FORT POLK--New York State Command Sgt. Major David Piwowarski the senior enlisted advisor to the New York Army National Guard speaks with Pfc. Mathew Smithers a cavalry scout with the 2nd Squadron 101st Cavalry while atop a Humvee and manning a .50-caliber machine gun at the Army's Joint Readiness Training Center Fort Polk La. July 20 2016. The Soldiers of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team joined another 2000 Soldiers from other state Army National Guard units active Army and Army Reserve troops to hone their skills and practice integrating combat operations ranging from infantry troops engaging in close combat with the enemy to artillery and air strikes July 9-30 2016.
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NY National Guard In the News
Olean Times Herald -- Thu, 25 May 2023 State & Union: Cuba native promoted to colonel in NY Guard Mark Frank, a Cuba-Rushford High School and St. Bonaventure University alumnus, has been promoted to colonel in the New York Army National Guard. The son of Douglas and Elizabeth Frank of... (more)
NationalGuard.mil -- Thu, 25 May 2023 Green Berets Train with New York Air Guard 106th Rescue Wing F.S. GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. Rescue aircraft circled overhead and Green Berets dropped in to recover a simulated friendly casualty in a joint combat rescue exercise with the... (more)
Times Union -- Wed, 24 May 2023 Soldier father's return is a storytime surprise in Rotterdam: Deployed to Kuwait since June, Army National Guard sergeant reunites with family at Rotterdam school There are plenty of tragic stories in the world right now. This is not one of them. Sgt. 1st Class William C. Rhodes of the Army National Guard was deployed to Kuwait just shy of a year... (more)