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Download full resolution image Prepare to be tired, JRTC vets tell first-timers

Prepare to be tired, JRTC vets tell first-timers

FORT POLK -- A sweat-soaked Soldier of the New York Army National Guard's 27th Brigade moves through the Army's Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana during the brigade's war-fighting exercises there in August, 2001. The unit, now designated the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), is heading there again for war-fighting exercises in July. New York Army National Guard combat veterans who trained with the brigade at JRTC in 2001 advised troops to be ready for JRTC's high operations tempo (ops tempo).

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Department of War -- Wed, 03 Dec 2025 NY National Guard Volunteers Give Lift to Trees for Troops Seven New York National Guard soldiers and airmen joined local veterans Dec. 1 to load 150 Christmas trees onto a truck at Ellms Family Christmas Tree Farm in Ballston Spa, New York. A man,... (more)

WAMC -- Tue, 02 Dec 2025 Trees for Troops delivers holiday spirit to troops from Ballston Spa Trees for Troops began in 2005 as a collaboration between FedEx and the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation, the charitable branch of the National Christmas Tree Association. Since 2005, the program... (more)

Army.mil -- Tue, 02 Dec 2025 NY National Guard volunteers give lift to Trees for Troops BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. Seven New York Army National Guard Soldiers and Airmen joined local veterans to load 150 Christmas trees earmarked for military bases around the country onto a truck at... (more)

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