Son of Tobyhana Residents To Take Command of National Guard Unit Base Outside Albany, NY

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Capt. Kevin Jusza (center), then a 2nd Lieutenant with the 10th Mountain Division with colleagues in Iraq.

LATHAM, NY (12/16/2010)(readMedia)-- The son of Tobyhanna residents Brenda and Daniel Jusza, New York Army National Guard Capt. Kevin Jusza, will take command will take command of a Military Police Company here on Sunday, Dec. 19.

Kevin Jusza, a veteran of two routes of duty in Iraq, and a Manchester, New Hampshire, police officer, will lead the 206th Military Police Company.

Jusza, a native of Copiague, NY, was commissioned in the Military Police Corps from Norwich University Reserve Officers Training Corps program in 2005. He served in Iraq in 2005-2006 and again in 2007-2009 with the 204th Military Police Company of the 519th Military Police Battalion assigned to the 4th Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division.

Jusza transferred to the New York National Guard in 2009 after finishing his four year active duty obligation.

He lives in Manchester, NH, where he has served as a Patrolman on the Manchester Police Department for the past year.

Headquartered in Latham, a suburb of Albany, the 206th Military Police Company is composed of about 180 Soldiers from across the state. The company served in Basra, Iraq for 10 months where they trained Iraqi police officers and provided security during Iraq's most recent elections. The unit returned from their deployment in June this year.