Retired State Command Sgt. Major Jack Ryan embraces his son Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Ryan, an instructor pilot for A Co. 1-126th Aviation Regiment who returns from a 10-month deployment to Kosovo, Feb. 17, 2024, at Quonset Air National Guard Base, North Kingstown, RI. CW3 Ryan deployed in support of Operation Joint Guardian, a NATO peacekeeping mission under the Kosovo Force (KFOR). (Army National Guard

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