tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47325510985440274632024-03-13T03:03:21.326-07:00 History of the Georgia National Guardgeorgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-53433139953745056102024-02-18T16:06:00.000-08:002024-02-18T16:06:27.104-08:00Feb. 18, 1959: Future Ga. ARNG State Aviation Officer Makes Emergency Landing in Griffin<p> By Maj. William Carraway</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Historian, Georgia Army National Guard. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNklPKGS2ZqIO0B_vDAc9BGaKE9i2V8kZw8ecQHoyji545yQOg7F01jEr-dyuK0-QhxisxRW15agYWGVBtjDA90d3ImeaeTWGY65YzXTo81gpwO0brBTVRo-trk3JXbPWB9GEhbR3MxqdL2Pvg-eSoKeIFwlCF2dH9DT1LEihKu1wd77fw8sgEy2HjOI/s1396/Jan%20Feb%201957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1045" data-original-width="1396" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNklPKGS2ZqIO0B_vDAc9BGaKE9i2V8kZw8ecQHoyji545yQOg7F01jEr-dyuK0-QhxisxRW15agYWGVBtjDA90d3ImeaeTWGY65YzXTo81gpwO0brBTVRo-trk3JXbPWB9GEhbR3MxqdL2Pvg-eSoKeIFwlCF2dH9DT1LEihKu1wd77fw8sgEy2HjOI/w640-h480/Jan%20Feb%201957.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brigadier General Charlie Camp (center) speaks with Master Sgt. Georgie Moore (left) and 1st Lt. Robert Sprayberry (right) beside an L-20 <br />Beaver in January, 1957. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Late in the
evening of February 17, 1959, Captain Robert Sprayberry departed the airport in
Brunswick, Ga. piloting a Georgia Army National Guard L-20 bound for Marietta.
Onboard were two passengers: Lt. Col. Steven Reeves, a personnel officer with
the Ga. National Guard’s United States Property and Fiscal Office; and Jimmy
Williamson, Mayor of Darien, Georgia.<a href="file:///E:/021024%20Back%20Up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/february/0218/Sprayberry/Sprayberry%20Story.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Enroute
to Dobbins Air Force Base, the aircraft began experiencing engine trouble. In
the desperate minutes that followed, Sprayberry’s training, experience collaborating
with the Georgia State Patrol and decision making would be the difference
between life and death.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Aviation
Career<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sprayberry
enlisted as a private in the Atlanta-based Headquarters Battery, 179<sup>th</sup>
Field Artillery Battalion February 7, 1949. Commissioning in April 1952,
Sprayberry graduated from the Army Aviation Flight School at Fort Sill, Okla.
the following year and was qualified to fly the L-17, L-19 and L-20 aircraft in
the Georgia National Guard inventory.<a href="file:///E:/021024%20Back%20Up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/february/0218/Sprayberry/Sprayberry%20Story.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> One
year later, while assigned as an L-19 pilot with the 179<sup>th</sup> FA BN,
Sprayberry assisted the Georgia State Patrol in a search for an escaped convict
near Adairsville, Ga.<a href="file:///E:/021024%20Back%20Up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/february/0218/Sprayberry/Sprayberry%20Story.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2piWaf_OzNDSwZNBQUZUU6Y3pWah3dQ2Q58CJmMEfczrj6HuN944eD6J286cI0JXAPoiSA3NxkWGtYfng2RlnPkS60HKVnmuIWGnqHt5YxHbNYGPCqFphm7aTXClmwLGuFDqPLrZH0AczZSNFdlre30oC41iIryhbXwl_wmmMSK3yrXWgwkJTfdJfFs/s759/July%20Aug%201953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="759" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2piWaf_OzNDSwZNBQUZUU6Y3pWah3dQ2Q58CJmMEfczrj6HuN944eD6J286cI0JXAPoiSA3NxkWGtYfng2RlnPkS60HKVnmuIWGnqHt5YxHbNYGPCqFphm7aTXClmwLGuFDqPLrZH0AczZSNFdlre30oC41iIryhbXwl_wmmMSK3yrXWgwkJTfdJfFs/w640-h310/July%20Aug%201953.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Georgia National Guard Soldiers of the Rome-based Company E, 122nd Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Division, guard Herbert Juelich, who escaped <br />from U.S. Marshals in North Georgia on August 8, 1953. Photo by Maj. Jack Conrad.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In December
1957, Sprayberry graduated from the U.S. Army Primary Helicopter School at Camp
Wolters, Texas and began flying the Georgia National Guard’s newest rotary wing
aircraft, the UH-13.<a href="file:///E:/021024%20Back%20Up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/february/0218/Sprayberry/Sprayberry%20Story.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">By the time
he was promoted to captain July 28, 1958, Sprayberry had flown all fixed and
rotary-wing aircraft in the Georgia Army National Guard inventory and regularly
flew senior leaders of the Georgia National Guard and civilian leaders. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06uayhsFIuM9YIO2pTdUpbgf8wD2S6ap_eDoZiIgnZlFnoHIEYKuRnuaK8fe3l_eNhB9ilyK62EZlADEADVhSWP7LEHOMX_kZ8A7qAitx0bNqWzfFSUBcytWUsORR4rjGlosz1zlw_dcpEv_gr8if93KNIv8VBb9rYNm7VuBxBKMtpf4Dson6PteN5RQ/s1503/Deathless.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1503" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06uayhsFIuM9YIO2pTdUpbgf8wD2S6ap_eDoZiIgnZlFnoHIEYKuRnuaK8fe3l_eNhB9ilyK62EZlADEADVhSWP7LEHOMX_kZ8A7qAitx0bNqWzfFSUBcytWUsORR4rjGlosz1zlw_dcpEv_gr8if93KNIv8VBb9rYNm7VuBxBKMtpf4Dson6PteN5RQ/w640-h434/Deathless.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ATLANTA, September 1958 – Captain Robert Sprayberry (right) at the controls of a Georgia Army National Guard helicopter during Operation Deathless,<br /> an information campaign conducted with the Georgia State Patrol to reduce traffic fatalities over the Labor Day weekend. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Emergency
Landing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As Sprayberry
took off from Brunswick airport with Lt. Col. Reeves and Mayor Williamson there
were no indicators that the flight would be anything but routine. Sprayberry
had flown the single-engine L-20 for more than five years carrying passengers
and cargo across the state and southeast region. The weather was fair with an
80 percent moon and scattered clouds. With minimal wind and 10-mile visibility,
Sprayberry and his passengers settled in for what should have been a smooth
two-hour flight. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBmn8N8WO5zv3VDLQXakG_w8hATNNdjH0BULRPZ23WwadCWpTiRfJuMQ0h8iWi5O7a-9_YRvgpQftybidNoZe9Wd7-tBbZQlyHQ-4g2uV76YD995FpeGYlA5tD4QuucZ_OADtx2zPnHmQ8Lhw3K7BEg6lqeqOBCIgFwcsHjahDd-ga16-lnSz3sYyX4k/s3787/Meadows682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3030" data-original-width="3787" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBmn8N8WO5zv3VDLQXakG_w8hATNNdjH0BULRPZ23WwadCWpTiRfJuMQ0h8iWi5O7a-9_YRvgpQftybidNoZe9Wd7-tBbZQlyHQ-4g2uV76YD995FpeGYlA5tD4QuucZ_OADtx2zPnHmQ8Lhw3K7BEg6lqeqOBCIgFwcsHjahDd-ga16-lnSz3sYyX4k/w640-h512/Meadows682.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lieutenant Colonel Robert Sprayberry in May 1974 at the controls of one an L-20 aircraft like the one he was flying February 18, 1959. <br />Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the skies
