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33 YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard’s 152nd Engineer Company dumped the virtual training from 2020, and got down to being combat engineers again May 9-23 during annual training at an 840-acre training site in western New York. The company, part of the 204th Engineer Battalion, was tasked with upgrading the Youngstown Local Training Area as their two-week mission. The Soldiers constructed an Army Combat Fitness Course, a Situational Training Exercise lanes course, improved the area’s road network, and set up a land navigation course. The engineers cleared woods and improved drainage as well. The construction is part of the New York National Guard’s Range Complex Master Plan, which calls for upgrading training areas to prepare Guard units for deployments. ....
New York National Guard troops in D.C. for inauguration Jay Silver FacebookTwitterEmail National Guard troops patrol the Capitol grounds in Washington on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. The stage for Inauguration Day is in the background.ANNA MONEYMAKER/New York Times WASHINGTON The nearly 1,100 members of the New York National Guard deployed to Washington on Friday began their mission patrolling the Capitol building and its grounds, and working on traffic control ahead of Wednesday s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Col. Richard Goldenberg, a spokesman for the New York National Guard, said their presence was required “in light of the events of Jan. 6,” when a mob of supporters of President Donald J. Trump stormed the Capitol as members of Congress voted to accept the results of the presidential election, resulting in five deaths and dozens of injuries. ....