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Hammond resident retires from New York Army National Guard

Posted 3/3/17

Staff Sgt. Robert Pike of Hammond recently retired from the New York Army National Guard. Pike was assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry. He is retiring after some 23 years of military …

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Hammond resident retires from New York Army National Guard

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Staff Sgt. Robert Pike of Hammond recently retired from the New York Army National Guard.

Pike was assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry. He is retiring after some 23 years of military service, according to a press release.

Pike first entered the military in 1994.

"It is a bittersweet achievement, each time we celebrate the retirement for one of our National Guard Citizen Soldiers," said Major General Anthony P. German, the adjutant general for the state of New York. "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."

For more information about the New York Army National Guard visit www.dmna.ny.gov or www.1800goguard.com.