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VOORHEESVILLE New York Army National Guard Col. Christopher Guilmette, a Voorheesville resident, is the new commander of the 53rd Digital Liaison Detachment, headquartered at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan.
The Digital Liaison Detachment, or DLD for short, works to coordinate, communicate, and facilitate all aspects of military operations at higher level headquarters.
Guilmette has served in the Army National Guard since 1997, when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Maryland Army National Guard. He joined the New York Army National Guard in 2005.
In civilian life, Guilmette works as a professional engineer with Iron Mountain Data Centers.
Fifth Brit soldier airlifted to hospital with Covid in Kenya as outbreak rips through garrison
Updated: 9 Feb 2021, 17:16
A FIFTH British soldier has been taken to hospital after a major Covid outbreak at a garrison in Kenya.
The soldier was flown by helicopter to a private hospital, more than 100 miles away in Nairobi.
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A company of soldiers troop during a simulated military exercise of the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (file image)Credit: AFP or licensors
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Defence Secretary Ben Wallace visited the camp last monthCredit: Zuma Press All rights reserved.
Commanders at the Batuk garrison, in Laikipia, confiscated soldiers’ phones to try to cover up the scale of the outbreak.
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320 British Army Officers on Lockdown in Kenya
British Army soldiers during a training
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The British Army base in Nanyuki has been put in total lockdown over reports of an outbreak of the UK Covid strain in the camp.
This is after four British troops tested positive for the Covid-19 strain. Reports indicate that a total of 320 military personnel have been placed under isolation rules with half of the troops quarantined in tents at the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK).
Local staff, including chefs, were also banned from entering the BATUK camp for their own safety, as ordered by the Army commander.