over Forsyth, just after midnight on February 18, 1959, Sprayberry’s aircraft
developed carburetor trouble and began losing power. Sprayberry radioed an
emergency to Georgia National Guard headquarters and contacted the airport in
Griffin to request an emergency landing. The Griffin airport radioed back that
a power failure at the landing strip made a landing impossible. Thinking
quickly, Sprayberry contacted the Georgia State Patrol with whom he had collaborated
on several past missions. As he struggled to keep the engine running,
Sprayberry requested an emergency landing on the highway north of Griffin. The
GSP and Griffin Police Department stopped highway traffic and began setting up
a makeshift landing strip lit by police vehicles. For nearly 30 agonizing
minutes, Sprayberry labored to keep the craft in the air as the police worked
feverishly to clear the road, mark a bridge crossing, and secure an ambulance
and fire truck for the scene. As Sprayberry was on final approach the aircraft
engine died. Nevertheless, Sprayberry skillfully landed the L-20 which came to
a stop short of the bridge just inside the Griffin city limits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sprayberry
and his passengers spent the night in Griffin while mechanics traveled from
Atlanta to repair the aircraft. The crew made swift work of the repairs and
Sprayberry was able to take off from the highway shortly after 11:00 am in a
strong crosswind. He landed briefly at Griffin airport to take on fuel then continued
to Dobbins Air Force Base.<a href="file:///E:/021024%20Back%20Up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/february/0218/Sprayberry/Sprayberry%20Story.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Later Career<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sprayberry remained
in the Georgia National Guard. In 1972 he was appointed to serve as the state
aviation officer. <a href="file:///E:/021024%20Back%20Up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/february/0218/Sprayberry/Sprayberry%20Story.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Over his long career, Sprayberry served as the pilot for two Georgia governors.
He retired as a colonel after 33 years of military service.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyBMAhfo3o6VA9R_PzkaFgJvEL8Bb1szDte9wrM35dVNCaA0IW4z1N42H-xRuAT-kMrdMnOa3qfJtzScF8QOwZ5z3PiwDLLknfmFca7ZINcwYgMe6OVB0s4MP2G2Yjo1AvIn0AR179vWl0_cagLUzxs8psqx7FGUQroqZWiDW6mGoXb2B8JJXIkGyDEs/s2502/Meadows706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1695" data-original-width="2502" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyBMAhfo3o6VA9R_PzkaFgJvEL8Bb1szDte9wrM35dVNCaA0IW4z1N42H-xRuAT-kMrdMnOa3qfJtzScF8QOwZ5z3PiwDLLknfmFca7ZINcwYgMe6OVB0s4MP2G2Yjo1AvIn0AR179vWl0_cagLUzxs8psqx7FGUQroqZWiDW6mGoXb2B8JJXIkGyDEs/w640-h434/Meadows706.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colonel Robert Sprayberry with Brig. Gen. Holden West, commander of the Ga. Army National Guard in 1976. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table></span></p>
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“Crippled Plane Brought in on Cleared Griffin Four Lane,” <i>Atlanta
Constitution, </i>February 19, 1959, 32.<o:p></o:p></p>
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“Guard Panorama,” <i>The Georgia Guardsman, </i>May, June 1957, 20.<o:p></o:p></p>
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“Rome Guardsmen Capture Fugitive Killers, <i>The Georgia Guardsman, </i>July-August
1953, 6-7.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>The Georgia Guardsman, </i>Jan, Feb 1958, 6.<o:p></o:p></p>
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“Pilot Saves Craft: Plane Lands on Highway Inside Griffin City Limits, <i>The
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“Sprayberry New State Avn Officer,” <i>The Georgia Guardsman, </i>Jan-Feb, 1972,
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-15745346465300960952023-10-21T18:18:00.004-07:002023-10-24T04:27:21.265-07:00Citizen Soldiers of the Georgia National Guard Prepare for Overseas Deployment<p class="MsoNoSpacing">By Major William Carraway<o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Historian, Georgia National Guard<o:p></o:p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNhvzr8XZPL8f6NkPlFGiUDYSTXBQ8giIoM5kRaWMJn9Gngj_jx7gnuXn3jyTaWBCiQl6TkeHMeruHawIFGFNvXr7ehXy1qpEznSH-NUuCYk7vPJZeUkfxSurGLSL1UnSg7q2D6KDQqdgRt3Oerd2XDMJjecKwIFd4FL0rhJl1umA1nvNBNNDZRgqaWw/s3741/Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2503" data-original-width="3741" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNhvzr8XZPL8f6NkPlFGiUDYSTXBQ8giIoM5kRaWMJn9Gngj_jx7gnuXn3jyTaWBCiQl6TkeHMeruHawIFGFNvXr7ehXy1qpEznSH-NUuCYk7vPJZeUkfxSurGLSL1UnSg7q2D6KDQqdgRt3Oerd2XDMJjecKwIFd4FL0rhJl1umA1nvNBNNDZRgqaWw/w640-h428/Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: Major General Tom Carden, Georgia’s Adjutant General, addresses Soldiers of the Georgia National Guard’s 178th Military Police Company <br />during a departure ceremony in the unit’s home town of Monroe, Ga. October 20, 2023. The unit is preparing for its fourth overseas deployment <br />since September 11, 2001. Right: Guidon of the 178th MP Company</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Georgia
National Guard’s 178</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Military Police Company held a departure
ceremony in their hometown of Monroe, Georgia October 20, 2023 to herald their
upcoming overseas deployment. The unit previously deployed in support of
overseas operations in Iraq in 2003 and 2009.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The 178<sup>th</sup>
MP Company is the latest in a long unbroken chain of Georgia National Guard units
who have supported overseas operations since September 11, 2001. More than
23,000 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen have deployed in support of operations in
all geographic combat commands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 14pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguk_W-0i84NXsLlexSRlOGx7MzN4LwawwNLA0lsFaOig8NETSCwi8F_EES4oJSLpjjhc6zqA3IF-YuTKfqjzIoNgV7Rm20wQMGazqDgu-xllRBQT89yEN81VPRK9KD9vEAKj4Oer31LxHJQaN_q6pYGtcGyRH5rgHLIk388YRCle-97AdIyZ6n0joEubM/s7709/IMG_0764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5511" data-original-width="7709" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguk_W-0i84NXsLlexSRlOGx7MzN4LwawwNLA0lsFaOig8NETSCwi8F_EES4oJSLpjjhc6zqA3IF-YuTKfqjzIoNgV7Rm20wQMGazqDgu-xllRBQT89yEN81VPRK9KD9vEAKj4Oer31LxHJQaN_q6pYGtcGyRH5rgHLIk388YRCle-97AdIyZ6n0joEubM/s320/IMG_0764.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 178th MP Company October 20, 2023.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">The 178th MP
