Save the date! November 12 '13 - Comedy Benefit for the John Mangialardi Scholarship Fund

Join us for a great night of entertainment to raise funds for the family of John Mangialardi, in honor of our fallen brother Lieutenant Colonel John Mangialardi, Commander 5th Legal Services Detachment, 56th Brigade, NY Guard.

56th Brigade Commander Colonel David Warager

56th Brigade Commander Colonel David Warager takes the lead. Search and rescue training. Photo by First Sgt. Mark Copeletti

56th Brigade Command Sergeant Major Robert Lefberg

Leading by example, 56th Brigade Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Lefberg, search and rescue training. Photo by First Sgt. Mark Copeletti

Urban Search & Rescue Training Sept 29, '13

PALADIN TRAINING CENTER, CARMEL, NY - N.Y. Guard Staff Sergeant Louis DiGiananntonio, 56th Brigade, crawls through the tunnel of a simulated collapsed building site during urban search and rescue training on Sept. 29th. To add to the realism of the training, soldiers had to perform the exercise blinded by wearing sensory depriving masks covered in duct tape. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig, HQ, 56th Brigade, NY Guard.

PALADIN TRAINING CENTER, CARMEL, NY - N.T. Guard Spec. Sean Walsh leads Capt. Bohdan Ozaruk, 56th Brigade S-3 training and operations officer, and Major Michael Levinson, commander 156th Emergency Response Battalion, to the starting point of the collapsed building exercise during urban search and rescue training on Sept. 29th. Soldiers conducted the exercise blindfolded, wearing sensory depriving masks covered in duct tape. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig, HQ, 56th Brigade, NY Guard.

PALADIN TRAINING CENTER, CARMEL, NY - N.y. Guard Spec. Sean Walsh conducting urban search and rescue training.  Spec. Walsh is certified with the NY Guard as a medic, in search and rescue operations, and as a member of the CERF team he is certified by the US Army as a WMD decontamination specialist. In civilian life he serves as a lieutenant in the Hartsdale Fire Department, and serves with the Yonkers Office of Emergency Management. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig

PALADIN TRAINING CENTER, CARMEL, NY - Collapsed building training site, utilized in disaster simulation exercises. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig.

PALADIN TRAINING CENTER, CARMEL, NY - N.Y. Guard Private Rashid Grant and First Sergeant Anthony Bertorelli survey simulated collapsed building damage at Urban Search and rescue training on Sept 29. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig

PALADIN TRAINING CENTER, CARMEL, NY - N.Y. Guard Spec. Sean Walsh conducting urban search and rescue training.  Spec. Walsh is certified with the NY Guard as a medic, in search and rescue operations, and as a member of the CERF team he is certified by the US Army as a WMD decontamination specialist. In civilian life he serves as a lieutenant in the Hartsdale Fire Department, and serves with the Yonkers Office of Emergency Management. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig

Honor Guard Detail, Funeral Services for Lieut. Col. John Mangialiardi 9 SEP 13

Lieut. Col. John Mangialardi, Commander 5th Legal Support Detachment, 56th Brigade, NY Guard. R.I.P.

OSSINING, N.Y. - Honor Guard detail for funeral services of Lieut. Col John Mangialiardi, Sept 9, 2013 - Photo by Frank Becerra, Jr., The Westchester Journal News

L to R: First Sgt. Anthony Bertorelli, Sgt. Andrew Cosentino, Sgt. Robert Rasmussen, Staff Sgt. James Masi, Sgt. First Class Dave Konig, Maj. E. Mechmann, Col David Warager (partially hidden)

OSSINING, N.Y. - Honor Guard detail for funeral services of Lieut. Col John Mangialiardi, Sept 9, 2013 - Photo by Frank Becerra, Jr., The Westchester Journal News
L to R:  Col. Mike Hodges (partially hidden), Lieut. Col. Ray Mechmann, Lieut. Col. Lacava, Maj. Soden, Maj. Frank  Knight, Capt Dan Ozaruk, Capt. Hartov, First Sgt. Mark Copelletti, Sgt. Robert Tozzo, Staff Sgt. Vincent Lombardo

OSSINING, N.Y. - First Sgt. Anthony Bertorelli gives instructions to the honor guard detail at funeral services of Lieut. Col John Mangialiardi, Sept 9, 2013. L to R: First Sgt. Anthony Bertorelli, Staff Sgt Lombardo (back to camera), Sgt. Robert Rasmussen, Private First Class John Robbins, Sgt, First Class Dave Konig, Sgt. Robert Tozzo, Sgt. Anthony Cosentino, Private First Class Grant  - Photo by Capt. Bohdan Ozaruk

OSSINING, N.Y.- Honor Guard detail for funeral services of Lieut. Col John Mangialiardi, Sept 9, 2013 - Photo by Frank Becerra, Jr., The Westchester Journal News

OSSINING, N.Y. - Honor Guard detail for funeral services of Lieut. Col John Mangialiardi, Sept 9, 2013 - Photo by Frank Becerra, Jr., The Westchester Journal News

Exercise Golden Eagle lll - Disaster relief training June 1, 2013

STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, NEWBURGH - 56th Brigade, New York Guard Staff Sgt. James Masi triages a mock victim during Exercise Golden Eagle lll at Stewart Air National Guard Base (SAB) on June 1, 2013. Staff Sgt. Masi is a U.S. Navy veteran currently serving in the 1/56 Emergency Response Battalion, a unit of the 56th Brigade that augments and supports the 105th Air Wing at SAB. Photo by Tech Sgt. Lee Guagenti, 105th Airlift Wing.