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Photo: U.S. Air National Guard Photo By Master Sgt. Willie Gizara, 109th Airlift Wing
Retired Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Ken Clouthier, left, pins the new one star rank of brigadier general on the uniform of his son, Shawn Clouthier, during his promotion ceremony as Shawn Clouthier’s daughters Alexa, center, and Tori, right look on in Latham, N.Y., March 21, 2018. Clouthier, the former commander of the 109th Airlift Wing, now serves as the Assistant Adjutant General for the New York Air National Guard.
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Maj. Gen. Anthony German, the Adjutant General of New York, re-administers the officer’s oath of office to newly promoted Brig. Gen. Shawn Clouthier following his pinning of this one-star rank as the New York Air National Guard’s newest general officer in Latham, March 21, 2018. Clouthier, the former commander of the 109th Airlift Wing, now serves as the Assistant Adjutant General for the New York Air National Guard.
lessMaj. Gen. Anthony German, the Adjutant General of New York, re-administers the officer’s oath of office to newly promoted Brig. Gen. Shawn Clouthier following his pinning of this one-star rank as the New York
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Newly promoted Brig. Gen. Shawn Clouthier gives remarks and thanks to an audience that includes members of his family and friends, representatives of the New York National Guard Joint Force Headquarters and members of his former command, the 109th Airlift Wing in Latham, N.Y., March 21, 2018. Clouthier, the former commander of the 109th Airlift Wing, now serves as the Assistant Adjutant General for the New York Air National Guard.
lessNewly promoted Brig. Gen. Shawn Clouthier gives remarks and thanks to an audience that includes members of his family and friends, representatives of the New York National Guard Joint Force Headquarters and
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Newly promoted New York Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Shawn Clouthier looks on as his one-star general's flag is unfurled during the ceremony in which he was promoted at New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs Headquarters in Latham, N.Y. on March 21, 2018. Clouthier, who previously commanded the 109th Airlift Wing, based in Scotia, N.Y. serves as Assistant Adjutant General for Air.
lessNewly promoted New York Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Shawn Clouthier looks on as his one-star general's flag is unfurled during the ceremony in which he was promoted at New York State Division of Military and
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Newly promoted Brig. Gen. Shawn Clouthier gives remarks and thanks to an audience that includes members of his family and friends, representatives of the New York National Guard Joint Force Headquarters and members of his former command, the 109th Airlift Wing in Latham, N.Y., March 21, 2018. Clouthier, the former commander of the 109th Airlift Wing, now serves as the Assistant Adjutant General for the New York Air National Guard.
lessNewly promoted Brig. Gen. Shawn Clouthier gives remarks and thanks to an audience that includes members of his family and friends, representatives of the New York National Guard Joint Force Headquarters and
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Coxsackie resident promoted to one-star general in Air National Guard
LATHAM — A Coxsackie resident and former commander of the 109th Airlift Wing in Scotia has been promoted to the one-star rank of brigadier general.
Brig. Gen. Shawn Clouthier will now serve as the Assistant Adjutant General for the New York Air National Guard, working at the agency's Latham headquarters.
Clouthier, a husband and father, joined the military in 1982 and has spent his entire career with the 109th Airlift Wing.
He started out as a navigator on the LC-130 — a ski-equipped transport plane that's able to land on ice in Antarctica and sandy deserts in the Middle East — while working as an accounts payable supervisor for the state Senate.
When Clouthier became a full-time member of the Air National Guard in 1996, he ran the 109th wing's maintenance squadron, maintenance group and then operations group before eventually commanding the entire wing for five years, according to the New York Air National Guard.
"I've spent about 35 years in the 109th and that's where these stars really come from, the wing, and all the leaders, officers and (noncommissioned officers) I've served with," Clouthier said at his March 21 promotion ceremony. "They're the ones who helped me along the way."
"I promise I will earn the honor in these stars," he said.
As Assistant Adjutant General, Clouthier will oversee readiness for missions overseas as well in New York communities struck by disasters or crises. He will manage more than 5,800 people assigned to five flying units and four geographically separated units across the state.
"We're called upon constantly to help the citizens of our state. It's one of the things that the Guard is all about," Clouthier said.
