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NY Air Guard Master Sgt. Tricia Shivers, a Canastota resident, is honored by New York Air National Guard

New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Tricia Shivers, a Canastota resident, and a member of the 174th Attack Wing which his based at Hancock Field Air National has been named Outstanding First Sergeant of the Year by the 5,800- member New York Air Na...

Mar 16, 2021, 12:30pm EDT

New York Army National Guard Col. Seth L. Morgulas commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade passes, the guidon to Lt. Col Steven P. Perry the new commander of the 104th Military Police Battalion during a change of command ceremony at the Kingston Armory in Kingston N.Y. on March 6 2021. The 104th Military Police Battalions mission is to provide military support to State and Federal law enforcement agencies.(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Marla Ogden)

Lt. Col. Steven Perry, a Thiells, Rockland County resident, takes command of Kingston-based National Guard Battalion

New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Steven Perry, a Thiells, Rockland County resident and a veteran of the Iraq War, took command of the 104th Military Police Battalion at its Kingston headquarters on Saturday March 6. Perry took over the command ...

Mar 11, 2021, 12:42pm EST

Lt. Col. Michael Hastings, takes command of Yonkers' National Guard Signal Battalion

New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael Hastings,assumed command of the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, whic his headquarterd in Yonkers, during a ceremony at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill on Saturday, Feb. 27. The battalion, i...

Mar 2, 2021, 5:00pm EST

New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael J. Hastings, accepts the colors of the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion during change of command ceremonies at ceremony at Camp Smith, N.Y., on February 27, 2021.The unit colors, or flag, are traditionally passed from the outgoing to the incoming commander to represent the transition of authority for the unit. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Marla Ogden)

Lt. Col. Michael Hastings, a Mechanicville resident, takes command of National Guard Signal Battalion

New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael Hastings, a Mechanicville resident and Afghan War veteran, assumed command of the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion during a ceremony at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill on Saturday, Feb. 27. T...

Mar 2, 2021, 3:00pm EST

New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew H. Lampkins, the Command Sergeant Major of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, and Col. Seth L. Morgulas, the Commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, pose with Christopher Rios, who painted this mural of Sgt. Henry Johnson and New York Governor Al Smith, at Camp Smith Training Site on February 26, 2021. The mural dedicated to Sgt. Henry Johnson, a Medal of Honor recipient who fought with the 369th Infantry in World War I, decorates the newly modernized Simulations Training Building at Camp Smith. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Angela Minardi)

Mural at Camp Smith honors African-American World War 1 Hero Sgt. Henry Johnson

The new simulations center at the New York National Guard's Camp Smith Training Site, now includes a mural dedicated to Sgt. Henry Johnson, a World War I Soldier who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2015. The mural salutes the New York...

Mar 1, 2021, 10:41am EST

Former 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony McLean delivers remarks during a change of responsibility ceremony in Syracuse, New York, February 19. Command Sgt. Maj. Edwin Garris assumed the role of the brigade's senior non-commissioned officer from McLean, who retired after 39 years of military service. (Army National Guard Photo by Capt. Avery Schneider)

NY National Guard Command Sgt. Major Anthony V. McLean, a Middletown resident, retires after 39 years

New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony V. McLean, a veteran of the war in Iraq,a retired New York City Police Detective, and a Middletown resident, will retire on February 28 after 39 years of military service. McLean's final role as...

Feb 22, 2021, 5:00pm EST

New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Markle, the senior enlisted leader of 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment discusses the heroic actions of Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Henry Johnson, during a visit to the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Feb. 14, 2021. Johnson, a World War I veteran of the New York National Guard’s 369th Infantry Regiment, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery during an outnumbered battle with German soldiers on May 14, 1918. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Warren W. Wright Jr.)

Soldiers from National Guard unit headquartered in Utica visit NY National Guard heroes graves at Arlington

New York National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion of the 108th Infantry Regiment which is headquartered in Utica, visited the graves of New York National Guard Soldiers interred at Arlington National Cemetery during a break from their secu...

Feb 22, 2021, 3:00pm EST

27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Command Sgt. Maj. Edwin Garris delivers remarks during a change of responsibility ceremony in Syracuse, New York, February 19. Garris assumed the role of the brigade's senior non-commissioned officer from Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony McLean, who retired after 39 years of military service. (Army National Guard Photo by Capt. Avery Schneider)

NY Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Edwin Garris, a Buffalo resident, takes top enlisted job in 27th Infantry Brigade

SYRACUSE, NY --New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Edwin L. Garris, a Buffalo resident and a veteran of Operation Desert Storm, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has become the top non-commissioned officer in the 27th Infantry Brigade C...

Feb 22, 2021, 1:00pm EST

NY National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade, headquartered in Syracuse, gets a new top enlisted leader

New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Edwin L. Garris, a veteran of the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has become the top noncommissioned officer in the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Garris, a Buffalo re...

Feb 22, 2021, 1:00pm EST

Brigadier General Isabel Rivera Smith, the director of joint staff for the New York National Guard, has her one-star rank pinned on by family members during promotion ceremonies at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham, New York on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Pictured are, from left her husband Peter Smith, her grandson Antonio, and her daughter Antoinette. ( U.S. Army National Guard photo by Major Jean Kratzer.)

Isabel Rivera Smith, a Goshen resident, promoted to one-star general in the New York National Guard

Isabel Rivera Smith, a Goshen resident and Iraq War Veteran who started in the Army as a truck driver in 1985, has been promoted to brigadier general in the New York Army National Guard. Smith, who enlisted in the Army in 1985, serves as the directo...

Feb 19, 2021, 10:00am EST

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