About Us

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The New York Guard

The New York Guard is one of four components of the States Military Forces which are under the supervision of the Division of Military and Naval Affairs. The other components are the New York Army National Guard, New York Air National Guard, and the Naval Militia.

The 1st of the 9th is one of 6 subordinate commands in the New York City Area that comprise the 88th Brigade, New York Guard. The 88th Brigade is one of the major command that comprises the New York Guard. The New York Guard is a dually authorized state defense force331.jpg that constitutes one of the four components of the New York State Organized Militia, which include the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, the New York Guard and the Naval Militia.

The New York Guard is an all volunteer force who train for domestic missions. We train to provide assistance to the citizens of New York in times of natural disaster or terrorist attack. We also act as a force multiplier with our National Guard counter-parts when they conduct missions within New York State.

The 1st of the 9th is assigned to the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City. This is the home of the legendary Fighting 69th. We are proud to serve with our host unit, as our two units served together during the Civil War as part of the Irish Brigade.
The 9th Regiment is a very proud regiment! The troops of the 9th are proud of their history, proud of their training, proud of the missions they have accomplished as well as pride knowing that when disaster strikes they are a highly skilled and trained unit ready and willing to serve.

Mission Essential Task List:

  1. Organize a NYG unit in every armory and in every community willing to support a unit, throughout the state.

  2. Assign a NYG unit capable of providing internal and local security to assume command and control of designated DMNA facilities throughout the State .

  3. Provide administrative and logistical support to all of the other components of the State of New York military forces.

  4. Provide assistance to the other NYS military forces when being mobilized.

  5. Provide communications support to the State Military Emergency Radio Network (MERN) and to the State Emergency Management Office (SEMO) telecommunications network.

  6. Provide Trained Family Assistance Personnel / Teams.

  7. Provide personnel/units trained in radiological monitoring and exposure control procedures to support the SEMO in their New York State Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REP)

  8. Provide qualified personnel to augment the Joint News Center (JNC)

  9. Provide qualified augmentation personnel to support SEMO State, Regional and District Offices.

  10. Develop and maintain exercise Alert and Mobilization plans.

  11. Train to selected state mission tasks currently assigned to other components of the New York State military forces and State Emergency Management Office, and be prepared to augment of assume their mission.

The 9th Regiment/88th Brigade Specifically

As the only active New York Guard unit in the Middle of Manhattan, the role of the 9th Regiment is critical to the success of any city operation. We are stationed in one of only 3 FUNCTIONING armories in Manhattan. We have provided security at the armory during times of activations, including the September 11th Attacks. We were the closest armory/New York Guard Unit pic1_41.jpgto Ground Zero and the 69th Regiment Armory became both a military and civilian command post. The 88th Brigade maintained an active communications net, MERN (Military Emergency Radio Net), in support of the Year 2000 date change inisitive. The New York Guard support the units of the National Guard as a force multiplier and during preparations for Foreign deployments the 88th Brigade has taken over internal security for the National Guard so that they may concentrate on preparing to deploy.

The 9th is Available to provide medical and search and rescue resources to civil and military authorities. Members of the 9th train to the highest standards. Members are offered training in C.E.R.T., Search and Rescue to NASAR Standards (National Association for Search and Rescue), First Aid, Emergency Response, Domestic Preparedness, Courses from FEMA, Terrorism, Nuclear Biological and Chemical Attacks and this is all in addition to military protocol. Most importantly, the members of the 9th Regiment New York Guard maintain an ever vigilant presence and are standing by to assist you and the entire state of New York.