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Lapse in Appropriations The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status. Read more at war.gov.

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The latest iteration of the New York Guard uniform is similar to the uniform worn by the Army and Air National Guard with black and silver name tape instead of the green and black tape. New York Guard members wear a New York State flag on their sleeve instead of the American flag. New York Guard Gets New Look Published: Feb 19, 2019 Author:
CAMP SMITH-- New York Guard members load bottled water donated by people across the state for Puerto Rico relief onto a flatbed at Camp Smith Training Site on Oct. 9, 2017. Seventy New York Guard members have been placed on State Active Duty to help package and process donations. ( DMNA Photo NYG Specialist Zach Perkins) New York Guard activates 70 members for Puerto Rico donation duty Published: Oct 11, 2017 Author: NYG Specialist Zach Perkins
14th Battalion Commo Team Conducts MERNEX Published: Apr 07, 2017 Author: Story and photos by SPC Charles Garelick
CPT Coates, Commander of the 89th Army Band, welcomes PV2 Hondo to the New York Guard. New York Guard 89th Army Band Welcomes New Members Published: Mar 01, 2017 Author: Story and photos by SPC Richard Mayfield
Above: WO1 Green (right) is presented with the Meritorious Service Medal by COL DeSimone (left), Acting Commander of the New York Guard. ( Capt. Mark Getman) Westchester Resident earns New York Guard Meritorious Service Award Medal Published: Jan 16, 2017 Author: Story by SPC Richard Mayfield,
Members of the 88th Brigade, New York Guard, at Cavalry Cemetery in Queens, NY. 88th Brigade Commemorates The Battle of Fredericksburg Published: Jan 11, 2017 Author: SPC Edward Shevlin,
The Dine-In in full swing at the Lexington Avenue Armory. New York Guard Provides Support For 69th Infantry’s First Annual Holiday Dine-In Event Published: Jan 02, 2017 Author: Story and photos by SPC Edward Shevlin,
New York Guard 1st Sgt. Mark Copeletti, 56th Brigade, from New Windsor, N.Y., performs an equipment check on a Military Emergency Radio Network receiver at the Joint Task Force Sandy operations center Nov. 6, 2012. The MERN provides back-up communication capabilities for the National Guard response to emergencies such as Superstorm Sandy. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dave Konig, 56th Brigade, New York Guard. NYG reboots Emergency Radio System Published: Aug 14, 2015 Author:
Memorial Stone, hewn from the aqueduct quarry in upstate NY by the members of the First Provisional Regiment and placed at a site purchased by William Rockefeller for the burial of those members of the Regiment that were homeless or did not otherwise have a place to be buried. PVT Frank DeCosta, New York Guard is buried there, who died of the Spanish Flu while on duty guarding the Aqueduct. New York Guard 1st Provisional Regiment, Sleepy Hollow Memorial Service Published: Aug 14, 2015 Author: Capt. Mark Getman, New York Guard Headquarters
Captain Mark Getman, (R) Deputy Public Affairs Officer of the New York Guard portrays a local reporter attempting to access Camp Smith Training Site from the Force Protection soldier during an exercise for local first responders held in June at the training site. NY Guard Volunteers Role Play Reporters Published: Aug 14, 2015 Author: Story and photos by Officer Candidate Donald Ferguson, New York Guard
New York Guard Tunes into Commo Training Published: Aug 20, 2013 Author: New York Guard Spc. David Grate
COL Brian Farley (center) passes the 10th Brigade colors to the New York Guard’s Chief of Staff, COL Larry Bishop, who will then pass the colors to COL David Molik (right) the new commander of the 10th Brigade, New York Guard. Sergeant Major Thomas Czurlanis (left) first presented the colors to COL Farley. Passing the Colors represents the orderly transition of command within a military unit, as officers move on to other assignments. CHANGE OF COMMAND FOR TROY NEW YORK GUARD UNIT Published: Sep 15, 2012 Author: By MAJOR David Greenwood,
Members of the New York Guard Honor Guard prepare to fire a salute volley in honor of Pvt. William Logan Gwinn, a New York National Guard veteran of the Spanish American War and postal employee on board the RMS Titanic. Gwinn died at his post 100 years ago during the Titanic’s tragic sinking April 14, 1912. Photo by Warrant Officer Ubon Mendie, New York Guard. NY Guard Remembers Comrade lost on RMS Titanic Published: Apr 15, 2012 Author: Guard Times Staff
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