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Volume 12 , Number 6 September-October 2004

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A CH-47 Chinook from Army Aviation Support Facility 2 in Rochester lands at Whiteface Mountain Sep. 29 to lift a 19,000 pound spool of power cable to the mountain's summit. The mission wasorganized through the NY National Guard's GUARDHelp program; read the full story on page six (Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike R. Smith, Guard Times Staff)

Improving Job Protection forReturning Guardsmen

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From the desk of New York State CommandSergeant Major Robert Van Pelt

JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS

Attorney General John Ashcroft and Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao have signeda Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to ensure that the employment rightsof men and women returning from military service are vigorously protected. Specifically, the MOU streamlines and strengthens enforcement of the UniformedServices Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).

The MOU deals exclusively with each Department’s role and responsibilities inthe enforcement of USERRA. The MOU will streamline the enforcement process,allowing the agencies to work closely and effectively to ensure the protection ofUSERRA rights. Specifically, under the MOU, when a complaint raises an issueof immediate and significant harm, and each agency concurs that the complaintappears meritorious, it may be referred for enforcement immediately. This willeliminate duplicative factual inquiry and legal analysis by the two agencies,expediting the seeking of appropriate relief for the returning service member.

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently also issued new regulationsstrengthening USERRA. Secretary Chao and the DOL’s Veterans’ Employmentand Training Services (VETS) have taken steps to reduce the rate ofUSERRA violations, including: Providing briefings to more than 158,000 servicemembers and others on USERRA; Responding to almost 26,000 requests fortechnical assistance; Distributing more than 240 televised public serviceannouncements, with a second announcement to be released shortly; Addressing most of the major human resource and employer organizations.

Important Benefit UpdateThe Montgomery G.I. Bill (MGIB) will increase to $1004 per month for Full-time

students on Oct. 1.The Bill provides up to 36 months of education benefits for: College, Business

Technical or Vocational Courses; Distance Learning including CorrespondenceCourses; Certification Tests; Apprenticeship/Job Training (Veterans and ReserveOnly); Flight Training. If you’re a full-time student enrolled in a Regionally orNationally Accredited College or University, you can get up to $1004 a month(current rates) to cover education benefits, including high-tech or vocational-technical programs. It all adds up to a total benefit of over $36,000. But don’t delayin using the GI Bill — these benefits are usually good only up to 10 years afterseparation from the military. You qualify for the MGIB if: You contribute $100 amonth for the first 12 months you are in active duty, or qualify under VEAPconversion, AND you are Honorably Discharged, AND you have completed HighSchool or have an equivalency certificate before you apply for benefits, AND youhave served at least 2 years on active duty; however, you don’t qualify if: Youdeclined the ADMGIB in writing upon entry to active duty; You were commissionedthrough a Service Academy (West Point, Air Force Academy, Naval Academy,Coast Guard Academy, etc.) Exception: If you qualified for the ADMGIB becauseof a previous term of enlistment, you don’t lose it by graduating from a serviceacademy; You were commissioned through an ROTC Scholarship and receivedmore than $2,000 in ROTC scholarship funds in any one academic year (Note: Thischanged to $3,400 per year effective Dec. 27, 2001).

Under the Microsoft® test voucher program DANTES offers service members anopportunity to document their knowledge through obtaining Microsoft®certification. You can get answers to questions about the Microsoft® certificationprogram, apply for a test voucher, register for the exam of your choice and othertasks associated with the program all from the DANTES web site at <https://www.dantes-microsoft-test.com/index.php>.

The rules governing participation in this program are the same as for any DANTESfunded exam and are spelled out in the DANTES Examination Program Handbook(DEPH), Part I, pages 2-4. If an individual presents a valid Armed Forces of theUnited States ID card, he or she is eligible to take a Microsoft Certification Testunder this fully funded voucher program. This includes Active and ReserveComponents and the Coast Guard. The DANTES Test Control Officer (TCO) at yourlocal education center is the approving authority for this program.

FREE Microsoft Certifications

The Promotion SystemAs we enter the new cycle of Promotion Package preparation, now is the time

for ALL Noncommissioned Officers to take the time to read NYARNG 600-2and refresh themselves on the ins and outs of the Promotion System withinthe New York Army National Guard.

The reason I emphasized all NCO’s is that I often wonder why the EnlistedPersonnel Management (EPM) Branch at the HQ’s in Latham constantly seesthe same errors and gets the same inquiries year after year. I would like to saythat these errors only occur in the E-4 to E-5 Select, Train, Assign and Promotepackages (STAP, as we tend to call it) but I would not be telling the truth.Problems are encountered in STAP packages at every grade. The problemwith this is that it indicates that we, as NCO’s, aren’t reading or adhering tothe regulation. I often make the comment that “if NCO’s cannot take care ofthemselves, how are these NCO’s taking care of Soldiers?”. AlthoughCommanders are responsible for the promotion process, First Sergeants andthe Command Sergeants’ Major are the quality control managers for thepreparation process. As the STAP packages move through the Chain ofCommand, any error must be noted and corrected. Better yet, if done properly,there should be very few errors on packages that leave the battalion level.

EPM is constantly seeking more efficient ways to administer the PromotionSystem. They now have the NYARNG Form 4100 in electronic format allowingunit administrators the ability to get the forms for their unit members.Additionally, the Promotion List is now being sent out electronically whichallows company and detachment sized units access to the list in lieu of waitingfor the battalion to send a copy. In the near future, EPM plans to have thelist out on a “Read Only” website that will be maintained daily allowing unitsto be able to view the most current promotion list without needing a paper listthat becomes obsolete when the first change occurs.

Since promotions affect every single Soldier in our ranks, I again ask thatall Noncommissioned Officers obtain and re-read (or read for the first time)NYARNG 600-2 so that you can better serve yourself and your Soldiers.!

Two MoreWarriors Fall inIraq

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By Lt. Col. Paul FanningGuard Times Staff

Two more valiant members of the NYArmy National Guard’s 2nd Battalion108th Infantry fell during combat

operations in separate October incidents.Sergeant Michael Uvanni, 27 of Rome,

fell from a sniper’s bullet during offensiveoperations to rid insurgents from the cityof Samarra, inside the Sunni Triangle onOctober 1. He was assigned to BravoCompany.

Specialist Segun Akintade, age 34, anaturalized American citizen, who residedin Brooklyn, died on October 28 when hispatrol from Company A was ambushed byinsurgents armed with an ImprovisedExplosive Device and small arms.

To date, the battalion has now lost a totalof three Soldiers. Private First Class NathanBrown of South Glens Falls assigned toCompany C died on April 11th. All threewere highly regarded members of theirrespective units with very different andinspiring personal stories.

Sergeant Michael Uvanni—Leader

Sergeant Uvanni served five years onactive duty with the US Marine Corps,served for a period in the Marines CorpsReserve and then joined the local NYNational Guard unit in Rome – Company D,2nd Battalion 108th Infantry. His loss onOctober 1st was especially painful in thathe had only recently arrived in theater.The former Marine mortar man wasassigned to the battalion’s Utica-basedHeadquarters Company but was sentforward as a replacement for Company B.He left home in August to a heroes’ sendoff sponsored by his family. He was in Iraqabout a month when he was struck down.

“He was only there a matter of weeks,”said Laurie Cahill, whose husband Jamesis also serving in Iraq with the battalion.“Jim said that the troops looked up to himand that all realized he was truly a leaderand more than capable of handling anyassignment given him,” she said.

During the fighting for Samarra, a CNNreporter was embedded with the unit. A

New York’s 108th Infantry SuffersPainful Losses in Ongoing Struggle

SAMARRA, IRAQfull report was broadcast on October 15th,which included scenes of a memorialservice for Sergeant Uvanni held by hisunit. According to the report, he was theonly soldier lost during the fighting forSamarra.

Specialist Segun Akintade—Pursuing an American Dream

Specialist Akintade immigrated to theUnited States in the mid 1990s from Nigeria.He settled in Brooklyn, went to college,got a job and joined the National Guard.He was officially naturalized in 2003 butproudly joined ten other members of hiscompany in an Oath of Citizenshipceremony as part of the battalion’s sendoff event at Fort Drum on February 7th,2004.

To members of his unit, SpecialistAkintade exemplified the “New American”Citizen-Soldier. He was outspoken for hislove of freedom and the American way oflife. His enlistment in the Guard on March9, 2001 was inspired by a deep sense ofpride, appreciation and determination. OnSeptember 11, 2001, as mayhem anddestruction was wrought in New York City,Akintade began his first day of BasicTraining at the United States ArmyInfantry School.

He served diligently as a member of BravoCompany, 1st Battalion 105th Infantry, untilmobilized with Alpha Company, 2nd

Battalion, 108th Infantry.According to a biography generated by

his unit, Akintade loved being a soldier.He took pride in being the best machinegunner in First Platoon and AlphaCompany. He was an expert marksmanwith the M240B machine gun, as well as arecipient of the Army Physical FitnessPatch.Full Military Honors, Community Respect

The news of the loss of each Soldier wasreceived with great sorrow in the affectedcommunities and sympathy towards thefamily. Specialist Akintade’s mother andsiblings reside in Nigeria. A Marine Corpsofficer assigned to the US embassydelivered the news to them in Lagos. Themother requested that he be buried in hisadopted country and the embassy securedvisas for the family to come to the US forthe funeral. Both the Akintade and Uvannifamilies requested military honors for their

loved ones.Family Readiness Group representatives

performed an active role in supporting thefamilies behind the scenes and inconjunction with the military CasualtyAssistance Officer from the Guard. Otherveteran and community groups alsoreached out, especially in Rome for theUvanni family.

Military honors were carried out by theNY Army National Guard and included an

honor guard, firing party, taps and a flyover at the cemetery. Each Soldier’s motherwas presented with the Purple Heart andBronze Star Medals and the New YorkState Medal for Valor on behalf of their lostson. Both Soldiers had been awarded theCombat Infantryman’s Badge. SergeantUvanni was buried in St. John’s Cemeteryin Rome and Specialist Akintade was buriedin Calverton National Cemetery on LongIsland. !

Spc. Segun AkintadeDec. 24, 1969—Oct. 28, 2004

Sgt. Michael UvanniMar. 13, 1977—Oct. 1, 2004

Spc. Segun Akintade was one of 11 Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion 108th Infantry whom were swornin as United States citizens at the 2-108th departure ceremony at Ft. Drum on Feb. 7. (File photo)

Sgt. Michael Uvanni, above left, in Samarra, Iraq. (File photo)

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By Staff Sgt. Raymond Drumsta42nd Infantry Division Public Affairs

Rainbow Division Soldiers haveturned their vehicles into rollingstock for their final destination—

Iraq, and Operation Iraqi Freedom 3.Division Soldiers conducted the first of

three railhead operations here on Sunday,Sept. 26, loading their first group ofvehicles—160 in all, including trucks,trailers, and track vehicles—onto railroadflatcars for shipment to Kuwait. It wasanother milestone along the Rainbow

By Cpl. Benjamin Cossel122nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

More than 400 rockets, 7,275 rounds of antiaircraftammunition and one U.S. tube-launchedoptically-tracked wire-guided missile were just

the tip of the iceberg during a recent weapons cachediscovery north of Baghdad.

“We would begin digging in a new area and we just keptfinding stuff,” said the 2nd Battalion, 7th Calvary Regimentsenior Iraqi National Guard advisor Capt. Mark Leslie, of theFirst Team’s 39th Brigade Combat Team.

The discovery began with a tip from a reluctant informant.Rumors had circulated within the Iraqi National Guard campof a citizen who knew where a very large cache of weaponswas located, but fear for his life kept him from speaking withmultinational forces.

“Once word got back to us, we began trying to get Soldierswith the ING to bring this guy to talk to us. But thegentleman just wasn’t having any of it,” said ING advisorStaff Sgt. Ronald Denton, of 2-7 Cav.’s HeadquartersCompany.

Known locally as a fair and honest person, the commanderof Company D, 307th ING Battalion finally convinced theman to speak with him and to ultimately work with Multi-National Forces to recover the cache.

“Had it not been for the reputation of Lt. Col. Waleedwithin the community, I really don’t think we would haveever found the cache,” Denton said.

After the information was obtained, Company D, 307thING Battalion and supporting troopers from 2-7 Cavalrygathered up detection equipment and headed to the location.

“The location of the first site put us in the far northern

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region of 2-7 Cav.’s area of operation (AO),” explained INGadvisor Sgt. 1st Class Robert Haney of Company A, 2-7Cav. “The initial cache discovery was exactly where theinformant said it would be. But as we started spreading out,we kept finding more cache sites.”

Fanning out from the original location, Soldiers wouldeventually discover 12 sites, each within one kilometer ofthe original. The total amount of items discovered wasstaggering; 12 SS-30 127-millimeter rockets with launchers,20 rocket mortars, multiple, varying intensity mortar roundsand other various armaments.

As the Soldiers began loading the discovered items fortransport back to Camp Taji, the ING noticed that somethingjust didn’t seem right.

