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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Times Union -- Fri, 20 Sep 2024 N.Y. National Guard: U.S. Army report says crew not at fault in deadly helicopter crash A military report on a March helicopter crash near the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas that killed two New York National Guard members from the Capital Region and injured a third did not find... (more)
NationalGuard.mil -- Thu, 19 Sep 2024 New York National Guard Officer Earns Sapper Tab SYRACUSE, N.Y. - When 25-year-old New York Army National Guard 1st Lt. Rebeka Eaton sets out to do something, she makes sure it gets done right. Im a very determined individual, Eaton says. That... (more)
Stars and Stripes -- Tue, 17 Sep 2024 Family of WWII Purple Heart recipient receives New York service medal, 80 years after soldiers death The family of a WWII soldier who was killed in action in September 1944 in Germany received the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross in his honor at New York National Guard headquarters... (more)