New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs

New York Guard Joint Task Force Irene Staffers

Photo by CPT John Mancini, New Jersey National Guard

CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE-- Members of the New York Guard called to State Active Duty as members of Joint Task Force Irene pose with New York National Guard Brig. General Michael Swezey the task force commander. More than 130 members of the New York Guard, New York’s volunteer defense force, served the state in capacity from evacuation shelter workers to staff officers.

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.

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