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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.
NY National Guard supports hospitals with tents for treatment
March 23, 2020
New York Army National Guard Soldiers erect a frame during the placement of tents at the New York-Presbyterian-Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., as medical facilities prepare for an expected influx of COVID-19 patients March 20, 2020. The Soldiers are part of the statewide effort to deploy National Guard members in support of local authorities during the pandemic response.
Hundreds of New York National Guard members respond to COVID-19
March 18, 2020
Spc.Sherman Bristol, left, a member of the New York Army National Guard's 4th Finance Detachment, and Airman 1st Class Nieves with the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing, help clean City Hall in New Rochelle, New York, March 14, 2020. New York Army and Air National Guard members are supporting the multi-agency response to COVID-19.
Guard members continue to assist in COVID-19 response
March 17, 2020
Army Spc. Reagan Long, left, a horizontal construction engineer with the New York Army National Guard’s 827th Engineer Company, and Army Pfc. Naomi Velez, a horizontal construction engineer with the New York Army Guard’s 152nd Engineer Support Company, register people at a COVID-19 mobile screening center in New Rochelle, New York, March 14, 2020. More than 1,500 National Guard members in 22 states have been activated in support of state and local authorities responding to the COVID-19 outbreak.
NY Air Guard members recall Vietnam battles at reunion
October 3, 2019
Vietnam veterans and 107th Attack Wing leadership pose for a group photograph in front of a static F-100 Super Sabre after a base tour of the 107th Attack Wing, New York Air National Guard, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, Sept. 15, 2019. Former Airmen assigned to the 107th Tactical Fighter Group reunited to commemorate their return from the Vietnam War more than 50 years ago. The unit deployed more than 400 Airmen to Tuy Hoa Air Base in 1968 and returned by June 1969, with honor.
NY Air Guard, Brazil partner on Antarctic flying
October 2, 2019
Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing pose with members of the Brazilian Air Force's 1st Squadron, 1st Transport Group at Galeao Air Base in Rio de Janeiro during a State Partnership Program exchange in September 2019. The 109th Airlift Wing discussed Antarctic flying with their Brazilian counterparts. The New York National Guard entered into a state partnership with Brazil in March 2019.
New York National Guard's Rainbow Division helped end WWI
October 9, 2018
National Guard Soldiers of the 165th Infantry (formerly the 69th Regiment, New York National Guard) prepare to move forward with weapons at the ready during an attack at Landres-et-St. Georges in October 1918. The 165th Infantry fought as part of the 42nd “Rainbow” Division during St. Mihiel in September and Meuse-Argonne in October, part of the American Expeditionary Force 100 days offensive that brought an end to World War I.