A History of Service in Monroe: The 178th MP Company

By Major William Carraway

Historian, Georgia Army National Guard

 

Imagery of the 178th MP Company in 2016 and its predecessor unit in 1916. Georgia National Guard Archives.

Early History

The Monroe, Georgia-based 178^th Military Police Company has a long history and tradition of service. The earliest Georgia National Guard unit from Monroe was the Walton Guards which was established in 1874 in honor of the Walton Guards which had served in the American Civil War. This unit was redesignated Company H, 2^nd Georgia Infantry Regiment in 1907, and in 1916 was mobilized with the regiment to the Mexican Border.[1] Company H was stationed at Camp Cotton in El Paso, Texas, where its Soldiers conducted patrols of the border until March 1917 when the 2^nd Georgia redeployed to Georgia. Remaining in federal service, the unit was redesignated Company H, 121^st Infantry Regiment October 1, 1917. Mobilized to France in 1918, the Walton Guards arrived too late to participate in combat operations.

 

The Walton Guards in 1902, Capt. Cliff Walker, commanding. Georgia National Guard Archives.

Inter War

The Monroe unit was reorganized as the Howitzer Company of the 121^st Infantry Regiment May 12, 1925, under the command of Capt. Augustus E. Williamson. [2] Williamson had enlisted in the Walton Guards and served with them on the Texas border in 1916. Nominated for the Distinguished Service Cross while serving as a noncommissioned officer with the Georgia National Guard’s 151^st Machine Gun Battalion in World War I, Williamson commanded the Howitzer Company for seven years during which the Monroe unit received numerous accolades.[3] Promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1932, Williamson was appointed property and distribution officer, forerunner of today’s United States Property and Fiscal Officer, for the Georgia National Guard. His brother, Donald Williamson, succeeded him and led the Howitzer Company until October 1, 1939, when it was reorganized as Battery B, 214^th Coast Artillery Regiment.[4] Williamson stayed on as commanding officer as did junior officers, 1^st Lt. George Hearn and 2^nd Lt. Ralph Caldwell.[5]

 

World War II

Insignia of the 214th CAR.
Georgia National Guard Archives.

On Nov. 25, 1940, the Monroe unit was inducted into federal service. Deployed to the
Pacific Theater, the unit was reorganized and redesignated Nov. 10, 1943, as Battery B, 528^th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. After combat service in the Guadalcanal and New Guinea campaigns the unit returned to the United States and was inactivated December 28, 1945, at Camp Stoneman, Calif.[6]

 

Cold War

With the post-World War II reorganization of the Georgia National Guard, the unit was redesignated as Battery B, 950^th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion. Reorganization and federal recognition followed May 29, 1947, and on October 1, 1953, the unit was redesignated Battery B, 950^th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.[7]

 

The Monroe-based 950th AAAWB at Camp Stewart, Ga. in July, 1952. Georgia National Guard Archives.

In 1959 the unit was consolidated with the Medical Detachment, 950^th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion and the 48^th Replacement Company and redesignated Battery A, 3^rd Automatic Weapons Battalion, 214^th Artillery.[8]

 

As part of the April 16, 1963 reorganization of the 48^th Armored Division, the unit was converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4^th Battalion, 121^st Infantry Regiment.[9] With the inactivation of the 48^th AD January 1, 1968, the unit was converted and redesignated as the 178^th Military Police Company, a unit of the 170th MP Battalion.[10]

 

In July 1968, the Georgia National Guard conducted an airlift exercise involving more than 400 Soldiers of the 170th and 176th MP Battalions. Seven Georgia Air National Guard C-124 Globemaster aircraft flew the Soldiers and 35 military vehicles from Fort Stewart to Dobbins Air Force Base July 9, 1968. Arriving at Dobbins, the MPs conducted riot control training designed to simulate a response to civil unrest.[11]

 

Military Police participate in an airlift exercise July 9, 1968. Georgia National Guard Archives.

On November 10, 1968, the Monroe armory of the 178^th MP was dedicated in honor of Maj. Gen. George Hearn who served 14 years in the Monroe unit.[12] Hearn, who had enlisted as a private in the Walton Guards, was appointed to serve as Georgia’s Adjutant General in 1954. He served two non-consecutive terms as adjutant general for a total of 15 years and retired in 1971 having served the longest of Georgia’s Adjutants General.

