Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Gunther | New York National Guard | 05.01.2023
HUDSON, New York – Thirty members of the New York Naval Militia’s Military Emergency Boat Service got ready for the 2023 mission season with two days of training on the Hudson River here on April 29 and 30. The annual training allows the boat crews to get reacquainted with their equipment after the winter, explained Naval Militia Capt. Don McKnight, the commander of the Military......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 04.19.2023
HUDSON, New York --The New York Naval Militia’s Military Emergency Boat Service will be conducting boat handling training on the Hudson River, basing at the Hudson Power Boat Association docks at Henrick Hudson Park in Hudson on April 29 and 30. Thirty members of the Naval Militia will take part in the exercise, which will involve conducting operations on the river with the 11 watercraft......
Story by Sgt. Sebastian Rothwyn | New York National Guard | 04.07.2021
CAMP SMITH, New York – Eight New York Army National Guard aviation Soldiers practiced the skills they need to fight brush fires with helicopters over the Hudson River near Camp Smith Training Site outside Peekskill, New York on Tuesday, April 6. The Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, based at the Army Aviation Flight Facility at Ronkonkoma, practiced hovering above......
Story by 1st Lt. Lauren Warner | New York National Guard | 05.21.2020
CAMP SMITH, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.- UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crews from the New York and Connecticut Army National Guards spent May 19 honing the skills needed to turn a helicopter into a fire-fighting machine at the New York National Guard’s Camp Smith Training Site. Twelve Soldiers flew three UH-60s to practice scooping up, flying and dumping 2.8 tons of water onto a simulated fire......
Story by Sgt. Michael Davis | New York National Guard | 01.28.2016
There’s nothing new about setting up an ambush at Camp Smith Training Site, the New York National Guards training facility here. Troops have been conducting tactical training at this Hudson Valley location for more than 100 years....
Story by Cpl. James Marchetti | 1st Marine Corps District | 10.15.2015
“Back on the block” is a military idiom which, when used in conversation, references service members’ lives prior to joining their respective branch of service. It is primarily used as a preparatory statement before one recollects nostalgic memories of their days before service....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ali Blackburn | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 06.12.2015
The sun has risen over Coast Guard Station New York, glistening off the Hudson River, reminding the servicemen and women there is work to be done. Many crew members are tending to their duties; performing boat checks, handing over yesterday’s watchstanding responsibilities, checking email. The sweltering heat of summer causes sweat to drip down the crew members’ foreheads and cheeks,......
Courtesy Story | New York National Guard | 10.16.2014
Members of the New York Naval Militia will conduct both day and night training on the Hudson River off Peekskill and Haverstraw on Friday, Oct. 17 and Saturday, Oct. 18....
