Lobraico
TOWN OF NEWBURGH – New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Todd “TJ” Lobraico, a member of the 105th Airlift Wing at Stewart Airport, will be recognized with the posthumous award of the Bronze Star Medal with Valor, during a ceremony at the base on Saturday.
Lobraico was killed in action in Afghanistan in September 2013 when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire near Bagram Airfield. He was deployed to Afghanistan with a team of 105th Security Forces Squadron airmen who deployed to Afghanistan at the end of June. The unit is trained to secure air bases and trains and fights much like Army infantry.
Lobraico, of Sherman, Connecticut, was 22 and on his second deployment since enlisting in the 105th as a security forces apprentice in June 2008. He deployed to Balad Air Base, Iraq from December 2010 to June 2011.
Lobraico’s father, Master Sgt. Todd Lobraico, is a member of the
105th Security Forces Squadron of the 105th Airline Wing and his mother,
Major Linda Rohatsch, commands the Medical Group of the 105th Airlift
Wing.
A building at the base will be dedicated in his honor.
