Trained and state-certified New York Guard soldiers augment and assist National Guard units in the following missions : weapons of mass destruction WMD decontamination – the joint New York Army National Guard / New York Air National Guard / New York Guard decontamination , or CERF , team was activated by the governor for state duty for 11 days during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City , Military Emergency Radio Network – the Guard is assigned to operate the MERN at various locations to ensure the free flow of information during an emergency , and search and rescue ( SAR ) a secondary mission to the state . New York Guard SAR teams have been mobilized , for example , in the summer of 2006 to search for a missing camper in the Adirondack Mountains preserve . Selected units and personnel of the New York Guard were called to State Active Duty with pay in response to Hurricane Irene in 2011
2004 Republican National Convention
2004 Republican National Convention
New York Guard