CAMP SMITH--New York Army National Guard Spc. Hyuckwoo Park assigned to Joint Task Force COVID-19 receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Camp Smith Training Site Medical Readiness Clinic N.Y. on December 18 2020. New York has been participating in a Department of Defense program to refine the logistics of delivering the COVID-19 vaccine which has already been tested and approved. Major General Ray Shields, the Adjutant General, is encouraging all New York National Guard members to get their vaccine shot as soon as it is offered to them.
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WTEN -- Thu, 25 Feb 2021 Air National Guard Members return home from Antarctica (video) SCOTIA, N.Y. (NEWS 10) Tonight, 50 National Guard Airmen came home from Operation Deep Freeze, a mission in Antarctica that helps deliver supplies to researchers at the South Pole. Cold weather... (more)
Spectrum News -- Wed, 24 Feb 2021 NY National Guard to Hold Memorial Ceremony for Mendon Crash Victims Friday ROCHESTER, N.Y. A memorial service for the three soldiers killed in a helicopter crash last month will now take place on Friday. The New York Army National Guard will hold the service at... (more)
WAMC -- Mon, 22 Feb 2021 Orange County Resident Is Promoted To One-Star General ( Audio) An Orange County resident has been promoted to one-star general in the New York National Guard. Isabel Rivera Smith, a Goshen resident and Iraq War veteran who started in the Army as a truck... (more)