NIAGARA FALLS RESERVE AIR FORCE BASE, North Tonawanda � Denise O�Donnell, Deputy Secretary of Public Safety (left) listens to Col. Michael Bobeck, commander, 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade as he briefs her on aviation operations during Vigilant Guard on Nov. 2 inside the 42nd CAB�s tactical operations center located on the Niagara Falls Air Force Base.
The exercise involves New York Air and Army National Guardsmen as well as local first response teams to include fire departments and police agencies. The exercise runs Nov. 1-5.
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NY National Guard In the News
Times Union -- Mon, 20 Oct 2025 Duty Calls: East Greenbush officer takes battalion command New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Elsa Canales, of East Greenbush, assumed command of the 2nd Battalion of the 106th Regiment last month during a ceremony at the Camp Smith Training Site... (more)
Brooklyn Eagle -- Mon, 20 Oct 2025 Gounardes: Other states must obtain Governors support before deploying their National Guard in NY STATEWIDE A NEW BILL THAT STATE SEN. ANDREW GOUNARDES, D-26, HAS INTRODUCED WOULD proactively require other states to obtain permission of the New York governor before deploying their National... (more)
War History Network -- Mon, 20 Oct 2025 Hamilton Fish III and the Harlem Hell Fighters New York blue-blood Hamilton Fish III helped lead the Harlem Hell Fighters throughout World War I. (This article appears in: August 2002) In July 1918, 30-year-old U.S. Army Captain Hamilton... (more)