 

The Monroe Armory was dedicated November 10, 1968, in honor of Maj. Gen. George Hearn. Georgia National Guard Archives.

In August 1969, the 178^th and 190^th MP Companies provided security and traffic control for the American Legion parade in Atlanta.[13] For the MPs, it was the first hands-on experience at large crowd control operations.

 

In the early years of their existence, units of the 170^th and 176^th MP Battalions conducted civil response training at Hard Labor Creek State Park. The weekend of January 17-18, 1970, brought the 178^th MP Company to the park where more than 100 Monroe-based MPs took to the woods for riot control exercises in full gear.[14]

 

Annual training at Fort Stewart in 1986 provided the first exposure of the 178^th MP Company to the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System.[15] Later that year, Soldiers of the 178^th were part of an effort to ensure public safety for marchers in Forsyth County. In 1988, military police were put on standby to augment security at the Democrat convention in Atlanta. Then, in 1990, the 178^th  joined hundreds of Georgia Guard Soldiers in providing security during tense demonstrations in which white supremacists and civil rights advocates faced off at the state capitol and Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta.[16] Despite escalating tensions, the demonstrations ended peacefully.

 

Twenty volunteers from the 178^th MP Company mobilized with the 190^th MP Company in September 1990 as part of Operation Desert Shield.[17] The MPs were among the first Georgia Guardsmen deployed overseas where they were stationed in Saudi Arabia.

 

Specialist Andy Koundourakis, Georgia National Guard Soldier of the Year for 1991 (center) with 1st Sgt. Cliff Peters of the 178th MP Company.
Photo courtesy of the 178th MP Co. 

Throughout its existence, the 178^th MP Company has been recognized for collective and individual achievement. Captain Timothy Britt, commander of the 178^th MP Company, was the 1991 recipient of the William Few Award,[18] and in 1991 Spc. Andy Koundourakis of the 178^th was the Georgia National Guard Soldier of the year. In 1992, Sgt. Koundourakis was designated noncommissioned officer of the year.[19] Koundourakis followed up these feats in 1994 by achieving a new Winston P. Wilson match record for assembly and disassembly of the M-60 machine gun during the competition at Little Rock, Ark. Koundourakis broke the record with a time of 3:34 while blindfolded.[20]

 

The 178th MP Co. assists law enforcement in Bainbridge, Ga. in July 1994 following Tropical Storm Alberto. Georgia National Guard Archives. 

In July 1994, Tropical Storm Alberto caused widespread flooding across South Georgia. The 178^th MP Company was dispatched to Bainbridge, Ga. where floodwaters crested on July 15. Two days later, the 178^th were redeployed to assist the people of Albany. Throughout their mission, the MPs stood 12-hour shifts in 90-degree heat and humidity.[21]

 

During the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, the 178^th, along with the 190^th MP Company and Company H, 121^st LRS, constituted Team Hotel, the task force charged with security of the Olympic Village. Assisting civil law enforcement, Team Hotel ensured the safety of more than 15,000 athletes and their family members.[22]

 

Soldiers of the 178th Military Police Company provided security during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Photo courtesy of the 178th MP Co.

The 178^th MP Company with 182 personnel was ordered to active federal service in support of Operation Noble Eagle February 11, 2002.[23] The 178^th provided MP support to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and augmented security at installations in Georgia. The 178th was released from active-duty December 17, 2002,[24] but was again ordered to active federal service February 23, 2003[25] for 12-month deployment in support of ONE.[26]

 

On November 19, 2008, the 178^th MP Co. was ordered to active federal service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The unit returned home and was released from federal service December 23, 2009.

 

The 178th MP Company in Haiti in 2011.  Photo courtesy of the 178th MP Co.

2011 was a busy year for the 178^th. In January the 178^th assisted stranded motorists following winter storms.[27] The 178^th fielded the M-1117 Armored Security Vehicle,[28] and in June, Monroe MPs conducted an overseas training event in Haiti to provide humanitarian assistance.

 

Soldiers of the 178th Military Police Company traveled to the country of Georgia in 2019 for exercise Agile Spirit.  Georgia National Guard Archives.

The 178th would again be called to assist following Winter Storms Pax and Leon in 2014 and provided personnel and equipment in response to hurricanes Matthew Irma, Michael, and Dorian. Personnel of the 178th mobilized to the country of Georgia for Exercise Agile Spirit 19 in the summer of 2019.

