The event that will include senior Pentagon officials. It has looked at taking away 80 percent of Fort Drum's 19,000 soldiers.Īlso worried and wanting to fight back, the North Country is set to host a major rally and listening session Friday. The Army needs to save money and plans to cut soldiers.
Tuesday afternoon, Fort Drum Commanding General Major General Stephen Townsend was able to speak about Drum and its future on the Senate Floor.Īll of this comes at a time where Fort Drum leadership is very concerned about it's future. "Whether you live in my area in the North Country or you live somewhere else in New York State, the 10th Mountain Division really has an effect on the area that you represent," Sen. It's a chance for the post to show off what it does, and for Ritchie to help fellow lawmakers understand why the state's largest employer is so important. The now annual event is called 'Fort Drum Day' and was held at the Capital Tuesday. State Senator Patty Ritchie has been inviting Fort Drum staffers to Albany for four years now. A big rally is planned for Friday, but as Brian Dwyer reports, Fort Drum was also the talk of Albany on Tuesday.ĪLBANY, N.Y. So when Army officials start talking about cuts and possibly taking away 80 percent of Fort Drum's soldiers, people start to worry about not only the North Country's future but our nation's security. It's 10th Mountain Division is also the most deployed unit in the US Army.
With that, please enjoy the 30 best biographies of all time - some historical, some recent, but all remarkable, life-giving tributes to their subjects.Fort Drum is New York State's largest employer. In this way, biography differs from the rest of nonfiction.Īll the biographies on this list are just as captivating as excellent novels, if not more so. Rather, it should weave a narrative and tell a story in almost the same way a novel does. A great biography isn’t just a laundry list of events that happened to someone. Biographer Richard Holmes once wrote that his work was “a kind of pursuit… writing about the pursuit of that fleeting figure, in such a way as to bring them alive in the present.”Īt the risk of sounding cliché, the best biographies do exactly this: bring their subjects to life.
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