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April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, roughly 481,000 drivers are driving while using cell phones at any moment during a typical day. Distracted driving habits such as texting, grooming, eating, and even reading are responsible for accidents that claimed 3,450 lives in 2016 alone. The New York National Guard Safety Office has some suggestions that can help Soldiers and their families hone their safe driving skills.
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Adirondack Daily Enterprise -- Tue, 28 Jul 2026 Air National Guard training to be held in Lewis on Friday LEWIS The Syracuse-based 274th Air Support Operations Squadron of the New York Air National Guard is slated to conduct small arms, mountaineering and personal communications training here... (more)
NationalGuard.mil -- Tue, 28 Jul 2026 New York Guard Showcases Polar Airlift Mission OSHKOSH, Wis. The New York Air Guards 109th Airlift Wing joined more than 10,000 aircraft and hundreds of thousands of aviation enthusiasts last week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the worlds... (more)
Times Union -- Mon, 27 Jul 2026 Duty Calls: Old gets new look The Old 490 aircraft that has guarded Stratton Air National Guard Base gates in Scotia for decades has a new look thanks to volunteer airmen. Though it hasnt flown in decades, its the first... (more)
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