New York National Guard Officer tapped for NGB Job

WATERVLIET, NY -- Major General Patrick Murphy, the Adjutant General of New York, presents the Meritorious Service Medal to Col. Theresa VanCort during a recognition ceremony on Friday, Oct. 4. Col. Theresa VanCort, a Clifton Park resident and a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, has been picked to serve as Deputy Personnel Officer for the 358,000-member Army National Guard.

Oct 08, 2013

Mom Follows Son Into National Guard

SARATOGA SPRINGS--New York Army National Guard Specialist, Juanita Locke, age 37, and her son Specialist Jason Van Deusen, 19, stand outside the New York State Military History Museum. Locke, a personnel specialist working in the Army National Guard's military personnel office, enlisted in the National Guard after her son, joined at age 17 in 2006. She showed up at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for Basic Training as he was finishing up Advanced Individual Training. Van Dusen serves as personel specialist for Company C, 2nd Battalion 108th Infantry following a 2008 combat tour in Afghanistan.

Mar 20, 2009