a crash of a National Guard UH-1H Huey helicopter 20 years ago. WHO: Soldiers, civilian employees of the New York Army National Guard Aviat...
Nov 25, 2019, 7:00am EST
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Seneca Falls resident Keith Tidball, a New York Guard member, received NYS Military Commendation Medal
Keith Tidball, a Seneca Falls resident and Cornell University professor, has been awarded the New York State Military Commendation Medal for responding to a February 2, 2019 accident on Routes 5 and 20 in Seneca Falls. Tidball is a captain in the Ne...
Nov 21, 2019, 3:51pm EST