Tag: National Guard

  • Hillsborough National Guard soldier receives new rank, new responsibilities

    Hillsborough National Guard soldier receives new rank, new responsibilities

    Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general for the State of New York, announced the recent promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility and leadership. Daniel Mcgraw from Hillsborough, assigned to the Company C, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, received a promotion to the…

  • National Guard rescues man stranded in floodwaters

    National Guard rescues man stranded in floodwaters

      PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROBERT KECSKES Members of the National Guard came to rescue a man who was clinging to the roof of his nearly submerged car on a flooded road in Hopewell during Tropical Storm Ida on Sept. 1. They were taken from in front of a home on Pennington-Rocky Hill Road in Hopewell…