New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs

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Soldiers and Family Members Receive Reintegration Information in Buffalo, N.Y.

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Abbott

Sgt.1st Class Jeffrey Bailey and his wife Darlene talk with Education Care Manager Scott Kaczmarek from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. The Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation and their family members took part in the New York Army National Guard Reintegration Program Saturday July 12 in Buffalo. The Reintegration Program is an effort to help Soldiers and families cope with the stress of returning to civilian life after deployment. Soldiers from Co. B, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment based in Rochester returned home May 31 following a ten-month tour in Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom.

NY National Guard In the News

Lake Placid News -- Fri, 13 Dec 2013

National Guard in NY celebrating 377th birthday

LATHAM, N.Y. (AP)--The National Guard is celebrating its 377th birthday. Major General Patrick Murphy, Adjutant General of New York, will be joined Friday by some of the state’s newest... (more)

Syracuse Post Standard -- Thu, 12 Dec 2013

Thruway rescue, near Syracuse: ’A great soldier’ arrives to help save a captain’s life

Sgt. John Tirinato wasn’t surprised. He read the initial accounts of rescuers in the dramatic Thruway rescue of a New York National Guard captain, who’d been trapped in his pickup... (more)

Wall Street Journal -- Tue, 10 Dec 2013

NY Guardsman helps save captain from fiery wreck

DEWITT, N.Y.-- A truck driver who’s in the New York Army National Guard is among the Good Samaritans credited with rescuing the driver’s captain after the officer’s vehicle... (more)

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