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...

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...

Isabel Rivera Smith, who grew up in Lorain and graduated from Admiral King High School, has been promoted to brigadier general in the New York Army National Guard. Smith, who enlisted in the Army in 1985, serves as the director of joint staff for th...

Isabel Rivera Smith, a Goshen resident and Iraq War veteran became the New York National Guard's newest general officer during a ceremony at Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters in Latham on Thursday, February 18. Smith was promoted ...

Eighteen New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 1108th Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) said goodbye to their families during a ceremony held at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Glenville on February 13. The Soldiers departed f...

Six new members joined the New York Air National Guard during the 174th Attack Wing's Winter Career Fair on Friday. Feb. 5 Col. William McCrink, III, the commander of the 174th Attack Wing, administered the oath of enlistment to the six recruits. ...

Rexford resident Peter Keegan Jr., a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a tour in the U.S. Navy, was promoted to the rank of colonel in the New York Air National Guard during a ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters on Wednesday...

New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Marshall Hunt, a former infantryman, Iraq war veteran, Buffalo native and Utica resident, is taking over as Executive Officer and Chief of Staff of the Syracuse-based 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team this month....

New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Mike Bedryk, a Manhasset Hills resident and Iraq War veteran, took command of the New York Army National Guard's 369th Special Troops Battalion during a ceremony held on January 23 at the historic Fifth Avenue Armo...

New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael Tagliafierro, a Porters Corners resident, ended a military career which began in 1983 with a retirement ceremony on Monday, January 25 at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham. Tagliafierro is a...