“You’ve really got to attribute the success of this missionto the ING,” said Leslie. “They live in the areas we’re goingto, so they know when something looks off. People aremore willing to come up to them, talk to them and give theminformation we would probably not get. As we were drawingclose to moving back to Taji they came up to us and voicedtheir concerns, and asked that we increase our search areaa bit more.”

Working off the ING’s suspicion, the Troopers set toincreasing their search radius, moving further and furtheraway from the initial site. Soon enough, the search paid off.

“We found what appeared to be another significantcache location just a few [kilometers] away from the firstsight,” said Leslie. “At that point, a quick look at our mapsand we realized we were moving outside the 1st CavalryDivision’s AO into areas maintained by the 1st InfantryDivision.”

Securing the site for the evening, wheels were set inmotion to secure permission to cross AO boundaries.

“As soon as we got back to Camp Taji, we startedcontacting 2nd of the 108th [the command responsible forthe area] to get permission to go into their AO,” Leslie said.

Even more then granting permission, 2nd of the 108th, aNew York National Guard Infantry Regiment attached tothe 1st ID, sent elements to assist in the security andexcavation of the site.”

“This is how joint operations are supposed to work,” saidHaney. “You request permission, it gets approved andthey send Soldiers down to help with the mission. That’sArmy teamwork!” The second day of search operationsrevealed a much more significant find in terms of itemsseized as well the five individuals who were detained forlater questioning.

“We found so many mortar rounds, it was just unreal,”said Denton. “And the amount of [Improvised ExplosiveDevice] (IED) making material, and the list just goes on.”

Included in the discovery that day was more than 150pounds of PE-4 explosive, the explosive favored by Anti-Iraqi Forces in the construction of Vehicle Borne IEDs thathave targeted Multi-National Forces and civilians alike.

Three heavy dump trucks were needed to haul the entirecache contents back to Camp Taji where it will be disposedof. “Everything came together like it’s supposed to on thisoperation,” Leslie said. “Everybody worked together in ajoint [operation] that should make residents of Camp Tajiand Camp Anaconda sleep a little easier knowing we havedenied the enemy these tools of destruction.” !

Soldiers of the Iraq National Guard, 2/7 Cavalry, 1st CavalryDivision and 2nd of the 208th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, loadconfiscated armaments onto the back on a dump truck duringa recent weapons cache discovery near the village of Markarim.(Photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Baebourgg)

Rainbow Division Soldiers Workon the Railroad – to DeployRailhead Operations Send42nd Infantry Division EquipmentSouth to Philadelphia

FORT DRUM

Division’s road from mobilization todeployment for Operation Iraqi Freedom 3,according to Maj. Edward Walther, officer incharge of the railhead operation.

“This is the first railhead operation for the42nd Infantry Division since World War II,”said Walther. “This is the first time sinceWorld War II that the division, in its entirety,is rolling.”

Roll they did. Rainbow Soldiers mustered

before dawn Sunday to stage their vehiclesnear the rail yard. Wearing Kevlar helmets,reflective belts, and gloves the Soldiersworked until late afternoon, drivingHummvees, 5-ton trucks and armoredpersonnel carriers onto narrow flatbedrailcars—a potentially dangerous task,

according to Walther.“You’re basically driving down a railcar,”

Walther said. “Any one of the vehicles canslip off.”

Soldiers stationed on each railcar ground-guided vehicles down the railcars and keptdrivers safe and on track. In the indiansummer afternoon, the Soldiers transformedthe railcars into a vast, mobile 42nd InfantryDivision motor pool. Walther said theSoldiers made the mission a success, despitetheir inexperience with railhead operations.

“Very few people argued,” he said. “Thecooperation was exceptional. There weresome lessons learned. Bottom line— thevehicles were loaded, and no one got hurt.”

Walther also praised the expertise of thecivilian employees.

“Whatever they said to do, we did. Thesafety briefing was excellent.”

The vehicles will go by rail to Philadelphia,where civilian stevedores will drive themaboard ships and stow them with other unit

equipment, including 42nd Infantry Divisionequipment containers and helicopters. Thehelicopters will be partially disassembledand shrink-wrapped for the nearly month-long voyage, according to Maj. BernieSpoerri, a 42nd Infantry Divisiontransportation officer.

About a dozen division Soldiers will travelwith the equipment aboard each ship, addedSpoerri. These Soldiers, called‘supercargoes’, will routinely check thevehicles for leaks or other problems duringthe ocean crossing. The equipment will beoff-loaded by Soldiers in Kuwait and placedin a marshalling area to await 42nd InfantryDivision Soldiers.

The railhead operations will be completednext week. “This is another step todeployment,” said Walther.

“We trained with our equipment. Now ourequipment is being shipped. We’ll marry upwith our equipment in Kuwait and moveforward into Iraq.” !

"We’ll marry up with our equipment in Kuwait and move forward into Iraq."

By Carolyn VadinoU.S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Affairs

Maj. Scott Cleaveland , from theJoint Forces Headquarters locatedin Latham has become the state’s

first National Guard Soldier to deployoverseas to Afghanistan with U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers. Maj. Cleaveland iscurrently supporting Operation EnduringFreedom in Kabul and works as programmanager and liaison officer between theCorps and the Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan.

“I knew I wanted to do something havingbeen deployed shortly after Sept. 11, 2001 toNew York City and later to supportHomeland Defense/Security in support ofNew York City’s Mass Transit Authorityand Bridge and Tunnel Authority,”Cleaveland, a native New Yorker fromOneonta said. "The 204th Engineer CombatBattalion (Heavy) was partially mobilized

Soldier first New York National Guardsman to Deploy toAfghanistan with Army Corps of Engineers

Maj. Scott Cleaveland, NY Joint ForcesHeadquarters, in Afganistan. (Photo by Sgt.Maj. Calvin Williams, Army Corps of Engineers)

to Iraq and Afghanistan , leaving half of usbehind."

But mobilizing a National Guard Soldier towork for a federal agency wasn’t easy.

According to Major Cleaveland, it tooknearly four months and several high-rankingofficers in the Corps, National Guard Bureauand his state headquarters to get all thepaperwork in order.

While some soldiers may find it difficult towork with civilians, particularly in a combatzone like Kabul , the major says it is just likeworking back at the Joint ForcesHeadquarters.

“The National Guard has differentcontracting procedures (than the Corps),but outside of the terminology, it is easy topick up the difference,” he said discussingthe slight change working for the Corps ofEngineers.

Cleaveland, who volunteered for this tour,is responsible for developing infrastructureplanning and programming requirementsfor the Corps main $575 million AfghanistanNational Army Program, which is helping tostabilize the country of Afghanistan .

“I think in order for this country to standon its own they need a military modeledafter our military to sustain itself,” he said.“The type of work we are doing promotes

that.”“We are building the Afghanistan

National Army’s infrastructure from theground up,” he said. “We are buildingbarracks, dining facilities, administrationbuildings, logistical facilities, maintenancefacilities, training ranges, power generatingplants, water and waste water treatmentsplants, all the things you would commonlysee on our military installations back home,in strategic locations across Afghanistan.”

In the time Maj. Cleaveland has been incountry he has seen major progress made interms of construction and rebuilding.

“There is major construction going onhere not just on military installations and itis a sign of progress,” he said. “In thelimited time since I have been here, therehas been tremendous growth in civilianconstruction across the country. This isclearly an indicator that the people ofAfghanistan are committed to rebuildingtheir country and lasting peace after morethan 25 years of war.”

Maj. Cleaveland is scheduled to return toNew York in early December. !

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

By Capt. Geoffrey CramerForward Operating Base O'Ryan

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2-108Infantry of the New York Army National Guardrecently received a morale boost and a sign of

appreciation from the New York Yankees.It all started with their company commander. One of Capt.

Geoff Cramer’s coworkers back in Albany, New York, knewthat he was a big Yankee fan and that the team has a patriotictradition of supporting soldiers.

Yankee stadium is the only ball park that still plays “GodBless America” during the 7th inning stretch and has atevery home game since September 11, 2001.

The Yankees also allow service members free entry intohome games when they present their military ID card at thegate the day of the game.

Capt. Cramer’s coworker, Linda Sherman, wrote to thepresident of Yankee Fan Relations, Mr. Robert Bernstein.She explained that HHC, 2-108 Infantry was from NewYork’s own Army National Guard and many of the Soldiersare Yankee fans. Mr. Bernstein then contacted Capt. Cramervia e-mail.

Mr. Bernstein sent Capt. Cramer an e-mail asking if therewas anything the New York Yankees could do to show theirsupport to the troops. Capt. Cramer responded that thetroops would like some baseball hats. Mr. Bernsteinresponded to the request by sending the unit more than 800free Yankee hats and numerous boxes of Yankees magazine.

In addition, he also offered to give soldiers free updatesfrom Yankees.com online. Mr. Bernstein also wishes toarrange a Soldier appreciation day in the spring of 2005,

when the unit redeploys back to New York.The Soldiers’ response to getting free hats from the

Yankees has been overwhelming. There were enough hatsto distribute to all the tenants of Forward Operating BaseO’Ryan, to include the 141st Engineers from North Dakota.Although not everyone was a Yankee fan, they all think alot more of the generosity of the Yankee organization.

Even some of the Boston Red Sox fans were impressedwith the way the Yankees have demonstrated their supportfor New York’s own Soldiers here. The hats have also beengiven to visitors to FOB O’Ryan such as Brig. Gen. Morgan,the 1st Infantry Division Assistant Division Commanderfor Maneuver. He is a native New Yorker and a Yankee fanfar from home.

Unfortunately, due to the environment the soldiers are in,the Soldiers only wear their hats indoors inside their livingareas, but they are a welcome change of headgear. Thedetails are yet to be worked out, but the soldiers all look

forward to getting home and seeing a real live Yankee gamein person at the stadium. Capt. Cramer, interviewed via FMradio, stated “The soldiers appreciate what the Yankeeorganization did to show their support for soldiers here inIraq.”

Some of the Headquarters Company and Bravo Companysoldiers posed for a photo, taken on August 16, wearingtheir Yankee hats. Unfortunately, the operational tempohas not allowed everyone to be in the same place for aphoto.

The photos that were taken are being sent to Mr. Bernsteinof the Yankees. He has promised to get the pictures on thelarge Diamond-Vision screen at Yankee Stadium during ahome game and plans to send back a photo to show howYankee fans support the troops in Iraq.

The best part was showing the few Red Sox fans here thatthe Yankees once again are the best team to root for inbaseball. !

New York Yankees Show Support for the TroopsFORWARD OPERATING BASE O’RYAN, IRAQ

Forward Operating Base O’Ryan, Iraq—Soldiers from Headquarters Company and Bravo Company here posed for a photo Aug.16, wearing the Yankee hats sent to them in Iraq by the NY Yankees organization. (Courtesy photo)

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One of four cable links connecting the NY ArmyNational Guard's CH-47 to the Whitefacecommunity's 19,000 lb. spool of cable throughGuardHELP. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

Reaching the 4,867 foot summit, a CH-47 from NY Army Aviation Support Facility #2 lifts a spoolof power cable towards Whiteface mountain overlook. Although the winds at the summit measured25 knots, the aircrew set the cable down with no problems. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

CH-47 pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Timothy J.Hadsall, left, shakes hands with Whitefacemountain manager, Jay Rand, right. (Photo byStaff Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

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By Staff Sgt. Mike R. SmithGuard Times Staff

Whiteface Mountain manager, JayRand, stands in a clearing at thebase of Whiteface Mountain on

a September morning looking withanticipation towards the eastern Adirondackskyline. Directly aside him lumbers a ten-tonspool of cable so thick in diameter, you couldnot wrap both hands around it. Roughlyeight miles away and 3000 feet above him isthe summit of Whiteface.

“They should arrive soon, I called…” saidRand.

As if in reply, and barley audible, the doublethump-thump sound of a CH-47 Chinookslowly emerges through the fall foliage andcold morning air. The NY Army NationalGuard has arrived, and although theirprogress grows slowly louder, the helicopterbreaks the tree line suddenly and unexpected.It cuts toward the clearing, hovers above thespool, then turns toward the mountain'speak, climbing and shrinking until it blendsand disappears. But soon it returns, this timeto land. Kicking up soil and debris, thewheels touch ground and the propellersstart to slow, then stop altogether.

Soldiers from Detachment 1, Gulf Company137th Army Aviation Support Facility #2 inRochester, NY, landed at WhitefaceMountain Sept. 29 to repair a damaged powercable at its summit and support New YorkState’s Olympic Regional DevelopmentAuthority and Department of Conservation.

The project was part of the New York

National Guard’s GuardHELP program,which provides non-emergency support tocommunities through its unique skill,equipment and capabilities.

“GuardHELP allows our troops to servetheir fellow New Yorkers not just in time ofwar or emergency but throughout the year,”said Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Maguire Jr.,Adjutant General. The General added thatprojects like these provide the Guard with anopportunity to perform their military trainingand, at the same time, make a lastingcontribution to community projectsthroughout the state. “GuardHELP is anotherexample of how the Guard in New York Stateis more active, ready and relevant then everbefore.” And Whiteface Mountain showsthat NY guardmembers can fight abroad andserve the homeland simultaneously.

