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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WarHistoryNetwork -- Wed, 17 Dec 2025 William Wild Bill Donovan: Americas Spymaster in WWII War The behind-the-scenes story of how a World War I hero helped to strengthen U.S.-British ties and forged the beginnings of todays CIA. This article appears in: Winter 2013 On July 14, 1940,... (more)
Morning-Times -- Tue, 16 Dec 2025 Towanda graduate promoted to Lt. Colonel in NY Army National Guard LATHAM, N.Y. Former Bradford County resident Charles Ackley was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the New York Army National Guard during a Dec. 12 ceremony at New York Army National... (more)
Rome Sentinel -- Tue, 16 Dec 2025 ACHIEVEMENT: Boonville resident top enlisted leader for Buffalo-based brigade BUFFALO New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Morgan Cady, a Boonville resident and Iraq War veteran, became the senior enlisted leader of the Guards 153rd Troop Command Brigade... (more)