ROCHESTER - Specialist Kevin Gilbo and his girlfriend Elizabeth Kearns talk with Michelle Pipas from Syracuse University�s Office of Admissions, Saturday March 21 at Rochester�s Riverside Convention Center, site of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration program�s 60-day event.
Soldiers, spouses and family members of the New York Army National Guard�s 27th Brigade Combat Team took part in the two day event as a "follow on" to the 30-day event held in February. A variety of programs, counseling and a career fair were available to the Soldiers and their families to help them transition from full time Soldier in a combat environment back to Citizen Soldier.
More than 1,500 members of the 27th BCT spent most of 2008 in Afghanistan training the Afghan Army and Police
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