South Ozone Park resident Sukhreet Kaur recognized for New York Army National Guard Service

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Spc.Sukhreet Kaur receives a recognition coin from Gen. Joseph Lengyel at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on Nov. 25, 2016. (Sgt. Jeremy Bratt)

LATHAM, NY (11/29/2016)(readMedia)-- New York Army National Guard Specialist Sukhreet Kaur, a South Ozone Park resident, has been recognized for her servicein Kuwait by General Joseph Lengyel, the top ranking officer in the National Guard.

Kaur is one of 250 members of 369th Sustainment Brigade which is currently deployed in Kuwait  in support of logistics operations in the U.S. Central Command area.

Kaur, who enlisted in the New York Army National Guard in 2014, received a recognition coin from Lengyel during his Nov. 25, 2016 visit to the unit's base in Camp Arifjan. Military leaders present personal coins to troops to recognize them for outstanding performance.

Lengyel is chief of the National Guard Bureau and sits on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The 369th Sustainment Brigade oversees logistics operations of up to five subordinate battalions. The unit mobilized for deployment in September and arrived in Kuwait at the end of October after training at Fort Hood, Texas.

The 369th Sustainment Brigade traces its history back to the 369th Infantry Regiment of World War I. Famed as the Harlem Hell Fighters the unit was an African-American unit in a segregated Army which earned numerous awards for heroism during World War I.