New York Army National Guard Lt Col Padraic Pat Lilly, Rear Detachment Commander, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment joins retired Maj. Gen. Pat Alesia, President of the 42nd Infantry (Rainbow) Division Association in placing a memorial wreath at the 42nd Division WWI Monument in Garden City, Long Island on November 5, 2022 to honor the division's Soldiers for Veterans Day. The 42nd Division was created near Garden City at Camp Mills, N.Y. in 1917. U.S. National Guard photo by Capt. Mark Getman, New York Guard.
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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)