 

A convoy of vehicles from of the 178th Military Police Company enroute to Savannah following Hurricane Matthew October 8, 2016.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Perry.

In March 2020, MPs from Monroe were among the first Georgia Guardsmen called to active duty in support of Georgia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. From May 2020 through 2021, the 178^th MP Company supported law enforcement officials and augmented security at key response to civil demonstrations, the contested 2020 election and subsequent presidential inauguration.

 

A Soldier of the 178th Military Police Company observes a protest in Atlanta May 30, 2020.  Photo by Maj. William Carraway.

Soldiers of the 178th mobilized with the 170th Military Police Battalion to sites in Atlanta on January 27, 2023, to support civil authorities and protect citizens and property after Governor Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency in response to threats of violence against the city of Atlanta. The Soldiers departed the Decatur Armory and staged at the World Congress Center. Military police provided security at the capitol and judiciary center. The Soldiers began returning to Decatur at 8:00 am Sunday morning and had completed their mission by 4:30 pm.

 

On October 20, 2023, the 178^th MP Co. mobilized to Kuwait in support of Operation Spartan Shield. The Soldiers returned from the Central Command area of operations August 6, 2024. Less than two months after their return, Soldiers of the 178^th MP Company were activated in support of Hurricane Helene response operations where they assisted law enforcement and humanitarian relief supply distribution.

The 178th MP Company returned from deployment to Kuwait August 6, 2024. Photo courtesy of the 178th MP Co.

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[1] Official Register of the National Guard of Georgia for 1917, Atlanta: Jan. 1, 1917, 88.

 

[2] Center for Military History. “30^th Infantry Division (States of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina).” April 19, 1924.

 

[3] Robert G. Burton to Mrs. P. F. Burton October 18, 1918.

 

[4] Military Department, State of Georgia, “General Order No. 14,” September 27, 1939.

 

[5] Military Department, State of Georgia. Pictorial Review of the National Guard of the State of Georgia. Atlanta: 1939, 56-57.

 

[6] The Center for Military History. “Lineage and Honors, 178^th Military Police Company.”

 

[7] NG AROTO 325.4, April 12, 1956.

 

[8] RA 73-59, June 10, 1959.

 

[9] RA 57-63, March 21, 1963.

 

[10] RA 71-67, December 14, 1967.

[11] “Ga. Emergency Operations Headquarters Conducts Successful Airlift of MP’s,” The Georgia Guardsman, May-Aug 1968, 4.

[12] “Major General George J. Hearn Honored in Naming of Armory in Monroe Dedicated by Governor,” The Georgia Guardsman, September December 1968, 2.

 

[13] “Army and Air Guardsmen Support American Legion Parade,” The Georgia Guardsman, July December 1969, 14.

[14] “State Park Site No Picnic for 178^th MP Co.,” The Georgia Guardsman, January March 1970. 11.

 

[15] “Going MILES at AT,” The Georgia Guardsman. August September 1986, 11.

 

[16] “Guard Defends Rights Twice in 1990,” The Georgia Guardsman. Spring 1990, 1.

 

[17] “Guardsman’s Letters Describe Desert Duty,” The Georgia Guardsman, Winter 1990, 15.

 

[18] “Awards and Honors,” The Georgia Guardsman, Fall 1991, 16.

 

[19] Mattie Jones, “178^th has Georgia’s Top NCO,” The Georgia Guardsman, June 1992, 23.

 

[20] Eric Johnson, “178^th MP Breaks Record,” The Georgia Guardsman, March 1994, 16.

 

[21] “The Flood of 94,” The Georgia Guardsman. September 1994, 5.

 

[22] Fred Baker and Thomas Meeks, “Locked and Loaded. Team Hotel Protects Olympic Athletes,” The Georgia Guardsman, Summer 1996, 19.

 

[23] DA PO 35-9.

 

[24] DA PO 345-1.

 

[25] DA PO 48-12.

 

[26] DA PO 68-23.

 

[27] “Patriot Winter 2011,” The Georgia Guardsman, January 2011, 3-4.

 

[28] Roy Henry. “Christmas Comes Early for MPs.” The Georgia Guardsman. June 2010, 2-3.

History of Headquarters Company, 878th Engineer Battalion

 By Major William Carraway

Historian, Georgia Army National Guard

 

Left: Soldiers of the 878th Engineer Battalion clear roads in Columbia County, Georgia, September 29, 2024, in response to Hurricane Helene.
Right: distinctive unit crest of the 878th Engineer Battalion.

