Story by Sgt. Andrew Valenza | New York National Guard | 03.18.2023
Soldiers of the 69th Infantry Regiment Rear Detachment lead the St. Patrick's Day parade while the rest of their unit is forward deployed....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Ryan Campbell | New York National Guard | 03.18.2022
NEW YORK – More than 2 million people lined the streets of mid-town Manhattan to watch the New York Army National Guard’s 69th Infantry lead the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the 171st time on March 17, 2022. Held every year since 1762, this year marked the return to full capacity after two years of being scaled back due to COVID-19. 2020 and 2021 saw only ceremonial marches......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Laura Berry | Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs | 03.09.2020
MILITARY FAMILY WELCOMES LEAP YEAR BABY Story by Sgt. 1st Class Laura Berry
Story by Tech. Sgt. Sara Bishop | 50th Space Wing | 03.15.2017
Irish-American Heritage month provides the opportunity to reflect on Irish Heritage. For Capt. Kara Jarvis, 50th Space Wing Network Operations Group, Commander’s Action Group chief, her red hair and potato soup serve as visible reminders of her own Irish-American Heritage....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin Steinberg | All Hands Magazine | 03.17.2016
Connecting to the past
Story by Maj. Al Phillips | New York National Guard | 10.03.2015
It was rainy. It was cold. But it was a good day on the firing range for members of the New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry and Massachusetts Army Guard’s 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry....
Story by Sgt. Kenneth Tucceri | Joint Task Force Guantanamo Public Affairs | 03.20.2014
St. Patrick’s Day is indeed a global event. Yes it is a day to celebrate Ireland’s patron saint, but all around God’s green earth, no matter what nationality or location, festive participants eat corn beef and cabbage, decorate with shamrocks (it is said St. Patrick used the shamrock to illustrate the holy trinity),wear green shirts and hats, and listen to Irish music....
Story by Sgt. Sarah Fiocco | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 07.03.2013
After leaving the US at age eight, Lance Cpl. Brian Walsh, assaultman, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, still wanted to become a United States Marine. He traveled back overseas and more than 5,000 miles to fulfill that dream. In 2010, Walsh returned to Royal Oak, Mich., from Crosshaven, Ireland, to stay with his aunt and......
