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Monday, April 08, 2013  Lt. Col. Joseph Biehler, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has taken command of the New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Team.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be the next commander of the New York Army National Guard's Syracuse-based 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

Friday, January 25, 2013  National Guard officials say about 80 members of the Syracuse-based 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are expected to arrive Friday morning at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  The 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team based in Syracuse is one of nine Army National Guard brigades in the country participating in the initial test program moving women into positions in combat battalions.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  It's a special homecoming just in time for the holidays: 21 soldiers are returning home to Central New York.

Sunday, December 16, 2012  They fly into Hancock Field Tuesday or Wednesday

Friday, December 07, 2012  More than 200 members of a New York Army National Guard unit are back in the United States after being deployed to Kuwait earlier this year.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  A general who served two tours in Iraq and was garrison commander at the U.S. Army's Fort Drum has been named to command New York's Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  About 80 members of the New York Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, returned to their New York Army National Guard armory from deployment to Afghanistan on Wednesday.

Sunday, September 23, 2012  80 Army National Guard soldiers have been in Afghanistan for 10 months

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  Military officials say a lightning strike has injured 10 soldiers from a New Jersey Army National Guard unit who were training at Fort Drum in northern New York.

Thursday, May 10, 2012  Soldiers from a New York Army National Guard battalion are on their way to Afghanistan for a nine-month tour of duty.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  A Skaneateles native has been named the new Commander of the Military Police Unit in Auburn.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011  More than 400 members of Army National Guard aviation units from New York and two New England states are training at Fort Drum for possible deployment overseas next year.

Friday, March 04, 2011  Soldiers from a New York Army National Guard unit will be sent to Afghanistan to help train and fight with that nation's military forces.