Army Guard aviators team up with NY forest rangers for helicopter firefighting training Eric Durr and Sgt. Andrew Valenza for the New York National Guard | May 12, 2021
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New York and Connecticut Army National Guard UH-60 aircrews teamed up with New York Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers to hone their helicopter wildfire fighting skills during an exercise in Colonie, New York using the Mohawk River as a water source and target.
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jake Pratt, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 142nd Aviation and a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Ranger exit a UH-60 during helicopter firefighting training over the Mohawk River in Colonie, New York on May 6, 2021. Aircrews based at the Albany International Airport in Latham, New York, teamed up with aviators from the Connecticut Army National Guard and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest
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Army Guard aviators team up with NY Forest Rangers for helicopter firefighting training Photo By Sgt. Andrew Valenza | New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jake Pratt a UH-60 crew chief assigned to the.. read moreread more Photo By Sgt. Andrew Valenza | New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jake Pratt a UH-60 crew chief assigned to the 2rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation and a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Ranger prepare to deploy water during helicopter firefighting training over the Mohawk River in Colonie, New York on May 6, 2021. Aircrews based at the Albany International Airport in Latham, New York, teamed up with aviators from the Connecticut Army National Guard and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers, to conduct the training in preparation for the summer wild fire season. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by S
Duty Calls: Two National Guard units get new leaders
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Major Gen. Ray Shields, left, passes the unit flag of the 109th Airlift Wing to new commander Col. Christian Sander as the former commander, Col. Michele Kilgore watches during a ceremony in Scotia.
Two Capital Region National Guard units have new commanders.
New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Thomas Spencer, a two-tour veteran of the Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War, has assumed command of the Troy-based 42nd Infantry Division during a ceremony at New York National Guard Headquarters in Latham. Spencer replaces Maj. Gen. Steven Ferrari of Winslow Township, N.J. .
POTSDAM â The state-run COVID-19 vaccination clinic at SUNY Potsdamâs Maxcy Hall is seeing a decline in appointment registrations, and is now fulfilling same-day appointments.
During a public SUNY Potsdam College Council meeting Friday morning, council member and Waddington Town Supervisor Alex V. Hammond said site volunteers will be posting roadside signs encouraging motorists to stop in to register and get vaccinated.
âWe have a lot of vaccine and appointments that are not being filled on a daily basis,â he said. âNothingâs being thrown away, nothingâs being wasted, but we have a number of appointments we do on a daily basis and we arenât reaching that goal currently.â