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  • NY National Guard has 3,500 on duty to fight COVID-19

    LATHAM, N.Y. – A month into the COVID-19 response, the New York National Guard has about 3,500 members on the mission from the eastern tip of Long Island to Buffalo.The force on COVID-19 response duty in New York includes 2,952 New York Army National Guard Soldiers, 438 Air National Guard Airmen, 75

  • National Guard chief: More Guard members to be called up

    ARLINGTON, Va. – More than 28,000 National Guard members are on duty as part of COVID-19 response efforts, and that number is expected to grow, the Guard’s top general says. “Over the past few weeks, each day has seen about 1,000 additional Soldiers and Airmen called up throughout the 54 states,

  • NYC emergency room doctor joins Guard as flight surgeon

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – A New York City emergency room doctor at the heart of the fight against COVID-19 added another role to his list of medical credentials March 18: flight surgeon in the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing.Now a major, Dr. Lorenzo Paladino has 20 years of

  • NY National Guard doubles force responding to COVID-19

    LATHAM, N.Y. – The New York National Guard has doubled the number of members helping to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the state to more than 2,200 troops on duty.From Niagara Falls to Long Island, Soldiers and Airmen are providing logistical and administrative support to state and local

  • Texas, Washington ANG participate in CRUZEX 2018 kick-off

    NATAL, Brazil -- Brazil kicked off its multinational air combat exercise CRUZEX VII Nov. 18 and invited participation from U.S. and six other partner nations.Guardsmen from the Texas and Washington Air National Guard joined the two-week long exercise and lent support by providing fighter and tanker