BARBADOS-- New York Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Matthias Quackenbush, a standardization instructor pilot assigned to the 3rd Battalion,142nd Aviation Regiment Ne provides a safety brief to Soldiers Marines and service members and police officers from Barbados Netherlands Guyana Mexico Dominican Republic St. Lucia and the Grenadines Antigua and Barbuda and St. Kitts and Nevis prior to Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction System training during Exercise TRADEWINDS 24 in Barbados on May 8 2024. Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored regionally oriented annual exercise and is part of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs Large Scale Global Exercise 24 a series of all-domain military exercises executed alongside Allies and partners around the globe. The New York Army National Guard deployed 45 Soldiers and four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to participate in the exercise.
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TapInto Roselle, -- Thu, 13 Feb 2025 Roselle National Guard Airman Receives New Rank, New Responsibilities ROSELLE, NJ - A Roselle National Guard Airman was among several members of the New York Air National Guard who were promoted in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility... (more)
NationalGuard.mil -- Tue, 11 Feb 2025 NY Wing to Participate in Canadian Arctic Training Exercise SCOTIA, N.Y. Fifty-nine Airmen and two LC-130 Hercules aircraft from the New York Air National Guards 109th Airlift Wing will participate in a joint military exercise in the Northwest Territories... (more)
Finger Lakes Times -- Tue, 11 Feb 2025 FLCC hosts online talk about African-American combat unit the Harlem Rattlers CANANDAIGUA In honor of Black History Month, Finger Lakes Community College will host an online talk by Jeffrey Sammons, emeritus professor of history at New York University, at 7 p.m. Wednesday. ... (more)