CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. -- For the fifth year in a row, a team from the New York Air National Guard's 107th Airlift Wing has won the annual "TAG (The Adjutant General) Match," held here May 31 to June 1. The team members are, from left: Senior Master Sgt. Edward Stefik, Lewiston, N.Y.; Tech. Sgt. Ryan Mang, Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Staff Sgt. Johnathen Wagner, Buffalo; and Tech. Sgt. Warren Jones, Rochester, N.Y. Marksmanship training and competition has long been a key component of National Guard training. The modern TAG Match requires participants to employ the weapons used on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. The match consists of eight timed events that include the use of those weapons during close-quarters combat, casualty, and nuclear biological chemical (NBC) drills. About 125 New York National Guard troops from across the state took part in the match.
DMNA Press Releases
Loading Press Releases...NY National Guard In the News
Hospitality Net -- Mon, 03 Nov 2025 Correctional Crisis Spurs Hotel Boom in Upstate New York Corrections-Officer Strike & National Guard Response On February 17, 2025, thousands of corrections officers at more than 25 prisons across Upstate New York went on strike over staffing... (more)
Times Union -- Mon, 03 Nov 2025 Duty Calls, Delmar soldier earns second Meritorious Service Medal Army National Guard Lt. Col. Nick Suhr, a Delmar resident and Iraq War veteran, received the award on Oct. 17 Army National Guard Lt. Col. Nick Suhr, a Delmar resident and Iraq War veteran,... (more)
Times Union -- Wed, 29 Oct 2025 Duty Calls : Iraq veterans reunite One hundred New York Army National Guard soldiers who deployed to Iraq with the 42nd Infantry Division in 2005 reunited at the Hilton Hotel in Saratoga Springs. The gathering, organized... (more)