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GLENVILLE
Air base to get back planes cut last year
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Stratton Air National Guard Base will get back two of the three C-130H aircraft lost during military spending cuts last year.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Military Museum acquires large painting of battle hero Benedict Arnold
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
A large painting of Benedict Arnold, considered the hero of the 1777 Battles of Saratoga but later disgraced for betraying his country, has been acquired by the New York State Military Museum on Lake Avenue in Saratoga Springs.
SARATOGA COUNTY
Veterans can get help through peer-based mentoring
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Saratoga County's new peer-based mentoring program for military veterans is up and running.
GLENVILLE
For retiring Antarctica vet, heat hard to take
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
After thirteen missions to Antarctica, Lt. Col. Samantha East’s last trip should have been routine: Constant sunlight. Bad food. Cold weather. But instead, she spent her last month flying back and forth from New Zealand, two-day supply trips that stressed the ski-equipped LC-130s and gave her no time to get used to Antarctica.
Gen. Schwarzkopf buried at West Point
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, the no-nonsense Desert Storm commander famously nicknamed “Stormin’ Norman,” graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, soaking up it values: “Duty, Honor, Country.”
GLENVILLE
Departing balmy Antarctica, 109th Airlift Wing heading home
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013
Air National Guard members with the 109th Airlift Wing are preparing for the long journey home.
MALTA
Malta parade in May to honor Iraq, Afghanistan veterans
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013
The town of Malta plans to pay tribute to veterans of the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with a rescheduled annual parade to be held on Route 9 on Saturday, May 18.
COLONIE
Soldier On receives furniture donation
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013
BBL Hospitality recently donated truckloads of gently used furniture to Soldier On’s new Albany County Veterans Resource Center.
Airman from Montgomery County killed in industrial accident
Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013
Officials at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa say an airman from Palatine Bridge has died in an industrial accident.
NISKAYUNA
Rotterdam man takes over as Guard commander
Monday, Jan. 14, 2013
Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard’s Company E 427th Brigade Support Battalion stood at attention Sunday morning as 1st Lt. Mark Colloton took command ...
TROY
Waterford Navy vet gets belated honors for D-Day heroics
Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013
A World War II veteran who was among the sailors belatedly honored for their heroics on D-Day in France has been honored at a special ceremony near his hometown.
Honor Guard members serve with precision and respect
Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
The New York Army National Guard's Honor Guard stood at attention, played taps and handed folded flags to the grieving at about 10,200 military funerals in 2012 — 500 fewer than in the year prior.
TAMPA, Fla.
Desert Storm commander Schwarzkopf dead at 78
Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012
A U.S. official says retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who commanded the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991, has died. He was 78.
GLENVILLE
Christmas to feature seals, penguins
Monday, Dec. 24, 2012
With Christmas just days away, all eyes are on the North Pole, but way down at the bottom of the globe, they’re gearing up for the big day, too.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Museum uses toys to bring military history to children
Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012
A new exhibit at the New York State Military Museum featuring classic GI Joe toy figures and model tanks in historic battle situations is bringing more young visitors to the museum.