Company has a long history and tradition of overseas service. The earliest
Georgia National Guard unit from Monroe was the Walton Guards, which was
established in 1874. The unit mobilized to the Mexican Border in 1917 and
deployed to France in 1918. In World War II, the unit, then part of the 950<sup>th</sup>
Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion deployed to the Pacific Theater where it
provided air defense during the Guadalcanal and New Guinea Campaigns. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Soldiers
from the 178th MP Company augmented the 190<sup>th</sup> MP Company in
September 1990 and deployed as part of Operation Desert Shield. The MPs were
among the first Georgia Guardsmen deployed overseas where they were stationed
in Saudi Arabia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On February
11, 2002, the 178th MP Company was ordered to active federal service in support
of Operation Noble Eagle. The unit 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 but was again ordered to active federal
service 2003 for 12-month deployment to Iraq. The unit returned to Iraq in 2008
and supported combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWT9X8uaZJv_1HgU6euYzF160pCqCDoLRTvonpi-Vz-0U_INYhmDWdm3emaEbx005fO9au-D5QWf-M9E84Z7jOCfSzrTvhUQuh0CBM8HldMmuVsd2DfHrxxUsPX3_Tb3qtT-7sV78zQ8HkSN9kFxNK4yUpUDMEGRZMEu_nnJBw23N6sLA4Jg3GAK8A6y0/s7446/IMG_0826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5317" data-original-width="7446" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWT9X8uaZJv_1HgU6euYzF160pCqCDoLRTvonpi-Vz-0U_INYhmDWdm3emaEbx005fO9au-D5QWf-M9E84Z7jOCfSzrTvhUQuh0CBM8HldMmuVsd2DfHrxxUsPX3_Tb3qtT-7sV78zQ8HkSN9kFxNK4yUpUDMEGRZMEu_nnJBw23N6sLA4Jg3GAK8A6y0/w640-h458/IMG_0826.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major General Tom Carden, Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard, conducts the reenlistment ceremony for Sgt. Kyle Potts of the 178th Military Police <br />Company during a departure ceremony in the unit’s home town of Monroe, Ga. October 20, 2023.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In addition
to its robust overseas experience, the 178<sup>th</sup> MP Company has played a
vital role in numerous state missions responding to hurricanes, winter storms
and floods. 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 178th MP Company supported
law enforcement officials and augmented security at key locations in response
to civil demonstrations, the contested 2020 election and subsequent
presidential inauguration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Near the
conclusion of the departure ceremony, Capt. John Lockstedt, commander, of the
178<sup>th</sup> MP Company, spoke to Soldier’s family members who had gathered
to see their loved one’s goodbye.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“You don’t
need me to tell you how loved and appreciated you are. “The truth is, we could
not do this without you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-f-SCxBLUR1Es1PTSswUAgRAVqcyNJV-hwcF4AjSbM2xDLsUdIdktfnt7lYas5Dd85a_BBEjtFqv1cuFLKDZzEugO1SFbZpct0tay8b_hICgZl35ThCiV1HraEj3Pg4r6wgJLVNFZVD4tlRlTMaezPXK-YiPLgNMmcmdjSZuHQETAylviEDMQju3AxPY/s6671/IMG_0810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5346" data-original-width="6671" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-f-SCxBLUR1Es1PTSswUAgRAVqcyNJV-hwcF4AjSbM2xDLsUdIdktfnt7lYas5Dd85a_BBEjtFqv1cuFLKDZzEugO1SFbZpct0tay8b_hICgZl35ThCiV1HraEj3Pg4r6wgJLVNFZVD4tlRlTMaezPXK-YiPLgNMmcmdjSZuHQETAylviEDMQju3AxPY/w640-h512/IMG_0810.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lieutenant Colonel Paul Tremblay, commander of the 170th Military Police Battalion; and Capt. John Lockstedt, commander, of the 178th MP Company, <br />at the conclusion of the company’s departure ceremony in Monroe, Ga. October 20, 2023.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-62069663200714716632023-10-02T12:00:00.002-07:002023-10-02T12:11:23.790-07:00The 170th Cyber Protection Team<p>By Maj. William Carraway</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Historian, Georgia National Guard.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfV3L3jpdxUfsTEeE4fsLZ-kcr04ABx9j6eS0C-3AmQRTfQFijXiDhZQ_Q_ppMPJ0CmfAmBdrVqzSfI4m0CsjjLda8Sisw2_bFDHzdlj-pW9dAllArtRHd-uU7yT6uFv1vgFh_4Pc4MA2b8kSayAL_L4dFMngNU8JDGIvOVKbzSINJk2r3Y6nUyqhMzoI/s2539/Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1707" data-original-width="2539" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfV3L3jpdxUfsTEeE4fsLZ-kcr04ABx9j6eS0C-3AmQRTfQFijXiDhZQ_Q_ppMPJ0CmfAmBdrVqzSfI4m0CsjjLda8Sisw2_bFDHzdlj-pW9dAllArtRHd-uU7yT6uFv1vgFh_4Pc4MA2b8kSayAL_L4dFMngNU8JDGIvOVKbzSINJk2r3Y6nUyqhMzoI/w640-h430/Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 170th Cyber Protection Team at Fort Gillem, Ga. August 5, 2018. Photo by Maj. William Carraway. Inset: Shoulder-sleeve <br />insignia of the 91st Cyber Brigade.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In 2015, the
Georgia National Guard was selected to host one of the first three cyber
protection teams established in the National Guard. Selected from among
nomination packets from 45 states, the Georgia National Guard activated the
170th in the fall of 2015. The California National Guard also fielded a CPT In
2015 while Michigan, Indiana and Ohio contributed personnel to form the third
CPT. On October 2, 2016, the 170th CPT was federally recognized. By the end of 2017, ten CPTs had been established to combat emerging cyber
threats. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1kKtXDS3fglJCogbvLt5rNxhtm4yFQMp6j81zP97jxndQY-C_BG2UzznHBdXPO6c5jEqhUujJVkwnQ7ktUz2rEwAvXxZBQpB2r6zwet4Ne9OgRIi_-f-yVX8Tm1tAXgCTVUOj3aAhK_A5Eju7sLg9_XbLBFtgDJMZQyUvety2qQvThVz8qw3VGHpD8U/s3796/6019933.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2696" data-original-width="3796" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1kKtXDS3fglJCogbvLt5rNxhtm4yFQMp6j81zP97jxndQY-C_BG2UzznHBdXPO6c5jEqhUujJVkwnQ7ktUz2rEwAvXxZBQpB2r6zwet4Ne9OgRIi_-f-yVX8Tm1tAXgCTVUOj3aAhK_A5Eju7sLg9_XbLBFtgDJMZQyUvety2qQvThVz8qw3VGHpD8U/w640-h454/6019933.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major Michael G. Mallon, commander of the 170th CPT briefs Brig. Gen. John T. Gentry during a capability briefing at Forest Park Ga., January 11, 2020. <br />Photo by Sgt. 1st Class R.J. Lannom Jr.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The mission
of the 170<sup>th</sup> Cyber Protection Team is to conduct defensive
cyberspace operations on military networks to support mission requirements ad
identified by Department of Defense or state leadership. Cyber protection teams
are staffed by Army National Guard Soldiers who train and operate on a
traditional part-time basis; however, the CPT can be mobilized for federal
service in the event that additional assets are required by Army Cyber Command.
