DECEMBER 28, 2022 – The thundering of hammers and wrenches echoed throughout an ordinarily calm aircraft hangar Dec. 21 as a $1.5 million National Guard Bureau investment was pieced together at Stewart Air National Guard Base, home of the 105th Airlift Wing and its nine C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft. The New York Air National Guard now stewards a state-of-the-art … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2022
Marines Complete Interoperability Training with Indonesian Partners
SUMBERWARU, INDONESIA (Dec. 15, 2022) - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Natividad, an automotive maintenance technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shakes hands with an Indonesian Korps Marinir (KORMAR) before an Engineering Civic Assistance Project (ENCAP) during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training/ Marine Exercise (MAREX), Dec. … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Begins Ice-Breaking Operation in Great Lakes
DECEMBER 28, 2022 – The U.S. Coast Guard has commenced Operation Coal Shovel on Monday, December 26, 2022. Operation Coal Shovel is the domestic ice-breaking operation with an area of responsibility spanning from southern Lake Huron to Lake St. Clair, to the St. Clair / Detroit River system, and into Lake Erie and Lake Ontario including the St. Lawrence Seaway. U.S. and … [Read more...]
Civilians Apply Skills Through Volunteer Deployments
DECEMBER 28, 2022 — Department of the Army civilians and other Department of Defense civilian employees across the globe contribute to the total force and help ensure the readiness, capability and capacity of our military forces. Civilian employees at Crane Army Ammunition Activity are no exception — in addition to safely producing, storing, distributing and demilitarizing … [Read more...]
National Guard Deploys for Snowstorm Response
DECEMBER 28, 2022 — Four hundred and sixty New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen were on state active duty Dec. 27 to help respond to the massive snowstorm that hit the Buffalo area over Christmas weekend. About 80 more troops were to be mobilized Dec. 27. Four feet of snow fell on the region along Lake Erie from Christmas Eve to Dec. 26, with more expected Dec. 27. … [Read more...]