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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Army.mil -- Tue, 24 Mar 2026 175 Years at the Front: The Fighting 69th Leads Worlds Largest St. Patricks Day Parade once more NEW YORK For 175 years, Soldiers of the New York Army National Guards 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, known as the Fighting 69th, have led the worlds largest and oldest St. Patricks... (more)
Times Union -- Mon, 23 Mar 2026 Duty Calls: Clifton Park officer named best in state Air Guard One of the five airmen selected as airmen of the year of the 5,872-member New York Air National Guard is from Clifton Park. The local honoree, Capt. Anton Andriyanov, earned the Company... (more)
NationalGuard.mil -- Fri, 20 Mar 2026 New York Air National Guardsman Completes Arctic Warfare Training ROME, N.Y. A New York Air National Guardsman from the 224th Security Forces Squadron recently completed the demanding Cold Weather Operations Course, or CWOC, at Camp Ripley, Minnesota. ... (more)