The governor of Georgia can also call upon CPT expertise to provide cyber
protection on government networks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 14pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqI7zoMIqdjS4aoKJZOq7g-clFMLjhKsmELnVzTxIpUIurvT27jLjSJYRimXmofeA5Ye6gtrWDOQ29hY5VKbRrhkIpCkK3ZHHRHHfeEfBKT3Fy-NRkyLfowUwMdf_X_uxz3WPosbV1BF1IzYQWQhzd8RtVXShHF3omdzeEyFihyATd9vzD6lMmSFR-_s/s4425/6838413.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4425" data-original-width="3161" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqI7zoMIqdjS4aoKJZOq7g-clFMLjhKsmELnVzTxIpUIurvT27jLjSJYRimXmofeA5Ye6gtrWDOQ29hY5VKbRrhkIpCkK3ZHHRHHfeEfBKT3Fy-NRkyLfowUwMdf_X_uxz3WPosbV1BF1IzYQWQhzd8RtVXShHF3omdzeEyFihyATd9vzD6lMmSFR-_s/s320/6838413.jpg" width="229" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sergeant Morgan Chafin, an intelligence analyst assigned <br />to the 170th CPT monitors cyber activity during exercise <br />Cyber Dawg 21 Sept. 14, 2021, at the Georgia Cyber Center <br />in Augusta, Georgia. Photo by Capt. Bryant Wine.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">In December
2016, the unit received its first mobilization. The following year, the 170th
was mobilized in support of the three primary missions of the DOD’s cyber
strategy: defending DoD networks,
systems, and information; defending the U.S. homeland and U.S. national
interests against cyberattacks of significant consequence; and providing cyber
support to military operational and contingency plans. Thirty Soldiers of the
170th CPT were mobilized in support of Cyber Command operations from April 2017
to May 2018. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The 170th
CPT underwent its first change of command August 5, 2018 as Maj. George Allen
relinquished command to Capt. Michael Mallon. In 2023 command passed from Maj. Mallon
to Maj. Adam Tolar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In 2021 the
170th completed exercise Cyber Dawg 21. Also participating in the exercise were
cyber experts of the Georgia Air National Guard’s 283rd Communications
Squadron, 202nd Engineering Installation Squadron and 224th Joint
Communications Support Squadron.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In June 2023
the 170th participated in Cyber Shield 2023. The exercise was held at Camp
Joseph T. Robinson in North Little Rock, Arkansas June 2-16, 2023 and drew more
than 800 participants representing military, government and civilian leaders
from 25 states.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgY-P1F1OaJdItER46e0v82pXZ3Ii7Vvd0kp8AA3vi7oAGE8H2Vth5yzlu8C8Z9yLxa-1c2wTo2Qq-7g6EBSpBA-7axpzOu6GiAgv2dhpX9iyCpBM6czAcIVDi3UhA8OpQiBfD0fnoKnEVcUayYOY4i96SzjL1mzdT1IOQEBbz24Rfq1MHtsbzlNQOW1Y/s1024/Cyber%20Shield%2023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgY-P1F1OaJdItER46e0v82pXZ3Ii7Vvd0kp8AA3vi7oAGE8H2Vth5yzlu8C8Z9yLxa-1c2wTo2Qq-7g6EBSpBA-7axpzOu6GiAgv2dhpX9iyCpBM6czAcIVDi3UhA8OpQiBfD0fnoKnEVcUayYOY4i96SzjL1mzdT1IOQEBbz24Rfq1MHtsbzlNQOW1Y/w640-h480/Cyber%20Shield%2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldiers of the 170th CPT were among nearly 800 participants at the Cyber Shield Training Exercise June 2-16, 2023 at the Professional Education <br />Center, Little Rock Ark. Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffery Reno.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-74278661910956337782023-10-01T09:19:00.000-07:002023-10-01T09:35:56.305-07:00Key Dates in the History of the 78th Troop Command<p>By Maj.William Carraway</p><p>Historian, Georgia Army
National Guard</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7eKM6f7EljM_8GofvnTOOMBzUB1MOeFZDFULrYYc9gZbtdjr9E1ZQPHVwVY9rA0wMkTOHsbaHLtJEGfgQmlMF6SzGI1Z6kMTQ269GGw9aBae8AB3niIYVUbuQ2JfppdVFHLdnlnulk6BtO7Xf4ckscr8DvDUc9ez9YWwzbFA8mAIYXTkh_VdYQDHl/s3128/Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="3128" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7eKM6f7EljM_8GofvnTOOMBzUB1MOeFZDFULrYYc9gZbtdjr9E1ZQPHVwVY9rA0wMkTOHsbaHLtJEGfgQmlMF6SzGI1Z6kMTQ269GGw9aBae8AB3niIYVUbuQ2JfppdVFHLdnlnulk6BtO7Xf4ckscr8DvDUc9ez9YWwzbFA8mAIYXTkh_VdYQDHl/w640-h314/Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: Brigadier General Horace Cheek, first commander of the Troop Command. Right: Guidons of units assigned to the 78th Troop Command in 2017. <br />Photo by Pfc. Isaiah Matthews.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Early History<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Georgia Army National Guard’s 78<sup>th</sup>
Troop Command was organized and federally recognized as the Command-and-Control
Headquarters in Atlanta October 1, 1978 to provide command and control for
separate organizations within the state.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Prior
to the establishment of the CAC, these units were organized under the Emergency
Operations Center and later the 122<sup>nd</sup> Support Center. Upon
organization, the CAC adopted the Oglethorpe crest shoulder-sleeve insignia
which had been created for the State Headquarters Detachment in 1970.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The CAC was initially composed of
Army aviation, signal, public affairs, maintenance, transportation, medical,
military police companies and the Army band. Commanded by Brig, Gen. Horace L.