“Incredible force,” said Rand whenspeaking of the CH-47. “If anything wasmore impressive than the chopper, it was thecrew’s ability to get the job done,” he added.

The CH-47 crew included Chief WarrantOfficer 5 Frank Rotella, Chief Warrant Officer3 Timothy J. Hadsall, Staff Sgt. MichaelLabelle and Staff Sgt. Daniel Krebs. Theirjob was to lift the cable and place it atop themountain.

“It was intense,” said CH-47 pilot, ChiefHadsall.

“Every member of this crew had a veryspecific responsibility to ensure thesuccessful outcome of this lift.” He explainedthat the drop area allowed for next to zeroerror in load placement, and he stressed thecomplexity of being at the helicopter’smaximum gross weight, along with highaltitude and mountainous terrain, made thechallenge much greater. “We were no longerthan seven minutes attempting to place theload, but it felt like a lifetime considering…”he said.

At four thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven feet tall, Whiteface Mountain is thefifth highest mountain in the Adirondacks,and it’s the only Adirondack high peak withroad access to its summit—a WWI veteran’smemorial highway descends eight miles intothe town of Wilmington, NY.

Built during the Great Depression and

dedicated by President Franklin DelanoRoosevelt, the mountain’s overlook allowsa 360-degree view of the surroundingAdirondack wilderness. Additionally, themountain was dedicated to the Army's 10th

Mountain Division upon opening as a skiarea in 1958.

“The original cable was installed just priorto the 1980 Olympic Games,” said Rand. Hewent on to say that the 1,200 foot cablesupplies all electrical power to themountain’s summit, which includes itselevator, restaurant and AtmosphericScience and Research Center. "Electricalpower is supplied to a number of repeaters,"which are used by Federal and State agencies.“The project was extremely important to thesafety and welfare of the citizens of NorthernNew York,” said Rand.

“The training benefit of this mission wasinvaluable,” said Chief Hadsall. “This was atrue test of our aviation skills and a greatconfidence builder for crewmembers.”

GuardHELP has not just climbed mountainsat Whiteface this year. Soldiers from theThird Battalion 142nd Aviation Regiment,Latham, also provided airlift with a UH-60Black hawk helicopter, removing abandonedvehicles from the Pine Bush Nature Preserve.

“It’s great when the Guard can help thelocal communities through GuardHELP aswe did here…” said Chief Hadsall

“I am extremely proud that even with the

many missions we have performed andcontinue to perform since September 11th, weare still able to honor our commitments tothese very worthy GuardHELP projects,”said Maj. Gen. Maguire. !

Guard Facts:CH-47 ChinookCH-47 ChinookCH-47 ChinookCH-47 ChinookCH-47 Chinook

Max gross weight: 50,000 lbs.Empty weight: 23,401 lbs.Max speed: 184 m.p.h.Normal cruise speed: 137 m.p.h.Rate of climb: 1,522 ft./min.Rotor system: 3 manual-folding bladesper hub (2 hubs); 225 revolutions perminute; 60 ft. rotor spanTroop capacity: 36 (33 troops plus 3crew members)Litter capacity: 24Sling-load capacity: 26,000 lbs. centerhook; 17,000 lbs. forward/aft hook;25,000 lbs. tandemMinimum crew: 3 (pilot, copilot andflight engineer)

9-11 ‘Never Forget’ Flag Presented to42nd Infantry Division, Task Force Liberty

By Maj. Richard Goldenberg42nd Infantry Division Public Affairs

Soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Divisiontask force, known as Task ForceLiberty, momentarily paused from their

deployment preparations on September 11th

to remember the tragic events of three yearsago. Part of the division ceremony at FortDrum included a presentation to thecommand of the 9-11 remembrance flag,depicting the 42nd Infantry Division’s newmotto, “Never Forget.”

“We stand here today, three years afterthat terrible day, to remember the sacrificeand devotion of so many Rainbow Soldiers,”said Maj. Gen. Joseph Taluto, the 42nd

Infantry Division Commander to the more

than one hundred assembled Soldiers.Soldiers from the Rainbow Division were

among the first military responders at theWorld Trade Center site on September 11th,2001. The division would later assumecommand and control of the entire NewYork National Guard joint task force forresponse and recovery in lower Manhattan.The National Guard response in New YorkCity would reach more than 1,800 Soldiers,Airmen, Sailors and Marines in the daysand weeks following the attacks.

The 9-11 “Never Forget” flag wasdesigned and produced for the 42nd InfantryDivision by Gwendolyn Loiacono from theCono Flags Company in Wilmington, NorthCarolina.

The flag is based on her 9-11 RemembranceFlag, produced and sold commercially inorder to raise funds for the 9-11 victims andtheir families.

“When such an historical event takes place,it is our duty as American citizens to ensurethat our future generations keep thesememories alive,” Loiacono added.

“The flags are intended for the familieswho lost loved ones, the survivors, therescue workers, the Armed Forces who arepassionately fighting to keep our countryfree from terrorism,” describes Loiacono,“they are for anyone who has been directlyaffected by the events of September 11th,2001.”

Soldiers gathered at the Fort Drumcommemoration were the first to see theRainbow Division’s “Never Forget” flag andhear of its symbolism from the task forcecommander.

“The red background of the flag symbolizesthe lives lost and blood shed by our fellowAmericans … past, present and future,”Maj. Gen. Taluto told the assembled Soldiers.The 42nd Division lost two of its citizen-Soldiers on that September day, a New YorkCity firefighter, and the other a member of theWorld Trade Center security staff.

“The pentagon and towers represent threeof the most recognized structures ever builton U.S. soil,” he continued, “The twin towersmay be out of our sight, but they will neverbe out of our minds.”

The stars symbolize the airplanes that wereneedlessly sacrificed on that September day.The single star outside the Pentagon andtowers represents the brave passengers whodiverted the one plane in Shanksville,Pennsylvania, saving countless others.

The blue circle surrounding the pentagonand towers represents the unity of theAmerican people after the terror attacks.Instead of fear and helplessness, Americansunited together to respond, to comfort thosein grief, and to recover.

“Once America removes the memories, therisk of another 9-11 will surely occur,” wroteMs. Loiacono to the Rainbow Soldiers.“”Never Forget” is a perfect message tosend out around the world.”

Maj. Gen. Taluto also presented the 9-11“Never Forget” flag to each of Task ForceLiberty’s brigade commanders following thedivision’s successful mission readinessexercise on September 20th, 2004.Commanders from the 3rd Infantry Division’s1st and 3rd Brigade Combat Teams, the 116th

Brigade Combat Team, 278th RegimentalCombat Team, the 42nd Aviation Brigade,Engineer Brigade, Division Artillery andDivision Support Command received the“Never Forget” flags to fly at their respectivecommand posts in Iraq.

“Our division slogan, “Never Forget,”represents more than our commitment afterSeptember 11th,” Taluto told the Task ForceLiberty Soldiers. “As the 42nd Divisioncontinues to move forward, we must neverforget the sacrifice of those Soldiers whocame before us. We must never forget theRainbow Soldiers who liberated thousandsat Dachau during World War II. We mustnever forget how our division first formed in1917 from a diverse group of National Guardunits to serve in World War I, much the sameway that Task Force Liberty now preparesfor our role in the Global War on Terror,” hesaid.

Rainbow Division units mobilized forOperation Iraqi Freedom include the 42nd

Infantry Division Headquarters Company,the Aviation and Engineer BrigadeHeadquarters, the Division ArtilleryHeadquarters, Division Support CommandHeadquarters, 1st Battalion, 150th GeneralAviation Support Battalion, 50th MainSupport Battalion, 642nd Division AviationSupport Battalion, 250th Signal Battalion,642nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 42nd

Military Police Company, 272nd ChemicalCompany, 42nd Division Band, Battery E(Target Acquisition), 101st Field Artillery,42nd Rear Operations Cell and 173rd LongRange Surveillance Detachment.

The Soldiers in the Task Force Liberty willdeploy to Iraq later this year.RAINBOW,…NEVER FORGET! !

Rainbow Soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Division display their "Never Forget" flag. Commanders fromthe 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st and 3rd Brigade Combat Teams, the 116th Brigade Combat Team, 278th

Regimental Combat Team, the 42nd Aviation Brigade, Engineer Brigade, Division Artillery andDivision Support Command received the “Never Forget” flags to fly at their respective commandposts in Iraq. (Photo courtesy of the 42nd Infantry Division)

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Pfc. Timothy Tamburello138th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Members of the 27th Finance Battalion/14th FinanceDetachment received awards for enlisting, re-enlisting and for the Freedom Salute Campaign

Oct. 3 in a ceremony held on the armory’s drill floor.Brig. Gen. Michael Swezey, Commander, New York Army

National Guard presented the servicemembers who enlistedand reenlisted with a certificate of appreciation in

recognition of their decision and sense of duty to join orextend their service in the guard.

The general also presented each of the awardees for the

Freedom Salute Campaign with an encased American flag,a lapel insignia, a sequentially numbered commemorativecoin and certificate of appreciation from Lt. Col. Roger

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Finance Detachments Honored with Freedom SaluteSchultz, Director, Army National Guard, and CommandSgt. Maj. Frank Lever, enlisted advisor, Army NationalGuard. The Soldier’s spouse/significant other received alapel insignia. The Soldier’s children were given a futureSoldier foot locker kit that includes the daring eagle boardgame, mission command card game and Army NationalGuard trading cards. The Freedom Salute Campaign is oneof the largest Army National Guard Campaign endeavorsin history. The National Guard launched the campaign inDecember 2003. It recognizes Soldiers and thanks theirspouses, children and employers who have shown greatsupport during Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedomand Iraqi Freedom. !

The Freedom Salute Campaign is one ofthe largest Army National GuardCampaign endeavors in history.

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By Staff Sgt. Mike R. SmithGuard Times Staff

With a hospital full of dusty medical equipment,thousands of refugees needing medicaltreatment and the Gulf of Mexico in between, a

small mission upstate recently called upon Airmen to aidin a miracle.

“I feel blessed to have met this group,” said Sister Deb.She looks across the broken down remains of what was

once an emergency room as sharp clanking and bangingsounds echo through an open doorway on her right.Something large and heavy is being lifted. “I don’t knowhow we could have accomplished this without them.”

Sister Deb, or Debbie Blow, executive director for theNorth Country Mission of Hope, has an ongoing missionto provide humanitarian assistance in Nicaragua. On thisday, that mission includes working with members of theN.Y. Air National Guard.

A mix of units here to include a total of seventeen Airmenprovided assistance to the mission Oct. 25 through Oct.27 to send medical supplies and equipment to Nicaraguanrefugees.

Stratton, home of the 109th Airlift Wing whose ski-equipped LC-130s land at the North and South poles, wasthe closest base available with the required equipment andskills to complete the task.

“The Wing has a rather large Plattsburgh alumni...we hadthree individuals who where previously stationed atPlattsburgh Air Force Base on this exercise,” said SeniorMaster Sgt. Mark Schaible, Aerial Port Supervisor.

Airmen from the Aerial Port, Vehicle Maintenance, Supply,

Civil Engineer and Operations groups helped remove,prepare, package and ship the medical equipment andsupplies, which included X-ray equipment, operating tables,auto claves, dental chairs, mammography machines andother large medical equipment and supplies from the nowclosed Plattsburgh AFB Hospital for humanitarianassistance in Nicaragua.

The group trucked the equipment from the deserted four-story hospital to a staging area on Plattsburgh's flightline,there they prepared and loaded the equipment intocontainers for sea-lift.

“We are making custom crates for the larger, moreimportant machines,” said Senior Master Sgt. Tom Chico,civil engineer. He walks across the sawdust covered floorof a make shift wood shop to grab an old hospital mattress,which will be used to protect the side of a mammographymachine. “A lot of people want to make sure this particularpiece makes it down there undamaged.”

The items will be shipped to the country free of chargethrough the Department of Defense’s Denton Program,which is a logistics program that transports U.S. aidworldwide by land, sea and air within the DefenseTransportation System.

“The hospital had been closed for nine years and waspretty musty,” said Sergeant Schaible. He added that thebasement was a little eerie due to its low lighting.

An advance party of six Airmen arrived at the hospital onOct. 25 to organize how the group should remove fourfloors of equipment in two days. The remaining Airmenarrived the following morning and quickly got to workusing hand trucks, carts and a forklift brought up fromStratton for use in the mission.

“We came to assist the Mission of Hope, but I think Ispeak for all 109th personnel who helped out that wegained as well in this endeavor,” said Sergeant Schaible.

“We had to tell them to take some time off,” said ConnieMiller, Mission of Hope Secretary. She leans over her

clipboard and looks into one of six shipping containersbeing loaded by the Airmen.

“They are extremely respectful of what we are trying todo here,” she said, and she starts to review her count ofwhat has been loaded so far.