The 878^th Engineer Battalion was organized and federally recognized May 28, 1968; however, the Richmond Hussars, whose lineage is perpetuated by Headquarters Company of the 878^th, has a much longer history.

 

Early History[1]

 

On December 16, 1786, a troop of horse, designated the Augusta Dragoons, was organized at Augusta and attached to the 1^st Battalion, 2^nd Regiment Georgia Militia. This troop was reorganized in June 1819 as the Richmond Hussars and attached to the 10^th Regiment, Georgia Militia. In February 1836, the Richmond Hussars entered federal service as infantry for service in the Second Creek War where they participated in the Florida Campaign.

 

On March 3, 1856, the Independent Volunteer Battalion of Augusta was formed to consist of six volunteer companies, including the Clinch Rifles, Oglethorpe Rifles, and Richmond Hussars. During the American Civil War, the Hussars served as Company A and Company I of Cobb’s Legion. The Hussars served in many of the major engagements of the eastern theater and earned campaign credit for Virginia 1861, the Peninsula, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and North Carolina 1865 before surrendering at Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865.[2]

 

The Georgia Cavalry at Camp Cotton, El Paso, Texas in 1916. Photo by 2nd Lt. Vivian Roberts.

In 1873, the Richmond Hussars were reborn as a unit of the Georgia State Troops and served until 1891 when they were redesignated as Troop A, 1^st Battalion Cavalry. This unit was subsequently redesignated Troop K of the 1^st Cavalry and served on the Mexican Border from 1916 to 1917 as Troop K, 2^nd Squadron of Cavalry.[3]

           

The World Wars

 

Returning from the border, the Troop was redesignated as Company C, 106^th Field Signal Battalion, a unit of the 31^st Division, and sent to Camp Wheeler for mobilization training. The 31^st Division mobilized to France in October 1918, but was skeletonized upon arriving, and its units did not see active combat service. The Georgia Guard units of the 31^st Division returned to the United States and were inactivated in 1919.

 

Insignia of the 214th CA.

On October 2, 1939, the 214^th Coast Artillery Regiment was constituted in the Georgia National Guard. Company A, 214^th CAR was organized in Augusta and carried forward the lineage of the Richmond Hussars. The 214^th CAR mobilized to Guadalcanal in 1943, and on October 11, 1943, the Richmond Hussars were redesignated as Company A, 528^th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. The company served in the Pacific Theater throughout the war earning campaign streamers for Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Northern Solomons and the Ryukyus. The unit returned to the United States and was released from active service in 1945.[4]

 

Post War Reorganization

 

Soldiers of the 250th AAB in 1953.
Georgia National Guard Archives.

In 1947, the Richmond Hussars were reunited with the Clinch Rifles and Oglethorpe
Rifles to form the 250th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, an element of the 108^th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade.[5] The Richmond Hussars, as Headquarters Battery, was federally recognized May 28, 1947. On August 14, 1950, just days after North Korean forces crossed into South Korea, more than 1,000 Georgia Guardsmen of the 108^th AAA were activated for federal service[6]. Batteries of the 108^th were stationed around cities and industrial areas from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania as a counter to possible Soviet missile and bombing attacks. The guns of the 108^th AAA remained on station through the spring of 1952 before receiving the order to rotate home.

 

In 1959, the 250th was inactivated and the Richmond Hussars became Headquarters Battery, 1st Gun Battalion, 214th Field Artillery.[7] In 1962, the unit was again reorganized as Headquarters Company, 5th Medium Tank Battalion, 108th Armor Regiment[8] and bore this distinction until 1968 when it received its present designation as Headquarters Company, 878th Engineer Battalion.[9] The 878^th was assigned to the Atlanta Based 265^th Engineer Group.[10]

 

Mobilizations and Deployments

 

In February 1973, more than 19 inches of snow fell over central Georgia. The 878^th Engineer Battalion was called to state active duty to assist stranded motorists and clear roads.[11] In 1980, the 878th, then affiliated with the 92^nd Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart, constructed the Boy Scout summer camp in Augusta.[12]

 

Guardsmen of the 878th Engineer Battalion help clear the streets of Swainsboro February 10, 1973, following a record-breaking snowfall.
Georgia National Guard Archives.

