ORISKANY--An officer of the Endicott N.Y. Police Department and a New York Army National Guard Soldier from the 1108th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Co. render safe a training IED during the Raven's Challenge bomb disposal training exercise on June 24 2015 at the New York State Preparedness Training Center in Oriskany NY.The 2015 Ravens Challenge in Oriskany brought together EOD units from the New York Army and Air National Guard U.S. Army police forces from across New York and military and police forces from Canada. Over the course of the week long challenge the forces shared their unique specialties and knowledge pooling resources to tackle multiple counter-IED exercises in a realistic training environment.
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News10 -- Wed, 22 Mar 2023 Local Tuskegee Airman honored during deceased veterans ceremony BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10) Saratoga County officials honored a fallen Tuskegee airman on Tuesday during a deceased veterans ceremony. Clarence Dart is from Saratoga Springs and was drafted... (more)
Saratogian -- Sat, 18 Mar 2023 _East Greenbush resident promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 5 in the New York Army National Guard East Greenbush resident Sean Fredericks was recently promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 5 in the New York Army National Guard at a ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham.... (more)
Times Union, -- Fri, 17 Mar 2023 Duty Calls:Veteran of three wars is new top senior enlisted airman A veteran of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq wars is the new top enlisted airman of the New York Air National Guard. Command Chief Master Sgt. Michael Hewson became the top enlisted... (more)