GLENVILLE--Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 1108th Ordnance Company (EOD)speak with Brig. Gen. Mochael Swezey, commander of the 53rd Troop Command, during their farewell ceremony Tuesday, Dec. 8 at the Glenville Armed Forces Reserve Center.
The soldiers, who have been through a year of training in dealing with IEDs, mines, and unexploded ordnance, will go to Fort Lewis, Washington for post mobilization training and then deploy to Iraq for approximately 10 months in 2010.
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Times Union -- Mon, 12 Jan 2026 Duty Calls: National Guard teams conduct 6,166 military funeral honors A total of 125 highly trained New York Army National Guard and Air National Guard honor guard members performed 6,166 gravesite military funerals last year, according to Eric Durr, a spokesman... (more)
Olean Times Herald -- Sat, 10 Jan 2026 New York Air Guard, the largest in the US, gets new commander LATHAM An Air Guard major general, who started as an enlisted airman and served in the Persian Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan, assumed command of the New York Air National Guard in a ceremony... (more)
Olean Times Herald -- Thu, 08 Jan 2026 NY Air Guard honors Millard Filmore in wreath-laying ceremony BUFFALO The New York Air National Guards 107th Attack Wing honored Millard Fillmore, the nations 13th president, on Wednesday as the wings Mission Support Group deputy commander laid a wreath... (more)