“PARC has donated those transformers to ensure theequipment has a steady power supply,” she adds whilepointing across the loading area. “They also gave usgenerators, refrigerators and a stove.”

Airmen Cratemedicalequipment forRefugees

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PARC (Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corporation)has managed the base since 1995, after a round of baseclosures nationwide. A memory of the cold war , the baseis now transforming into a 5,000 acre industrial park.

When the Mission of Hope was informed of the availabilityof the hospital equipment, they had little time to act—theoutdated equipment was slated for destruction because itdid not comply with current U.S. regulations. (The final fateof the building has yet to be decided.)

“The reality is that what’s state of the art in Nicaragua isnot good here,” said sister Deb.

It’s lunchtime on the second day of the Airmen’s arrival,and she has just returned from bringing them sandwichmeat, bread, chips and soda donated from the localcommunity. She added that requests and paperwork for theproject were fast tracked with help of state and federal

Support for the project poured in from military and community, andthe mission received everything needed to get the equipment sailing...

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Empty hallways and rooms are all that remain of the Air Force's308th Medical Group at the closed Plattsburgh Air Force Basein Plattsburgh, N.Y. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

Shrink-wrapped for shipping, Medical scales are a forklift awayfrom sea-lift to Nicaragua. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

Staff Sgt. Rick Cowsert, 109AW, walks by a pair of operating tables that are destined for Nicaragua. Airmen from Stratton ANGBhelped prepare the equipment taken from the closed Plattsburgh AFB hospital for sealift. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

officials who realized the potential benefits the equipmentcould provide for the Nicaraguans.

“Everything came together quickly.”Support for the project poured in from military and

community, and the mission received everything neededto get the equipment sailing, from pallet and packagingmaterial to food for those moving and crating equipment.

“It’s amazing how everything has fallen into place,” shesaid. She went on to say that medical professionals fromthe local community also volunteered to check out theequipment and ensure it was safe and usable.

“Everything we are sending, we know works good,” shesaid.

Additionally, a local equipment calibrator volunteered totest the equipment and will travel to Nicaragua to trainlocals when the equipment arrives on Nov. 25.

“They’re the same people who serviced the equipmentwhen this hospital was open,” she added. “It seems beyondcoincidence...” Some might even call it a miracle.

But the North Country Mission of Hope has seen miracleshappen before. Thousands of children and their families

Medical equipment, from previous page

By Staff Sgt. John Gassler105th Airlift Wing, Public Affairs

They were daunted by the size of the C-5 Galaxytransport and KC-135 Stratotanker and mesmerizedby the sleek, bold designs of the HH-60 Pave Hawk

helicopter and F-16 Fighting Falcon.So it was easy for crowds of children and military

enthusiasts to swarm to members of the New York AirNational Guard showcasing their aircraft for the first timeat the South African Aerospace Exhibition at WaterkloofAir Force Base here Sept. 25.

“People at the air show couldn’t get enough of ouraircraft, aircrews or maintainers, and we couldn’t get enoughof them,” said Maj. Jody Ankabrandt, New York Air NationalGuard public affairs officer. “Words can’t express howmuch we enjoyed being here in Pretoria, representing theAir Force, New York and the Air National Guard. It was acultural learning experience we’ll never forget.”

South of the equator, some 7,800 miles from home, fourU.S aircraft along with their crews sat among an assortmentof fighter jets and cargo transport planes from around theworld. Biplanes performed aerial acrobatics. Parachutistsjumped from the sky and hovered to the ground wavingSouth African flags. And for New Yorkers and SouthAfricans alike, the event was a memorable experience.

“The minute we arrived, I was overwhelmed by thesupport and hospitality of the South African people,” saidMaj. Tim Morgan, C-5 aircraft commander from the 105th

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Airlift Wing in Newburgh, N.Y. “At the air show, everyoneasked us questions about our jobs and the C-5. A numberof people requested autographs on T-shirts and hats, orwanted us to take pictures with them by the aircraft.Supportwise, anything we needed we received. It was agreat time,” he said.

From a South African point of view, Monty Mashu fromCenturion Lake offered his perspective. “Everyone fromNew York at the air show made me feel welcome,” he said.“When I had questions, they were answered with kindnessand professionalism. Even my son, Habbitt, 20, who camewith me now wants to be a fighter pilot. I told him to keepstudying his math, then maybe he can fly a plane.”

The air show, largest on the African continent, was opento the public Sept. 24-25 and attracted more than 200,000spectators. Everyone from the oldest aviation aficionadoto the youngest toddler couldn’t spend enough time with,or snap enough pictures of, the 40-plus aircrew membersand maintenance personnel from New York.

“I spoke to so many people while giving walk-aroundtours of our F-16 that I nearly lost my voice,” said Maj.Elmer Lunderman, an F-16 instructor pilot from the 174thFighter Wing in Syracuse, N.Y. “But talking to the kids andseeing their smiles was worth it. I think as a state we madea great impression, and hopefully we’ll be back,” he added.

New York’s representation at the South African aerospaceexhibition was made possible through the State PartnershipProgram, a National Guard initiative that aligns Americanstates with countries around the world. The SPP encouragesthe development of economic, political and military tiesbetween U.S. states and partner nations.

“The New York National Guard is deeply committed to itsrelationship with South Africa,” said Maj. Richard Sloma,New York State Partnership Program coordinator. “It’s anopportunity for our airmen to participate in exciting events,share cultural experiences and interact with their SouthAfrican National Defense colleagues. It’s our intention tomaintain a program of bilateral visits in the future.” !

Pretoria, South Africa — Airmen of the 174th Fighter Wing, Syracuse, load an F-16 Fighting Falcon into a C-5 Galaxy for a flighthome to the United States. They participated in the South African Aerospace Exhibition at Waterkloof Air Force Base here. (Photoby Sgt. Matthew Johnson)

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living in the most desperate situations in poverty-strickenNicaragua have received help from the mission. Accordingto the organization, volunteers and donations have assistedin many ways including medical and health care, educationalscholarships, emergency food distribution, educationalco-ops and building construction. This recent effort endswith the mission’s 13th trip to Nicaragua— they began in1998 after responding to Hurricane Mitch in theimpoverished villages of Chiquilistagua and Monte Verde,Nicaragua.

On their last night together, the mission held a thank youdinner for the Airmen where they handed out certificatesof appreciation and T-shirts to recognize the group’s hardwork.

Sergeant Schaible explained that, although the 109th AirliftWing has Airmen fighting the War on Terror and is deeplyinvolved in Antarctica supporting Operation Deep Freeze,Airmen were eagerly supplied to support the Mission ofHope. “The Guard can meet the needs of the Nation andState including humanitarian missions on the home front,”he said. !

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By Staff Sgt. John Gassler105th Airlift Wing, Public Affairs

The second of thirteen C-5A aircraft, transferred toStewart Air National Guard Base from the Air Forcein the 1980s, will be retired in August. Aircraft

67000170 will be sent to Travis AFB, Calif., where it willawait permanent transfer to the Aerospace Maintenanceand Regeneration Center (AMARC), better known as the“Bone Yard.” In lieu of loosing aircraft 67000170, the 105thAirlift Wing received another C-5A from Travis AFB, tokeep the Wing’s fleet at 13 serviceable airframes.

“The 105th Airlift Wing is the only Air National GuardBase in the country with the C-5 mission. We have asuccessful 20 year track record of exceptional maintenanceservice and we’ll continue to provide such service in theyears to come. We’ll certainly miss aircraft 67000170 as itmakes its journey out west. It has served our nation, stateand community well,” said Col. Charles Faro, ViceCommander of the 105th Airlift Wing.

Aircraft 67000170 arrived at Stewart from Dover AFB,Del., on July 11, 1985 and since then has tallied 6926.4 flyinghours. It has also made 4,668 safe landings during its 20years of strategic airlift service. In addition to flying

numerous routine missions, aircraft 67000170 has flownhigh profile missions in support of Operation Desert Storm,Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedomand Operation Just Cause.

How does the Air Force determine which C-5s to retire?In a recent analysis by the Air Force, along with the C-5System Program Office (SPO) and Air Mobility Command(AMC), structural repair data, maintenance records, crashdamage information and readiness data has been compiledand deciphered to determine which 14 of the current 122serviceable C-5’s in the Air Force fleet will be retired. Finaldetermination of which specific aircraft were slated for the“Bone Yard” was based upon aircraft age and averagemaintenance hours expended on the airframe.

The first 11 out of 14 aging C-5’s selected for retirementswere also first production aircraft. In other words, theywere originally manufactured by Lockheed Martin using

different processes than the remaining C-5A’s, resulting inunique structural differences that require separate spareparts. The remaining three C-5As were ranked for retirementbased on maintenance man-hours per year from 1997 to2001.

To iron out problems associated with the retirements andtransfers of C-5A's numerous meetings and conferences,both in person and via telecoms, took place at the AMARC,WR-ALC and Scott AFB. The focus of those gatheringsand virtual meetings were to determine future funding forthe C-5 mission and equipment availability. Due to the C-5’s size and the number of other aircraft retired to AMARCeach month, it was determined that AMARC could handleone C-5 induction every 45 days. It costs an estimated$30,000 to $50,000 to retire a single aircraft, which gets paidby AMC.

In accordance with the Air Force’s vision for a futureforce structure, AMC as already mentioned, will reduce theC-5 fleet by 14 airframes. That process, however, meansother C-5’s will be transferring between bases and majorcommands. The 105th received its aircraft swap fromTravis AFB in late July.

According to retired Senior Master Sgt. Anthony Rivera,a former 105th Flightline Expeditor who also served as aCrew Chief on aircraft 67000170 from 1991 to 2004, the lateC-5 was a reliable workhorse for the Air Force and the 105thAirlift Wing.

“For the amount of work that aircraft did, flying cargo andpassengers around the world, it was dependable.Unfortunately, all airframes need to go sooner or later. Likeanything else C-5’s wear out. Having said that, the C-5 isa solid aviation masterpiece and the current fleet has plentyof service life remaining. That airframe was and still is thebackbone of strategic airlift. It doesn’t matter if the cargois heavy or light, big or small, the C-5 will get whatever ithas loaded inside to its final destination,” Rivera said. !

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Senior Master Sgt. Anthony Rivera from the 105th MaintenanceSquadron at Stewart ANGB stands in front of Aircraft # 00170,the first C-5 ‘Galaxy’ retired from the Wing after more than 20years of service in the air. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Lee Guagenti,105th Multimedia Department.)

Honoring ThoseWho Served

From left, Sgt. 1st Class Robert C. Lynch (retired), Sgt. 1st Class Robert A. Lynch (retired), StaffSgt. Edward Yuhasz (retired) and Spc. Gregory VanGelder.

Story and photo by Spc. Dennis GravelleGuard Times Staff

From the playing of taps, thepresentation of the American flag orcomforting the next of kin, deceased

veterans receive a deserving and finaltribute from a grateful nation. The New YorkState Military Forces Honor Guard, made

up of National Guard active and retiredsoldiers, was established in 1999 byGovernor George E. Pataki and providesmore than 500 military funeral honors eachmonth.

“There is no higher sacrifice than dying

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"Having the Honor Guard present signifiesyour honorable and faithful service did not gounnoticed..."

for your country; we are very proud of theservices we provide” stated Donald Roy,

Military Funeral Honors Coordinator. “Inmost cases this is the first time a veterans’family is exposed to military soldiers withoutseeing it on television”, he stated.

“Having the Honor Guard present signifiesyour honorable and faithful service did notgo unnoticed,” Roy stated. “It lets yourfamily know how appreciated you are. Eachmonth we receive thank you cards andletters from family members stating their

appreciation for this service and because ofhow sharp the soldiers look in their uniformsand their military bearing and politeness inthese hard times.”

Service members who die while on activeduty and Medal of Honor recipients receive

full honors and those veterans with anhonorable discharge are eligible formodified honors. “Our teams are honoredto be able to provide this to our veteransand their families, we take great pride in theperformance of this duty”, Roy stated.

“You deserve this final tribute and yourfamily deserves to receive this Nationshighest honor.” As stated by Lt. Col. BoydFallwell, Chaplain and founder of FallwellMinistries, Veterans of America HonorGuard. “The American flag is this Nations

highest honor, there is none higher. TheAmerican flag is offered by a grateful nationand the American Veterans who fought anddied to preserve it. The Flag is given by theUnited States of America in memory of aloved one. It is for their honorable andfaithful service to our beloved country.Don’t let your family miss this Nationshighest honor.”

For more information relating to the NewYork State Military Forces Honor Guard goto www.dmna.ny.us/honor/index.html. !

By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service

The Defense Department will keep about6,500 experienced troops on the groundthrough the Iraqi elections, currentlyscheduled for Jan. 27.

Soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 1st CavalryDivision, and the 1st Infantry Divisionheadquarters, both currently in Iraq, wereofficially told about the deploymentadjustment by their commanders Oct. 28,according to a senior DoD official.

