Story by Avery Schneider | New York National Guard | 05.31.2024
More than 480 New York National Guardsmen trained alongside allies in the Moroccan desert from May 21 through 31, strengthening one of America’s oldest international bonds. The Guardsmen – assigned to 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team – played critical roles in the 20th edition of African Lion, U.S. Africa Command’s premier exercise and the largest U.S. military training event......
Story by Avery Schneider | New York National Guard | 03.17.2024
For the 173rd year in a row, Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, “Fighting 69th” Infantry Regiment marched at the head of New York City’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade – the largest in the world. This year marks the return of the entire battalion to the front lines of the parade, following their deployment to the Horn of Africa last year. It also marks the......
Story by Alexander Rector | New York National Guard | 03.13.2024
PEEKSKILL, N.Y. — Army National Guard Soldiers from New York’s 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment squared off against the 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, their Massachusetts-based sister unit, in the annual Logan-Duffy Marksmanship Competition on Mar. 13....
Story by Avery Schneider | New York National Guard | 11.05.2023
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Nine Army National Guard Soldiers from across New York State spent more than 48 hours in competition to become the “Best Warrior” of the Syracuse-based 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Spc. Peter Fillion, 23, of Rochester and Sgt. 1st Class Travis Wood, 32, of Basom were named the brigade’s best warriors in the Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer categories....
Story by Avery Schneider | New York National Guard | 10.22.2023
NEW YORK, New York— Lt. Col. Adam Bojarski, a veteran of the war in Iraq who has served twice in support of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, took command of New York City’s historic “Fighting 69th” Infantry Regiment on Sunday, Oct. 22. Bojarski took command of the battalion from Lt. Col. Shawn Tabankin, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, who led the unit since 2021 and on its......
Story by Maj. Avery Schneider | New York National Guard | 03.02.2023
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany—U.S. Army Sgt. Angelo E. Gelster, a Cheektowaga Resident, has been promoted to Staff Sgt. in the New York National Guard. Gelster, an ammunition specialist currently deployed to Grafenwoehr, Germany with Task Force Orion, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 42nd Infantry Division, received the promotion atop an M1A2 Abrams tank on Feb. 20, 2023....
Story by Avery Schneider | New York National Guard | 02.28.2022
Leaders from across the New York Army National Guard’s 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team focused on preparing Soldiers for deployment, developing leaders, and building esprit de corps during their Feb. 26-27 drill weekend. The officers and senior non-commissioned officers spent the first day planning for upcoming deployments to Africa and the Middle East. The second day used the lessons......
Story by Avery Schneider | New York National Guard | 11.06.2021
Across the New York Army National Guard’s 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Soldiers are closing the gap between the reach of the basic Soldier and the highly-trained sniper with the Army’s Squad Designated Marksman Rifle. During two days of new equipment training, 30 of the brigade’s Soldiers from New York and Massachusetts learned to operate and maintain the new rifle, and gained......
