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.
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5/25/17
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Last week, a grand jury of nine whites and three blacks decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
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12/4/14
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He has talked about it, and now he’s done it. After months of challenging Congress to act on illegal immigration, to pass legislation, the president has acted with the most expansive use of his presidential power.
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11/28/14
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The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has claimed more than 2,300 victims. There are close to 4,500 known cases, and they are no longer isolated to West Africa. So far in the U.S. as I write . . .
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10/23/14
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For decades, the U.S. has failed to address one of its core problems: securing the nation’s borders.
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7/23/14
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The stunning fall from grace of CIA Director David Petraeus surprised me, in a day and age when nothing surprises me.
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11/23/12
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For the second consecutive year, the New York National Guard Counterdrug Task Force provided a drug prevention program for students at Lawrence Middle School.
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5/17/12
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When Lawrence resident Mark Getman enlisted in the Army National Guard in 2006 as a communications technician specialist, he did not expect to be interested in the Chaplain Candidate program but after meeting a Jewish faith leader during his 19 weeks of training in Fort Gordon, Georgia, he decided to apply.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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11/17/11
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As a reward for sitting in a classroom for several weeks and learning about the dangers of drugs, alcohol and how to avoid making mistakes that severely impact their lives, Lawrence Middle School students got to scale a rock wall provided by National Guard soldiers last Friday.
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JEFF BESSEN
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6/2/11
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In his camouflage fatigues and work boots, it’s easy for U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. David You to command respect, but for the past 14 weeks, the respect he has gained has been from Lawrence students, not soldiers.
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JEFF BESSEN
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12/22/10
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