CAMP SMITH, NY. -- Spc. John Daras (left), Spc. Benjamin Lewis (middle) and Spc. Joe Golonka (right) assault a simulated enemy position at the New York Army National Guard’s Basic Infantryman Course here Aug. 7. The New York Army National Guard’s 106th Regional Training Institute (RTI) holds the course annually so Soldiers can become fully-qualified members of infantry units. Soldiers from all Army components can attend the course. Soldiers of the current class are scheduled to graduate Aug. 10. Daras, of Danvers, Mass., belongs to the 1st Battalion, 143 Infantry, Rhode Island Army National G


CAMP SMITH, NY. -- Spc. John Daras (left), Spc. Benjamin Lewis (middle) and Spc. Joe Golonka (right) assault a simulated enemy position at the New York Army National Guard’s Basic Infantryman Course here Aug. 7. The New York Army National Guard’s 106th Regional Training Institute (RTI) holds the course annually so Soldiers can become fully-qualified members of infantry units. Soldiers from all Army components can attend the course. Soldiers of the current class are scheduled to graduate Aug. 10. Daras, of Danvers, Mass., belongs to the 1st Battalion, 143 Infantry, Rhode Island Army National Guard; Lewis, of Roosevelt, belongs to D Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, New York Army National Guard; Golonka, of Lakeview, belongs to C Troop, 2nd Battalion, 101st Cavalry, New York Army National Guard. ( Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Drumsta, Joint Force Headquarters, New York Army National Guard)


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