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NY Guard volunteer force senior enlisted member retires after 21 years
New York Guard Command Sergeant Major Pamela Parker-Collwood, a former Springfield Gardens, N.Y. resident, retired September 16th, 2017 in a ceremony at Camp Smith, N.Y., in front of fellow militia volunteers of the New York Guard State Defense Force a...
Dec 28, 2017, 9:44am EST
Melanie Groff, a Tannersville resident, honored by the New York Army National Guard
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Melanie Groff, a Tannersville native, was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal during a ceremony held at the Division of Military and Naval Affairs Headquarters in Latham, N.Y. on December 21. Groff received ...
Dec 26, 2017, 11:03am EST
N.Y. Army Guard Lt. Brandon Hall, a Lewiston resident, sends holiday video greeting from Ukraine
A video Christmas greeting from New York Army National Guard 1st Lt. Brandon Hall, a Lewiston, NY resident, who is deployed in Ukraine, has been posted on the Department of Defense's Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) The short vi...
Dec 21, 2017, 9:18am EST
Chief Master Sgt. Michael Blake, a Ballston Spa resident, takes part in National Guard birthday ceremony
New York Air National Guard Chief Master Sgt. Michael Blake, a Ballston Spa resident, was one of two New York National Guard members selected to participate in a celebration of the National Guard's 381st Birthday on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at New York Natio...
Dec 14, 2017, 9:51am EST
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Watervliet resident Jade Richards takes part in National Guard Birthday Celebration
New York Army National Guard Specialist Jade Richards, a Watervliet resident, was one of two New York National Guard members selected to participate in a celebration of the National Guard's 381st Birthday on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at New York National Guar...
Dec 14, 2017, 8:40am EST
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New York National Guard Sgt. Maj. Ken Secor, Iraq veteran and East Greenbush resident retires
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Major Ken Secor, an East Greenbush resident and Iraq War Veteran retired after 30 years in the military on Friday, December 1. Secor served in the United States Navy from 1987 to 1992. He joined the New York Army Na...
Dec 11, 2017, 1:27pm EST
New York National Guard Staff Sgt. Danny Martinez Recieves Army Logistics Award
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Danny Martinez, a Hopewell Junction, N.Y. resident, has been recognized by the New York Army National Guard for his role in helping his Camp Smith-based unit earn the Army's Supply Excellence Award. Martinez i...
Dec 10, 2017, 12:55pm EST
Spa City Guardsman Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
New York Army National Guard Major Todd Balog, an Afghanistan veteran with more than 16 years of active and Guard military service, received his promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel in a ceremony December 8, 2017 at the New York State Military M...
Dec 10, 2017, 12:19pm EST
New Rochelle Soldier completes Basic Training as part of National Guard Military Family
The Army National Guard says it is family, and in the Bozier household from New Rochelle, N.Y., they live up to that creed with the November 9, 2017 basic combat training graduation of Pvt. Justin Bozier, age 19, here at the U.S. Army Maneuver Center o...
Dec 7, 2017, 2:44pm EST
Renssealer County brothers mark end of Army National Guard careers in joint retirement ceremony
Two brothers who deployed to Iraq together in 2005 marked the end of their service in the New York Army National Guard during a joint retirement ceremony held Saturday, Dec. 2, at New York National Guard Headquarters here. Lt. Col. Joseph Claus, age...
Dec 7, 2017, 5:00am EST