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Honor Guard Soldiers provide socially distanced final salute
May 26, 2020
Spc. Austin Dycha and Sgt. Nikole Clark, members of the New York National Guard Military Funeral Honors Team, remove the flag of the United States from the casket of U.S. Army Spc. Levelzo Lyles at his funeral in Lackawanna, New York, May 14, 2020. Dycha and Clark wore cloth face masks as part of precautions used during military funerals to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
NY and Connecticut UH-60 crews conduct fire-bucket training
May 21, 2020
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Matthew Cordar, a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion 142nd Aviation, speaks to New York and Connecticut National Guard Soldiers preparing to conduct fire bucket training May 19, 2020, at Camp Smith Training Site in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. Twelve Soldiers trained to prepare for fire season.
NY Army Guard conducts 'virtual drills' due to COVID-19
May 21, 2020
While conducting a "virtual drill" with Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from her home in Syracuse, N.Y., April 18, 2020, New York Army National Guard Sgt. Heather Hiltbrand faced some unusual challenges. Her cat, Kevin, kept climbing on her keyboard. New York Army National Guard Soldiers have been drilling via computer and phone calls since Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered a "pause" to prevent the spread of the COVID19 virus in mid-March.
NY Guard distributes 11 million meals, helps test 250,000
May 19, 2020
Army National Guard Spc. Matthew Porter, assigned to D Company, 427th Brigade Support Battalion, collects information from a member of the New York State Police at a COVID-19 antibody testing site in Williamsville, New York, May 5, 2020. Wedgwood and other members of the New York National Guard are supporting state agencies at antibody testing sties across New York.
NY National Guard testing for virus in western New York
May 18, 2020
Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Cara Sturdivant, assigned to the 107th Attack Wing, places paperwork under the windshield of a car at a COVID-19 mobile test site in Buffalo, New York, April 30. Members of the New York National Guard are supporting state agencies testing residents at 14 sites across New York.
NY Guard NCO says Filipino roots make him a better leader
May 14, 2020
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Arnold Reyes, who is serving as the senior enlisted adviser to the dual-status commander during the Guard's COVID-19 response, says his heritage as a Filipino immigrant has made him a better leader in his civilian and military roles.
Guard's COVID-19 response is largest since Hurricane Katrina
May 12, 2020
Nearly 47,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are activated in all 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia supporting COVID-19 response efforts. That is the Guard's largest response since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when more than 51,000 Guard members responded.
NY National Guard continues missions with 3,500 troops
May 11, 2020
Staff Sgt. Zachary Heberlein, assigned to the 107th Attack Wing of the New York Air National Guard, holds up a sign he uses to communicate with residents at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Buffalo, New York, May 5, 2020.
NY Army Guard helicopter crews conduct water bucket training
May 11, 2020
A New York Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter hauls 2,000 gallons of water out of Lake Ontario in a bucket near Hamlin, New York, May 6, 2020. The Chinook's pilots and crew were practicing scooping and dumping water in preparation for firefighting missions.
NY National Guard preparing for Lake Ontario flooding
May 11, 2020
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kevin Ward Ontario works a water pump on April 29, 2020. The New York National Guard has mobilized 46 members of the New York Army National Guard, the New York Naval Militia, and the New York Guard, the state defense force, to respond to flooding along the Lake Ontario shore.
Guard Soldier responds to 3rd NYC emergency in 20-year career
May 5, 2020
New York Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Maloney at the Javits New York Medical Station in New York, May 3, 2020. Malone is on his third emergency deployment in New York. He responded to the 9/11 attacks and to the response to Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
NY National Guard Soldiers aid at rural drive-thru dairy
May 5, 2020
New York Army National Guard Pfc. Colton Emmett, an infantryman assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, hands out care packages while distributing food in Delhi, N.Y., April 30, 2020. The Soldiers assisted volunteers as they sorted, packaged and handed out numerous dairy products at a drive-through donation center.
NY Guard delivers 4.5 million meals, half-million test kits
May 4, 2020
New York Army National Guard Soldiers, from left, Spc. Davier Weste, Spc. Cody Roche and Staff Sgt. Andre Hayden, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, load cars with meals at the Queens Food Distribution Site May 2, 2020. The meals will be delivered to people who are quarantined and unable to go shopping.
Deployed Guard Soldiers mark Dachau liberation with WWII vets
April 30, 2020
New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Steven Ferrari, commander of the National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division, speaks via teleconference from his deployed headquarters at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, with eight World War II division veterans April 29, 2020, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945.
NY National Guard Soldiers delivering meals to rural seniors
April 30, 2020
NORWICH, NY – New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, distribute food in rural Chenango County April 23, 2020.
New York Guard and South African chaplains share ideas
April 30, 2020
New York Air National Guard Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Jacob Marvel conducts Easter Mass for service members at the Javits Convention Center in New York City while following social distancing guidelines April 12, 2020. New York Army and Air National Guard chaplains, like their counterparts in the South African National Defence Force, are focused on providing religious opportunities and counseling to troops involved in efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dogs ease stress for COVID-19 response troops in New York
April 29, 2020
Spc. Amber Freeman from Kingston, N.Y., assigned to the New York Army National Guard, poses for a picture and pets Sophie, a Labrador retriever service dog provided by Puppies Behind Bars in New York City, April 23, 2020. Puppies Behind Bars is a nonprofit organization that trains prison inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and first responders, as well as explosive-detection canines for law enforcement.
New York Air National Guard supports America Strong flyover
April 29, 2020
Senior Airman Ward Seymour, foreground, and 1st Lt. Quinn Tilley of the 224th Air Defense Group, New York National Guard, Rome, New York, prepare for the April 28, 2020, America Strong New York City flyover. The Air Force Thunderbird and Navy Blue Angel demonstration aircraft honored health care personnel and essential workers in the New York metro area. The 224th ADG provided tactical control, airspace deconfliction and coordinated refueling tankers for the flyover.
NY National Guard Soldier beats COVID-19 and joins the fight
April 28, 2020
Army Warrant Officer Christopher Gallant, assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, New York Army National Guard, tested positive for COVID-19 in March, recovered, and is working as the safety officer at the Javits New York Medical Station in New York April 21, 2020.
NY's 42nd Infantry Division liberated Dachau 75 years ago
April 27, 2020
An American Soldier is surrounded by survivors at the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp, April 29, 1945, in Dachau, Germany. American Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army, including members of the 42nd Infantry and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions, participated in the camp’s liberation.