45th Infantry Division veteran honored on 100th Birthday

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45th Infantry Division veteran honored on 100th...

05.26.2023 | Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Gunther

The custom box presented to Laurence “Sparky” Rector, a World War II veteran of the 45th Infantry Division at his 100th birthday party in ...

NYANG Greenland 2023

05.12.2023 | Photo by Staff Sgt. Madison Scaringe

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05.25.2023 | Photo by Eric Durr

New York Army National Guard Major General Michele Natali, left, the assistant adjutant general, Army; and New York Air National Guard Command...

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05.17.2023 | Photo by Master Sgt. Barbara Olney

Airmen come together for a group photo with State Command Chief Master Sgt. Michael Hewson. The New York State Command Chief Professional...

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11.13.2021 | Photo by Timothy Jones

Col. Joseph Roos, right, received the Eastern Air Defense Sector guidon from Lt. Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus, Commander, Continental U.S. North...

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05.19.2023 | Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Gunther

Soldiers of the New York National Guard honor guard carry the remains of 1st Lieutenant John Thomas, a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot who was killed...

deploynment ceremony

05.15.2023 | Photo by Spc. Jean Sanon

New York National Guard Spc. Piotr Czajkowski, assigned to the 222nd Military Police company, says goodbye to his family during a farewell...

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Sgt. Orlando Cabral, Holiday Greeting

12.15.2022 | Video by Staff Sgt. Jordan Sivayavirojna

Sgt. Orlando Cabral, Task Force Orion, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, wishes his family happy holidays in...

Sgt. Nathaniel Davis, Holiday Greeting

12.15.2022 | Video by Staff Sgt. Jordan Sivayavirojna

Sgt. Nathaniel Davis, Task Force Orion, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, wishes his family happy holidays in...

Cpt. Alex Hammond, Holiday Greeting

12.15.2022 | Video by Staff Sgt. Jordan Sivayavirojna

Cpt. Alex Hammond, Task Force Orion, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, wishes his family happy holidays in...

1st Lt. Erich Fleck, Holiday Greeting

12.15.2022 | Video by Staff Sgt. Jordan Sivayavirojna

1st Lt. Erich Fleck, Task Force Orion, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, wishes his family happy holidays in...

1st Lt. Garrett Anjos, Holiday Greeting

12.15.2022 | Video by Staff Sgt. Jordan Sivayavirojna

1st Lt. Garrett Anjos, Task Force Orion, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, wishes his family happy holidays in...

Season's Greating from the 369th Sustainment Brigade

11.27.2022 | Video by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Oposnow

Sgt. Robert Huguenot, Maj. Viviana Sauceda, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Peter Padilla, and Spc. Oscar Lozada, 369th Sustainment Brigade, currently...

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11.27.2022 | Video by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Oposnow

Staff Sgt. Colleen Smith, 369th Sustainment Brigade, wishes a Merry Christmas back home to her friends and family in Long Island, New York. Smith,...

1st Lt. Orion Shea, Holiday Greeting

11.14.2022 | Video by Staff Sgt. Jordan Sivayavirojna

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Orion Shea, a quartermaster officer assigned to Task Force Orion, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National...

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Mexico, New York honors 100 year-old 45th Infantry vet

MEXICO, N.Y. – The village of Mexico said happy 100th birthday on May 27, 2023 to Laurence “Sparky” Rector, a World War II veteran who fought with the Oklahoma National Guard’s 45th Infantry Division. One hundred people gathered at Mexico’s VFW Post 369 to celebrate his military service and his life at home over the Memorial Day weekend. Rector, who turned 100 on Memorial Day, also served as the grand marshal of Mexico’s Memorial Day Parade. Rector, who was born in this Oswego County village in 1923, joined the Army in 1942 and was assigned to the 45th Infantry Division, which originally trained at Pine Camp—now called Fort Drum-- outside Watertown, New York. The 45th Division, made up of National Guard units...

05.30.2023 | MEXICO , NY, US | Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Gunther

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