NY National Guard s 69th Infantry leads virtual St. Patrick s Day Parade Photo By Mark Getman | Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard s 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry step off.. read moreread more Photo By Mark Getman | Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard s 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry step off for an abbreviated version of the annual St. Patrick s Day Parade accompanied by Irish Wolfhounds, the traditional mascot of the regiment, in New York City on March 17, 2021 en route to St. Patrick s Cathedral. The regiment has led the parade annually since 1851. Although the usual massive parade led by the complete battalion was not held due to the pandemic, 50 Soldiers joined the Ancient Order of Hibernians in conducting a smaller version of what is normally the largest St. Patrick s Day Parade in the world.
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540 Troops Served to Protect Capitol and Ensure a Peaceful Presidential Transition; Final Group of New York National Guard to Return Home
6,116 Members of New York National Guard Have Worked As Part of New York State s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Since March 10
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 540 New York Army National Guard Soldiers who have been on duty providing security for the Capitol complex in Washington D.C. will return to armories across New York on Saturday.
On January 6 in Washington, D.C., our federal government faced a host of challenges unlike anything in recent memory, and it was profoundly important for New York to send members of our National Guard to facilitate the peaceful transition of presidential power and protect our nation s greatest democratic assets, Governor Cuomo said. The members of our National Guard once again met the challenges with professional resolve, and we owe them a debt of
New York National Guard Soldiers arrive in Washington for Capitol Response Photo By Warren Wright | Pfc. Neil Martin, an infantryman with the New York Army National Guard’s 27th.. read moreread more Photo By Warren Wright | Pfc. Neil Martin, an infantryman with the New York Army National Guard’s 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 42nd Infantry Division, stands guard outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 2021. The Latham, New York, native, along with more than 500 other citizen-Soldiers from the New York Army Guard, have deployed to the nation’s capital to provide security and support to civil authorities. The National Guard has been requested to continue supporting federal law enforcement agencies with security, communications, medical evacuation, logistics and safety support to state, district and federal agencies through mid-March. (U.S. Army Pho