Governor Andrew M. Cuomo directed that flags on state government buildings be flown at half-staff on Wednesday, November 16 in honor of a Fort Drum soldier who died in Afghanistan on November 11, Veterans Day. Private First Class Theodore B. Rushing died in Kandahar province of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron of the 71st Cavalry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Drum. Private First Class Rushing was from Longwood, Florida.