Clifton Park's Murphy promoted to general.(Capital Region)

Byline: TERRY BROWN - Staff Writer

Patrick Murphy of Clifton Park was promoted to brigadier general while serving as director of the joint staff of the state Army National Guard's Element Joint Force Headquarters.

Murphy served as assistant chief of staff of National Guard Affairs of the Third Army at Army Central Command at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, from November 2004 to June 2007.

His military career began when he joined the Iowa Army National Guard as an enlisted soldier in 1977. He was commissioned a second lieutenant upon his completion of the Infantry Officer Basic Course in 1979.

Ater helicopter training at the Army Aviation Flight School, he was assigned as a helicopter pilot in 1983.

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