LATHAM--New York Army National Guard Major General Steven Ferrari(left) the former commander of the New York Army National Guards 42nd Infantry Division stands with his cased command flag next to the new division commander Major General Thomas Spencer during division change-of-command ceremonies at New York National Guard Headquarters in Latham New York on April 16 2021.
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April 19,2021 -- Wed, 21 Apr 2021 Defense.gov. Soldiers with the New York National Guard assemble COVID-19 test kits at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., Apr. 13, 2021. The test kits, which will be shipped across the state,... (more)
Smithsonian Magazine -- Wed, 21 Apr 2021 The Unmatched Bravery of the Harlem Hellfighters A salute to the all-Black World War I fighting unit On September 29, 1918, Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey was hunkered down in Schault, a farming hamlet in northeast France, engulfed in the Meuse-Argonne offensiveone of the last and deadliest encounters... (more)
Albany Times Union -- Mon, 19 Apr 2021 Two Capital Region National Guard units have new commanders. New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Thomas Spencer, a two-tour veteran of the Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War, has assumed command of the Troy-based 42nd Infantry Division during a ceremony... (more)