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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Times Union -- Tue, 30 Dec 2025 Duty Calls: Memorial Ruck March commemorates fallen airmen More than 250 airmen walk from Stewart Air National Guard Base to Purple Heart Museum in New Windsor More than 250 airmen of the New York Air National Guards 105th Airlift Wing, with heavy... (more)
Boonville Herald -- Mon, 29 Dec 2025 Boonville resident becomes top enlisted leader for Buffalo-based brigade BOONVILLE/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... (more)
Kingston Daily Freeman -- Sat, 27 Dec 2025 Military news: Area residents in N.Y. Army National Guard, Air National Guard promoted The following area residents serving in the New York Army National Guard were promoted: * Michael Murashowe of Port Ewen, assigned to Bravo Company, National Guard Recruiting & Retention... (more)