New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs

New York Guardsmen Honor Fallen EOD Soldiers

105th Airlift Wing Security Airmen Honored

Emergency Response Training in Schenectady

Photo by Lt. John Harder, 501s Ordnance Bn. (EOD)

BASRA, Iraq-- New York Army National Guard Major James Wood, Operations Officer for the 501st Ordnance Battalion (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) reads the names and biographies of EOD Soldiers who gave their lives during operations in 2010 during a memorial service held at the chapel here on May 7. The 501st, based in Scotia, NY is in command of EOD Soldiers operating in Southern Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn.

NY National Guard In the News

Governor Andrew Cuomo Press Release -- Fri, 07 Mar 2014

Governor Cuomo Congratulates Colonel Dawne Deskins on Promotion to Brigadier General

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York Air National Guard Col. Dawne Deskins, the commander of the Eastern Air Defense Sector in Rome will be promoted to Brigadier General.... (more)

Black Anthem -- Wed, 05 Mar 2014

Twenty New York Air National Guard Members Receive 29 Awards in March 2 Ceremony: Two Airmen Received Two Purple Hearts

STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, NEWBURGH, NY-- Twenty members of the New York Air National Guard’s 105th Airlift Wing--including two Airmen who received two Purple Hearts for wounds... (more)

Kingston Daily Freeman -- Tue, 04 Mar 2014

Kingston-based National Guard unit to spend three weeks in Germany

KINGSTON-- Eighty-five members of the New York Army National Guard’s 1156th Engineer Company, which is based in Kingston, will spend most of this month in Germany, doing construction work... (more)

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