CAMP SMITH--U.S. Army Sgt. Mitchell Stogel fires an M249 SAW during the stress shoot component of the New York Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Smith Training Site March 30 2017. The Best Warrior competitors represent each of New Yorks brigades after winning competitions at the company battalion and brigade levels. At the state level they are tested on their physical fitness military knowledge endurance marksmanship and land navigation skills. The two winners of the competition one junior enlisted and one NCO advance to compete at the regional level later this year.
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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)