Last week, at the conclusion of the St Patrick’s Day parade in New York, command of NYC 1st Battalion 69th Infantry was officially turned over to Lt. Col. Don T Makay, a 1999 Michigan Tech graduate.
Makay has extensive combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kosovo. He has held active duty leadership positions at Fort Campbell, Kentucky in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) with deployments to both Kosovo and Iraq, staff duties with 8th Army headquarters in Korea, the 1st Armored Division in Germany with two more deployments to Iraq in 2005 and again in 2008.
In 2009, he deployed to Afghanistan as the deputy operations officer of the counter-IED task force. After assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, he returned to Iraq in 2010 as deputy team chief for a Stability Transition Team until Operation New Dawn and the withdrawal from Iraq concluded. From there he transferred to Afghanistan to be the deputy director for the 1st Cavalry Division and RC-East Regional Communications Center.
Makay’s military training and education include the Army Ranger Course, Airborne Course, Pathfinder Course, Air Assault Course, Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Bradley Leader Course, Command and General Staff College, the Joint Domestic Operations Course, and he is currently attending the Advance Operations Course.
He is also a volunteering founder of the Iraqi Hope Foundation, providing career assistance to veterans
He is also a full-time Senior Vice President & Senior Lead of Anti-Money Laundering at Citigroup.
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