Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 02.13.2024
OTTOWA--During his 36-year career, New York Army National Guard Major General Michel Natali has been stationed in Germany and Fort Drum and later deployed to Haiti, Somalia, and Iraq. Last year, he added Ottawa, the capital of Canada, to the list of places he’s served. Natali, the Assistant Adjutant general, Army for the New York National Guard, spent June to November serving as the......
Story by Master Sgt. Jaclyn Lyons | New York National Guard | 10.07.2019
STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Scotia N.Y. -- Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing delivered more than 100,000 pounds of cargo to the most northern permanently inhabited place in the world, September 26 to October 4 as part of a joint operation with the Canadian Armed Forces. Twenty airmen from the 109th, based at Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia,......
Story by Master Sgt. Jessica Roles | 189th Airlift Wing | 08.30.2019
The 189th Airlift Wing’s Marksmanship Team selected two outstanding members to represent the wing and the Arkansas Air National Guard in an upcoming international marksmanship match to take place in Canada at the Canadian Armed Forces Small Arms Concentration. The members, Tech. Sgt. Scotty Daniel and Master Sgt. Matthew Smith, will represent the team and the wing this weekend, competing......
Story by Airman 1st Class Katie Schultz | 149th Fighter Wing (Texas Air National Guard) | 07.25.2018
More than 40 Air National Guards members from the 149th Civil Engineer Squadron, a sub-unit of the 149th Fighter Wing, participated in a deployed-for-training exercise July 9 through 21, at Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay, Canada....
Story by Capt. Keenan Kunst | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.17.2017
“…To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high…”
Story by Timothy Jones | New York National Guard | 12.19.2016
ROME, N.Y.-- New York Air National Guardsmen and Royal Canadian Air Force personnel from the Eastern Air Defense Sector will play a key role Christmas Eve as the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks Santa Claus and his reindeer. "NORAD has supported Santa Claus' Christmas Eve operations for 61 years and we are always delighted to help," said Col. Emil Filkorn, the......
Story by Airman 1st Class Jamie Spaulding | New York National Guard | 04.22.2016
LITTLE CORNWALLIS ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada—Eight Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing spent two weeks carving a snow and ice “skiway” on this uninhabited High Arctic Island so ski-equipped LC-130s could transport supplies in support of the Canadian Forces Operation Nunalivut, 2016....
Story by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret | 416th Theater Engineer Command | 09.17.2015
As he grabbed the ammo can, he hoisted it with ease. “Oh, it’s not that heavy,” said Staff Sgt. Jason Godel with relief. His rifle slung across his back and his pistol holstered above his hip as he moved....
