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Annual Report 2017 Division of Military 2017 Annual Report and Naval Affairs 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 1 Division of Military and Naval Affairs 2017 Annual Report The Adjutant General Major General Anthony P. Ger- commander of the Air National man is the 53rd Adjutant General Guard. of New York. He is responsible German was commissioned in to the governor for the training 1983 through Officer Training and readiness of the New York School and received his naviga- Army and Air National Guard and tor wings the same year. Prior ensuring those forces are ready to becoming the Chief of Staff, to respond to state needs. he served as the commander of German also serves as the the 109th Airlift Wing, located in commander of the New York Air Scotia, New York. National Guard. He is a Master Navigator with He is additionally responsible for over 4,900 hours flying time. He the New York Naval Militia and spent six years on active duty the New York Guard. before joining the New York Air The Adjutant General is simul- National Guard in 1989. taneously the commissioner of He has had numerous assign- the New York State Division of ments at the squadron, group and Military and Naval Affairs and a wing level. In addition, he worked federally recognized military of- at the Joint Force Headquarters ficer in the Army or Air Force. as the Executive Support Staff Prior to assuming his duties as Officer, and for the Office of the Adjutant General, German served Secretary of Defense, Reserve as Assistant Adjutant General Affairs as the Department of and the Chief of Staff of the New Defense Liaison Officer to the Maj. Gen. Anthony German York Air National Guard and then National Science Foundation. Maj. Gen. Anthony German speaks with Soldiers of the 369th Sustainment Brigade during a visit to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on May 17, 2017. Division of Military 2 and Naval Affairs 2017 Annual Report The 19,000 men and women of New York’s Military Forces -- consisting of the Army and Air National Guard, Table of Contents New York Naval Militia, and the New York Guard -- are Citizen Soldiers and Airmen, Sailors, and uniformed vol- Adjutant General Overview 2 unteers who serve the people of the United States and the state of New York at the call of president or governor. Division of Military and Naval Affairs 4 The Army and Air National Guard are a federal reserve Support to New York State 5 of the U.S. Army and Air Force, and when not called to federal duty are available to the governor in times of emer- Funeral Honors 11 gency. The men and women of the Army and Air National Counterdrug Program 12 Guard serve around the world as part of the military’s com- batant commands and also serve here at home. Facilities 13 New York National Guard Airmen were the first repre- sentatives of the U.S. military to respond to the attacks of Camp Smith/Youngstown Range Use 15 Sept. 11, 2001 and New York Army National Guard Sol- New York Army National Guard 16 diers were on the ground at the World Trade Center site by the end of that fateful day. Annual Training 23 Since then, 35 Soldiers and Airmen have given their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq. Aviation 29 The New York Naval Militia is a federally-recognized New York Air National Guard 30 state force which provides members of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Reserves an opportunity to serve New York Naval Militia 36 their state as well as serving their nation. New York Guard 38 The New York Guard, our state defense force, is made up of volunteers who augment the New York National Civilian Workforce 40 Guard during state emergencies. During 2017 New York Army National Guard Soldiers State Partnership Program 42 took part in several major training events, ranging from a Heroics in the Force 43 three-week overseas exercise alongside U.S. Marines and Australian Army forces in Australia to a large-scale com- Economic Impact 44 mand post exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, more than 225 Soldiers deployed to Ukraine as instructors in partnership with Ukrainian Defense Forces at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center. Throughout 2017 members of the New York Air National Guard conducted combat aviation missions using remotely piloted aircraft in support of U.S. troops overseas, flew supplies to units around the world, guarded airbases in Afghanistan, monitored the skies over the United States, rescued several gravely injured foreign nationals from a damaged vessel in the middle of the Atlantic and conduct- ed over 2,000 real world saves during search and rescue The Annual Report is published each year electronically under the pro- operations. Additionally, the Air Guard provided training visions of New York Military Law, Section 250, and is intended to provide support to NASA, deploying 