Guard News - The National Guard

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

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

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

NYNG honors first Jewish Medal of Honor recipient
May 27, 2021 — NEW YORK – New York Army National Guard Soldiers and leaders recognized the first Jewish Soldier to receive the Medal of Honor during a short ceremony at Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn May 21.Pvt... MORE

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

NY, NJ Homeland Response Force resumes training
April 19, 2021 — EAST AMHERST, N.Y. — After a year and a half hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 200 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from New York and New Jersey trained together to respond to Chemical,... MORE

NYNG helps vaccinate 10,000 people in a day at New York site
April 16, 2021 — NEW YORK – The New York National Guard helped vaccinate 10,367 people in a single day at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City April 11. The team topped that achievement with 10,463... MORE

NYNG ships over 10 million COVID test kits statewide
April 14, 2021 — TROY, N.Y. – Since last April, the New York National Guard has assembled and shipped more than 10.4 million COVID-19 test kits to public testing sites, nursing homes, schools, universities and... MORE

NYNG collects 3 million-plus health forms from travelers
April 5, 2021 — NEW YORK – Between Oct. 16 and April 1, New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen collected health information from travelers more than 3 million times.The mission began when Gov. Andrew Mr. Cuomo... MORE

14th CST all-hazards response team is ready and relevant
March 31, 2021 — WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. - The Connecticut National Guard's 14th Civil Support Team showcased its skills in a Training Proficiency Evaluation conducted by a U.S. Army North team March 22-26.The USARNORTH... MORE

NYNG 69th Infantry leads downsized St. Patrick's Day Parade
March 18, 2021 — NEW YORK – Fifty New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, donned face masks and fell into formation early March 17 to take part in an abbreviated version... MORE

NYNG has deployed over 6,000 to battle COVID-19 in past year
March 9, 2021 — NEW YORK - The mission started with 270 Guard members deployed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo March 10, 2020, to deliver school lunches and clean public buildings in a one-square-mile containment zone in New... MORE

New York Guardsman led fight for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
March 3, 2021 — LATHAM, N.Y. – The United States has a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier today because a New York National Guard major and freshman congressman thought it was necessary 100 years ago.Hamilton Fish III was a... MORE

NYNG Soldiers honor state heroes at Arlington Cemetery
February 17, 2021 — ARLINGTON, Va. – In a letter to his son in 1944, Gen. George S. Patton Jr. said: "To be a successful Soldier, you must know history. … Weapons change, but man who uses them changes not at all."History... MORE

NYNG assists with COVID-19 vaccinations at Yankee Stadium
February 11, 2021 — NEW YORK – Sixty-five New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen supported state health and emergency service agencies setting up mass COVID-19 vaccinations at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx Feb. 5. The... MORE

After 100 years, Harlem Hellfighters nickname is official
February 1, 2021 — NEW YORK — The Harlem Hellfighters are now officially the Harlem Hellfighters.One-hundred years after the New York National Guard's 369th Infantry Regiment earned the nickname in World War I, the Army... MORE

Wisconsin Soldiers love the ‘Big Boom’ at Winter Strike 21
January 26, 2021 — CAMP GRAYLING MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Mich. – Loud noises are a major part of what keeps two Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers coming back to northern Michigan.“The big boom – it gets your heart... MORE

New York National Guard helps open massive vaccination site
January 15, 2021 — NEW YORK – The New York National Guard is back at New York’s Jacob Javits Convention Center, helping to turn what was a COVID-19 hospital in 2020 into a mass vaccination site in 2021. Some 350 Guard... MORE

National Guard takes on COVID-19 vaccination mission
January 14, 2021 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Many National Guard members who supported COVID-19 response efforts in 2020 spent much of the year conducting tests, sanitizing facilities, providing logistical support and delivering... MORE

New York National Guard builds COVID vaccination 'pods'
January 14, 2021 — ALTAMONT, N.Y. – More than three-dozen members of the New York National Guard's COVID-19 Task Force are assembling vaccination "pods" in an industrial park near Albany to support the state's effort to... MORE

New York National Guard honors Korean War MIA

Idaho Army National Guard fires precision-guided munitions

Alabama National Guard, Romania strengthen SPP ties

Pennsylvania National Guard aviators find lost hikers

Arizona National Guard delivers for Operation Patriot Press