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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.
New York National Guard sustaining fight against COVID-19
April 27, 2020
Pfc. Gian Zimnis, a Combat Medic Specialist from Queens, N.Y., assigned to the New York Army National Guard, secures a swab used to test for COVID-19 infection in Brooklyn April 20, 2020. Drive-thru sample collection sites have been set up as part of New York’s multi-agency response to COVID-19.
NY Army Guard helps feed 1,000 in Amsterdam
April 27, 2020
Members of the New York National Guard help distribute food to residents of Amsterdam and surrounding areas adversely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Fifty Soldiers served 1,000 people at Veterans Field Park in Amsterdam April 24, 2020.
NY Guard runs 'virtual' 5k for sexual assault awareness
April 25, 2020
New York Army National Guard Capt. Stephanie Fernandez, Warrant Officer Zachary Smith and Sgt. Jose Meza participate in the "virtual" 5K Sexual Assault Awareness Run held by the New York National Guard Joint Force Headquarters sexual assault response coordinator April 15 to April 20, 2020. Since social distancing prohibited the normal group event, people were encouraged to run on their own or with a small group and send a photo.
NY Army Guard members reflect on Javits Center COVID-19 response
April 23, 2020
Soldiers with the New York Army National Guard’s 133rd Composite Supply Company move equipment while setting up an alternate care facility at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, March 25, 2020. The medical station can handle more than 4,000 patients and is staffed with more than 2,200 personnel from every branch of the U.S. military and city, state and federal agencies.
Operation Deep Freeze: maintaining the mission
April 23, 2020
Airmen assigned to the 189th Maintenance Group, Arkansas National Guard, performed temporary duty in Antarctica in support of the 109th Airlift Wing, New York National Guard, and the Department of Defense's Operation Deep Freeze. The crew prepared and maintained the 109th AW's C-130J "Snowbirds" and assisted with supply transport and medical evacuation readiness.
Military members honor veteran who died at NY field hospital
April 22, 2020
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Major Nicholas Pardi, a member of the 104th Military Police Battalion, presents an American flag during an impromptu memorial service for a veteran who died of COVID-19 while a patient at the Javits New York Medical Station in the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, April 19, 2020.
NY force of 3,600 on duty 42 days into COVID-19 response
April 20, 2020
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, assigned to the New York Army National Guard's Company B, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation, approaches a helipad in New York City, April 16, 2020. New York National Guard members are supporting the multi-agency response to COVID-19.
NY Guard Civil Support Team tests medical workers for COVID-19
April 17, 2020
An Airman assigned to the New York National Guard's 24th Civil Support Team conducts a COVID-19 test analysis at the Javits New York Medical Station in New York City April 16, 2020. The 22 members of the 24th CST, who train to detect biological and chemical hazards, are providing COVID-19 testing to medical personnel at the site.
NY Army National Guard Soldiers move vital medical supplies
April 16, 2020
Staff Sgt. Stephanie Kimball assigned to the 1569th Transportation Company, 369th Sustainment Brigade, New York Army National Guard, documents an incoming supply shipment for the COVID-19 response at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y., April 14, 2020.
NY National Guard executes somber duties in NYC
April 15, 2020
1st Lt. Shawn Lavin of Amherst, N.Y., the commander of the New York Air National Guard's 107th Attack Wing Fatality Search and Recovery Team, gives a morning briefing outside Bellevue Hospital in New York City, April 4, 2020. The New York National Guard members are supporting the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to locate and conduct dignified retrieval of remains.
New York National Guard members build COVID-19 test kits
April 15, 2020
New York Army National Guard Spc. Linda Nquibn, a member of Delta Company, 152nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, puts together a COVID-19 test kit at the Armory at Sage Colleges in Albany, N.Y., April 11, 2020. Thirty New York Army and Air National Guard members are assembling the kits for use at test sites across New York.
NY Guard chaplain celebrates Easter mass at Javits Center
April 14, 2020
New York Air National Guard Chaplain (Lt. Col. ) Jacob Marvel celebrates Easter Mass for service members at the alternate care facility within the Javits Convention Center in New York City while following social distancing guidelines April 12, 2020.
NY National Guard has 3,500 on duty to fight COVID-19
April 13, 2020
Spc. Gilliam-Gray Shawnese with the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 369th Sustainment Brigade, New York Army National Guard, gives instructions to people in their vehicle at the COVID-19 Mobile Testing Center in Glenn Island Park, New Rochelle, Apr. 8, 2020. The New York National Guard continues support at seven drive-thru testing sites.
National Guard chief: More Guard members to be called up
April 10, 2020
Louisiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen collect nasal swabs from patients during a drive-through, community-based COVID-19 testing site in New Orleans March 20, 2020. More than 28,000 National Guard members have been mobilized throughout the country as part of COVID-19 response efforts, with additional Soldiers and Airmen expected to come on duty in the coming weeks.
New York National Guard JOC tracks fight against COVID-19
April 7, 2020
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Timothy Fogarty monitors the situation in the New York National Guard Joint Operations Center in Latham, March 18, 2020. The Joint Operations Center, or JOC, serves as the central clearing point for operational information to allow Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, to control the response as the force assists in New York State efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic.
NYC emergency room doctor joins Guard as flight surgeon
April 6, 2020
Dr. Lorenzo Paladino, an emergency medicine physician in Brooklyn, enlists into the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, N.Y., March 18, 2020. Paladino, who has experience training Airmen assigned to the wing in medical techniques and procedures, is joining the 106th as a flight surgeon with the rank of major.
NY National Guard COVID-19 response force grows to 2,850
April 3, 2020
New York Army National Guard Spc. Thalio Hinajosa, assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, packs meals for distribution to the community at the Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center in New York City March 30, 2020. Hinajosa is one of more than 2,700 New York Guard members helping mitigate the COVID 19 pandemic.
NY National Guard staffing call center to fight COVID-19
March 31, 2020
Members of the New York Army National Guard discuss procedures at the Coronavirus Hotline call center in Hawthorne, N.Y., March 16, 2020. The New York State Department of Health established a toll-free Coronavirus Hotline (1-888-364-3065).
NY National Guard doubles force responding to COVID-19
March 27, 2020
The New York National Guard, working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and local, state and federal partners bring in hospital supplies to the Jacob Javits Center in New York March 23, 2020, to handle expected patient overflow. The facility will start with 250 beds with the capability to expand to 1,000 beds.