Cheek Jr., the CAC supported active Army units at Fort Benning, Fort Campbell,
Anniston Army Depot, the US Military Academy and NATO forces in West Germany
during fiscal year 1979.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYUoXvZfYJjJfRNPzUSGxxdyQgPw0mbhBKupooBbudm_mfgcGniLztOr_KPaRajiQBOf7TAfKmDHmyThCx4p7qM10ZfuEFUIgqSvYajrk32tLPtKSMo7-SXDSuxJQsgdQMSz454hVcEPvdJSj2B7voC2iH552f4cl3sRmE-7_eb2uDPnC4plFGf_b/s2048/24545696783_071038fd31_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYUoXvZfYJjJfRNPzUSGxxdyQgPw0mbhBKupooBbudm_mfgcGniLztOr_KPaRajiQBOf7TAfKmDHmyThCx4p7qM10ZfuEFUIgqSvYajrk32tLPtKSMo7-SXDSuxJQsgdQMSz454hVcEPvdJSj2B7voC2iH552f4cl3sRmE-7_eb2uDPnC4plFGf_b/w640-h426/24545696783_071038fd31_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A CH-54 of the 1160th Transportation Company (Heavy Helicopter) in flight circa 1980. Georgia Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The 1980s<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 1980, with an authorized
strength of 2,854, CAC units participated in a command post exercise with the
167<sup>th</sup> Corps Support Command at Fort Anniston, Ala.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 1981, the 1<sup>st</sup>
Battalion, 122<sup>nd</sup> Infantry Tow Light Anti-Tank Battalion became
mission capable as part of the CAC. The 122<sup>nd</sup> was one of four TLAT
units in the nation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 1982, the CAC was
reorganized and redesignated as Troop Command in order to streamline its
mobilization capabilities.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> The
170<sup>th</sup> Military Police Battalion participated in an overseas
deployment training exercise in Mannheim, West Germany and the 122<sup>nd</sup>
Support Center participated in Exercise Vulcan Knight at Camp Blanding, Fla.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The aviation component of the Troop Command continued to grow with the 151st
Military Intelligence Battalion, comprised of the 158th and 159<sup>th</sup> MI
Companies flying the OV-1 Mohawk and the 1160<sup>th</sup> Transportation
Company which operated the CH-54 Skycrane.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2n5dU_rXI9DgE5z3AHmCMXJ9QMQt24l_vEnWk_fy0xRZDc9Gxv5CLTOQkgrjfN4jJKZ5FtVhkjDwpH7tscmfQWF7qa_wlwscwXEypwbopJMX_M1DJDd8aesLGa8fTbUopi7Yy9gZVoFkPKrg4vYc8EAqMayB617eIDpsvESlLgxx7f6TebkH-ZZof/s4016/Meadows735.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3253" data-original-width="4016" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2n5dU_rXI9DgE5z3AHmCMXJ9QMQt24l_vEnWk_fy0xRZDc9Gxv5CLTOQkgrjfN4jJKZ5FtVhkjDwpH7tscmfQWF7qa_wlwscwXEypwbopJMX_M1DJDd8aesLGa8fTbUopi7Yy9gZVoFkPKrg4vYc8EAqMayB617eIDpsvESlLgxx7f6TebkH-ZZof/w640-h518/Meadows735.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An OV-1 Mohawk of the 158th Military Intelligence Battalion in flight. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In 1983, the 122</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> TLAT
was rated as combat ready and the 277</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Maintenance Company
supported active-duty units during annual training in West Germany.</span><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> The
Troop Command, then composed of 24 units in 12 Georgia locations participated
in extensive mobilization exercises designed to familiarize units with their
war-time mission and area of operation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Headquarters of Troop Command moved
from Atlanta to Decatur in 1984. That year, the 122<sup>nd</sup> TLAT won the
National Guard Bureau’s Milton A. Reckford Trophy with Company C receiving the
Eisenhower Trophy designating the most outstanding National Guard unit in
Georgia. Personnel from Troop Command again conducted overseas deployment
training in West Germany.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 1985, personnel from the 110<sup>th</sup>
Maintenance Battalion, 277<sup>th</sup> Maintenance Company and 122<sup>nd</sup>
Rear Area Operations Center mobilized to West Germany for ODT missions while
units of the 122<sup>nd</sup> TLAT participated in Exercise Cascade Peak in
Fort Lewis, Wa. The following year, Company A, 122<sup>nd</sup> TLAT mobilized
for Team Spirit Exercise in South Korea. Members of the 151st Military
Intelligence Battalion also mobilized in support of Team Spirit. Meanwhile, the
138<sup>th</sup> Medical Company and 122<sup>nd</sup> RAOC supported ODT
missions in Europe.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rnTcsbNfiUj1YNoCAOIyVFNJcCtSihQWXFDMYMwo72M6exY_NOxn9R6j4fIf3CGvyg--EPywJ4n6TPn2RTD0t6WXWhKT_QogYAikiPmjZ4dHcRkVEUW1WStBEwJcX1udU_wZ5OyuIZy8ZC0wHXvMEqr9npYHp3lvc4wkLQ6zwlrrjpjvUUMpNX8i/s1969/23341211462_88c185ecc8_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="1969" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rnTcsbNfiUj1YNoCAOIyVFNJcCtSihQWXFDMYMwo72M6exY_NOxn9R6j4fIf3CGvyg--EPywJ4n6TPn2RTD0t6WXWhKT_QogYAikiPmjZ4dHcRkVEUW1WStBEwJcX1udU_wZ5OyuIZy8ZC0wHXvMEqr9npYHp3lvc4wkLQ6zwlrrjpjvUUMpNX8i/w640-h436/23341211462_88c185ecc8_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WINDER, Ga. November 2, 1986 - Soldiers of the 78th Troop Command's 122nd TLAT Battalion became the first Georgia Guardsmen <br />to drill with the High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle. The HMMWV replaced the jeeps that had been the mainstay of the Ga. Army National Guard.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">By the end of 1986 the 122</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
TLAT became the first unit in the Georgia Guard to field a new low-profile
vehicle known as a HMMWV.</span><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[11]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Company A, 122</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> deployed to Korea for the Team Spirit Exercise
while members of the 151</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> MI Battalion augmented maintenance
operations of the 2</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Division in Korea. Soldiers of the 138</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Medical Company and 122</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Rear Area Operations Center additionally
mobilized to Europe for Battle Book and Crested Eagle exercises.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1987 found several Troop Command
units overseas for ODT missions. The 110<sup>th</sup> Maintenance Battalion and 138<sup>th</sup> Medical Company travelled to Ecuador for Blazing Trail
Exercise while the 124<sup>th</sup> Mobile Public Affairs Detachment travelled
to Panama. Troop Command welcomed new units in 1987 including Company H, 122<sup>nd</sup>
Infantry Long Range Reconnaissance Platoon and the 202<sup>nd</sup> Explosive
Ordnance Detachment. Troop Command also sent 300 Soldiers in support
of the Forsyth, Ga. “Brotherhood March.”<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn12;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwoVRvdWT79fNve3ZgId_pLl0K1AqR1EM7IQTWBjvSYcZt1G3meJs3frWRKHo0rP5btr5LM9jwzj8G5DbmB1tPdYukulfIWRHmEZDOhIabCU20eTy5Hon3E-8asFywwx198CNkgDKLkutLkqQScVwCskOaYFvPyfs1JEMw_UZ1nDw3Yr3wxuVhwbB/s3600/PICT0034.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="3600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwoVRvdWT79fNve3ZgId_pLl0K1AqR1EM7IQTWBjvSYcZt1G3meJs3frWRKHo0rP5btr5LM9jwzj8G5DbmB1tPdYukulfIWRHmEZDOhIabCU20eTy5Hon3E-8asFywwx198CNkgDKLkutLkqQScVwCskOaYFvPyfs1JEMw_UZ1nDw3Yr3wxuVhwbB/w640-h426/PICT0034.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldiers of the 166th Maintenance Company prepare for a training mission at Fort Stewart April 25, 1988. Photo by Elliott Minor.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Troop Command Soldiers from the 170</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
MP Battalion participated in cold weather training In Minnesota in 1988. Later
that year, the battalion sent MPs in support of the Democrat National
Convention. The 82nd Maintenance Company conducted annual training in West
Germany and the 122</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> RAOC and 201</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Maintenance Company
supported missions in Germany for the Return of Forces to Europe exercise. 122</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
TLAT personnel returned to Korea for Team Spirit and also supported Exercise
Crested Eagle in California.</span><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[13]</span></span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">By 1989, the year the Berlin Wall
fell, Troop Command was comprised of 35 units and was heavily involved in
exercises around the world. In addition to operations in Virginia, Florida and
Washington, Troop Command Soldiers participated in Operation Quetzal in Guatemala
and Yama Sakura in Japan.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn14;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The 1990s<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In August, 1990, the first units of
the Georgia Army National Guard were mobilized for Desert Storm service with
the 190<sup>th</sup> MP and 1148<sup>th</sup> Transportation Company arriving
first in Saudi Arabia with the 165<sup>th</sup> Supply Company soon to follow.
