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New York Guard hosts biological, chemical dispersal drill
October 26, 2021
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt Jonathan Vasconez, a member of the New York National Guard's 24th Civil Support Team, takes notes while collecting data at a testing location in the World Trade Center Subway Station in New York City Oct. 19, 2021, while participating in a study on how chemical and biological agents would disperse in a big city. The New York National Guard's 24th Civil Support Team, based in New York City, hosted 124 Guard Soldiers and Airmen from around the country who participated in the Department of Homeland Security study.
NYNG's 106th Rescue Wing trains on beach for winter driving
October 14, 2021
Humvees negotiate the driving course at Smith Point County Park near Mastic Beach, New York, on July 9, 2021, during driver training conducted by the 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard. The 106th Rescue Wing fields an immediate response force of five high-axle military vehicles and 20 personnel when natural disasters and emergencies hit Long Island.
Four Soldiers are 1st in NYNG to earn Expert Soldier Badge
October 14, 2021
From left, New York Army National Guard Spcs. William Neumeister and Nicholas Weber, Sgt. Alexander Sonneville and Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Blount at Fort Drum, New York, Oct. 1, 2021, after earning the Expert Soldier Badge. The four are the first New York Army National Guard Soldiers to earn the new skills badge.
New York National Guard Airman helps deliver Afghan baby
October 4, 2021
New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Scarlett Yates, assigned to the 106th Air Rescue Wing, sorts through donated books for Afghan children at the temporary medical isolation dormitory at Liberty Village, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Sept. 27, 2021.  Yates helped deliver an Afghan baby at the base Sept. 7.
NYNG Soldier, Airman to attend Brazilian jungle training
September 17, 2021
New York Army National Guard Cpl. Dakoatah Miller takes a break during the Army National Guard Best Warrior competition at Florence Military Reservation, Arizona, July 20, 2021. Miller, a member of the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, will be attending the special international class at the Brazilian Jungle Warfare Training Center.
Governor recognizes New York National Guard's 9/11 response
September 13, 2021
Gov. Kathy Hochul recognizes the New York National Guard for its service responding to the 9/11 terror attacks on the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 in remarks at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.
New York National Guard remembers 9/11 with ceremony
September 10, 2021
The color guard presents the flag during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham, New York Sept. 10, 2021. The ceremony took place in front of a backdrop of 2,977 small American flags representing each of the people killed during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Hokanson: Names in bronze one of the reasons the National Guard keeps our promise to be Always Ready, Always There
September 10, 2021
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, places a flag and pauses to remember U.S. Military Academy classmate Douglas Gurian, among the almost 3,000 names engraved in the 9/11 Memorial. “It was an attack on our nation, and deeply personal to so many of us,” Hokanson said. The National Guard transformed from a strategic reserve to an operational force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. This image was acquired using a cellular device.
National Guard members reflect on 9/11 experiences
September 10, 2021
A graphic illustration of the World Trade Center Twin Towers coming out of the Pentagon with a keystone on the bottom. The towers’ gradient from blue to red symbolizes the lives lost on 9/11. As the nation commemorates the tragic day 20 years ago, National Guard members and retirees reflect on their experiences, and how the day’s events changed the course of the Guard.
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.