45 personnel to Hawaii to the public with information on the programs and financial activities of the develop techniques for airdropping gear to recover astro- Division of Military and Naval Affairs. nauts from an Orion test spacecraft. Financial data reflects 2017 Federal and State Fiscal Years. While conducting all these federal missions, the New The Annual Report is produced by the New York National Guard Public Affairs Office. Publication date: January 2018. York National Guard mounted major deployments in The Division of Military and Naval Affairs and the New York National response to Hurricanes Harvey, Maria and Irma in Texas, Guard can be found online at: http://dmna.ny.gov Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. New York military members also responded to winter storms and flooding along Lake Ontario. This annual report presents a summary of the missions FRONT COVER: our state’s men and women in uniform have conducted Top photo: New York Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. James Bruc- during the past year. culeri, a Loadmaster with the 103rd Rescue Squadron ushers evacuees onto a HC-130 on St. Maarten headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico Septem- ber 10, 2017. Bottom photo: Army National Guard 1st Lt. Vaugn, assigned to Alpha Company, 101st Signal Battalion, loads food into his vehicle before clos- Major General Anthony P. German ing off entrances to Interstate 287 in response to Winter Storm Stella at The Adjutant General Camp Smith, N.Y., March 14. 3 Division of Military and Naval Affairs 2017 Annual Report New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs The New York State Division of Mili- tary and Naval Affairs (DMNA) is the state executive agency responsible to the governor for the managing New York’s Military Forces which consists of over 19,000 members of the New York Army National Guard, New York Air National Guard, New York Naval Militia and New York Guard. DMNA and the military forces are led by the Adjutant General of New York The New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters in Latham. who is appointed to the position by the governor. under the authority of the President of DMNA’s executive offices are located The Adjutant General has a dual the United States. at 330 Old Niskayuna Road, Latham status: he is a commissioner of a New The agency’s state appropriated bud- where state and federal staff work York State Agency and is also a feder- get for the 2017-2018 fiscal year is side-by-side to manage military readi- ally recognized general officer in the $139.3 million. This includes in $81.4 ness at the governor’s direction. New York National Guard. The agen- million operational spending, $57 mil- At the direction of the governor, cy reports to the governor through the lion capital projects, and $900,000 in DMNA has operated Joint Task Force Deputy Secretary for Public Safety. Aid to Localities funds for Insurance Empire Shield since 2001, which is a The Adjutant General is responsible premium benefits for National Guard unique force of Army and Air National for both agency administration and Soldiers Service Members Group Life Guard and Naval Militia members training, manning, and equipping of Insurance expenses. on State Active Duty who conduct military forces and facility readiness. DMNA employed 398 state and 3,732 Homeland Security Operations in the The Adjutant General is responsible federal employees in 2017. New York City Metropolitan Area to for ensuring that the New York Army The federal employee number in- deter and prevent terrorist acts. The and Air National Guard are ready to cludes both Active Guard and Re- task force is currently authorized 750 undertake federal missions when di- serve Airmen and Soldiers and dual- Soldiers and Airmen. rected. This can include deployments status technicians (civilian employees DMNA oversees the New York Coun- into combat zones, federal emergen- who must belong to the National ter Drug Task Force with 126 Soldiers cy response missions, or overseas Guard) who provide support services and Airmen that support law enforce- training deployments. to New York Military Forces as well ment agencies and local community Elements of the New York Air Nation- as federal civilians who do not have a anti-drug groups. DMNA also provides al Guard execute federal missions on military obligation. trainers working with the Department a daily basis—flying remotely piloted Missions of full-time employees of Homeland Security and Emergency aircraft, transporting supplies around include management of federal and Services to implement Governor the world, supporting science in the state budgets, human resources, Cuomo’s Citizen Preparedness Corps Arctic and Antarctic and monitoring training, logistics and facilities man- through which residents across the the skies above North America.
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