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New York National Guard Provides Funeral Honors for 8,700 Families
December 30, 2024 — LATHAM, N.Y. - New York National Guard Army and Air Force Honor Guards provided military funeral honors at more than 8,700 graveside services in 2024.There are 116 New York Army National Guard...

New York National Guard Conducts Over 9,000 Military Funerals
December 26, 2023 — LATHAM, New York - New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen expect to provide military funeral honors for the families of over 9,000 veterans by the end of 2023.Federal law requires the military to...

Kentucky Honor Guard Helps Recognize Medal of Honor Recipient
November 6, 2023 — FORT MITCHELL, Ky. – Honor Guard Soldiers from the Kentucky National Guard on Nov. 4 helped honor a Medal of Honor recipient whose grave had gone unmarked and almost forgotten for 148 years.U.S. Army...

New York Army Guard Provides Funeral Honors for WWII Pilot
May 22, 2023 — ROSE, N.Y. - A World War II pilot declared missing in action in 1943 was laid to rest by New York Army National Guard Soldiers on May 20 in Rose Cemetery.Ten Soldiers from the New York Military Forces...

Honoring with Dignity: Michigan’s Longest Serving Honor Guard Member
March 13, 2023 — LANSING, Mich. - The U.S. Air Force honor guard uniform features epaulets, white gloves, service caps and the silver cord but not the name of the person wearing it. This symbolizes that honor guard...

California Guard Members Join Military Funeral Honors Program
January 5, 2023 — SAN DIEGO – The Soldiers gather in a circle around the dark-haired trainer, rolling up their sleeves as they present their upper arms to her for inspection. She eyes each bruise, gently tapping above...

Utah Honor Guard Provides Funeral Honors for WWII Airman
October 13, 2022 — BLUFFDALE, Utah – Almost 3,000 U.S. aviation service members were killed in air combat during World War II. Among that group was Army Air Corps Sgt. Elvin L. Phillips from Salt Lake City, a B-24...

NYNG honors more than 10,000 veterans with military funerals
December 23, 2021 — LATHAM, N.Y. - New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen provided military funeral services for more than 10,000 families in 2021.As of Dec. 21, 2021, New York Army and Air National Guard funeral...

New York National Guard delivers 16.6 million meals
May 29, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – Eighty-two days into the COVID-19 pandemic response mission, New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have helped test 285,659 New Yorkers for the coronavirus, delivered 16,643,740...

Honor Guard Soldiers provide socially distanced final salute
May 26, 2020 — BUFFALO, N.Y. – Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York Army National Guard’s Military Funeral Honors Program continues to provide final salutes to Army veterans.But the Army Service...

Military members honor veteran who died at NY field hospital
April 22, 2020 — NEW YORK – When Command Sgt. Maj. Morgan Cady and Sgt. Maj. Nicholas Pardi, members of the New York Army National Guard on duty at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, learned that a veteran had died...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future