Mount Sinai resident Anthony Alessi selected for Army Guard Warrant Officer Candidate program

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Warrant Officer Candidate Anthony Alessi

LATHAM, NY (10/10/2014)(readMedia)-- New York Army National Guard Sgt. Anthony Alessi, a Mount Sinai resident, has been selected to participate in the Army National Guard's Warrant Officer Candidate program.

Alessi, who joined the New York Army National Guard in 2010, recently returned from a deployment to Kuwait with the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade.

Army warrant officers are technical experts who posses special skills and expertise they range from intelligence specialists, to administrative experts, to artillery fire support technicians to helicopter pilots. They receive their name because they receive a "warrant" appointing them to their positions and not the commission that traditional officers receive.

Warrant Officers fall between the non-commissioned officer corps (sergeants) and the commissioned officers (lieutenants to generals) in the Army chain of command.

Alessi, who holds an Associate's Degree from Suffolk Community College, has been awarded the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and the basic aviation badge.

After completing Warrant Officer Candidate School he will serve as a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter pilot.