{"id":14863,"date":"2023-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=14863"},"modified":"2023-06-13T06:48:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T06:48:25","slug":"new-york-national-guard-unit-deploys-to-eastern-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=14863","title":{"rendered":"New York National Guard Unit Deploys to Eastern Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Brig. Gen. Joseph Biehler, commanding general of the New York Army National Guard\u2019s 53rd Troop Command, speaks with deploying Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division (LI) Main Command Post-Operational Detachment, during a farewell gathering in Fort Drum, N.Y., June 9, 2023. More than 35 Soldiers from the detachment are deploying to Eastern Europe to join their active-duty counterparts of the 10th Mountain Division as part of NATO\u2019s commitment to enhance security and stability in the region.
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FORT DRUM, N.Y. – Thirty-five New York Army National Guard Soldiers marked the beginning of their deployment to Eastern Europe following weeks of training and fulfilling readiness requirements.<\/p>\n

The Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division (LI) Main Command Post-Operational Detachment (MCP-OD), based at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, flew to Romania and Poland June 10. They joined their active-duty counterparts of the 10th Mtn. Div. headquarters, already in Europe, to expand capabilities and enhance the division\u2019s mission as part of NATO\u2019s commitment to security and stability in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m absolutely proud of everyone in the MCP-OD,\u201d said Lt. Col. Alvin D. Phillips, MCP-OD\u2019s commander. \u201cThat includes the support staff, as well as the Soldiers who answered the call to serve and preserve what I feel is a real-world mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most of the deploying Soldiers volunteered for the mission, including multiple Soldiers from other units across the state, as the 10th Mtn. Div. had specific requirements for which military occupational specialties they required.<\/p>\n

The mobilization occurred on an accelerated timeline, according to Capt. Darren Hagen, the detachment\u2019s executive officer. Soldiers had limited time to meet deployment requirements, including weapons qualifications, medical and physical fitness tests.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MCP-OD is trained, they\u2019re equipped and they\u2019re well-integrated within the 10th Mtn. Div. headquarters,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cThis is what they\u2019ve trained for. They understand their mission, they understand their capabilities, and they\u2019re prepared to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brig. Gen. Joseph Biehler, the commanding general of the NYARNG\u2019s 53rd Troop Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. David Piwowarski, the NYARNG senior enlisted leader, bid farewell to the MCP-OD Soldiers during an informal gathering.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish you all the best,\u201d Biehler said. \u201cYou\u2019re going to come back with a lot of great experience (working with a division headquarters). Take that experience, come back, feel good about yourself, be confident, and look to the horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The detachment will serve approximately six months in Europe as part of the U.S. commitment to provide a robust deterrent and defensive posture alongside allies across the continent.<\/p>\n

The detachment last deployed to Iraq with the 10th Mtn. Div. headquarters in 2018 for a 10-month deployment.<\/p>\n

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Brig. Gen. Joseph Biehler, commanding general of the New York Army National Guard\u2019s 53rd Troop Command, speaks with deploying Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division (LI) Main Command Post-Operational Detachment, during a farewell gathering in Fort Drum, N.Y., June 9, 2023. More than 35 Soldiers from the detachment are deploying to Eastern Europe to join […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14865,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14866,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14863\/revisions\/14866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}