Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 11.04.2019
HERKIMER, N.Y.--The New York National Guard mobilized 210 Soldiers and Airmen in response to heavy rains and winds that damaged roads and flooded towns in Herkimer County, Halloween night in upstate New York’s Mohawk Valley. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo directed the Guard mobilization after winds of up to 60 miles per hour and heavy rain hit the watershed leading into the Mohawk River....
Story by Col. Richard Goldenberg | New York National Guard | 06.06.2019
ALBANY, N.Y. --New York National Guard leaders honored World War II veterans of the allied landings of Normandy on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion with presentations of state medals at five veterans homes across New York State on June 6, 2019. The visits to New York State Veteran Homes marked Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s statewide "Salute to World War II Military Service Day."...
Story by Eric Durr and Master Sgt. Brandy Fowler | New York National Guard | 02.26.2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The New York National Guard placed 250 Soldiers and Airmen on duty in Western New York February 23 in advance of a wind storm that brought gusts of up to 74 miles per hour to the region on Sunday, Feb. 24 and Monday, Feb. 25. The winds toppled trees, left 44,000 customers without electricity, forced road closures, and ripped the roof off of part of the University of......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 02.25.2019
BUFFALO, N.Y.-- The New York National Guard placed 250 Soldiers and Airmen on duty in Western New York over the weekend of Feb. 23/24 in advance of a wind storm that brought gusts of up to 74 miles per hour to the region on Sunday, Feb. 24....
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 01.30.2019
The New York National Guard placed 80 Soldiers and Airmen on duty Wednesday, Jan. 30 as extremely cold temperatures hit the Buffalo and Niagara region of western New York. “As New York deals with another extreme weather system, I urge all New Yorkers to be diligent, take the necessary precautions to remain safe and avoid any unnecessary travel,” New York......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 09.08.2017
GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Westhampton Beach, N.Y.--For the second time in two weeks, Airmen of the New York Air National Guard’s 105th Airlift Wing and 106th Rescue Wing, deployed troops and equipment in support of a hurricane response on Thursday, Sept. 7. Two C-17s assigned to the 105th Airlift Wing departed Gabreski Air National Guard Base at Westhampton Beach N.Y., the home......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 03.08.2016
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced today his selection of Maj. Gen. Anthony German as the 53rd adjutant general of New York.
