Village of Lowville Mayor Joseph Beagle presents the important thing to the village to Lt. Col. Ryan Hanrahan, commander of third Common Assist Aviation Battalion, tenth Aviation Regiment, tenth Fight Aviation Brigade, and Command Sgt. Maj. Gary Williams, battalion senior enlisted adviser, after studying a proclamation June 15 throughout a council assembly. (Picture by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
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Lt. Col. Ryan Hanrahan, commander of third Common Assist Aviation Battalion, tenth Aviation Regiment, tenth Fight Aviation Brigade, and Command Sgt. Maj. Gary Williams, battalion senior enlisted adviser, had been introduced with the important thing to the village and proclamation from Village of Lowville Mayor Joseph Beagle throughout a council assembly June 15. (Picture by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
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FORT DRUM, N.Y. (June 16, 2022) — tenth Mountain Division (LI) Troopers collaborating in neighborhood occasions and tasks within the tri-county space are about as widespread as of late as seeing them carry heavy rucksacks on a street march.
Throughout a village council assembly June 15, Lowville Mayor Joseph Beagle acknowledged the Troopers of third Common Assist Aviation Battalion, tenth Aviation Regiment, tenth Fight Aviation Brigade, for his or her continued help and contributions through the years.
He introduced Lt. Col. Ryan Hanrahan, battalion commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Gary Williams, battalion senior enlisted adviser, with the important thing to the village.
“Your power and perseverance solely solidifies your bond with our village,” Beagle learn within the proclamation. “And what your unit has completed continues to exemplify your dedication not simply to the army however to the neighborhood by which you serve.”
Not too long ago, Troopers hung banners alongside a road close to Lowville Academy and Central Faculty to honor graduates who died abroad whereas serving within the armed forces. The battalion additionally was credited with supporting the annual Cream Cheese Pageant, volunteering on the Lowville Meals Pantry, serving to to revive burial websites of veterans all through Lewis County, and aiding with a restoration venture on the 102-year-old American Legion constructing and museum.
“My battalion has been working with Lowville in a terrific partnership, and we’ve actually been volunteering rather a lot recently to assist beautify the village of Lowville,” Hanrahan stated. “It actually means rather a lot to us receiving the important thing to this village.”
Hanrahan stated that he sees this partnership solely rising stronger sooner or later.
“We’ve developed a superb bedrock and I believe we’ll proceed speaking with one another and serving to out at any time when we are able to,” he stated. “As members of the army, we transfer round typically and so we predict it’s actually nice to construct a friendship with the area people and supply help as a lot as we are able to.”
Beagle stated the battalion has created a bond between Fort Drum and Lowville that’s deeply felt inside the neighborhood.
What the battalion is doing in Lowville is an element of a bigger, division-wide effort to construct rapport and have a constructive presence within the communities round Fort Drum. Lt. Col. Kevin Smith, tenth Mountain Division (LI) G9, manages Operation Mountain Attain and supplies oversight to the service tasks and actions.
“Operation Mountain Attain is the division’s neighborhood engagement program that connects all of our models with neighborhood companions all through the North Nation,” he stated. “Our Troopers are really invested in these communities. They’re visiting colleges to speak with college students about range and inclusion, they’re at Thompson Park eradicating particles from the paths with the mayor, and interacting with households at totally different civic occasions.”
Smith stated that Troopers contribute their effort and time not for recognition or reward, however as a result of it has change into the lifestyle within the tenth Mountain Division.
“As Maj. Gen. (Milford) Beagle, our commanding normal, would say, this isn’t one thing they need to do however that is one thing they get to do,” Smith stated. “As a result of giving again to the neighborhood is the precise factor to do, and our Troopers know that from expertise.”