In 1985, the 878th conducted annual training in Grenada where the engineers renovated and repaired schools on the island and trained citizens in construction techniques.[13] Personnel of the 878^th deployed to Somalia in 1986 to survey a bridge project. Additional personnel travelled to Panama and participated in exercises Gallant Knight, Caber Dragon, and Red Castle II.[14] The following year, personnel travelled to Jordan and Egypt for Exercise Bright Star.[15] In 1988, 878^th personnel returned to Jordan and served as command and control for road construction projects in Amman.[16]

 

In 1989, a reorganization of the 878^th increased the headquarters company from 140 to 230 personnel. That same year, the 878^th fielded the Small Unit Excavating Equipment (SEE) vehicle and mobilized to Somalia and Jordan.[17]

 

The 878^th was mobilized in July 1994 following torrential rains of Tropical Storm Alberto that caused wide-spread flooding throughout South Georgia. The Engineers repaired washed out roads, cleared culverts, and removed debris.[18]

 

Soldiers of the Augusta-based 878th Engineer Battalion repair a washed-out road in Montezuma, Ga. in July 1994. Photo by Spc. Chris Pearson,
124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

In 1999, the 878^th participated in Operation Caribbean Castle in the Dominican Republic. This operation involved more than 500 engineers who conducted three separate 15-day annual training periods from May to June. In the course of the mobilizations, the engineers constructed three schools which were desperately needed following the devastation on Hurricane Georges which struck the island in 1998.[19]

 

In the summer of 2002, the 878^th Engineer Battalion was called upon to use its engineering expertise to demolish abandoned buildings that posed a health and safety risk in neighborhoods across the state as part of the governor’s counter drug efforts.[20] The projects took place in Atlanta, Swainsboro and Tallapoosa. The 878^th would again partner with the Counter Drug Task Force and city of Atlanta for blighted building eradication in 2015.[21]

 

The 878^th was ordered into active federal service April 1, 2003, at home stations for service during Operation Iraqi Freedom. As part of Task Force Baghdad, the 878^th served for more than a year in and around the Iraqi capital before returning the state control August 3, 2004.[22] Subordinate units of the 878^th Engineer Battalion were subsequently called to mobilize in support of overseas contingency operations.

 

In the summer of 2009, Soldiers of the 878^th Engineer Battalion joined more than 650 service members from the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps in humanitarian efforts in Guyana. The 878^th constructed a new clinic to serve the people of Penitence, a suburb of Georgetown. Joining the Headquarters Company in the effort were Soldiers from the 876^th Engineer Company and 175^th Engineer Platoon. Soldiers of the battalion rotated into Guyana for 75 days for annual training.[23]

 

On September 1, 2007, the 878^th was reorganized to consist of the Headquarters Company and the Support Company (Company A concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the Support Company; and Company C reorganized and redesignated as the 810th Engineer Company).[24]

 

In 2009, the 878^th was assigned to the 648^th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. The 878^th responded to South Georgia wildfires in the summer of 2011[25] and mobilized Soldiers to Hohenfels, Germany for annual training from May 19 to June 25, 2011.[26]

 

Georgia Guardsmen from the 878th Task Force Dynamite stand in formation in Afghanistan August 11, 2013. Georgia National Guard Archives.

The 878^th mobilized to Afghanistan in March 2013[27] under the leadership of Lt. Col. Ed Granados and Command Sgt. Maj. Jeff Logan. The 878^th, as Task Force Dynamite, trained Afghan National Army Soldiers in explosives identification and eradication.[28] The battalion returned in November.

 

Just months after returning from Afghanistan, Soldiers of the 878^th were activated in the wake of winter storms that swept the state in January and February 2014. Later that year, Soldiers of the 878^th traveled to the Country of Georgia to the small mountain town of Sachkhere where they renovated a local school.[29]

 

Staff Sgt. Eric Horne of the 878th Engineer Battalion refuels a truck at the 878th Augusta armory during response operations to Winter Storm Pax
February 14, 2014. Photo by Sgt. Michael Uribe.

The Augusta engineers have been repeatedly called to assist civil authorities following hurricanes such as Joaquin, Irma, Michael, and Dorian. The 878^th participated in the state’s coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic and in 2021, mobilized personnel and equipment to Louisiana following Hurricane Ida.

 

Soldiers of the 878th Engineer Battalion prepare to depart their Augusta Armory enroute to Hurricane Ida response operations September 1, 2021.
Photo by Maj. William Carraway.

