Representative Chris Gibson presents a souvenior of his service in Iraq to New York Army National Guard 1st Sgt. Joseph Martel during a "Tales from the Sandbox" discussion session hosted at the New York State Military Museum on Saturday, March 24. Sixty people attended the event, hosted by the Friends of the New York State Military Museum. Gibson, a retired Army Colonel, also served in Iraq. First Sergeant Joe Martel, a local deputy sheriff from Colonie, has served two deployments to Iraq – 2003 and 2009 with Guard military police companies. His unit, the 105th MP Company was
Representative Chris Gibson presents a souvenior of his service in Iraq to New York Army National Guard 1st Sgt. Joseph Martel during a "Tales from the Sandbox" discussion session hosted at the New York State Military Museum on Saturday, March 24. Sixty people attended the event, hosted by the Friends of the New York State Military Museum. Gibson, a retired Army Colonel, also served in Iraq. First Sergeant Joe Martel, a local deputy sheriff from Colonie, has served two deployments to Iraq – 2003 and 2009 with Guard military police companies. His unit, the 105th MP Company was among the very first NY units mobilized. Martel talked his team’s role to protect military convoys over a dangerous 74-mile stretch in the face of the rising insurgency and the first use of Improvised Explosive Devices. The New York National Guard’s first two combat deaths came from his unit due to IEDs. (Photo by Wayne Clark, New York State Military Museum)
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