CAMP SMITH --New York National Guard soldiers conduct a tactical insertion during the State Best Warrior Competition at Camp Smith Training Site, New York on April, 17 2024. The State Best Warrior Competition is an annual event in which junior enlisted Soldiers and non-commissioned officers from various units across New York compete in several events intended to test their military skills and knowledge as well as their physical fitness and endurance with the winners proceeding the Region One competition next month in New York ..read more

CENTRAL COMMAND AREA--Fourteen New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to C Company 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion who received the Combat Action Badge from Lt. Col. Paul Mulligan the battalion commander during a ceremony conducted in Jordan on April 17 2024 pose for a photograph with company and battalion leaders. The 14 Soldiers were deployed at a location known as Tower 22 on 28 January 2024 when a drone strike killed three U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and injured 47 other military personnel. The 101st Soldiers are deployed to the Middle East as part of Operation Spartan Shield ..read more

CAMP SMITH--New York Army National Guard Spc. Darwin Flores a signal operations support specialist with the 187th Signal Company 369th Special Troops Battalion ground guides Spc. Brianna Green a human resources specialist with the 369th Sustainment Brigades administration section during high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle training held at the motor pool on Camp Smith New York April 13 2024 ..read more

STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE-- New York State Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh, who represents parts of Saratoga and Schenectady coutie, presents a legislative proclamation honoring the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing to Col. Robert Donaldson, the wing commander, during a visit to Stratton Air National Guard base on April 12, 2024. Walsh met with wing leaders as well as Major General Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, and Major General Denise Donnell , the commander of the New York Air National Guard ..read more

LATHAM--New York Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Larry Langley, left, receives the Legion of Merit from Colonel Michelle Buonome during his retirement ceremony at Division of Military and Naval Affairs Headquarters in Latham on April 11, 2024. Langley has played a key role in the New York National Guard's family programs and resilience training efforts. He will continue working as a civilian employee ..read more

SYRACUSE--New York Army National Guard Soldiers and civilians pose for a photo to mark Teal Tuesday at 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters at the Thompson Road Armory in Syracuse, New York on April 9, 2024. People are asked to wear teal colored clothing on this day during April to show support for efforts to halt sexual assault and harassment. April is Sexual Assault and Harassment Prevention Month ..read more

NIAGARA FALLS --New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from the 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment and 107th Attack Wing witness the beginning stages of the total solar eclipse covering the region on April 8 2024 at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in Niagara Falls New York.. The Soldiers and Airmen were on duty to support local officials if required. Over 150 service members across New York State were activated to potentially support civil emergency services due to the huge increase in tourism generated by the event ..read more

SYRACUSE-- New York Air National Guard Col. John R. O'Connor, the commander of the 174th Attack Wing, speaks to wing members who are going on duty Monday, April 8, at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, New York, to serve as a response force after the solar eclipse. The New York National Guard is positioning 150 Soldiers and Airmen, along with 36 vehicles across three locations to aid state or local authorities with any events surrounding the eclipse if asked, as well as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter and aircrew ..read more

ALBANY--New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt Karlie Foster assigned to the 2nd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (CST) takes photos of radioactive areas during an exercise aboard the USS Slater museum ship in Albany New York on March 28 2024. The CST Soldiers and Airmen worked with the New York State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to identify radiological sources aboard the ship during the joint training exercise ..read more

STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE-- New York Air National Guard Airmen assigned to the 105th Airlift Wing head towards their waiting families after returning from a three month deployment to Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York on February 17, 2024. The Airmen, deployed in December to different locations under the new Air Guard model for mobilization and deployment ..read more