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New York National Guard Conducts Over 9,000 Military Funerals
December 26, 2023
New York National Guard honor guard Soldiers receive the remains of 1st Lt. John Thomas, a World War II Army Air Forces pilot killed in 1943, at the Rose Cemetery in North Rose, New York, May 20, 2023. This was one of 7,100 military funerals the New York Army National Guard's honor guard teams expected to conduct by the end of 2023.
Kentucky Honor Guard Helps Recognize Medal of Honor Recipient
November 6, 2023
Soldiers with the Kentucky National Guard’s Honor Guard stand ready for the 21-gun salute during the ceremony of a Medal of Honor recipient who was buried at Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, Nov. 4, 2023. U.S. Army Sgt. John F. Rowalt of Bellville, Ohio, served during the Indian Wars and was in a grave that had gone unmarked and almost forgotten for 148 years.
New York Army Guard Provides Funeral Honors for WWII Pilot
May 22, 2023
New York National Guard Honor Guard Soldiers receive the remains of 1st Lt. John Thomas, a World War II Army Air Forces pilot killed in 1943, at the Rose Cemetery in North Rose, New York, May 20, 2023. Thomas was killed in action during a bombing mission and his remains were not identified until 2022.
Honoring with Dignity: Michigan’s Longest Serving Honor Guard Member
March 13, 2023
Master Sgt. Carmen LaGuardia poses for photos at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Mich., Feb. 5, 2023. LaGuardia is Michigan’s longest serving and most decorated honor guard member, having performed more than 2,000 military details.
California Guard Members Join Military Funeral Honors Program
January 5, 2023
U.S. Army Soldiers with the California National Guard lift a casket during Cal Guard's Military Funeral Honors program week-long training course in San Diego Dec. 17, 2022. The Soldiers were trained by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Zaira Robinson, the state trainer for the program, and seven are now fully certified to perform military funeral honors throughout California.
Utah Honor Guard Provides Funeral Honors for WWII Airman
October 13, 2022
The Utah National Guard Honor Guard conducts funeral honors for the surviving family of U.S. Army Air Corps Sgt. Elvin L. Phillips, an Airman who was killed 79 years ago during World War II. Family from several states, friends, first responders, and service members gathered to render respect during the funeral at Utah Veterans Cemetery & Memorial Park in Bluffdale, Utah, Oct. 11, 2022.
NYNG honors more than 10,000 veterans with military funerals
December 23, 2021
New York Army National Guard Honor Guard Soldiers carry the casket of Cpl. Walter Smead, a Soldier killed during the Korean War, during his funeral at Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, New York, Sept. 20, 2021. Smead was declared missing in action during the Korean War.
New York National Guard delivers 16.6 million meals
May 29, 2020
New York Army National Guard Pvt. Mathew Burke, left, from Mechanicville and Pfc. Janelle McKoy from New Windsor, both assigned to the 104th Military Police Battalion, deliver COVID-19 test kits to a nursing facility in The Bronx May 26, 2020.
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.
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.