The 1148<sup>th</sup> TC would travel more than 520,000 miles and deliver
nearly 10 million gallons of fuel during Operation Desert Shield/Storm and the
190<sup>th</sup> MP Company would provide supply route and VIP security. The 166<sup>th</sup>
Maintenance Company was mobilized to Fort Stewart to assist the 48<sup>th</sup>
Brigade with its mobilization and the 124<sup>th</sup> MPAD would accompany the
48<sup>th</sup> to Fort Irwin, Calif. The 202<sup>nd</sup> Ordnance Detachment
mobilized to Fort Drum and conducted more than 70 missions in a four-state
area.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn15" name="_ftnref15" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn15;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[15]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The years following Operation
Desert Storm brought reorganization and reductions. The 122<sup>nd</sup> TLAT
was inactivated in September 1992. The same reorganization brought the 1<sup>st</sup>
Battalion 214<sup>th</sup> Field Artillery into the TC. The 1-214<sup>th</sup>
conducted training in Norway in September 1992 while the 277<sup>th</sup>
Maintenance Company conducted training in Germany. Further reorganizational
changes found the 151<sup>st</sup> converting to form a medical evacuation
battalion while the 110th Maintenance Battalion converted to form a corps
support battalion. The Troop Command also received the 117<sup>th</sup> Mobile
Army Surgical Hospital.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn16" name="_ftnref16" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn16;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[16]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleMJxcsrjEv86gY8pevkf1wJcCl3Bumd0AmBXpAHdPpcnFUUMhj8lDLc9R7ovhNyJB74zqyyM3FRND5b8N6uw9AxsCAsVlMBlmTTGfpY0swm0uEbWreHL1Tc_xZoDg-OH4cHMallFWu1UPUsPukPRtSBUYy0xiP-U4srTmldSXRo3h-HDm-nzb9xD/s3600/117th%20MASH%201990.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="3600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleMJxcsrjEv86gY8pevkf1wJcCl3Bumd0AmBXpAHdPpcnFUUMhj8lDLc9R7ovhNyJB74zqyyM3FRND5b8N6uw9AxsCAsVlMBlmTTGfpY0swm0uEbWreHL1Tc_xZoDg-OH4cHMallFWu1UPUsPukPRtSBUYy0xiP-U4srTmldSXRo3h-HDm-nzb9xD/w640-h426/117th%20MASH%201990.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 117th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital at Fort Stewart. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A major reorganization in 1994
caused Troop Command to be redesignated as the 78</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Troop Command
under command of Col. Robert Hughes. Under the consolidated structure, the 78</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
TC received the 265</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Engineer Group, to include the 560</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
and 878</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Engineer Battalions. For several years thereafter, the State
Area Command was divided into two separate units:</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">the 48</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Infantry Brigade
(Mechanized) and the 78</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Troop Command. In 1994, the 1-214</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
returned to Norway and conducted training with Norwegian and Canadian forces.
Nearly 100 Soldiers of the 277</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Maintenance Company deployed to
Kuwait in June to participate in overseas deployment training. Company G, 244</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Aviation Regiment supported the Florida National Guard ahead of their 1995
rotation at Fort Irwin while the 1177</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Transportation Company
participated in exercises in Mississippi and Texas. Company B, 244</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Aviation prepared to become the first company in the Georgia National Guard to
receive the UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter and the 117</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> MASH provided
medical support to Winn Army Hospital at Fort Stewart as part of their annual
training. The 151</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> EVAC received the U-21 aircraft in support of
its new mission.</span><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn17" name="_ftnref17" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[17]</span></span></span></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjW8bMVKNFpOYpzJhGZIVOcdLcN2Ebr0wdcZtHb1_4DpFTSMdGAg8e-lodd-QroDqpFn5iUGaBU7HEPuh7FcTaZiWBkhfAQT5tr_8UOi96ajM7YoNKKm7OwAWYLQiVg4CHc6PSmtKWAp5t1tfrKNvKrpIC_tH3xV8V1jNsWEN0ccfzUzJeAziti8ez/s5887/170th%20MP%20Book029.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3668" data-original-width="5887" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjW8bMVKNFpOYpzJhGZIVOcdLcN2Ebr0wdcZtHb1_4DpFTSMdGAg8e-lodd-QroDqpFn5iUGaBU7HEPuh7FcTaZiWBkhfAQT5tr_8UOi96ajM7YoNKKm7OwAWYLQiVg4CHc6PSmtKWAp5t1tfrKNvKrpIC_tH3xV8V1jNsWEN0ccfzUzJeAziti8ez/w640-h398/170th%20MP%20Book029.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Staff of Headquarters Detachment, 170th Military Police Battalion in 1991. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In 1997, the 78</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Troop
Command was 3,600 strong.</span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="font-size: 14pt;"> <a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn18" name="_ftnref18" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[18]</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
The following year, the 1-214</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> became the first Georgia Guard unit
to field the Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer. Headquarters hosted ten
physicians from the country of Georgia to witness U.S. military and civilian
medical practices. Following the outbreak of massive forest fires, the 1</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Battalion, 171</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Combat Support Aviation Battalion and Detachment 1,
Company F, 131</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Aviation were called to provide mission support to
the state of Florida.</span><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn19" name="_ftnref19" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[19]</span></span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">By 1999, the 3,000 member 78<sup>th</sup>
TC was comprised of the 265<sup>th</sup> Engineer Group, the 878<sup>th</sup>
Engineer Battalion, 110<sup>th</sup> Corps Support Battalion, 151<sup>st</sup>
Medical Evacuation Battalion and the 122<sup>nd</sup> Rear Operations Center.
The aviation units that had formerly been part of the Troop Command were now
organized under the 1<sup>st</sup> Aviation Group, forerunner of today’s 78<sup>th</sup>
Aviation Troop Command. Command of the 78<sup>th</sup> transitioned from Brig.
