FORT POLK-- Maj. Gen. Anthony German, the Adjutant General of New York, (right) and Brig. Gen. Raymond Shields, (center) the commander of the New York National Guard chat with a 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team officer following a mission brief at the Army's Joint Rotational Training Center Ft. Polk La. July 16 2016. More than 3000 New York Army National Guard Soldiers deployed to Fort Polk Louisiana for a three-week exercise at the Armys Joint Readiness Training Center July 9-30 2016.