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New York Guardsmen remember 9/11
September 8, 2021
New York Army National Guard Maj. Edward Keyrouze assists at the still smoldering "rubble pile" at Ground Zero following the attack on the World Trade Center towers in New York Sept. 11, 2001. More than 14,000 members of the New York National Guard responded to the attack.
New York State Military Museum marks 9/11 with exhibit
September 7, 2021
A New York Police Department parking enforcement vehicle that was crushed when the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center collapsed in Manhattan on 9/11 is unloaded outside the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York, Aug. 16, 2021. The vehicle, on loan from the New York State Museum, will be part of an exhibit at the museum, run by the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs, on the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
National Guard religious affairs teams hone combat skills
September 1, 2021
Master Sgt. Warren Jones, 107th Attack Wing religious affairs Airman, and Capt. Jeff Bartz, 107th AW chaplain, exit a Humvee during the Deployed Security Operations Chaplains Course, Aug. 26, 2021, at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vermont. The three-day course was developed by 158th religious affairs and security forces Airmen as a crash course in weapons handling and familiarization, general security procedures, convoy operations and improvised explosive device recognition.
New York Guardsmen responded selflessly to 9/11 attacks
August 31, 2021
A New York Army National Guard Soldier mans a checkpoint at the World Trade Center in New York City Sept. 14, 2001 following the 9/11 attacks that brought down the Trade Center's Twin Towers. New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen played a key role in the state response to the attack. More than 14,000 members of the New York Army and Air National Guard, the New York Naval Militia and the New York Guard were on duty at some points in the months after the attack.
New York National Guard responds to hurricane threat
August 23, 2021
Humvees in front of the New York State Police Troop L in Brentwood, New York, Aug. 22, 2021, as part of the New York National Guard response to the anticipated landfall of Tropical Storm Henri. The Guard activated 500 Soldiers and Airmen on Long Island, New York City and in the Hudson Valley and Albany area to respond to any government requests for assistance.
Army Guard director visits 100th Missile Defense Brigade
August 4, 2021
Army Lt. Gen. Jon A. Jensen, the director of the Army National Guard, speaks with Soldiers in the Missile Defense Element at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, July 26, 2021. Jensen visited the 100th Missile Defense Brigade of the Colorado Army National Guard in Colorado Springs to learn more about the unit and its mission to defend the United States and designated areas from long-range ballistic missile attacks.
National Guard units across the nation complete Cyber Shield
July 26, 2021
Washington National Guard cyber experts and civilian partners who participated in the Cyber Shield 2021 exercise, shown July 21, 2021, at Camp Murray, Wash.
New York National Guard closing down mass vaccination site
July 12, 2021
Emma L. Jenks, 21, of Millerton, New York, gets one of the last vaccinations at the Jacob K Javits mass vaccination site in Manhattan July 9, 2021. Jenks, the daughter of New York Army National Guard Sgt. Major Robert, received her second Pfizer vaccination from nurse Christina Davis-Riley and New York Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Mark Manual, a member of the 105th Airlift Wing, who served as the data entry technician. Representatives from the agencies that comprised Joint Task Javits witnessed the occasion.
NYNG strengthens relationship with Israel's Home Front Command
July 1, 2021
New York Army National Guard Maj. Del Gustave, assigned to the 24th Civil Support Team, briefs Israeli Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, commander of the Israeli Defense Force Home Front Command, center, and Lt. Col. Hal Rekah, the Home Front Command liaison officer for the National Guard Bureau, during a capability brief of the CST for Home Front Command at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, N.Y. on June 28, 2021.
New York Army Guard Twins serve together on COVID-19 mission
June 30, 2021
New York Army National Guard Spcs. Armani and Artez Wilkins, right, and Pfcs. Jiralmi and Gizelle Lugo, left, on the roof of the Jacob Javits mass vaccination site in New York June 29, 2021. The two sets of identical twins have served together to support New York’s Operation COVID-19 response.
106th Medical Group hones med tech trauma management skills
June 21, 2021
Airmen assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing Medical Group transport a simulated casualty during a training exercise at Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, New York, June 11, 2021. Twenty-two Airmen took part in the advanced trauma assessment training June 6-11.
New York National Guard celebrates Army birthday
June 15, 2021
New York Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Brian Sherman, Chief Warrant Officer Jacqueline O'Keefe, the New York National Guard Command Chief Warrant Officer, and Pfc. Tyler Tomlin cut a cake to celebrate the 246th birthday of the U.S. Army June 14, 2021, during a ceremony at New York Army National Guard headquarters in Latham, New York.
NYNG remembers sacrifice in Memorial Day ceremony
May 28, 2021
Air Force Maj. Gen. Timothy LaBarge, assistant adjutant general for New York, and Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Denny Richardson, state command chief for New York, render honors while taps is played during a Memorial Day service in Latham, N.Y., May 27, 2021. Each year the facility holds a service to recognize New York Guardsman who died the previous year.
NYNG helps hit half-million shot count at NYC vaccine site
April 30, 2021
Cassie Huang, 28, of New York receives her first Pfizer vaccination from nurse Raquel Calderon April 26, 2021, marking the 500,000th vaccine administered at the Jacob Javits Center mass vaccination site. More than 3,180 members of the New York Army and Air National Guard, the New York Naval Militia and the New York Guard are supporting the multi-agency response to COVID-19 at 24 vaccination sites and other locations across New York.
NY, NJ Homeland Response Force resumes training
April 19, 2021
Sgt. Dakota Nelson, a combat engineer assigned to Bravo Company, 152nd Brigade Engineer Battalion of the New York Army National Guard, teaches lifting techniques to fellow engineers during a Homeland Response Force collective training exercise in East Amherst, New York, April 17, 2021. Nelson and his unit are assigned to the FEMA Region II HRF's search and extraction element.
NYNG helps vaccinate 10,000 people in a day at New York site
April 16, 2021
New York Air National Guard Lt. Col. John Reynolds, a registered nurse assigned to the 105th Airlift Wing, vaccinates John Giarratano at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City April 12, 2021. The convention center serves as a mass vaccination site with more than 600 National Guard personnel assisting the state health department.
NYNG ships over 10 million COVID test kits statewide
April 14, 2021
Army Pfc. Sydney Smith, with the 206th Military Police Company, and Spc. Claude Hamilton, a construction engineer assigned to the 1156th Engineer Company, assemble COVID-19 test kits to be shipped across New York state, at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy April 13, 2021. The Guard has helped assemble and ship 10 million test kits since last April.
NYNG collects 3 million-plus health forms from travelers
April 5, 2021
New York Army National Guard Spc. Enda Wang, a member of the 187th Signal Company, checks the phone of an international traveler arriving at John F Kennedy International Airport, New York, to ensure she completed the digital version of the New York State Travel Health form April 1, 2021. Between October 16 and April 1, New York National Guard personnel checked and collected over 3 million electronic and paper forms.
14th CST all-hazards response team is ready and relevant
March 31, 2021
Sgt. Dan Pyo of the 14th Civil Support Team assists teammate Sgt. Justin Madore during a training exercise at the Eastern States Exposition Center in West Springfield, Mass., on March 25, 2021. The Training Proficiency Evaluation is led by U.S. Army North for a CST to validate their training and equipment every 18 months.
NYNG 69th Infantry leads downsized St. Patrick's Day Parade
March 18, 2021
Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, step off for an abbreviated version of the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade accompanied by Irish Wolfhounds, the traditional mascot of the regiment, in New York March 17, 2021. The regiment has led the parade annually since 1851.