NEW WINDSOR--Ten New York Army National Guard Soldiers who received the Purple Heart on May 10, 2025 at the Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor, New York display their certificates following the ceremony. The ten Soldiers were injured during a January 28, 2024 drone attack on a military outpost in Jordan known as Tower 22. the Soldiers were among 14 from Charlie Company of the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion who were stationed at the base to maintain communications equipment. They are joined by their platoon leader and NCOIC at left.
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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)