Gen. Michael Seely to Col. Terrell T. Reddick. Seely advanced to command the
Georgia Army National Guard. Later that year, the 110<sup>th</sup> CSB
participated in Operation Golden Cargo 99, a massive transportation operation
reminiscent of Patriot Bandoleer in 2015. The 110<sup>th</sup> CSB transported
4,500 tons of MLRS pods from Northern Illinois to Eastern Texas. Engineers of
the 878<sup>th</sup> participated in Operation Caribbean Castle in the Dominican
Republic and the 277<sup>th</sup> Maintenance Company spent three weeks in
Germany. Travelling to Panama, the 202<sup>nd</sup> EOD cleared small arms and
artillery ranges of unexploded ordnance. Also deploying to Panama, the 178<sup>th</sup>
Military Police Company supported the closing of the Panama Canal Zone and was
the last US Reserve component unit to rotate through the country before the
transition. LRS Soldiers traveled to the country of Georgia and Tunisia in
support of operations. In June, the 221<sup>st</sup> MI Battalion made history when
Lt. Col. Maria Britt became the first female battalion commander in the history
of the Georgia National Guard.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn20" name="_ftnref20" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn20;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[20]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDwAcnkS3oUwNAeCmmNm9q329IKgCjbn2lVPJEi38odi5hrJhN9o2jErrUMtKXL9dQYLi4nyCxsN_L-5p8DF1sP5rK5q__aJ7n5Yip-X9ij06ddmbqfQAXOt4inyxJuLIcA_w5LtsG7vInNGrhZn6fWeRojlIwQmXorc2h-m0UxSZJNNXflrC-CeZ/s510/15193740568_df0fa58d6e_o.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="510" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDwAcnkS3oUwNAeCmmNm9q329IKgCjbn2lVPJEi38odi5hrJhN9o2jErrUMtKXL9dQYLi4nyCxsN_L-5p8DF1sP5rK5q__aJ7n5Yip-X9ij06ddmbqfQAXOt4inyxJuLIcA_w5LtsG7vInNGrhZn6fWeRojlIwQmXorc2h-m0UxSZJNNXflrC-CeZ/w640-h428/15193740568_df0fa58d6e_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FORT MCPHERSON, September, 2002 - Sergeant Harold Davis. a Georgia National Guardsman with the 190th Military Police Company, waves traffic <br />through to the next stop at the Fort McPherson gates. The 190th MPs were mobilized to augment Fort McPherson and Fort Gillem security following <br />the September 11 terrorist attacks. Photo by Spc. Jeff Lowry.</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Global War on Terror<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 2001, Brig. Gen. Reddick commanded 3,560 Troop Command Soldiers. By 2003,
3,000 Troop Command Soldiers were serving in the Middle East. Following the
attacks of September 11, 2001, Soldiers of the 78<sup>th</sup> Troop Command
were the first Georgia Guard Soldiers in Afghanistan. Beginning with the November
2001 mobilization of the 122<sup>nd</sup> ROC, the 78<sup>th</sup> TC began a
steady mobilization schedule in support of the Global War on Terror. The 139<sup>th</sup>
Chaplain Detachment was the last unit of the 78<sup>th</sup> deployed in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2010 while the 170<sup>th</sup> Cyber
Protection Team was the last Troop Command unit to support Operation Enduring
Freedom. Units of the 78<sup>th</sup> TC continue to support overseas
contingency operations, most recently with the deployment of personnel of the 165th Quartermaster Company in September 2023. From 2001-2023, units of the 78<sup>th</sup> Troop Command mobilized on
more than 40 separate deployments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn02gYJ2oXYOAqeEfQ5xPk_mjNkFbWEmLemmltN_pMjsaDwPBFjXOytRurR8PvjCLV51IEppOO7LtpSEBQLhg1dam5smfofSYFjSS7hPxd2QrmgQ30x01VDLT9AyRupP6IZ7glafRe1cpkCZYpqT0tbFbieqsca6fYonWrXeso2T057Ue0tP6xKm9w/s1023/4583545672_ce93500c46_b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1023" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn02gYJ2oXYOAqeEfQ5xPk_mjNkFbWEmLemmltN_pMjsaDwPBFjXOytRurR8PvjCLV51IEppOO7LtpSEBQLhg1dam5smfofSYFjSS7hPxd2QrmgQ30x01VDLT9AyRupP6IZ7glafRe1cpkCZYpqT0tbFbieqsca6fYonWrXeso2T057Ue0tP6xKm9w/w640-h426/4583545672_ce93500c46_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">May 2, 2010 - Guardsmen from Kennesaw’s 277th Maintenance Company receive an honorable sendoff from the city’s mayor, Mark Mathews<br /> and military dignitaries before deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Homeland Response<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">While maintaining a steady overseas
deployment schedule, units of the 78<sup>th</sup> Troop Command participated in
missions at home ranging from the flood of 1994 and the herculean effort in
support of the 1996 Olympic Games to support for the G8 conference at Sea
Island in the summer of 2004.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn21" name="_ftnref21" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn21;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[21]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
In 2006, the Kennesaw-based 781<sup>st</sup> Troop Command assumed the Chemical,
Biological, Radiological and Nuclear role in support of homeland response.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn22" name="_ftnref22" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn22;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[22]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0o6Chb9KDRfE1-Ay1zeVT5T-rckA8JjrPnshQm4YwphSWxSvM3ZJcSGbC2yw0z6CmnKW_vuWaC-QzOYOy1pJOyxvcFP-CFdToAaYQ86T3zM6LhlXxxKEpYUgYXtWA8sxMvuOYH8j-9wCj-G1aDByXwgn0sJY3qF8JJ2IA2GVDrVHFe8zmfPA28rz/s2560/14391445391_75ed7d3ce7_3k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="2560" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0o6Chb9KDRfE1-Ay1zeVT5T-rckA8JjrPnshQm4YwphSWxSvM3ZJcSGbC2yw0z6CmnKW_vuWaC-QzOYOy1pJOyxvcFP-CFdToAaYQ86T3zM6LhlXxxKEpYUgYXtWA8sxMvuOYH8j-9wCj-G1aDByXwgn0sJY3qF8JJ2IA2GVDrVHFe8zmfPA28rz/w640-h420/14391445391_75ed7d3ce7_3k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MONTEZUMA, Ga. July, 1994 - Tropical Storm Alberto dropped 25 inches of rain on Southwest Georgia and nearly 4,000 Georgia Guardsmen <br />mobilized to assist. Among those responding were Soldiers of the Augusta-based 878th Engineer Battalion seen here bulldozing fresh dirt <br />over a washed-out road. Photo by Spc. Chris Pearson.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 2010, the 78<sup>th</sup> Troop
Command was selected as one of ten regional homeland response forces in the
nation.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn23" name="_ftnref23" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn23;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[23]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The headquarters of 78<sup>th</sup> TC moved from Decatur to the Clay National
Guard Center in July 2011.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn24" name="_ftnref24" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn24;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[24]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> The
78<sup>th</sup> maintained the HRF mission until the establishment of the 201<sup>st</sup>
Regional Support Group as a separate major command on October 1, 2013.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn25" name="_ftnref25" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn25;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[25]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Recent History<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Over the past decade, Soldiers of
the 78<sup>th</sup> Troop Command have supported a wide array of missions at
home and abroad. The 265<sup>th</sup> Regional Support Group based in Metter
Georgia supplied an Agricultural Development Team which mobilized to
Afghanistan in 2013. That same year, the 110<sup>th</sup> Combat Service
Support Battalion supported logistics missions in Africa while the 124<sup>th</sup>
MPAD assisted the country of Georgia in development of its national disaster
response plan.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn26" name="_ftnref26" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn26;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[26]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
In 2014, the 265 RSG participated in Operation Golden Coyote in South Dakota
and the Medical Detachment supported U.S. Army Health clinic operations in
Vincenza, Italy.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn27" name="_ftnref27" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn27;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[27]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
In 2015, the 110<sup>th</sup> CSSB supported Operation Bandoleer transporting
more than 2,500 containers across the United States and later supported Ulchi
Freedom Guardian in Korea. That same year, the 78<sup>th</sup> received the 170<sup>th</sup>
