LATHAM--Chief Warrant Officer 5 Mark Shumway the top warrant officer in the New York Army National Guard receives a ceremonial sword from Maj. Gen. Raymond Shields the adjutant general a symbol of assuming authority during a ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters Latham New York Dec. 19 2022. Shumway took the position of state command chief warrant officer from Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jacqueline OKeefe who retired after nearly 40 years in the Army.
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Times Union -- Mon, 12 Jan 2026 Duty Calls: National Guard teams conduct 6,166 military funeral honors A total of 125 highly trained New York Army National Guard and Air National Guard honor guard members performed 6,166 gravesite military funerals last year, according to Eric Durr, a spokesman... (more)
Olean Times Herald -- Sat, 10 Jan 2026 New York Air Guard, the largest in the US, gets new commander LATHAM An Air Guard major general, who started as an enlisted airman and served in the Persian Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan, assumed command of the New York Air National Guard in a ceremony... (more)
Olean Times Herald -- Thu, 08 Jan 2026 NY Air Guard honors Millard Filmore in wreath-laying ceremony BUFFALO The New York Air National Guards 107th Attack Wing honored Millard Fillmore, the nations 13th president, on Wednesday as the wings Mission Support Group deputy commander laid a wreath... (more)