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A 1994 Jordan-Elbridge High School graduate took command of one of the most famous units in the National Guard last week.

34 MUSCATATUCK, Ind. – Just under 200 New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion and 204th Engineer Battalion were among the 4,200 troops taking part an exercise testing their ability to respond to a nuclear attack. The annual Guardian Response took place from April 19 to 20 at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Indiana. The training center is a former psychiatric center converted to represent a typical urban area. The 101st Signal Battalion sent 138 troops of Bravo Company to Muscatatuck, while 59 Soldiers from the Headquarter...

Duty Calls: Mechanicville soldier commanding battalion Terry Brown FacebookTwitterEmail New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael J. Hastings, accepts the unit flag of the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion during change of command ceremonies at ceremony at Camp Smith, near Peekskill.Spc. Marla Ogden / New York Army National Guard  Lt. Col. Michael Hastings of Mechanicville, an Afghan war veteran, assumed command of the New York Army National Guard’s 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion during a ceremony at Camp Smith Training Site, Peekskill, Orange County. The battalion, headquarte...

New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael Hastings,assumed command of the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, whic his headquarterd in Yonkers, during a ceremony at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill on Saturday, Feb. 27. The battalion, is headquartered in Yonkers. The battalion’s Company B is located in Orangeburg and Company A is based in Peekskill. The unit specializes in handling satellite communications for military units over vast areas. The battalion has deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait. The change of command was held at Camp Smith because the Yonkers Armory is cur...

Note: This article has been corrected. They called themselves the “Black Rattlers” and the French dubbed them “Men of Bronze,” but the Army now officially recognizes a historic Harlem unit by what the enemy called them in World War I — the “Hellfighters.” The “Harlem Hellfighters” is now the official special designation for the 369th Sustainment Brigade, the New York National Guard said Friday. The unit traces its lineage to the all-Black 369th Infantry Regiment, which earned the moniker over a century ago in fierce fighting that’s been credited with helping to break dow...