LATHAM, N.Y. -- Command Chief Warrant Officer 5 William Solmo, a Brooklyn resident and Iraq war veteran, became the top ranking warrant officer in the New York Army National Guard during a Thursday, Dec. 19 ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham.
Warrant officers are technical specialists who fall between non-commissioned officers, i.e. sergeants, and commissioned officers in the Army rank structure.
In his new role, Solmo will be responsible for recruiting new warrant officers and advancing the careers of the 253 warrant officers currently in the force.
He replaced Chief Warrant Officer 5 Mark Shumay, a Greenwich, New York resident, who held the job for two years.
Shumay, an Army aviator, will return to...
12.19.2024 | LATHAM, NEW YORK, US |
Story by Eric Durr
