NEW YORK - For the 173rd year in a row, Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, “Fighting 69th” Infantry Regiment, marched at the head of New York City’s Saint Patrick’s Day ...
Lt. Col. John Andonie of Clifton Park passed the colors last month after commanding for two years one of the nation’s most-loved battalions. Andonie, a West Point graduate who earned a Bronze Star in ...
New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Adam Bojarkis, new commander of the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, stands with Irish Wolfhounds, mascot of the historic New York City unit. COL. PATRICK CLARE Sen.