GARDEN CITY--Sgt. 1st Class Nicasio Velazquez, left, Retired Brig. Gen. Pat Alesia, president of the 42nd Infantry Division Association,69th Infantry Regimental Historian Bert Cunningham, and Sgt. 1st Class Colin Stewart of the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, salute after placing a memorial wreath at the Rainbow Division Memorial in Garden City, Long Island on May 25, 2024. The 42nd Infantry Division was organized at Camp Mills, which once stood where Garden City is now during 1917. A wreath is placed at the memorial during Memorial Day Weekend.
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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)
Daily Freeman -- Thu, 16 Oct 2025 Kingston National guardsmen headed to Texas to assist border patrol KINGSTON, N.Y. Sixty-three National Guardsmen assigned to the 104th Military Police Battalion here are among 188 troops being deployed to assist U.S. Border Patrol at the southern border... (more)
Rome Sentinel -- Thu, 16 Oct 2025 Dr. LeCates shares vision as he prepares to lead MVHS UTICA Dr. William LeCates will step into the role of president and CEO of Mohawk Valley Health System on Monday, bringing decades of medical, executive, and military leadership to the position... (more)