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Lindsay McKinley, a senior operations supervisor with PSEG Long Island leads the way as civilians participating in a "boss lift" leave a UH-60 helicopter assigned to the New York Army National Guard at Camp Smith Training Site on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019.Twenty employers from the Albany, N.Y. area and Long Island visited Camp Smith Training Site to get a first hand look at New York Army National Guard training as part of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program. ( NY Division of Military and Naval Affairs photo by NYG Specialist Michael T. Rehbaum)

Long Island Professionals get a taste of NY Army National Guard life thanks to "boss lift" to training site

Nine Long Island professionals sampled the experience of being a citizen Soldier in the New York Army National Guard on Monday, Sept. 16, thanks to a "boss lift" program sponsored by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program. The nine we...

Sep 19, 2019, 11:04am EDT

Mathew Zink, the training director for the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Union in Albany, N.Y. fires an M-4 carbine during a "boss lift" at Camp Smith Training Site in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 as New York Army National Guard Sgt. Omar Ortega, a member of the 1st Battalion 69th Infantry looks on..Twenty employers from the Albany, N.Y. area and Long Island visited Camp Smith Training Site to get a first hand look at New York Army National Guard training, including using electronic simulators and firing the M-4 and M-9, as part of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program. ( NY Division of Military and Naval Affairs photo by NYG Specialist Michael T. Rehbaum)

Capital Region Professionals experience Army National Guard training firsthand during "Boss Lift"

Eight Capitol Region professionals got to sample the experience of being a citizen Soldier in the New York Army National Guard on Monday, Sept. 16, thanks to a "boss lift" program sponsored by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. The eight...

Sep 19, 2019, 8:00am EDT

Col. Michelle Kilgore, (left) the commander of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing,passes the guidon of the 109th Maintenance Group to Lt. Col. William Carraher, the new commander of the group during change of command ceremonies at Stratton Air National Guard Base on Sept. 7, 2019. Col. Robert Donaldson, the outgoing commander, is at right. ( U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. William Gizara)

New York Air National Guard Lt. Col. William Carraher, a Rexford resident, takes command of 109th Airlift Wing Maintenance Group

New York Air National Guard Lt. Col. William Carraher, a Rexford resident and retired New York State Police officer, assumed command of the 109th Airlift Wing's 109th Maintenance Group during a ceremony at Stratton Air National Guard Base on Saturday, ...

Sep 19, 2019, 8:00am EDT

New York Guard Staff Sgt. William Jolly of the 21st Detachment, 10th Area Command demonstrates safe operation of a chainsaw while conducting joint task force training at Youngstown Local Training Area during preparation for an incoming windstorm that was expected to bring 80 mph winds to Western New York February 24, 2019. (Division Military and Naval Affairs New York Guard photo by Spc. Michael Rehbaum)

New York Guard, the state's volunteer defense force, invites press to attend training at Camp Smith on Sept. 20

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...

Sep 19, 2019, 7:00am EDT

New York Guard volunteers undergo training on the use of a skid steer during annual training in 2018. Photo by Capt. Mark Getman/New York Guard

New York Guard, the state's volunteer defense force, conducts annual training at Camp Smith Sept. 16-22

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...

Sep 14, 2019, 11:00am EDT

New York Army National Guard Colonel James Cahill receives his new rank from his daughter McKenna as his wife Charlie looks on during promotion ceremonies at Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters in Latham, N.Y, on Sept. 7, 2019. (DMNA Photo by Eric Durr)

Clifton Park resident James Cahill, an Afghan War veteran, is promoted to colonel in New York Army National Guard

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...

Sep 14, 2019, 11:00am EDT

New York Naval Militia Rear Admiral Warren Smith (left) receives his new rank from Major General Ray Shields, the Adjutant General of New York, during promotion ceremonies at New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters in Latham. N.Y. on Sept. 9, 2019. ( U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Jean Marie Kratzer)

Rhinebeck architect Warren Smith is promoted to Rear Admiral in the New York Naval Militia

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...

Sep 14, 2019, 9:00am EDT

New York National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing Airmen to visit with Brazilian Air Force next week

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...

Sep 13, 2019, 12:00pm EDT

Members of the 109th Airlift Wing's Emergenecy Management Flight pose with their Colonel Frederick J. Reimer Award during recent chemcial, biological, nuclear training conducted at Stratton Air National Guard Base. The award recognizes the best emergency managment flight in the Air National Guard. ( U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Christine Wood.)

109th Airlift Wing Emergency Management Flight is named best in the Air National Guard

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...

Sep 12, 2019, 6:00am EDT

New York Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Ciccone is presented with a Legion of Merit award by Brigadier General Michel Natali, the Assistant Adjutant General of the New York National Guard, during his retirement ceremony on Sunday, September 8th, 2019 at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham, N.Y. Ciccone was retiring after 33 years of service in the New York Army National Guard. (U. S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt Matthew Gunther)

Rensselaer National Guard Officer, Iraq Veteran, Recognized for more then 33 years of Military Service

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...

Sep 11, 2019, 10:20am EDT

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