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New York National Guard Airman helps deliver Afghan baby
October 4, 2021 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – The woman’s foot pressed into the top of the Airman’s collarbone where it connected at her right shoulder.In the Airman’s other hand was a cell phone hoisted... MORE

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 — SYRACUSE, New York – Two New York National Guard members will represent the United States and the New York National Guard during the Brazilian Jungle Warfare Center’s annual international course at... MORE

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 — NEW YORK – On the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, members of the New York National Guard were recognized by Gov. Kathy Hochul for their service during and after that tragic... MORE

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 — LATHAM, New York – New York National Guard headquarters personnel marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in a ceremony Sept. 10 before a backdrop of 2,977 small American flags — one for every... MORE

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 — NEW YORK – As Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson ran his fingers over the letters spelling out one of the names cut into the 9/11 Memorial here Wednesday, he pondered the consequences of the terrorist attacks... MORE

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 — ARLINGTON, Va. – On Sept. 4, 2001, then-Army Staff Sgt. Timothy Redmond was starting his first day as an assistant district attorney in New York City.One week later, recalled the Green Beret with the... MORE

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 — LATHAM, N.Y. – Three New York National Guard leaders who were part of the state response to 9/11 said the terrorist attacks 20 years ago changed them, the National Guard and the world.The headlines on... MORE

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 — SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The New York State Military Museum will open an exhibit about the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on the 20th anniversary of the attacks.The exhibit tells the... MORE

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 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – National Guard chaplains participated in the second annual Deployed Security Operations Chaplains Course at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho Aug. 24-26.The... MORE

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 — NEW YORK – Twenty years ago, New York Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Powell was the first member of the U.S. military to realize Sept. 11, 2001, was not going to be an ordinary fall day.Powell... MORE

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 — WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – As Hurricane Henri headed for Long Island Aug. 21, the New York National Guard mobilized 485 Soldiers and Airmen to respond to damage in the wake of the storm.The forecast... MORE

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 — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – On the final leg of a trip preceded by stops at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and Fort Irwin, California, to visit units on combat training rotations, the director of the Army... MORE

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 — CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah - The National Guard completed its annual cyber defense training exercise July 23, with more than 750 top cyber defense professionals from Soldiers and Airmen to industry partners... MORE

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 — NEW YORK – New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen began winding down their mission at the country's largest COVID-19 mass vaccination site July 9, as the last shot was administered at the Jacob... MORE

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 — LATHAM, New York – Major General Ori Gordin, the head of Israel's Home Front Command, shared lessons learned from the COIVID-19 pandemic and Israel's 11-day fight with Hamas during a day-long visit... MORE

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 – Two sets of identical twins are among the 6,394 troops who have been part of the New York National Guard's COVID response mission that began in March 2020 and is winding down now.New York... MORE

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 — WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – Simulated casualties were all around them. Twenty people lay dead or dying in the mass casualty exercise.Walking wounded "victims" were also arriving, all in need of... MORE

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 — LATHAM, N.Y. – An Army warrant officer who has been in uniform since 1978 and a private first class who has served just over a year joined forces to cut the Army birthday cake during the New York... MORE

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 — LATHAM, New York – The New York National Guard’s headquarters remembered 10 Soldiers and Airmen who died in the past year – on duty and off – during a short Memorial Day ceremony May 27.Those... MORE

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 — NEW YORK – More than a half-million COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered at New York state's mass vaccination site at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, staffed by 600 New York National Guard... MORE

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.

Guard, Reserve and Navy Test Helicopter Countermeasures Over Water

Georgia Guard Trains to Bolster Domestic Response Capabilities

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Specialized Oregon Guard Unit Conducts Training at Camp Rilea

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