New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs

Troops Fight Through the Fog of War During Training

Army National Guard Soldiers conduct combat training for urban terrain

Photo by 2nd Lt. Mark Getman, 1st Battalion 258th Field Artiller

CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery and supporting Soldiers from Company G, 427th Forward Support Battalion conduct combat training for urban terrain here
March 14. The Soldiers used smoke to mask their movements through the restrictive terrain as part of their training. The 258th Field Artillery headquarters and Company G Soldiers are based in Jamaica, N.Y. with the artillery battery Soldiers based in armories in the Bronx and Newburgh. Photo by 2nd Lt. Mark Getman.

NY National Guard In the News

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)

Syracuse.com -- Tue, 10 Dec 2013

Police: Drone protesters have right to free speech; not to trespassing on Hancock air base (video)

Salina, NY --Syracuse resident Ed Kinane has been to Afghanistan. And he’s talked to refugees who fled their villages because, he said, they feared the drones flying overhead.

Loading Press Releases...