New York Army National Guard 1st Lt. Alex Steinbroner, a member of D Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, embraces his girlfriend Gabrielle Gawron, prior to getting on a bus heading for Fort Drum, New York, following a farewell ceremony in Massapequa Park, New York on June 14, 2022. The battalion's Soldiers are slated to deploy to the Horn of Africa for a security mission in September.

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