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Ritchie Meets New Fort Drum Garrison Commander
Patty Ritchie
August 14, 2015
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ISSUE:
- Military Affairs
- Military
- Troops
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State Senator Patty Ritchie met new Fort Drum Garrison Commander Colonel Bryan Laske this week, at a special ceremony to mark the groundbreaking of a new monument at Watertown’s Thompson Park to honor 10th Mountain Division troops.
Prior to his arrival at Fort Drum, Col. Laske served at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
(Senator Ritchie is pictured in the above photo with Col. Bryan Laske and Deputy Garrison Commander Michael McKinnon)
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