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Lapse in Appropriations The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status. Read more at war.gov.
Visit https://dmna.ny.gov/furlough/ for informationa and resources pertaining to NY National Guard Federal Excepted Employees and the current lapse in appropriations.
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Signal Soldiers Train at Drum

FORT DRUM-- New York National Guard Brig. Gen. Michael Swezey, commander of the 53rd Troop Command, speaks to Soldiers of the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion during a visit to their annual training site at Fort Drum, NY on August 18, 2015.

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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)

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