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New York begins drawing down blizzard Airmen and Soldiers

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  • By Eric Durr
  • New York National Guard
With less snowfall than expected from the three-day snow event dubbed Winter Storm Juno by the Weather Channel, the New York National Guard began releasing some of the approximately 400 Soldiers and Airmen who had been mobilized from duty Tuesday afternoon.

Soldiers and Airmen who had been providing mobility support to the New York City Fire Department and New York State Police in the Hudson Valley were being stood down as those missions completed. New York National Guard leaders expected that only about 150 Soldiers would remain "on mission" at the end of the day.

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