14th Annual "To Honor & Serve" Veterans Breakfast

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Join us at the 14^th Annual “To Honor and Serve” Veterans Breakfast. Come be a part of this community event as we thank those who have served our country as well as those who continue to protect our freedom today. 

Regional community leaders will serve breakfast to our honored guests, veterans and active-duty soldiers, and members of the guard and reserve from around the Capital Region.

We welcome our distinguished guest speaker, Brigadier General Gary R. Charlton II, Assistant Adjutant General of the New York Air National Guard, Department of Military and Naval Affairs.

Brig Gen Gary R. Charlton II is the Assistant Adjutant General – Air for the New York Air National Guard, Department of Military and Naval Affairs, Latham, New York. As the Assistant Adjutant General he is responsible for the mission readiness and operation effectiveness across 6 distinctly different weapons systems, spanning 5 flying Wings and the Eastern Air Defense Sector. Brig Gen Charlton is responsible for more than 5,800 Airmen and civilians of the largest and most diverse Air National Guard within the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

General Charlton enlisted in the New York Air National Guard in May 1990 and served as a fuels systems technician. He graduated from Columbia College in 1995 earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. He then commissioned in 2000 and attended undergraduate pilot training in 2001. General Charlton completed initial F-16 qualification training in 2002 and served as an F-16C pilot flying with the 138th Fighter Squadron, Hancock Field, N.Y. He has held the positions of flight, detachment and squadron commander of the 138th Fighter Squadron; as well as 107th Operations Group commander.

A combat veteran, General Charlton served seven combat deployments, Operations DESERT SHIELD and STORM, and NORTHERN WATCH while enlisted, and four additional deployments flying F-16C combat missions in Operations IRAQI and ENDURING FREEDOM. He is a command pilot with over 3,700+ flying hours in the T-37, T-38A, T-38C, F-16C/D, MQ-1, MQ-9, and C-17A. Prior to his current assignment, he was Director of Operations, National Guard Bureau A3/10, Air National Guard Readiness Center, Andrews AFB, MD.

NOTE: The Chamber Investor Member discounts for events priced at $40 and under does not apply to this event.

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