3 retire from service

Major General Anthony P. German, the Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces the recent retirement of members of the New York Army National Guard, marking their end of service to community, state and nation as part of the Army National Guard.

Sergeant First Class Robert Hamilton from Oneida, assigned to the Company C, Recruiting and Retention, retired from the New York Army National Guard in October after some 25 years of military service.

Hamilton first entered the military in August 1992.

Sergeant Major Chris Olmsted from Oneida, assigned to the Intelligence and Sustainment Company, 42nd Infantry Division, retired from the New York Army National Guard in October after some 36 years of military service.

Olmsted first entered the military in August 1981.

Sergeant Timothy Cleveland from Morrisville, assigned to the Com- pany C (Medical), 427th Brigade Support Battalion retired from the New York Army National Guard last month after some 22 years of military service.

Cleveland first entered the military in August 1995.

“It is a bittersweet achievement, each time we celebrate the retirement for one of our National Guard Citizen Soldiers,” German said. “I want to applaud the accomplishment and the milestone of more than 20 years of service not only of these Soldiers, but of their families and civilian employers. We say that we recruit Soldiers in the Army National Guard, but we know that to make this a career we retain families,” German said.

“On behalf of our force, I want to wish only the greatest success for all the future endeavors of our retirees as they embark on new chapters of their lives.”

For more information about the New York Army National Guard, visit www.dmna.ny.gov or www.1800goguard.com

“I want to applaud the accomplishment and the milestone of more than 20 years of service not only of these Soldiers, but of their families and civilian employers.” — Major General Anthony P. German, the Adjutant General for the State of New York