Yellow Ribbon Events

Conceived in 2007 by Major General Joseph Taluto, Adjutant General and Commander of the New York National Guard, and implemented in April 2008, the New York Army National Guard Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program aims to facilitate National Guard combat veterans’ transition from full-time soldiers to citizen soldiers by linking them with valuable information and services. Prior to 2008, when Army National Guard units returned from deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the policy was to give the soldiers 90 days to themselves before they were required to begin coming to regular monthly National Guard weekend drills.

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