FORT DRUM--New York Army National Guard Sgt. Joseph Perrotta, left, and Specialist Jerry Remy, second from right, both members of the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, pose with battalion Command Sgt. Major Celos Benites, second from left, and operations Sgt. Major Robert Hoffman, right, after winning the battalions Best Warrior competition at Fort Drum, New York. The battalion conducted its Best Warrior event from 8 to 10 August while at Annual Training. Soldiers fired the M-4 rifle, the M-17 pistol, the M-500 shotgun and the M-320 grenade launcher, conducted a ruck march, took a physical fitness test and military skills test, and sat for a board with the battalions first sergeants.
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Army.mil -- Wed, 11 Mar 2026 NY National Guard's "Fighting 69th" Infantry leads New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade for the 175th Time NEW YORK, New York--Eight hundred Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment will once again lead the world's largest St. Patrick's... (more)
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