{"id":47622,"date":"2013-06-24T07:30:52","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T11:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=47622"},"modified":"2013-06-23T14:08:56","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T18:08:56","slug":"conroy-tapped-in-special-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=47622","title":{"rendered":"Conroy Tapped in Special Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>John Conroy monitors recent Oneida Lake search-and-rescue training from his Coast Guard Auxiliary Personal Watercraft.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Central NY Coast Guard Auxiliary Has New Leader<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/JohnConroy-for-web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-47623\" alt=\"JohnConroy for web\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/JohnConroy-for-web.jpg?resize=226%2C269\" width=\"226\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/JohnConroy-for-web.jpg?w=226&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/JohnConroy-for-web.jpg?resize=126%2C150&amp;ssl=1 126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Cazenovia, NY &#8211; June 22, 2013) John Conroy of Cazenovia is the new commander of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division 2, overseeing the Central New York area of operation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Division 2 encompasses five flotillas in Oswego, Brewerton, Syracuse\/Phoenix, Ithaca and Sylvan Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Conroy will fill the remaining 2013 term of the previous commander, who had to step down due to his health. A special election took place June 19, with District Commodore Robert Laurer presiding.<\/p>\n<p>Serving with Conroy on the bridge as vice division commander is Richard Kunz of East Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p>Conroy has been the division&#8217;s operations officer for a number of years, serving as a liaison with the active duty operations training officer at Coast Guard Sector Buffalo and coordinating search-and-rescue training on Oneida Lake and other waterways. In his role, he also outfitted boat crew members with rescue and survival equipment.<\/p>\n<p>He joined the Coast Guard Auxiliary in 2002 after attending the Auxiliary&#8217;s 13-week Boating Skills and Seamanship Course. He became an instructor for boating safety courses, and 2003\u00a0\u00a0became operationally qualified to serve as a patrol boat crew member. A year later he qualified as a coxswain. Then he qualified as a personal watercraft operator, patrolling Oneida Lake along with Auxiliary patrol boats.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Little Falls, Conroy grew up and attended schools in Connecticut and Massachusetts. He graduated cum laude from American International College in Springfield, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>Conroy and his wife, Sandy, have three children, Jennifer, Daniel and Shannon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Conroy monitors recent Oneida Lake search-and-rescue training from his Coast Guard Auxiliary Personal Watercraft. Central NY Coast Guard Auxiliary Has New Leader (Cazenovia, NY &#8211; June 22, 2013) John Conroy of Cazenovia is the new commander of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division 2, overseeing the Central New York area of operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,21571],"tags":[3444,23558,23559],"class_list":["post-47622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-story","category-veterans","tag-cazenovia-ny-news","tag-john-conroy","tag-u-s-coast-guard-auxiliary-division-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-co6","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}