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JOINT FORCES HEADQUARTERS, LATHAM, N.Y. (10/07/09) - Members of the New York National Guard welcomed a new "recruit" to the Army National Guard Oct. 6 when the National Guard helped fulfill the dream of a local area boy battling Leukemia. Nine-year old Jacob Kaminski was surprised by his family with a day-long visit with the New York National Guard as the state's "Soldier for a Day." The event was arranged, in part, by New York Army National Guard Sgt. Mathew Starr, assigned to the Joint Forces Headquarters staff and a long-time fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Starr, a...

U.S. Army Capt. Mark Flitton Former Pro Golfer Fulfills Life Dream, Becomes Soldier By Spc. Michael Pfaff 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment TIKRIT, Iraq, April 18, 2006 — When his sixth-grade teacher asked the class to think about what they wanted to do when they grew up, Capt. Mark Flitton took this question very seriously. There are three things he wanted to do in life: join the military, fly planes, and play golf. “I took it to heart and really studied what I wanted to do,” Flitton, the headquarters and headquarters company commander for the 445th Civil Affairs Battalion...

BAGHDAD, April 10, 2006 — A platoon sergeant with Company A, 801st Brigade Support Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, is bidding farewell to the Army as an enlisted soldier to become a flight warrant officer. "I ended up liking it. I liked jumping, (Fort) Bragg and everything in the military, so I stayed in," U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Marlon Stewart Staff Sgt. Marlon Stewart, who will have 10 years in the Army in June, will leave his unit to pursue his dream of becoming a pilot. Stewart joined the Army in 1996 as a truck driver, and said he thought he...