page_title: Joseph J. Taluto
section_title: Operation Iraqi Freedom
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph J. Taluto / Operation Iraqi Freedom
caption_attribution_description: English: 42nd Division Major General Joseph Taluto and 116th Brigade Combat Team commander Brigadier General Alan Gayhart greet Senator Hillary Clinton upon her arrival at Forward Operating Base Warrior.
context_page_description: Joseph J. Taluto is a retired United States Army general who served as the Adjutant General of New York. He held the rank of Major General. As such, he was the director of the New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs, and served as overall commander of the New York Army National Guard, New York Air National Guard, New York Guard and New York Naval Militia. Taluto commanded the 42nd Infantry Division in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004 to 2006.
context_section_description: General Taluto was assigned as the Commander, 42nd Infantry Division, New York Army National Guard, and commanded the division as well as Task Force Liberty during its deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III. The unit rotated into Iraq to replace Task Force Danger, composed of the 1st Infantry Division and commanded by Maj. Gen. John R. S. Batiste.
  The Task Force included the first and third brigades of the 3rd Infantry Division, the 116th Infantry Brigade, engineer and aviation units of the 82nd Airborne Division,  the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, and the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion.
caption: Taluto and 116th Brigade Combat Team commander Alan Gayhart greet Senator Hillary Clinton at Forward Operating Base Warrior, February 20, 2005
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