Army Guard promotes Guzman to specialist

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Jeffrey Guzman, from Inwood, a New York State National Guard member, was promoted to the rank of specialist. Guzman is assigned to the 442nd Military Police Company.

Army National Guard promotions are based on overall performance, attitude, leadership ability and development potential. These promotions additionally recognize the best qualified soldiers and attract and retain the highest caliber citizen soldiers for a career in the National Guard.

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 state’s Army, Air, Naval Militia and the Guard.