New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs

ROTC Cadets Get the Basics From Guard Veteran

105th Airlift Wing Security Airmen Honored

Photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Abbott, Joint Forces Headquaters-NY (Released)

ITHACA - New York Army National Guard Cpl. Timothy Bishop, of Company D 2nd Battalion 108th Infantry, instructs Reserve Officer Training Corps ( ROTC) Cadets in building clearing procedures Saturday, April 4, at the New York State Armory.

The three day ROTC training event included Cadets from Cornell University, Syracuse University and the Rochester Institute of Technology and was hosted by the New York Army National Guard and the Ithaca Armory.

The Cadets got instruction in basic tactics, talked to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and learned the benefits of enrolling in the Simultaneous Membership Program, that allows ROTC cadets to serve in the National Guard while they are enrolled in college.

NY National Guard In the News

Time Warner Cable News -- Sun, 09 Mar 2014

Historic change of command at EADS

ROME, N.Y. -- Col. Dawne Deskins never intended to make the Air Force her career. It started out as a way to pay for college, but educational doors weren’t the only ones enlisting opened.

New York Daily News -- Sat, 08 Mar 2014

Air National Guard Col. Dawne Deskins gets promoted to brigadier general Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/air-national-guard-dawne-deskins-brigadier-general-article-1.1715618#ixzz2vUNlvBPC

Air National Guard Col. Dawne Deskins is being promoted to brigadier general. She will take a lead role in the sexual-assault prevention and response program for the 100,000 members in the... (more)

Governor Andrew Cuomo Press Release -- Fri, 07 Mar 2014

Governor Cuomo Congratulates Colonel Dawne Deskins on Promotion to Brigadier General

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York Air National Guard Col. Dawne Deskins, the commander of the Eastern Air Defense Sector in Rome will be promoted to Brigadier General.... (more)

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