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GLENVILLE
In the Military: Steindl to oversee flying operations at Stratton
Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012
Lt. Col. Michael Steindl, analyst and staff officer to the director of the Air National Guard’s Action Group, has been promoted to operations group commander of the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing at the Stratton Air National Guard Base.
ALBANY
In the Military: VA car show will honor veterans, raise funds
Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012
Muscle cars, rat rods, trucks and motorcycles will pack the VA Hospital lot Saturday as part of the 3rd annual “Honor Our Vets” car show.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Rainbow Division celebrates legacy at reunion
Monday, July 16, 2012
From the trenches of World War I to the liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp at the end of World War II to the War Against Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Rainbow Division has always been front and center.
ALBANY
In the Military: Army Guard ‘Rainbow’ Band to perform in Albany park
Thursday, July 5, 2012
The 42nd Infantry Division “Rainbow” Band of the New York Army National Guard, which takes its name from a remark by legendary Gen. Douglas MacArthur, is coming to town for a concert.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
In the Military: Veterans honored through new IDs, can receive discounts
Thursday, July 5, 2012
The Montgomery County Clerk’s Office has a table full of new gadgets. Last year the county Board of Supervisors approved roughly $15,000 for an industrial camera and plastic ID printer along with the necessary computer and software to run them. It doesn’t look like much, but according to County Clerk Helen Bartone, it’s Montgomery County’s way of honoring veterans.
GUILDERLAND
Memorial service for veterans planned at Prospect Hill
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Magdalena La Grange’s 1890 poem “The Tried and True” will once again be heard throughout the Soldiers Lot in the town’s Prospect Hill Cemetery.
CAPITOL
In the Military: Scotia woman inducted into Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Master Sgt. Corine Lombardo of Scotia, a decorated veteran of the Iraq War, has been inducted into the state Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame.
CRESCENT
In the Military: Guard readying for brush fires
Thursday, June 7, 2012
The Mohawk River was the testing “ground” Tuesday for a statewide preparation against potential brush fires this summer.
CAPITAL REGION
Veterans keeping memories of D-Day alive
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Today marks the 68th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of German-occupied France, the largest amphibious landing in history and a turning point in the protracted effort to free Europe.
CRESCENT
New York Army Guard to test firefighting helicopter this morning
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
A specially-equipped New York Army National Guard helicopter is set to try out some firefighting gear.
WEST MILTON
Kesselring site celebrates 50,000th graduate
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
On Tuesday, under a huge white tent in one of the site’s parking lots, a ceremony was held to mark the graduation of the latest class at the Kenneth A. Kesselring Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit, which included its 50,000th trainee.
Capital Region Scrapbook: Memorial Day always a day to remember
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Alice Colozze remembered. Leon Mosher did too. So did thousands of other people in Schenectady County. It was late May in 1962.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Lack of funds claims Saratoga Springs parade (with list of local parades)
Friday, May 18, 2012
After more than 25 years, the annual downtown Saratoga Springs Memorial Day parade is throwing in the towel this year.
GLENVILLE
Stratton base may keep C-130s as Congress fattens military cash
Friday, May 11, 2012
Stratton Air National Guard Base may not lose four C-130H aircraft slated to be transferred next fall under reductions proposed by the Air Force.
NISKAYUNA
Our Military: Four from 'Greatest Generation' share experiences with Niskayuna students
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Four members of “The Greatest Generation” shared their World War II experiences with eighth-grade American history students at Iroquois Middle School in Niskayuna.