The affected troops had originally beenslated for 10-month deployments. The officialsaid these deployment time frames were partof a plan to stagger rotations to avoidoverloading the military transportation andlogistics systems.

As troops in Iraq were getting official wordof the extension, members of the New YorkArmy National Guard’s 42nd InfantryDivision headquarters learned Oct. 28 thattheir upcoming deployment will be adjustedby 30 to 60 days, the official said. Theheadquarters troops mobilized May 27 totrain for their mission at Fort Drum, N.Y.

The DoD official said with an increase inviolence and the shift of the Iraqi electionsfrom early January to Jan. 27, Army Gen.George Casey, the top U.S. commander inIraq, preferred to avoid swapping out aheadquarters element during the critical Iraqielection period.

DoD Announces Deployment Adjustments for Units in Iraq

4th PersonnelDetachment Ships Out

Casey made the official request in lateSeptember, and Army Gen. John Abizaid,head of U.S. Central Command, made thedecision Oct. 16, with the concurrence ofDefense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, theofficial said.

The adjustments will keep an estimated3,500 members of the 2nd Brigade, 1st CavalryDivision, or “Blackjack Brigade,” in Iraq anadditional two months, not to exceed their“12-month boots-on-the-ground” goal, saidthe official.

Also, about 3,000soldiers from the 1stInfantry Divisionheadquarters, basedin Wurzburg,Germany, will remainin Iraq for longer thaninitially planned. The“Big Red One”headquarters wasoriginally scheduledto be replaced by the 42nd Infantry Divisionheadquarters before the Iraqi elections.

Although these adjustments continue tokeep the deployments to the 12-month goal,said the official, he understands the troops’frustration over the extension. Some affectedsoldiers were expecting to leave Iraq as soonas November.

But the official noted that those troopsalso “understand that military duty meansthe mission comes first.”

“Our mission is to get the Iraqi people andthe Iraqi government and the Iraqi securityforces in place so that they can achieve self-

governance,” he said.Meanwhile, about 3,000 members of the

42nd Infantry Division headquarters willalter their deployment by 30 to 60 days, theofficial said. The decision is no reflection ofthe guardsmen’s capabilities, he stressed.“The 42nd Infantry Division is trained, readyand equipped to execute this rotation,” hesaid. The official said deploying them soonersimply didn’t make sense. Much of theequipment they will use in Iraq will still be in

use by the 1stInfantry Divisiontroops they willreplace. Andalthough leadersc o n s i d e r e ddeploying theguardsmen toKuwait beforemoving them intoIraq, they discardedthat idea in light of

the high threat level in Kuwait, the officialsaid.

“The bottom line was, why deploy themnow?” he said. “We keep them at homestation, we keep them out of harm’s way fora longer period for time, we give them moreopportunities to train, and they get to stayhome with their families for Christmas.”

The official said the 42nd InfantryDivision’s deployment to Iraq will mark animportant milestone. “This is the first reserve(component) division to deploy into combatsince World War II,” he noted.

This did not include previous operations

in Kosovo and Bosnia, which, he observed,“were more peace enforcement and stabilityoperations.” In contrast, Iraq “is full-blown,close-with-and-destroy-the-enemy kind ofstuff. This is combat.”

Formed in 1917 from handpicked NationalGuard units spanning 26 states and theDistrict of Columbia, the 42nd was dubbed“The Rainbow Division,” by Army Gen.Douglas MacArthur, who was instrumentalin forming it.

The division currently includes units ineight states: New York, Vermont, New Jersey,Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Kentucky,Florida and Illinois.

The Rainbow Division has been an activecontributor to the war on terror. Followingthe Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, battalionsfrom New York City armories – the 1stBattalion, 69th Infantry; 1st Battalion, 101stCavalry; 642nd Division Aviation SupportBattalion; and the 1st Battalion, 258th FieldArtillery Regiment – provided immediateemergency response.

In addition, thousands of the division’sNew York Army National Guard soldiers andits division headquarters supported securityand recovery operations in Manhattan aspart of Joint Task Force 42 following 9/11.Hundreds of Rainbow Division soldiersserved more than a year of active duty in thisrole.

Additional soldiers from the division havedeployed to Afghanistan supportingOperation Enduring Freedom or providinghomeland-security missions for OperationNoble Eagle. !

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...about 3,000 members ofthe 42nd Infantry Divisionheadquarters will altertheir deployment by 30 to60 days...

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Tightening the noose, on recon for a future Task Force-level operation, Spc. Terbelsi (interpreter) and Spc. Roberts(machinegunner), along with other Soldiers from the 2-108th Infantry Division air assaulted to an undisclosed location in Iraq.(Photo by Lt. Col. Mark Warnecke, Commander, Task Force 2-108th Infantry Division)

By Guard Times Staff

A farewell ceremony for Soldiers of the 4th PersonnelServices Detachment was held on Oct. 28 here.The commanding general of the N.Y. Army National

Guard, Brig. Gen. Michael Swezey addressed the gathering.The 4th Personnel Detachment is an administrative support

unit here.Nearly 18 of its Soldiers were activated for Operation

Iraqi Freedom and will soon leave for their mobilizationstation for a tour of duty expected to last from one year,extendable up to two years.

The unit will be deployed into the U.S. Central CommandArea of Operations in the near future following postmobilization training at Fort Dix, N.J. The troops are expectedto be in theater for up to 12 months. !

Active Duty-bound Army National GuardUnit Holds Farewell Ceremony

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Story by Pfc. Jason Jordan1st Brigade Combat Team Journalist

Federal and state officials, including the governor,visited here on Oct. 8 to bid farewell to Soldiers of the42nd Infantry Division who will soon deploy to Iraq

in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.“This is the first time since World War II that the division

has been rolling in its entirety,” said Maj. Edward Walther,who was officer in charge of the division’s recent railheadoperation (read the "railhead" story on page four).

Soldiers from the Rainbow Division were among the firstmilitary responders at the World Trade Center site on Sept.11, 2001. The Rainbow Division recently unveiled a 9-11memorial flag inscribed by the division’s new motto, “NeverForget.”

The ceremony here featured Governor George E. Pataki,commander in chief of New York state militia forces, andReginald J. Brown, assistant secretary of the Army formanpower and reserve affairs.

Governor Pataki began by thanking the families of theRainbow Soldiers for supporting them while they wear theArmy uniform and serve their country. He told the Soldiersthat America is a great country not because of laws and theConstitution, although important, but because of theSoldiers who protect our freedoms.

“I’ll turn on the television and watch sporting events withthe great athletes of football and baseball,” Gov. Patakisaid. “But unlike many people, I won’t look at the man whomakes the great catch or the man who hits the game-winning homerun as heroes, because I know that the realheroes of America are men and women like the ones I metin Baghdad – people like the 42nd Infantry Division whoare willing to put on a uniform and risk their lives for the

42nd Infantry DivisionLeaves for War

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Gathering for a fond farewell, Soldiers, families and friends of the 42nd Infantry Division were at Ft. Drum on Oct. 8 for a formal ceremNY Army National Guard infantry unit been called to federal active duty and deployed for wartime service. Following weeks of intense traininGulf and is expected to serve there for up to one year before returning home. They will replace an active duty combat force serving in Iraq.

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freedom of this country.”Pataki was among the first of a group of governors to visit Soldiers in

Iraq after the start of OIF.“The motto of the Rainbow Division is ‘Never Forget,’ and we must

never forget,” he said. The governor said a war between those whobelieve in freedom and those who believe in fear and terror is going onright now in Iraq. “We must never forget about those who would terrorizeand oppose our way of life for the country and the world,” he said.

Pataki also reminded the Soldiers how he has called on them time andtime again for a number of natural disasters and also for events of 9-11,and how the rapid response of their division helped remind the world thatAmerica could live on.

“We are in great hands because we are in your hands,” he told theSoldiers. “God bless you all, and come back safe.”

Because the Soldiers have been so closely involved with aid followingthe events of 9-11, and because of their new motto, they are eager to beinvolved in the war on terrorism.

“I’m ready to go,” said Sgt. William L. Pearson, a Rainbow Soldier. “I’vewanted to go from the very beginning. I wanted to go and get it done,because I don’t want my kids to have to go through this.”

Brown also praised the Soldiers on their service and commented on howproud he is to be associated with the mobilization of more than 250,000reservists and National Guardsmen since September 2001.

“Our Guardsmen and reserve Soldiers are a living testimony of thevalidity of the system we now have in place,” he said. “Our Guard andreserve system is the envy of the world.”

The Soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Division are now on a brief leave tovisit their families. They will deploy to Iraq in support of OIF 3. !

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Recognizing Soldiers and their spouses, Brig. Gen. Michael C. Swezey, incomingCommander, NY Army National Guard, far right, Brig. Gen. Stephen Seiter, outgoingCommander, NY Army National Guard, second from right, thank soldiers from the 719thTransportation Company and 10th Transportation Detachment during a Freedom Saluteceremony Sept. 12. Over 100 of the New York City-based Soldiers were mobilized intotheatre in the spring of 2003 for Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Johnson)

PRATT CODY JAMES CO C (-) 1-108TH INFRESTO SANDRA CO B 342D FWD SPT BNRICHARDSON WESLEY LEONARD 1427TH TRANS COMEDIUM TRUCKRODRIGUEZ JEANPAUL 145 OD CO MAINT DS REARROMERO JUAN MARCOS 69 IN BN 01 DET 1 HHC REARROSADO ROBERT ANTHONY 206 CS HHD CSBFWDSANCHEZ BRIAN CO B 101ST SIGNAL BNSANDERS FRANK LIONEL II 1427TH TRANS COMEDIUM TRUCKSLAYTON SHANE WYATT 1427TH TRANS CO MEDIUMTRUCKSTANN THOMAS JOSHUA CO A(-) 427TH SPT BNSTEVENS TREVOR SAMUEL CO A(-) 427TH SPTSTPIERRE DAVID JOSEPH III HHC 1-105TH INFSTUBBINGS BRADLEY KINGSLEY HHC (-) 1-108TH INFTAISEY COLIN PATRICK CO C (-) 1-108TH INFTHOMAS NICKIE DALE DET 1 HHC 107TH SUPPORTGROUPVARAYON SETH TEE CO D 1-105 INFWAGNER JESSICA IRENE 29 AG HHD PSC REARWARD SHAUN DET 1 HHC 1-69TH INF (M)WILLIAMS BAMBI JO 1427TH TRANS CO MEDIUMTRUCKZIMMERMAN BRENT TAYLOR DET 1 CO C 1-108TH

Sgt. STAFFORD DAVID JOHNSPC TRUDDEN MATTHEW BRENDEN

101 AR BN 01 DET 1 HHCSgt. BURKE KEVIN

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101 AR BN 01 CO D REARCPL DUBOIS JAMES LEWISSgt. GABRIEL CHARLES WESLEY IIISSG MARTIN NORMAN JAMES JRSPC RANA ADEEL SARFRAZ

101 AR TRP TRP E CAV REARSPC KOSIV MYRONSPC SHERMAN JOSHUA WESLEYSPC WILLIAMS JUSTIN JAMES

102D MAINTENANCE COSgt. WILLIAMS VALORIE T

105TH MP COSgt. BILSKI MARTIN JOSEPHSPC COOPER DAVID ABSOLUMSPC DRAIN ROBERT BLAINE JRSSG FRANCIS DANIEL EMSG GRINSELL CHRISTOPHER GSPC HUTCHESON ERIC LEWISSPC KREIGER CHRISTOPHER MICHAELSPC LEAVELL JEFFREY WARREN IISSG MANCUSO SHARI LSSG MURAWSKI KENNETH JOHNSgt. SPAULDING JULIE RITASPC THOMAS SYLVESTERSgt. TWEEDY MICHAEL ALLEN JRSgt. WENDEL JOSEPH DONALDSgt. WIELGASZ KENNETH MARKSgt. YEHL MICHAEL ARTHUR

107TH MILITARY POLICE COSPC GUIDO COREY JAMES1SG KODNIA ROBERT A

108 IN BN 02 AASLT CO ASPC KOVACH JOHN MARK

108 IN BN 02 AASLT HHCSPC BONN JOHN GEORGESgt. DESO NICHOLAS JAMES

108 IN BN 02 CO A REAR NYSSG MORRIS ANDREW JOSEPH III

108 IN BN 02 HHC REAR NYSPC CHING ROBERT WILLIAMPFC WEBB MALCOLM JEREMYMSG WILLIAMS THOMAS JAMES

1156TH ENGR CO PORT OPENINGSgt. OWENS AARON ALFONSASFC PRANDONI RICHARD JAMESSgt. WOLFE RYAN JAMES

1427TH TRANS CO MEDIUM TRUCKSPC AZZOLINA TIMSPC BRASSARD MATTHEW WILFREDSgt. GARDNER JADA YVONNESPC JIMENEZ ELLIOTT MENDEZSSG ROBINSON KAREN MARIESgt. ROOKE JOHN STEPHEN III

