DVIDS RSS Feed: New York National Guard

News Story | Long Island Citizen Airmen Join Hunt for Missing Sailor

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:15 -0500

The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing has joined the search for a missing Canadian solo sailor who was supposed to arrive in Bermuda on Monday, Nov. 16. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=41839

News Story | 27th Brigade Soldier Spearheads Veterans Outreach Effort

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:20:22 -0500

With the Frankfort-Schuyler High School Band performing the Army Song, World War II veteran Kathleen Murphy Brooks cut the yellow ribbon at the Central New York Veteran's Outreach Center in downtown Utica, Nov. 11. The opening of the center marked the beginning of a new front in a two-year-long campaign for another Utica combat veteran, New York Army National Guard Sgt. Vincent Scalise. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=41690

News Story | Family Presented With Portrait At National Guard Headquarters

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:29:37 -0500

Sgt. David Fisher was killed in Iraq on Dec. 1, 2004, when his humvee rolled over on patrol.
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News Story | New York Air National Guardsmen Demonstrate Skills on Veterans Day

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:06:00 -0500

Members of the New York Air Natonal Guard's Long Island-based 106th Rescue Wing staged a sea rescue demonstration at the USS Intrepid Sea,Air & Space Museum Wednesday, Nov. 11, as part of New York City's massive Veterans Day Celebration. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=41532

Images | NY National Guard Commemorates 90th Anniversary of NYC Veterans' Salute

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:42:17 -0500

New York Army National Guard Col. Stephanie Dawson leads her command and staff of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, the Army's famous "Harlem Hellfighters" up 5th Avenue during the New York City Veterans' Day Parade Nov. 11. The unit led a New York Army National Guard contingent of nearly 1,500 Soldiers from all five boroughs as New York City celebrated the 90th anniversary of the parade. The daylong event also celebrated the recent commissioning of the USS New York with Naval and Marine contingents from the ship participating in the parade. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=222512

News Story | State's largest emergency response exercise deemed overwhelming success

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:51:04 -0500

The state's largest joint military and civil authority emergency response exercise concluded Nov. 5 in Western New York where more than 1,300 National Guard troops along with hundreds of civilian emergency response professionals have been simulating an earthquake disaster since Oct. 30. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=41157

News Story | Busy Day Four for Exercise Vigilant Guard

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:26:07 -0500

The four-star general who heads the National Guard Bureau, Gen. Craig McKinley visited the Erie and Niagara counties on Wednesday, Nov. 4, as Vigilant Guard entered its forth day. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=41116

Images | Physical Training Gear Does Double Duty for CERFP Soldiers

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:23:24 -0500

Sgt. Michael Palmer, a soldier and member of the Massachusetts National Guard CERFP team, dons protective gear before decontaminating mock casualties at the Spaulding Fibre site in Tonawanda Nov. 3. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Raymond Drumsta) | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=219891

News Story | Physical Training Gear Does Double Duty for CERFP Soldiers

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:22:50 -0500

While it seems like an odd wardrobe choice, the Massachusetts National Guard CERFP team members say their physical training uniforms are well-suited for their mission: to find, decontaminate and evacuate disaster victims. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=41073

Images | Massachusetts National Guard Civil Support Team Enters Vigilant Guard

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:36:26 -0500

Members of the Massachusetts National Guard's 1st Civil Support Team move into action Nov. 3, during Exercise Vigilant Guard, being held here Nov. 1-5. From left Sgt. 1st Class Michael Kleinebreil, Sgt. First Class Maddox Aubrey, and Sgt. James Kivleham move into a former General Motors building replicating a contaminated office building. The Massachusetts Guardsmen, who are specially trained to detect hazardous materials and special weapons, are among 1,300 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, and the U.S. Virgin Island who are participating in the exercise, which simulates a major earthquake in the Niagara Falls area. (Photo by Pvt. 1st Class Jeremy Bratt, Joint Forces Headquarters--New York) | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=219636