Members of the press are invited to visit Camp Smith Training Site and observe members of the New York Guard, the state's volunteer self-defense force, conducting chainsaw training as part of their week-long annual training at Camp Smith Training Si...

Two hundred and sixty members of the New York Guard, New York's state defense force, will conduct their week-long annual training at Camp Smith Training Site beginning Monday, September 16, and concluding September 22. The New York Guard is a force...

Clifton Park resident James Cahill was promoted to the rank of colonel in the New York Army National Guard during ceremonies held at New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters on Sept. 7, 2019. He was promoted to his new rank...

Warren Smith, a Rhinebeck resident, and retired Navy Reserve officer, has been promoted to rear admiral in the New York Naval Militia. A rear admiral is a one-star admiral. Smith, an architect and a principal of his own firm, Warrant Temple Smith A...

Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing will travel to Brazil next week to meet with members of the Brazilian Air Force's 1st Squadron of the 1st Transport Group at Galeao Air Base in Rio de Janeiro. The meeting is being con...

The 109th Airlift Wing's Emergency Management Flight has been named the best in the Air National Guard.Air Force emergency management personnel are trained to conduct response and recovery missions following a natural or man made disaster on their base...

New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Christopher Ciccone, a resident of Rensselaer, N.Y., and veteran of the war in Iraq, retired after 33 years of service in the New York Army National Guard during an award ceremony held at New York Army National Gua...

Remotely Piloted MQ-9 Aircraft flying into and out of Syracuse International Airport are no longer accompanied by piloted airplanes, thanks to the recent installation of a military Ground Based Detect and Avoid Radar system. The system, employed by ...

Doug Baker, a Porters Corners resident and a veteran of two deployments to Iraq, was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the New York Army National Guard during an August 20 ceremony at New York National Guard Headquarters in Latham. Baker enlisted in...

New York Army National Guard Sgt. Maj. Daniel Brunner, a Saratoga Springs resident, and a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has retired after 22 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps and the New York Army National Guard. Brunner was p...