145 OD CO MAINT DS REARSPC ROJASTIBANA MILTON

145 OD CO MAINT FWDSPC CALDERON JUAN ANTONIOSgt. DESIMONE ROBERT ANTHONYSgt. GRIFFITH ANTHONY ANDREWSPC JONES KEISHA LENASPC NAUPARI PABLO CESARSgt. SINGH BUDHRAM

145TH MAINTENANCE COSSG DEJESUS LEONCIOSFC GINTHER RICHARD MSPC HODGE MICHAEL BSgt. MARTINEZCOLON JOSE A

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SPC OWENS NINA RENEESSG PAGE GWANANCII MSFC RAMADHIN LUTCHMAN BSgt. SLADE KENNETHSPC SLATE JASON DANIELSPC WALBROOK MAURICE ALLEN JR

14TH FINANCE DETSPC CLAYTON PATRICK PAULSPC DISEN JUAN CARLOSSSG MITCHELL GERALD B

1569TH TRANSPORTATION COSgt. DOUCET ELLEN MARIESPC PEREZ JULIAN JRSSG ROBINSON SEAN J

1ST BATTALION 142D AVIATIONSgt. NG WAI MAN

204 EN BN CO A DET 2 FWDSgt. TIEMANN JOSEPH BENJAMIN

204 EN BN CO B REARSgt. MCCARTHY PATRICK EDWARD IV

204TH ENGINEER DETACHMENTSPC HUGHES ROBERT BRIANSSG ROBINSON MARC KENNETH

206 CS HHD CSB FWDSgt. COLON ORLANDO JRSSG LOPEZ MARIOSPC SHORT WILLIE DAVID IV

222D MILITARY POLICE COSgt. LIST SCOTT ANTHONY

2427TH TRANS CO MEDIUM TRUCKSPC HAND PENNY LYNETTE

258 FA BN 01 BTRY B REAR NYSgt. AYERS MARVIN THOMAS JRSPC BRYANT DONALD CSPC HUGER CHARLIE JRSgt. HURTADO JUAN ALVAROSSG RAMDASS CHETRAMSgt. ROSASOTO ANGEL LUISSgt. TORRES JOHNNYSgt. TORRES LUIS ASPC AFFRIANY GUERLINZSgt. BANTAN DONSgt. BRIONES JOHNNY ASgt. CARRERAS JOHN UNITASSPC DREUX JEAN ERNSTSPC FLUD WILLIESPC PEREZ NEFTALISgt. RIVERA CARLOS ORLANDOSPC RONQUILLO LUIS FSgt. SMITH ZACHARYSPC VASQUEZ STEVE DWIGHTSgt. VINAS DANIEL BLANCO

258 FA BN 1 BTRY C 155 SPSPC ABLE JOHN HENRYSPC ALMONTE JOSE IGNACIOSPC BEAVER CHRISTOPHER DENNISSgt. ELLIOT JOSHUA ANDREWSPC FORDLEY MICHAEL JAMES

Sgt. GANCAYCO ROMARICO ASgt. GRAVES JASON WILLIAMSSG HARRIS CLIVE JABEZ1SG RIVERA ERNESTO ESPC WALTON JEFFREY SCOTTSPC WIECHEC JASON MICHAELSPC WOOD NATHAN EDWARD

27TH SPT CTR (CORPS RAOC)MSG BURL ALBERTSSG MAISONET HECTOR

29 AG HHD PSC FWDSgt. BRECKENRIDGE LARRY JOHN JRSPC IRIZARRY KAROLYNSPC WALKER ERIC RICHARD

29TH PERSONNEL SERVICE DETSPC LINARES MAGNELY ISABELSPC PIACENTE JASON THOMAS

2ND BN 106TH REG (RTB)SSG FRADERA MARIBELSSG SOLA RENE R

2ND CIVIL SUPPORT TEAM (WMD)SSG LUNDY ROBERT EDWARD

37 FI DET REAR NYSPC DIAZLINDO JUAN MANUEL

42 AG BND BND DIV REARSPC GRIFFIN GREGORY ANTONSPC OOMMEN JUSTIN THOMAS

42 HHC HVY DIV REARSgt. HELM JOHN VINCENT JRSPC MORA LEON AURORA JACQUELINSgt. POTTS DOMINICK MORRIS

42 IN CTR REARSPC BODWAY ROBERT STEVEN

427TH MAINTENANCE CO (DS)MSG ANDERSON WILLIE LPFC DIPPEL GREGORY JUSTINSSG DOBRANSKY MARK ALLANSPC HIRSCHMAN STEPHEN LEONARDSgt. KLAFEHN FEATHER CORRINNSPC LAIR KEVIN RICHARD

442D MILITARY POLICE COSPC CARLEY JAMES DANIELSPC CARLSON GLENN ALANSPC CLARKE KEVIN STEPHANIOSgt. CLEARY STEPHEN THOMPSONSPC COLE JESSE ADAMMSG CORBETT GARY EUGENESPC ETIENNE VINCISPC KONNER NICHOLAS MICHAELSgt. MAXFAULTS JENNILLASPC MAYS MELVIN DOUGLASSgt. NEIS JOHN PHILLIPSPC PELIAS EDWINO CABILLOMSG RAVENELL CALVINSgt. ROA ANTHONY

SPC RYAN JOHN EDWARDSPC SANCHEZ ISRAELSgt. SANTANGELO RICHARDSgt. SANTIAGO JULIO CESARSPC SULLIVAN MATTHEW MICHAELSSG WHITE RAY A

50 CS BN CO B DET 1 REARSPC KAINA MARA MAHEALANISSG MILLER JAMES RSPC SARICH DANIELLE ELIZABETHSPC VIALET DANIEL ANDRESgt. ZAK THOMAS EDWARD

53 HQ HQ LIAISON FWDSSG HALEY LAWRENCE DANA JR

53 HQ HQ LIAISON REARSgt. MCTIGHE KENNETH EDWARD

53D HQ DET AR LIAISON (ARFOR)SPC BRAVO MANUEL ALEJANDROSSG HOLMES GREGORY LEONSPC KNIPPING TYRONE

642 CS BN CO B REARSPC BARTOSIK KONRADSPC BORCHARDT SCOT KERRYSPC RAMIREZ JOSE RAMON

642 CS BN HSC REARSPC BEVONA CATHARINESSG DOUGLAS FECEDIO ASgt. MYERS DORIA ELIZABETHSPC PANTOJA PEDRO ANTONIO

642 MI BN CO C REARSPC MCCONNELL DUDLEY GEORGE IISgt. BEASLEY NATHAN JOSEPHSPC HODER NICOLESPC KELLIHER JAMES TIMOTHYSPC NAGELL KIMBERLY MARIE

69 IN BN 01 CO A REARSgt. BELLIARD RUBEN DARIOSPC COLLIER BRIAN JAMESSPC GONOPOLSKIY ALEKSEY GSPC HARGROVE ALAN DAVID JRSPC LEISSLE NEIL JSPC LITTLE MICHAEL DAVID JRSPC MERCHAN MARCO PATRICIOPFC PABON DANIELSPC PAIZ CARLOS RONALD JRSgt. SERRAO DWAYNE TELFORDSgt. SMOOT BRIAN KEITHSFC VASQUEZ RUBEN

69 IN BN 01 CO B REARSFC BOYCE TREVOR MCDONALDSSG MCKOY RALSTON MARKANTHONYSPC WRIGHTON CARL P

69 IN BN 01 DET 1 HHC REARSPC BEACH KEEGAN JACOBSPC CAMPBELL MICHAEL ANTHONY

Anchor's a weight? NY National Guard Headquarters employees, from left, JohnFallarino, Vern Huestis and Staff Sgt. Nick Zupan reposition an anchor for display nearthe main entrance here in September. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

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Sgt. DEJA DAMIAN ARTHURSgt. DELAVERGNE JOHN PSgt. EVERETT DONALD EDWINSPC KOWALEWSKI JASON KURTSgt. NORMANDIA JOSEPH PAULSPC STEINEL MARKSgt. WIEMANN WILLIAM HENRY

69 IN BN 01 HHC REARCPL BOONE GEORGESPC BRASWELL MICHAEL PAULPFC BREWSTER ALFREDO ERNESTOSgt. CAMPANA CESAR ASPC CARIDAD RAFAEL JRSPC DANCY ROBERT JOSEPHSPC EKUE OMOKPAMWAN ANDREWPV2 FERRANTE MICHAELMSG GERKE WILLIAM JSPC GULARTE YAN MARTINSPC HEMMINGWAY DENNIS LARRYSPC HERNANDEZ ELY BRUCESPC JOHNNEY NICHOLAS DAISLEYSSG JURADO ARMANDSgt. KERR IAN DALTONSPC LEBRON MARIO MIGUELSPC LOGAN AARON THOMASSPC LOPEZGIRALDO HAROLD ANDRESSgt. MALDONADO FABIANSPC MANNIX STEPHEN PATRICKSPC MELENDEZ PAULSPC MONKS DANIEL ROBERTSgt. MONTALVO VICTORINO JRCPL NG PHILLIP WAILAPSPC NYANFORH DENNIS SLEWIONSPC ORTIZ CARLOS ENRIQUE JRSgt. ORTIZ RAYMONDSgt. REIMBEAU JUDE JITOSgt. ROLON ALEXSgt. RUIZ PETER IVANSPC SANTIAGO JOSE JAVIERSPC SANTIAGO MIGUELSPC TERRASI JOSEPHSPC TOLLINCHISCASTRO DIMAS DSgt. WARREN DZHANTAM TESONDROSgt. WISKOFF EVAN HOWARD

719 TRANS CO (MDM TRK CGO)Sgt. BADILLO JOSEPH GILBERTSgt. BROWN TYRONE JOHNSPC CARABALLO KRISTOPHERSPC EDGHILL JOSEPH RANVILLESSG ESCOTTO CHRISTIANSgt. JOHNSON TYRONESgt. LOPERA MARILYNSPC MAMODESEN LUC NOEL STEEVESgt. MANGRA MAURICE RAJESHSPC MORALES PEDROSgt. PAULINO TOMAS FSgt. PEREZ DAVIDSSG RAMOS TONYSPC RIVERA CARLOS JOSUESPC RUIZ RALPHSgt. SHELTON DIANE CSPC SPEIGHTS STEPHENIE YVONNESFC SPENCE ERROL ASgt. SPENCER CHARLES PIERCE III

SSG STEWART GRACIA ALIANSgt. THOMAS HOWARD JRSPC VARGAS ELIZANDERSgt. WATT STEVEN ASPC WRIGHT JOHN WILLIAM

7TH FINANCE DETSSG PERRY EDWARD BURKLEYSPC SANCHEZ MICHAEL ANTHONY

827TH ENGR COSgt. KATHOON YUSUAF ASFC MCDOWELL ARTHUR RUFUS

AV HHC DIV AV BDE REARSPC FABER RALPH MATTHIASSPC OYOLA JESSENIASPC PEREZ SOPHIA MARIASPC RODRIGUEZ NELSON

BATTERY A 1-258TH FASgt. PETROCELLI VINCENT

CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITESFC GARRETT KENDELL WSgt. THORPE JESSE JR

CO A (-) 1 BN 105 INFSPC TAVARES WILLIAM SCOTT

CO A (-) 152D ENGINEER BNSgt. CALDWELL TOMMIE LOUIS IISgt. VECERE JEFFREY BLAINE PAUL

CO A 1-127TH ARMOR1SG YOHN WILLIAM E

CO A 101ST SIGNAL BNSgt. GUCKIAN ANDREW THOMAS JRSgt. TOMPKINS DANIEL SCOTT

CO A 342D FWD SPT BNSPC WASHINGTON MICHELLECO A(-) 427TH SPT BNSPC CARPENTER DAVID LYNN

CO B 1-69TH INFANTRY(M)SPC FURCHAK BRYANT JOSEPHSgt. VASSALLO MICHAEL ANTHONY

CO B 101ST SIGNAL BNSPC BOURNE APRIL MONIQUE

CO B 152D ENGINEER BNSgt. DUSZA JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER JR

CO B 3-142D AVIATIONSgt. BROWN DAVID CHRISTOPHER

CO B 342D FWD SPT BNSPC FAN MICHELLE CONG

CO B(-) 642D SUPPORT BNSPC BURNS BRIAN KEITH

CO C (-) 342D FWD SPT BNSFC BUREK JOHN ALLENSSG HUGHES CHRISTOPHER GERRARD

CO C 1-105 INFSgt. BEAUPIERRE FRANCIS

CO C 1-69TH INF (M)SPC BENT NICHOLAS SAMUELCPL BRADLEY DEXTERSPC BROOKE JAMES ARTHURSgt. CADET PASCAL LEIBNIZSgt. CHIQUITUCTO JOHN JOESgt. COTTO CHRISTIANSSG DONNELLY MICHAEL JOHNSPC MAGNUSON ERIK JAMESSgt. MARINO PETER ANTHONYSgt. MIRRO JAMES HENRYSgt. MOSLEY ALVINSPC PINTO MICHAEL LOUISSPC VANENBURG CHRISTOPHER ELLIO

