Vice President
Major General Taluto enlisted in the National Guard in 1965. In 1968 he took a job as a clerk typist at the New York National Guard Headquarters, an organization he would lead as a Major General some 38 years later. Taluto earned his Bachelor’s Degree while working his way through the ranks, serving at every level of the Army.He graduated from the US Army War College in 1995.In 2000, he entered the General Officer ranks as Deputy Commander of the famous 42nd Infantry (Rainbow) Division. On September 11, 2001, then Brigadier General Taluto, while on duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, was summoned back to New York where he formed a Task Force of over 2,000 to take over the National Guard effort for recovery operations at the World Trade Center. Brigadier General Taluto was promoted to Major General and assigned as Division Commander of the 42nd, which shortly thereafter was mobilized for the war in Iraq, the first National Guard Division to be activated since the Korean War.In North Central Iraq, Major General Taluto led a Task Force of some 23,000 and earned the Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal and the prestigious Raymond S. McClain medal from the Association of the United States Army. In 2006, Taluto became Adjutant General of New York, Commanding the entire New York Army and Air National Guard.Major General Taluto retired from the military in February 2010, and shortly thereafter established the Taluto Advisory Group (TAG), TAG provides consulting services focused on military and veterans’ affairs, leadership development and homeland security.Major General Taluto volunteers his services to many outstanding organizations like Veterans Pathway to Business Success. He was elected chairman of the Rainbow Division Veterans Memorial Foundation, and in 2011 was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to serve on the Florida Defense Support Task Force.
Major General Taluto enlisted in the National Guard in 1965. In 1968 he took a job as a clerk typist at the New York National Guard Headquarters, an organization he would lead as a Major General some 38 years later. Taluto earned his Bachelor’s Degree while working his way through the ranks, serving at every level of the Army.He graduated from the US Army War College in 1995.In 2000, he entered the General Officer ranks as Deputy Commander of the famous 42nd Infantry (Rainbow) Division. On September 11, 2001, then Brigadier General Taluto, while on duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, was summoned back to New York where he formed a Task Force of over 2,000 to take over the National Guard effort for recovery operations at the World Trade Center. Brigadier General Taluto was promoted to Major General and assigned as Division Commander of the 42nd, which shortly thereafter was mobilized for the war in Iraq, the first National Guard Division to be activated since the Korean War.In North Central Iraq, Major General Taluto led a Task Force of some 23,000 and earned the Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal and the prestigious Raymond S. McClain medal from the Association of the United States Army. In 2006, Taluto became Adjutant General of New York, Commanding the entire New York Army and Air National Guard.Major General Taluto retired from the military in February 2010, and shortly thereafter established the Taluto Advisory Group (TAG), TAG provides consulting services focused on military and veterans’ affairs, leadership development and homeland security.Major General Taluto volunteers his services to many outstanding organizations like Veterans Pathway to Business Success. He was elected chairman of the Rainbow Division Veterans Memorial Foundation, and in 2011 was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to serve on the Florida Defense Support Task Force.