LATHAM, -- Newly-promoted Lt. Colonel Michelle Buonome (center right) smiles after receiving flowers from her husband Ralph Buonome (center left) during her promotion ceremony at New York National Guard Headquarters here on Nov. 22. Buonome's father Joe Haus (left) and her mother Jean Haus (right) pinned on her new rank insignia at the ceremony. Buonome, who enlisted in the New York Air National Guard in 1997, currently serves as Deputy Human Resources Officer for the 16,000-member New York National Guard, and as the commander of the 109th Force Support Squadron. ( Army National Guard


LATHAM, -- Newly-promoted Lt. Colonel Michelle Buonome (center right) smiles after receiving flowers from her husband Ralph Buonome (center left) during her promotion ceremony at New York National Guard Headquarters here on Nov. 22. Buonome's father Joe Haus (left) and her mother Jean Haus (right) pinned on her new rank insignia at the ceremony. Buonome, who enlisted in the New York Air National Guard in 1997, currently serves as Deputy Human Resources Officer for the 16,000-member New York National Guard, and as the commander of the 109th Force Support Squadron. ( Army National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Raymond Drumsta/released)


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