CO C 101ST SIGNAL BNSSG GREEN WILFREDSPC RIVERA JOSE LUIS

CO C 152D ENGINEER BNSPC DORAZIO DANIEL SCOTTSPC GEARY JAMES CLIFFORDSPC PRELL CHARLES JOSEPH JRSPC THOMPSON ROBERT CHARLES

CO C(-) 638 SPT BNSgt. COLON AXEL DAVESPC PENA PABLOSFC SPENCE DONALD FREDERICK JR

CO D 1-101ST CAVALRYSSG AUST PAUL JEREMY

CO D 1-127TH ARMORSFC HANSEN PETER A

CO E 1-69TH INFANTRY (M)PFC ALMONTE RAYMOND JRSPC ARRIAGA VICENCIOSPC BARRATT KWAME HILLARYSPC CAREY MICHAEL PATRICKSPC DELANCEY DARRELLSgt. JONES TONY DEANGELOSPC LISKOVICH ALEX SEMENOVICHSPC LIU HOO WAISPC NELSON MARIO1SG ORTIZ ELOY

DET 1 105 MP COSPC BEGUE RUSSELL ROBERT

DET 1 107TH MILITARY POLICE COSPC DIAZ JASON MICHAELSPC LAM JERET EVAN

DET 1 442 MP COSPC JIMENEZ HUGH HENRYSgt. MORALES FRANK

SPC RODRIGUEZ DAVID

DET 1 CO A 152D ENGINEER BNSPC LLOYD PETER MATTHEW

DET 1 HHC 1-69TH INF (M)SPC LEON CARLOS ELOY

DET 1 HHC 27TH IN BDESgt. BONIFICIO PAUL DAVIDSgt. CALORDINO SCOTT MICHAELSgt. GRIMES RAMIREZ CONWAYSgt. HOFFMAN REBECCA LEESSG MARTEL JOSEPH ANTHONYSgt. SCHMIDT ERICH KEITHSgt. TODD AVA MARIE

DET 2 CO B 638 SPT BNSPC CHMURA DOUGLAS JOHNPFC MORAN JAMES LEANDERSgt. OHRNSTEIN BRENDA LIZ

DET 2 HHC 27TH IN BDESgt. BROWN OWEN ROBERTSFC KELLY JOHN THOMAS

H & S CO 204 ENGR BNSgt. BILLINGS NORMA JEAN

HHC (-) 1-108TH INFSPC KESSLER SCOTT MICHAELSSG NOBEL ERIC LAMONTESFC THIBERT JAMES EDWARD

HHC (-) 1-127TH ARMORSgt. CORREA RADAMESSPC YORK ARTHUR DUANE

HHC (-) 27TH IN BDESgt. KNIGHT MICHAEL RAYMOND

HHC 1-101ST CAVALRYSgt. LETOHIC JAMES RAYMONDSPC PETERSEN KENNETH NEIL JRSSG STYCHEK CHARLES J

HHC 1-105TH INFSFC AMOROSI JOSEPH R

HHC 107TH SUPPORT GROUP (-)Sgt. YOON YONG KYU

HHC 152D ENGINEER BNSFC BIALOBOK PAULSSG CAVANAUGH MICHAEL JOHNSPC COLLET MARIA THERESASPC DAVIS JENNIFER JEANSPC FLORES KENNETH GARYSPC GILCRIST AMY MARIESgt. HARPER PETER JOHNSgt. HOGG JENNIFER LYNNSgt. JOHNSON TAMICA LORRAINESPC PEREZ VICTOR MANUELSPC POWELL ASWAD AKINSSPC SANTIAGO LISSETTE MONTANEZSPC SCHEEL EDWARD CHARLES

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SECOND LIEUTENANTSTRACK, ERIC M 105 STUDENT Ft.VALENTINO, MATTHEW D 107 STUDENT Ft.BENTON, GERALD P JR 174 OPERATIONS SUPPORTFt.

FIRST LIEUTENANTMARTINEZ, CELESTINO J 106 MISSION SUPPORT Ft.STENGER, MARLETTE L 106 RESCUE WGBUONOME, MICHELLE M 109 AIRLIFT WGZELIPH, JASON E 139 AEROMED EVAC SQ

MAJORDEATON, MARK A 101 RESCUE SQ

TIERNEY, CHRISTOPHER V106 RESCUE WGJACOBSON, ALLAN I 109 MEDICAL SQSTREET, TAMMY D 109 MISSION SUPPORT Ft.MCNULTY, KATHLEEN M 139 AIRLIFT SQSTEFANEC, DANA R 152 AIR OPERATIONS GPPEASLEE, MICHAEL L 152 AIR OPERATIONS GPCLONAN, RICHARD S 174 CIVIL ENGINEER SQPONTECORVO, MARY A 174 MEDICAL SQHISERT, GLEN L 274 AIR SUPT OPNS SQDEVINE, LEO M NORTHEAST AIR DEF SQ

LIEUTENANT COLONELGIAIMO, JOHN W 105 CIVIL ENGINEER SQSCHEUERMANN, LORI J 105 MISSION SUPPORT GP

LOPICCOLO, FRANK 137 AIRLIFT SQMCENTEE, THOMAS J 137 AIRLIFT SQBONOMI, JOHN M 137 AIRLIFT SQPINAMONTI, THOMAS W 213 ENG INSTL SQHARDEJ, CHRISTOPHER F 106 OPERATIONS GPELBERFELD, RICHARD B JR 107 AIR REFUELINGWGWEBSTER, BLAIR 107 MAINTENANCE GPPERRICONE, DAVID M 107 MEDICAL SQZOTTO, JOSEPH P 109 OPERATIONS GPDANNUNZIO, DEBRA H 139 AEROMED EVAC SQTERPENING, KIMBERLY L 139 AEROMED EVAC SQPHILLIPS, MARTIN E 139 AIRLIFT SQSPINA, MICHAEL J 139 AIRLIFT SQ

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SPC SHERRY RAYMOND ALLEN JRSPC SILVAROLI MICHELLESgt. THIEL DAVID ALLENSPC VIOLA RICHARD LSPC WENGEWICZ ROBERT JOHNPFC WHITE LEANNE MARIESgt. WOODWORTH RORY SINCLAIR

HHC 3/142 AVN FWD 5SSG KLIMEK CHRISTOPHER KENNETH

HHC 3RD BDE 42ND ID (M)SSG HERMAN ANTHONY OCTAVIOUS

HHC 42 FA HHB DET 1 REARPFC FIELDS ALVIN SHAKUR

HHC 42 IN DIV(-)Sgt. ANDERSON RAMONSFC BROTHERTON JAMES HOWARDSPC CONFER KIMBERLY LYNNSgt. CWIKLINSKI KEVIN MARKSgt. DRAKE CHRISTOPHERSPC HARMON JOSHUA ALLENSgt. HUBRICH ERIC CSPC JACKSON RAYMOND JR1SG MCCOOL JAMES MSSG SPANTON RONALD WILLIAM JRSFC WALDRON DAVID ALAN

HHC 642D MI BATTALIONSPC SANTIAGO GEORGE DAVIS

HHC(-) 1-69 INF (M)Sgt. BUSCAGLIA JOSEPH JOHN III

HHC(-) 3-142D AVIATIONSSG CLARK JAMES ALLENSgt. MCNAB STUART JAMES

HHD 206 CORPS SPT BNSFC DOUGLAS STANLEY A

HHD 27TH SUPPLY & SVC BNSPC PERSONS RAYMOND LAWRENCE

HHD 369TH WATER SUPPLY BNSFC HERRINGSHAW FREDERICK F

HHD ENGINEER BDE 42 IDSSG BUELL DAVID AUSTIN JRSgt. ESTEP DAVID ESFC FRONTERA DANIEL EDWARDSPC SCHNEIDER DAVID D

HQ 53D TRP CMDCSM CAPPON JUSTIN FREDERICKSgt. CHALEN FREDDY JOVANNY

HQS 106TH REGIMENT (RTI)Sgt. GRISWOLD ROBERT WALTERSFC MURPHY CHARLES MICHAELSgt. SANCHEZ DAVID

HSC 642D SUPPORT BNSgt. WANAT CHRISTOPHER KAZIMIRSSG WILLIS PURCELL JR

NYARNG ELEMENT JOINT FORCE HQSgt. AMIRAULT JOHN JOSEPH IISSG COUTURE TONI LEIGHAMSG GRAVELINE MICHAEL JSPC HAMMOND JOHN JAMESSPC JUDGE MICHAEL HUGHSFC KUDZIN ARTHUR JOHN JRMSG MISERICORDIA MARC JPFC MURPHY JOHN CARLSSG PETIBONE STEVEN BLAINESSG SHERWOODJOHNSON JOSHUA ASFC STALLWORTH ELMORE JAMESSgt. TRAVERS DAVID WAYNESPC VAZQUEZ FRANCISCO NMN JRMSG WILWOL JASON F

RECRUITING AND RETENTION CMDSFC COBB FRANK GEORGE

Sgt. HAAS ROBERT SALVATORESGM LINVILLE LARRY DEANSgt. PERSONS FRANKLIN BERTRANDSSG SOLOMON JAMES EDWARDSgt. WITHEY CLIFFORD OLIN

SERVICE BATTERY 1-258TH FASSG FERNANDEZ CIRILO ALBERTO

TROOP E 101ST CAVALRYPFC BROIS JOHN ADAM III

Excellence in Emergency Management—Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Maguire, Jr., AdjutantGeneral, displays the Governor’s Award to an Organization for Excellence in EmergencyManagement. It was awarded to Department of Military and Naval Affairs personnel atOctober’s Adjutant Generals' meeting in Latham. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Petibone)

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BULLOCK, ROBERT E NEW YORK ANG HQPRIESKORN, DOUGLAS C 152 AIR OPERATIONS GPMCGONAGLE, SCOTT M 152 AIR OPERATIONS GPVALLE, JEFFREY R 152 AIR OPERATIONS GPMARKS, DAVID L 152 AIR OPERATIONS GPFARRELL, ALFRED R 174 CIVIL ENGINEER SQSPARKS, DOUGLAS T NORTHEAST AIR DEF SQ

AIRMAN BASICTIM, NICHOLAS A 107 STUDENT Ft.ANDERSON, JONATHAN V 107 STUDENT Ft.WILLIAMS, JEANICE A 174 STUDENT Ft.

AIRMANRODRIGUEZ, SAMUEL C 105 LOGISTICS READINES SQ

AIRMAN FIRST CLASSMCINTYRE, MARTIN B 105 AERIAL PORT SQSCALI, JUAN D 105 STUDENT Ft.ZARCONE, ANTHONY B 105 STUDENT Ft.POPLAWSKI, BRIAN J 105 STUDENT Ft.SORRENTINO, KERRI L 106 STUDENT Ft.RICH, ADAM L 106 STUDENT Ft.ALGOZZINO, MICHAEL C 106 STUDENT Ft.DAVIUS, SORFFLY 106 STUDENT Ft.SORRENTINO, ROBERT 106 STUDENT Ft.RAWLINSON, JEREMY J 106 STUDENT Ft.ZIELAZNY, BRANDON J 106 STUDENT Ft.NEWMAN, DENIS 106 STUDENT Ft.THOMPSON, SAMANTHA J 107 STUDENT Ft.LONG, KELLY M 107 STUDENT Ft.VAZQUEZ, SAMMY D 107 STUDENT Ft.FARCHIONE, RACHEL T 109 STUDENT Ft.TOURT, JOSHUA R 109 STUDENT Ft.ZAMANI, EDRIS A 109 STUDENT Ft.BARKYOUMB, MARK S JR 109 STUDENT Ft.BLAKE, THOMAS 174 STUDENT Ft.SANDERSON, KELCY M 174 STUDENT Ft.MOONAN, PATRICK E 174 STUDENT Ft.LYNCH, MICHAEL J 174 STUDENT Ft.MILLER, TONIA M NEAD SCTY FORC Ft. Ft.

