Members of the New York Guard Honor Guard
prepare to fire a salute volley in honor of Pvt. William
Logan Gwinn, a New York National Guard veteran of the
Spanish American War and postal employee on board the RMS
Titanic. Gwinn died at his post 100 years ago during the
Titanic’s tragic sinking April 14, 1912. Photo by Warrant
Officer Ubon Mendie, New York Guard.
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Engineers from the
10th Bde., NY Guard build a Military Operations in Urban
Terrain (MOUT) site
for the National Guard to train on at Camp Smith, NY.Photo
by CPT George Lamboy
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CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE-- Members of the New
York Guard called to State Active Duty as members of Joint Task
Force Irene pose with New York National Guard Brig. General
Michael Swezey the task force commander. More than 130 members
of the New York Guard, New York’s volunteer defense force,
served the state in capacity from evacuation shelter workers to
staff officers.
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RONKONKOMA-- Members of the New York Guard’s
Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Radiological, & High Yield
Explosive Enhanced Responsive Force take a break during a day of
training at the Army National Guard Flight Facility at McArthur
Airport.
The New York Guard Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Radiological,
& High Yield Explosive Enhanced Responsive Force Team is an
unpaid corps of service members, who volunteer to help augment
the New York National Guard force designated for the same
mission.
For this day’s training the New York Guard
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