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2012 New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade Saturday, March 17, 2012 2012 NEW YORK CITY ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012 LINE OF MARCH Mounted Poli e Military Es ort: "THE FIGHTING 69th" The 69th Regiment of Ne. Yor/ 1st 0attalion, 69th Infantry Lieutenant Colonel Jame C. Gonyo II, Commanding Piper for the Regiment , Pipe Ma2or 3oe 0rady Fir t Battalion Staff : Ma2or 3oseph 4haley, E5e utive Offi er Captain 3os7 Cru8, Ad2utant Captain Mi hael Ivan iu, Intelligen e Offi er Ma2or 3effrey Cso/a, Operations Offi er Captain Anthony Teles a, Logisti s Offi er Captain Ian Olson, Communi ations Offi er Gue t of the Regiment : General Martin T. Dempsey, Chairman, 3oint Chiefs of Staff Distinguished Member, 69 t h Regiment of Ne. Yor/ Ma2or General Patri / Murphy, The Ad2utant General of the State of Ne. Yor/ and Commander of the Ne. Yor/ Army National Guard Ma2or General Steven 4i /strom, Commander, 42nd "Rainbo." Infantry Division Ma2or General (Ret) 3oseph Taluto, former Ad2utant General of Ne. Yor/ Ma2or General (Ret) La.ren e Pier e Flynn, former Ad2utant General of Ne. Yor/ Distinguished Member, 69 t h Regiment of Ne. Yor/ Ma2or General (Ret) Thomas Garrett, former Commander, 42 n d Infantry Division 0rigadier General Ren.i / Payne, Dire tor, 3oint Staff 3oint For es Headquarters, Ne. Yor/ Colonel Raymond Shields, Chief of Staff, Ne. Yor/ Army National Guard Colonel Gary Yaple, Chief of Staff, 42 n d Infantry Division Command Sergeant Ma2or 4illiam 4i /s, Command Sergeant Ma2or, Ne. Yor/ Army National Guard Command Sergeant Ma2or Robert 3en/s, Command Sergeant Ma2or, 42 n d Infantry Division , 42nd Infantry Di.i ion Band - 0andmaster C42 Mar/ Kimes /ead0uarter and /ead0uarter Company, 1 t Battalion, 12th Infantry - Captain Ian Seagriff 3A3 Company, 1 t Battalion, 12th Infantry - Captain Terry 0 e n s o n 1 t Battalion Color , 12th Infantry - Command Sergeant Ma2or Anthony M Lean Iri h Wolfhound , 4a cot , 12th Regiment of New Yor7 - Spe ialist 3oshua Lord - Soldier of the Year (HHC) - Sergeant Matthe. Flo.er - NCO of the Year (D Company) - Sergeant First Class Armando Torres - AGR Soldier of the Year Copyrighted by the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade & Celebration Committee, Inc. No part o this document may be reproduced, in any orm or by any means, without the Express written permissi on rom the Parade Committee Copyright 2012 . All rights reserved P A ) E 1 A 8alley Forge 4i l i t a r y Academy and College Regimental Band Dire tor of Musi : 4arrant Offi er 2 Phil Evans, 0andmaster, Royal Marines (Retired) 3B3 Company, 1 t Battalion, 12th Infantry - Captain Lou Dellipi88i 3C3 Company, 1 t Battalion, 12th Infantry - Captain 0rian Higgins 3D3 Company, 1 t Battalion, 12th Infantry 9 Captain 0randon Gendron , Bergen County Police Pipe : Drum , Ne. 3ersey - Pipe Ma2or: 3ohn Kelly - 0andmaster: Mi/e Con.ay Notre Dame Uni.er ity ROTC Color G u a r d (affiliated .ith 69 t h I n f a n t r y ) 3F3 Company, 427th Forward Support Battalion (1 912 Infantry) - First Lieutenant David Myones Regimental /ead0uarter , 12th Regiment of New Yor7 A Piper for the Regimental Staff , Chris Finnegan Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Robert /utter, /onorary Colonel Colonel (Ret) 4alter Montagno, Regimental Ad2utant Colonel (Ret) 3ames Tierney, Regimental Historian Colonel (Ret) Ed.ard Kane, Regimental Chaplain 1st Lieutenant (Ret) 0ru e Meyerson, Museum Curator Command Sergeant Ma2or (Ret) 3os7 Flores, Honorary Regimental Sergeant Ma2or Lieutenant Colonel(Ret)Ron M Govern, Buartermaster Elbertus Prol, Spe ial Assistant to the Honorary Colonel A Wantagh American Legion Pipe Band , 4antagh, Long Island Pipe Ma2or, Chris Murphy 8eteran Corp , 12th Regiment Command Sergeant Ma2or (Ret) Thomas 3. Fit8simmons Commander, Ceteran Corps, 69th Regiment Command Sergeant Ma2or (Ret.) 3os7 Flores, Sr. Ci e Commander Sergeant First Class (Ret.) 3ohn Hallinan, 3r. Ci e Commander Sergeant First Class (Ret.) 0ill Finan, Re ording Se retary Colonel (Ret.) 3ohn Gundy, Finan ial Se retary Fran is Murphy, Chairman of the 0oard Color Guard D Ceteran Corps, 69 t h Regiment of Ne. Yor/ @ Fighting 12 t h A S o l d i e r The Soldiers of the First 0attalion of the famed EFighting 69 t h F Infantry Regiment of Ne. Yor/ ontinue to train for both domesti and potential overseas missions. Members of the First 0attalion are deployed to Ku.ait and Afghanistan as part of the 27 t h 0rigade of the Ne. Yor/ Army National Guard. KEY BANDS B , - D SOCIETIES / CLUBS / ASSOCIATIONS P A ) E 2 P A ) E . t h t h )rand Marshal and Aides 0 1i th Avenue, 22 t o 2 3 S t r e e t Cathedral High School Band, New York )RAND MARS5A- ~~~~~Francis F r a n c i s XX. .~F . 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