Topic: New York National Guard

Letters to the Editor: Jan. 28, 2012

Learning tools. . TO THE EDITOR: You are proud because you lost three comics and put 21 comics on two pages, lost one complete page of paper.....

Local soldiers being deployed to Kuwait

260 soldiers from our area are being deployed to Kuwait. . . The New York Army National Guard's Headquarters Company A of the 427th Brigade Support...
The blazing sun beat down on E.180th St. near Bryant Ave., outside the Old West Farms Soldiers Cemetery, on a picture-perfect Memorial Day.....

State bill revives pieces of DREAM

A new bill in the state Legislature would make college life easier for undocumented immigrant students - giving them benefits like financial aid...
Military board says gay NY National Guard officer should be discharged for coming outA military administrative board recommended Tuesday that a National Guard officer who publicly announced he's gay should be discharged for violating the military's " Dan Choi would be ...
An orphanage for boys in Kabul, Afghanistan, received almost 5,000 pounds of school supplies, clodiing, personal hygiene items and medical supplies in late October, all from people in New York and delivered by members of the New York National Guard.The ...
NY soldier acquitted of murdering officers says he expected conviction despite innocenceA New York National Guard soldier acquitted of murder in the deaths of two superiors in Iraq says he expected a guilty verdict despite being " "Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez may be ...

Back on the Front

For Col. Brian K. Balfe, a New York National Guard officer, the war on terror started early.A regional sales manager for IBM, Balfe awoke in his Boston home on Sept. 11, 2001, to news of the terrorist attacks in New York ...
Defense for Soldier Accused of Killing Superiors in Iraq Argues for New Hearing, LawyersLawyers for a soldier accused of killing two higher-ranking officers in Iraq argued Monday to start over with a new investigation hearing and new defense lawyers and prosecutors.The ...
Damages for Emotional Distress Part of Gross Income, Appeals Court RulesMoney for your mental anguish is taxable.That was the ruling Tuesday from a federal appeals court, which reversed what it said just 11 months ago.The decision came in the case ...