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"Great ShakeOut" at Niagara Falls

NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION--Master Sgt. Timothy Gemsheim 107th Force Support Squadron conducts accountability for the building members as members of the New York Air National Guard's 107th Airlift Wing and the Air Force Reserve's 914th Airlift Wing joined more than 18 million people world-wide in the Great ShakeOut earthquake drill at 1017 am on October 17th 2013. Members on base practiced as if there was a major earthquake occurring by using the Drop Cover and Hold On method and stayed in position for a minute.

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NationalGuard.mil -- Fri, 18 Sep 2026 New York Guardsmen Return from Middle East Deployments TROY, N.Y. Five hundred New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 42nd Infantry who deployed to the Middle East in June 2025 and eventually conducted combat operations against... (more)

Smithtown Patch -- Fri, 18 Sep 2026 Army Helicopter, First Responders Stage Dramatic Rescue Drill In Smithtown Bay SMITHTOWN, NY Smithtown Bay became the site of a large-scale search-and-rescue training exercise Thursday evening as local, county, federal and military emergency responders practiced coordinating... (more)

National Guard and Reserve Magazine -- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 Army National Guard veteran runs 133 miles for mental health awareness Jeff Benaim, a veteran of the Army National Guard, recently ran from Montauk to NYC. The idea of running the length of Long Island was percolating in Jeff Benaims mind for years. An Army... (more)

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