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.

Hurricane Sandy Active Duty - Fall, 2012

CAMP SMITH, N.Y. - New York Guard Staff Sergeant John Shmotolocha, 56th Brigade, on motor pool detail, augmenting National Guard units responding to Hurricane Sandy on November 8th, 2012. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dave Konig

COMMAND AND CONTROL
CAMP SMITH, N.Y. - 56th Brigade, N.Y. Guard commander Col. David Warager (foreground) briefs JTF Sandy Commander Brigadier General Michael Swezey on LNO status and N.Y. Guard assets at the Joint Operations Center on Nov 11. Photo by Sgt 1st Class Dave Konig 

MARINES ON ACTIVE DUTY (CAMP SMITH, N.Y.) - N.Y. Naval Militia Command Sergeant Major Frederick Green and N.Y. Guard First Sergeant Anthony Bertorelli celebrate the 237th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps in the mess hall Nov. 10th,2012 while serving on state active duty with JTF Sandy. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dave Konig, N.Y. Guard.

NY GUARD AND US ARMY WORKING TOGETHER - (CAMP SMITH, N.Y.) - New York Guard Sgt. 1st Class Dave Konig, Joint Task Force Sandy Public Affairs Office NCO, and U.S. Army Major Phil Lenz, JTF Sandy Title 10 (federal) Force Protection Analysis OIC, at the Joint Operations Center on Nov. 12th, 2012. Operation Sandy was the first time in U.S. history that federal troops were placed under National Guard command. (Courtesy photo.)

RADIO COMMUNICATIONS, CAMP SMITH, CORTLANDT, N.Y. - New York Guard First Sergeant Mark Copeletti from New Windsor, N.Y. performs an equipment check on a  Military Emergency Radio Network receiver at the Joint Task Force Sandy operations center on Nov 6 2012, providing back-up communication capabilities for the National Guard response to Hurricane Sandy. 

Photo by Sergeant First Class Dave Konig, 56th Brigade, NY Guard

FORCE PROTECTION, CAMP SMITH, NY - As the Nor'easter hits, N.Y. Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Case Hoefgen from Sparrowbush and New York Guard Sergeant Kevin Gilleo from Elmhurst man the guard shack at the main entrance to Camp Smith. The New York Guard provided augmentation for post tasks at Camp Smith throughout Joint Task Force Sandy.

Photo by Sergeant First Class Dave Konig, N.Y. Guard

MOTOR POOL DUTY, CAMP SMITH, NY - N.Y. Army National Guard Specialist Douglas Albert, 1569th Transportation Company, of Wallkill, and N.Y. Guard Sergeant Rober Tozzo, 56th Brigade, of New Rochelle, check the motor of a Humvee. New York Guard troops augmented the National Guard throughout Camp Smith during the Joint Task Force Sandy activation. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dave Konig, N.Y. Guard

MOTOR POOL DUTY, CAMP SMITH, NY - As Nor'easter hits on November 7th 2012, New York Guard Sergeant Jim Loughran from Guilderland performs an equipment check on a Humvee just back from a Joint Task Sandy mission in Rockland county. New York Guard personnel served on motor pool augmentation details for the N.Y. National Guard during the multi-week activation in response to Sandy.

Photo by Sgt 1st Class Dave Konig

CAMP SMITH - 56th Brigade, N.Y. Guard Command Sgt. Maj Robert Lefberg and Major Chester Edwards operating the Mayor's Cell, monitoring N.Y. Guard troops deployed to the field to augment National Guard units in response to Superstorm Sandy, Nov 8, 2012. Photo by Sgt. First Class Dave Konig

56th Brigade Supports Marine Reservists

STEWART AIR BASE, NEWBURGH - N.Y. Guard 1st Lieut. Paul Clewell, a civil affairs officer with the 5th Legal Support Detachment, 56th Brigade, provides Marine Corps Reserves members of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 49 with free legal assistance during a Yellow Ribbon session for troops returning from overseas deployment on Jan. 20th, 2012. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Halloran, 105th Airlift Wing.

Hurricane Irene Activation 23 - 28 Aug, 2011

CAMP SMITH - Spec. Robert Tozzo installs a MERN (Military Emergency Radio Network)
antenna at the Joint Operations Center during active duty in response to Hurricane Irene, August 2011.
Photo by 1st Sgt. Mark Copelletti

CAMP SMITH -  Military Emergency Radio Network Team NCOIC 1st Sgt. Mark Copelletti 
checking antenna. The MERN team was activated to respond to Hurricane Irene, augmenting National Guard radio communication assets in support of units responding to the flooded region upstate. Photo by Spec. Robert Tozzo

CAMP SMITH - Brig. Gen. Michael Swezey, Commander 53rd Troop Command, NY Army National Guard thanks troops from the 56th Brigade, NY Guard for their duty during Hurricane Irene. PHOTO: Capt. John Mancini, NJ National Guard
(L to R) Sgt. Gilleo, 1st Sgt. Mark Copelletti, Sgt. Joseph Ranallo, Sgt. Jeffrey Locke, unidentified NYARNG soldier, Staff Sgt. John Shmotolocha, Col. Glen Marchi (NYG G-3), Brig Gen Michael Swezey (Op Irene Commander), Capt. Brian Kanner, Lieut. Col Ray Mechmann, Sgt. 1st Dave Class Konig, unidintified 14th Brigade NCO, Spec. Robert Tozzo, unidintified 14th Brigade NCO

VERPLANCK, N,Y, - Sgt. 1st Class Dave Konig and NY Naval Militia  Master Gun. Sgt. Fred Green set up MERN Radio on patrol boat, on state active duty in response to Hurricane Irene, Aug. 2011. Photo by Spec. Robert Tozzo.

Operation Hudson Guard 2009

MINNEWASKA STATE PARK -  Staff Sgt Jon Antonucci and Private First Class Kevin Gilleo execute a line search. Rural search and rescue training is one aspect of the 56th Brigade's annual Hudson Guard field training exercise. Photo by Sgt. Chris Ferraro

Sleepy Hollow 1st Provisional Regiment Memorial - May, 2009

SLEEPY HOLLOW - The memorial plaque on the 1st Provisional Regiment stone at Sleepy Hollow cemetary, commemorating the original N.Y. Guard troops who succumbed to the Spanish Flu pandemic while serving on homeland defense duty, guarding the state's aqueducts and water supply against attack by German saboteurs during World War One. Photo by Specialist David Grate

SLEEPY HOLLOW - Staff Sgt. Augustine DePalma serving in the color guard at the annual 1st Provisional Regiment memorial. Photo by Private Ubon Mendie

Legal Services Operation, January 2009

STEWART AIR BASE - Capt. Brian Kanner assisting airmen of the 105th Airlift Wing at the Legal Services Operation. Photo by Sgt. Chris Ferraro

STEWART AIR BASE - Lieut. Col David Warager provides legal assistance to a Marine from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 49, Detachment B during a Legal Services Operation. Photo by Sgt. Chris Ferraro