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LATHAM — Major General Anthony P. German, the Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces the recent retirement of two local 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.

Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bookmiller of Lancaster, assigned to the Joint Force Headquarters retires from the New York Army National Guard after some 30 years of military service. He first entered the military in 1987.

Sergeant First Class Matthew Cryer of Batavia, assigned to the Company C, Recruiting and Retention Battalion retires from the New York Army National Guard after some 32 years of military service. Cryer first entered the military in 1985.

“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.1800goguard.com.

The New York National Guard (New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs) is the state’s executive agency responsible to the Governor for managing New York’s Military Forces, which consists of nearly 20,000 members of the New York Army National Guard, the New York Air National Guard, the New York Naval Militia and the New York Guard.



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