Personnel of the 878^th were activated August 7, 2024 in response to Tropical Storm Debby. Task Force 878 mobilized four route clearance teams and eight chainsaw teams to support debris clearance operations throughout Georgia Emergency Management Agency Region 8, which ranged from Echols County on the Florida border north to Screven County.

 

The following month, Hurricane Helene slammed ashore devastating counties across southeastern Georgia. The 878^th was again called out in support of debris clearing operations and relief supply distribution. When a pump at the Augusta Utilities Raw Water Pumping Station fell offline after the storm, Soldiers of the 878^th were dispatched to provide emergency repairs preventing water disruption for 160,000 citizens.

 

Soldiers of the 878th Engineer Battalion conduct road clearing in  in Augusta, Ga. September 29, 2024 following Hurricane Helene. 
Photo by Master Sgt. Caila Arahood.

In addition to Headquarters Company and Company A, the 878th Engineer Battalion consists of the 177th Engineer Support Company, 848th Engineer Company, 863rd and 874th Engineer Utility Detachments, 877th Engineer Company and the newly constituted 876th Engineer Company. These engineer units themselves have a long history of overseas mobilizations and domestic operations which continues through 2024.

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 [1] Gordon B. Smith, “Richmond Hussars,” January 28, 1978.

 [2] Center for Military History, "Lineage and Honors Certificate for the 878^th Engineer Battalion."

 [3] Report of the Adjutant General, State of Georgia for the Year 1916. Atlanta, Ga.: Byrd Printing Company, 1917, 43.

 [4] The Center for Military History. “Lineage and Honors of the 878^th Engineer Battalion.”

 [5] Military Department of the State of Georgia, GO 17, 31 December, 1946.

 [6] Renee Hylton. Where Are We Going: The National Guard and the Korean War 1950-1953, (Washington, D.C.: Historical Services Division, Office of Public Affairs, National Guard Bureau 2000) 51.

 [7] RA 73-59, June 10, 1959.

 [8] RA 47-62 April 16, 1962.

 [9] RA 71-67 December 14, 1967.

 [10] Annual Report, State of Georgia Department of Defense, 1968, Section IX.

 [11] Carraway William, “45 Years Ago: Georgia National Guard Responds to 1973 Winter Storms.” Usarmy.mil, January 8, 2018. https://www.army.mil/article/198866/45_years_ago_georgia_national_guard_responds_to_1973_winter_storms#:~:text=In%2036%20hours%20of%20winter,one%20of%20those%20citizens%20rescued.

 [12] Annual Report, State of Georgia Department of Defense, 1980, 15.

 [13] Annual Report, State of Georgia Department of Defense, 1985, 4. 

 [14] Annual Report, State of Georgia Department of Defense, 1986, 5. 

 [15]Annual Report, State of Georgia Department of Defense, 1987, 3. 

 [16] Annual Report, State of Georgia Department of Defense, 1988, 2. 

 [17] Annual Report, State of Georgia Department of Defense, 1989, 4.

 [18] Georgia Guardsman Magazine, September 1994.

 [19] Annual Report, State of Georgia Department of Defense, 1999, 10.

 [20] Roy Henry, “Another Crack house,” The Georgia Guardsman, Fall 2002, 14-15.

 [21] “William Carraway. “CDTF Assists City of Atlanta.” The Georgia Guardsman. September 2015, 19.

[22] The Center for Military History, “Lineage and Honors of the 878^th Engineer Battalion.” 

[23] Roy Henry. “Georgia Engineers in Guyana for Humanitarian Operation,” The Georgia Guardsman. Vol. No. 6, 10. 

[24] The Center for Military History. “Lineage and Honors of the 878^th Engineer Battalion.” 

[25] Roy Henry. “National Guard Called to Assist with South Georgia Wildfires,” The Georgia Guardsman, July 2011, 17

[26] Alexander Grant. “Guard Engineers Conduct Annual Training in Southeast Germany,” The Georgia Guardsman, August 2011, 3-4. 

[27] Roy Henry. “Augusta to Guardsmen. ‘Til We Meet Again.’” The Georgia Guardsman, March 2013, 7.

[28] Michael Bignardi, "78^th Demolition Operations Training," The Georgia Guardsman, May 2013, 4.

[29] Sean McCulley. “SPP Building for Brighter Futures.” The Georgia Guardsman, November 2014, 5-6.