A total of 196 elite full-time and part-time New York Army National Guard soldiers and New York Air National Guard airmen performed more than 8,700 gravesite military funerals last year ...

A Lowcountry native who became the nation’s first Black military nurse will be laid to rest in New York this weekend. Maj. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, died on Jan. 8 at 104 years old, her family said.