SENIOR AIRMANGLEZER, VLADIMIR V 105 AERIAL PORT SQMOORE, PAUL R 105 AERIAL PORT SQOSBORNE, TERRILL J 105 AERIAL PORT SQMOORE, CHARLES E 105 AERIAL PORT SQMISZKO, CORY B 105 AERIAL PORT SQSTRICKLAND, JEFFREY NMN JR 105 MISSIONSUPPORT Ft.BOOKAL, JOEL C 105 SERVICES Ft.NUNEZ, ROBERTO D 105 SERVICES Ft.TORRES, SERBIA E 105 SERVICES Ft.RUIZCHAPARRO, ELVIN N 137 AIRLIFT SQBROWNING, SEAN P 106 AIRCRAFT MAINT SQWOCEL, JUSTIN P 106 AIRCRAFT MAINT SQWOOLFORD, CARI E 106 CIVIL ENGINEER SQSANTANA, NINO MARQUEZ 106COMMUNICATIONS Ft.LIGON, TYRONE M 106 LOGISTICS READINES SQENGLISH, BRYAN P 106 MEDICAL SQCROMBIE, DAVID J III 106 SECURITY FORCES SQCASSICK, JESSICA F 107 CIVIL ENGINEER SQCOONRADT, RUSSELL J 109 CIVIL ENGINEER SQMOTT, JASON R 109 MAINTENANCE SQLANSLEY, DEAN A 109 MAINTENANCE SQTUTHILL, THOMAS J 109 SECURITY FORCES SQ

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TECHNICAL SERGEANTCARROLL, JOSEPH J 105 CIVIL ENGINEER SQPETERSON, REX O 105 CIVIL ENGINEER SQLATONA, ANTONIO JR 105 CIVIL ENGINEER SQSILENO, JOHN G III 105 LOGISTICS READINES SQFOOTE, LEWIS C 105 MAINTENANCE OPS Ft.SPAULDING, ROBERT L 105 MAINTENANCE SQDURKINS, ERIC L II 105 MAINTENANCE SQROLON, JENNIFER M 105 MAINTENANCE SQDEWITT, DAVID A JR 105 MAINTENANCE SQAIELLO, MARYBETH 105 MISSION SUPPORT Ft.MASZTALICS, JOSEPH R 137 AIRLIFT SQBORAWSKI, BRIAN H 137 AIRLIFT SQGILMAN, ROBERT A 106 AIRCRAFT MAINT SQPERNO, JOSEPH A 106 AIRCRAFT MAINT SQCOOPER, JASON R 106 MAINTENANCE GPJOHNDRO, CHARLES W 106 MEDICAL SQ

DIETZEN, MARK W 107 CIVIL ENGINEER SQZASTROW, CHRISTOPHER R 107COMMUNICATIONS Ft.KLIMECZKO, MELISSA N 107 LOGISTICS READINES SQKIERA, THOMAS M 107 MAINTENANCE SQWOODWORTH, DAVID B II 107 MEDICAL SQTRZEPACZ, DONALD E JR 136 AIR REFUELING SQMARTIN, JASON W 109 AERIAL PORT Ft.LATNIAK, PETER W JR 109 LOGISTICS READINES SQPETERS, JOSEPH A IV 109 LOGISTICS READINES SQSMITH, BENJAMIN J 109 MAINTENANCE SQSHULTIS, JEREMY B 109 MAINTENANCE SQFRANKOVIC, MARLENE C 109 SECURITY FORCES SQPANTEN, HENRY S 139 AEROMED EVAC SQLEGGIERO, ANTHONY D 139 AEROMED EVAC SQZIMOLKA, PAUL G 139 AIRLIFT SQPOWERS, ROY D 139 AIRLIFT SQSPENCER, JAMES M III 138 FIGHTER SQMOSS, ROBBY L 152 AIR OPERATIONS GPSANDMANN, CHRISTOPHER R 174 MAINTENANCESQPARKHURST, MICHAEL J 174 MAINTENANCE SQWILLIAMS, RAYMOND A DET 2 174 FIGHTER WGCASTRO, CARLOS R NORTHEAST AIR DEF SQBATHURST, JAN T NORTHEAST AIR DEF SQ

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By Staff Sgt. Mike R. SmithGuard Times Staff

When the NY National Guardwas asked to stand by the Stateof Florida after its recent

hurricanes, aircrews here were alreadygeared to go.

“As the storm developed, plans weremade in advance to have crews availableto react when called upon,” said Maj.David Panzera, Antarctic OperationsOfficer, 109th Airlift Wing.

Panzera and over thirty other Airmenreturned here Sept. 23 after providinghurricane relief for Florida’s residents,flying cargo, including water and food,across the state for five days.

Starting from an operations base inSavannah, Ga., four aircrews from the109AW picked up suppl ies inJacksonville, Fla., and flew them to

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One C-130 and three LC-130s ,supported the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency’s Florida reliefeffort after hurricanes caused billions ofdollars in damages, leaving thousandsof residents without power, food andfresh water.

“As we approached (Pensacola) anddescended into the airport, the first thingwe could see was the amazing amount ofspans missing from the I-10 bridges,”said Maj. Panzera. He went on to saythat, as they got closer, they could seethe hurricanes’ devastation close-up,including sunken boats, an amazingamount of roofs missing and somebuildings completely collapsed as wellas missing altogether with only thefoundations left.

“The crews saw that this destructionwarranted our help like nothing else theyhave ever done,” said the major.

Aircrews transported over 439,000

STRATTON ANGB, SCOTIA

109th Airlift Wing Airmen in Savannah, Ga. The Airmen returned here on Sept. 23 after providinghurricane relief for Florida’s residents, flying cargo, including water and food, across the state forfive days. (Photo by Maj. David Panzera, 109AW)

pounds of supplies—by the time theycame home, having worked on 10 to 12hour work schedules, they completedtwenty flights.

Isn’t it incredible that America can meet

needs abroad yet meet needs at home,said the major. “It’s one of the greatthings about America and truly one ofthe greatest things about the nationalguard.” !

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By Mike BrennanFort Hamilton Public Affairs

“When Captain Levi Whiting, the first commander ofthe Fort Hamilton garrison raised the garrison flag backin 1831, it was a monumental event,” said Col. Kewyn L.Williams in his opening remarks at the ground breakingof Fort Hamilton’s Residential Communities Initiative.“Today we are raising another type of flag. Turning afew shovels of dirt will be just as monumental.”

Williams, the 182nd garrison commander added, “Thisground breaking is a giant step forward for all theservice members who work in the metropolitan area andlive at Fort Hamilton. Our senior leadership has madeQuality of Life a top priority. New housing strengthensthe military presence in New York City. It will take a fewyears to accomplish this mission, but when it is completeit will have been worth all the effort.”

Many Brooklyn residents, local veterans and severaldignitaries joined the Fort Hamilton Garrison communityto break ground on the site of a new housing developmenton Doubleday Field at the installation.

Dozens of representatives of the New York City presscorps turned out to record the dedication, which wasattended by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg,and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. The New York CityHousing Development Corporation is providing thefunding for the project.

“Since September 11th, Fort Hamilton has assumed agreater role as it is the City’s only active military base,”said Mayor Bloomberg. “There are a number of National

Ground Brokenat Fort Hamiltonfor New Homes

Guard and Army regiments located here that areresponsible for safety and security throughout the City,and providing affordable quality housing to all NewYorkers is a priority of this Administration and todaydemonstrates that commitment. This is an importantdevelopment initiative to house the brave men andwomen living here in order to protect our great City andCountry.”

Also attending this important occasion were ActingAssistant Secretary of the Army for Installations andEnvironment Geoffrey G. Prosch; Maj. Gen. Galen B.Jackman, Commanding General of the Military District ofWashington; State Senator Marty Golden; BrooklynBorough President Marty Markowitz; City CouncilmanVincent Gentile; Housing Development CorporationPresident Emily A. Youssouf; Mr. Gary Holloway,Chairman and CEO of GMH Military Housing; and Mr.Bruce Robinson, GMH President.

“I have long been a supporter of Fort Hamilton becauseI believe it is vitally important, not only to our military

BROOKLYN

Fort Hamilton residents and dignitaries cast the ceremonial shovel-full of dirt. From left to right, DeAngelo and James Gilliam, III,Sergeant 1st Class James Gilliam, Mr. Geoffrey G. Prosch, Senator Hillary R. Clinton, NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Mrs. JamesGilliam and Jalaya, Ms. Emily Youssof, Maj. Gen. Galen B. Jackman, Marty Markowitz, Col. Kewyn L. Williams, and Mr. GaryHolloway. (Photo by Kathryn Kirk)

but to our homeland security,” said Senator Clinton.“Today’s ground breaking is an important part ofensuring that the men and women who serve at FortHamilton and around New York have high qualityhousing. The selection of Fort Hamilton for theResidential Communities Initiative is recognition of itsimportance to New York City and the nation.”

The Residential Communities Initiative (RCI) will makeavailable a total of 228 housing units for service membersand their families.

“I would like to thank the service members and familiesof Fort Hamilton,” said Mr. Geoffrey G. Prosch. “As youknow by now, the RCI process encourages participationat all levels… you embraced the opportunity toparticipate and as a result the communities built here willmore successfully accommodate the living requirementsand well-being of the military family.”

Construction of 150 three and four-bedroom gardenstyle apartments for the junior-enlisted service membersis anticipated to be completed in summer, 2005. !

ATLANTA

By Karen Bradshaw1st Army Public Affairs Staff

Train as you would fight has long beenan axiom in the Army and First Armyplans to improve the training of its

Soldiers to realistically reflect they arewarriors first. Lt. Gen. Russell L. Honoré,commanding general First U.S. Army, sharedthat training vision with leaders at the FirstU.S. Army Commander’s Conference inAtlanta in mid-October. “We are in a warwith no rear areas or front lines,” Honorésaid. “We have to instill the Warrior Ethosinto the mobilized Soldiers we train. EverySoldier must be able to function as anInfantryman. Soldiers must have tough,realistic, hands-on, repetitive training untiltheir response is intuitive.”

He aims to accomplish this with what hecalls “theater immersion” training. “When

1st Army Plans ‘theater immersion’ Training at MOB stationsSoldiers get off the bus at the (mobilization)station, they must feel they have arrived inIraq or Afghanistan,” Honoré said.

Instead of living in a normal garrisonenvironment, Soldiers will see concertinawire, entry control points, and guard towersto simulate the Forward Operating Baseenvironment.

“In an FOB, small unit leaders not only trainon theater-specific tasks,” Honoré said,“they have an opportunity to exercise theirtroop-leading procedures and basicdiscipline on a continuous basis.”

Since time is limited at the mobilizationstation, immediately immersing Soldiers intoa replicated combat zone enables focusedtraining 24-hours-a-day, and retraining cantake place as needed.

“We can repeatedly train Soldiers onmultiple tasks. For example, a single simulatedmortar attack trains react to indirect fire,casualty evacuation procedures and 9-lineMEDEVAC, damage assessment, counter-battery fire and many other procedures they

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might never get the chance to practice morethan once,” said Col. Christian de Graf, 2ndBrigade commander, 87th Division (TrainingSupport).

Theater immersion training also meanstraining events can occur when leastexpected.

“In Iraq, a mortar or an IED can hit atanytime — not just during scheduled trainingperiods. We can train the Soldiers the waythey will fight and the theater immersionconcept allows us to do that,” said Col.Daniel Zajac, 3rd Brigade commander, 87thDivision. “The standard for how we trainSoldiers comes from the theater. We are

constantly adjusting our training based oncurrent operations in theater. The theaterimmersion concept provides the flexibility todo that real time.”

The new training method will also allowleaders to more easily adjust training asneeded.

“Theater immersion is a dynamic trainingapproach that gives us greater flexibility totrain Soldiers. With theater immersion wecan create more events, longer events, rampup the volume or turn it down based on thetraining needs of Soldiers and units,” saidCol. Al Jones, First U.S. Army deputy chiefof staff for Operations. “Our goal is thatSoldiers respond to threats intuitively,regardless of the situation in which theymight find themselves.”

“We have a nonnegotiable contract withthe American people to prepare her sons anddaughters for war,” Honoré said. “We mustuse imagination and innovation to do thisbetter than we ever have before. We can not,we will not fail in this task.” !

...immediately immersingSoldiers into a replicatedcombat zone enablesfocused training 24-hours-a-day...

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Brig. Gen. Michael C. Swezey Leadsthe New York Army National Guard

Army GuardHeadquarters HoldsChange ofCommand

By Guard Times Staff

Brig. Gen. Michael C. Swezey, took command of theNew York Army National Guard on Sept. 28 fromBrig. Gen. Stephen Seiter, who is retiring following

38 years of service.The outgoing commander of the New York Army National

Guard, passed the colors to the incoming commanderduring a brief ceremony at the Guard headquarters herebefore a gathering of hundreds of soldiers, family membersand friends. The ceremony was held on the drill floor onthe armory side of the headquarters complex.

Brig. Gen. Swezey, a West Point graduate Class of 1980,is a traditional National Guard officer from the CapitalDistrict who works as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch.

The general served six years on active duty and has sinceserved in both the Army Reserve and Army National Guardin a variety of assignments. He holds a Bachelors degreein Engineering and a Master Degree in BusinessAdministration from Golden Gate University. He completedthe Army’s Armor Basic Branch Course and helicopterflight school and airborne course. He is a graduate of theArmy’s Command and General Staff Course and the ArmyWar College. He was assigned as Commander,Headquarters 53rd Troop Command, based in Valhalla, inWestchester County last February, which includesapproximately one third of the units and personnel of theNew York Army National Guard across the state. He holdsnumerous awards and decorations. !

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Incoming Commander, NY Army National Guard, Brig. Gen. Michael C. Swezey and family. (Photos by Staff Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

The New York Army National Guard's incoming commander,Brig. Gen. Michael C. Swezey, far right, returns the guidon toNew York State Command Sergeant Major Robert Van Pelt,middle, at a ceremony here Sept. 28.