Cyber Protection Team, one of the first ten CPTs established.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn28" name="_ftnref28" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn28;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[28]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The following year, the 78<sup>th</sup> TC lost the 265<sup>th</sup> RSG to
inactivation but gained the services of the 116<sup>th</sup> Aerial
Intelligence Brigade and the 560th Battlefield Coordination Detachment. Later
in 2016, units of the 78<sup>th</sup> were activated in support of Hurricane
Matthew Response Operations.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn29" name="_ftnref29" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn29;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[29]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Just one year after Hurricane
Matthew, the 78<sup>th</sup> TC responded to the impact of Hurricane Irma supplying emergency relief supplies to impacted coastal areas. Soldiers of the
124<sup>th</sup> MPAD and 221<sup>st</sup> EMIB deployed to Cuba in support of
Task Force Guantanamo Bay and the 170<sup>th</sup> mobilized to Fort Meade in
support of Cyber operations. The 122<sup>nd</sup> Tactical Support Detachment
assisted the 7<sup>th</sup> Infantry Division at the Yakima Training Center
during Exercise Bayonet Focus and the 110<sup>th</sup> CSSB supported a second
iteration of Patriot Bandoleer.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn30" name="_ftnref30" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn30;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[30]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 2018, the 82<sup>nd</sup>
Maintenance Company, 406<sup>th</sup> Quartermaster Detachment and Company H,
121<sup>st</sup> Long Range Surveillance Unit inactivated. The devastation
wrought by Hurricane Michael again prompted activation of 78<sup>th</sup> TC
units in 2018. The 1148<sup>th</sup> Transportation Company provided critical
logistical support to the relief effort and were among the last Soldiers on duty in support of the response.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn31" name="_ftnref31" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn31;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[31]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
In 2019, the 1148<sup>th</sup> was again called to active duty to support
hurricane relief efforts following Hurricane Dorian.<a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftn32" name="_ftnref32" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn32;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[32]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCJRnJpmxaM6LN1-FK6z6M_bgFcaFDE69d6SCTu02ssGyFx_DnyHO6k7rSy09gum7tuhxDIZLq0_HwONYeFB_mr9YA2L1F5xsAMTHmRbskizRxekgwbM-EcRDWdPeN7nNiHoKRXC8Ba5-Z5GZSM-gHcMEzKRHfwMrpHRDEXOENhnh1s2kARhZLyMl/s2048/50041621561_8546cb9ebf_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCJRnJpmxaM6LN1-FK6z6M_bgFcaFDE69d6SCTu02ssGyFx_DnyHO6k7rSy09gum7tuhxDIZLq0_HwONYeFB_mr9YA2L1F5xsAMTHmRbskizRxekgwbM-EcRDWdPeN7nNiHoKRXC8Ba5-Z5GZSM-gHcMEzKRHfwMrpHRDEXOENhnh1s2kARhZLyMl/w640-h360/50041621561_8546cb9ebf_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers from the Fort Gordon-based 1148th Transportation Company provide support to a Fulton County COVID-19 <br />testing site warehouse in Alpharetta, Ga. on June 24, 2020. Georgia Guardsmen assist in the warehouse by loading and organizing the personal <br />protective equipment to be distributed to various locations throughout Fulton County. Photo by Spc. Tori Miller.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Units and personnel of the 78</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Troop Command played key roles during Georgia’s coordinated response to the
COVID-19 pandemic with units supporting food bank and distribution operations,
assisting the Department of Public Health and staffing infection control teams
and rapid testing teams.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p>The 78th Troop Command continues to support overseas training missions. Soldiers have mobilized to the Country of Georgia for multiple iterations of Exercise Noble Partner and Agile Spirit while Soldiers of the 124th MPAD have documented missions in Korea and Morocco. </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SsHDlE-oNM4q72D2TmWRMyu_7GZRE4Tzh-6MLV97fFJYMuZlOmmLBnnBDquLhwN-DVf7UI7wE2sfbgZdD4-0Qdf9O4SpZpdzEm9zKB5ARDVxS_1q8Tbt6T7Ev05AdWSyL2hIW_bbR9eWmMQEvzfOYLaI4tv0utuTUNXQkn5_IQggayPgpxOxsgtb/s2048/51469826719_348ce021fa_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SsHDlE-oNM4q72D2TmWRMyu_7GZRE4Tzh-6MLV97fFJYMuZlOmmLBnnBDquLhwN-DVf7UI7wE2sfbgZdD4-0Qdf9O4SpZpdzEm9zKB5ARDVxS_1q8Tbt6T7Ev05AdWSyL2hIW_bbR9eWmMQEvzfOYLaI4tv0utuTUNXQkn5_IQggayPgpxOxsgtb/w640-h426/51469826719_348ce021fa_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeron Walker of the 124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Georgia Army National Guard, conducts an interview with<br /> Spc. Michael Brannon of the 148th Brigade Support Battalion in Tantan, Morocco on June 8, 2021. Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Nathan Smith.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;">
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144-82<o:p></o:p></p>
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NGR 670-5 May 28, 1970.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Robert Whistine. “What’s This CAC Thing?” <i>The Georgia Guardsman. </i>April
30, 1979, 13.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1980, </i>14.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> OA
144-82.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div id="ftn6" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1982, </i>18.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn7" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1982, </i>21.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<div id="ftn8" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1983, </i>5.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<div id="ftn9" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1984, </i>5.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<div id="ftn10" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref10" name="_ftn10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1985, </i>3.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<div id="ftn11" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref11" name="_ftn11" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn11;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1986. </i>4.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<div id="ftn12" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref12" name="_ftn12" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn12;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1987, </i>2-3.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref13" name="_ftn13" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn13;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1988, 3</i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref14" name="_ftn14" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn14;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1989. </i>2.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref15" name="_ftn15" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn15;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[15]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Kenneth Davis. “After the Storm.” <i>Georgia Guardsman Magazine Fall 1991, </i>1-6.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref16" name="_ftn16" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn16;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[16]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1993, </i>6.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref17" name="_ftn17" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn17;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[17]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1994, </i>7.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref18" name="_ftn18" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn18;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[18]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1997, </i>14.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<div id="ftn19" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref19" name="_ftn19" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn19;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[19]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1998, </i>7.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn20" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref20" name="_ftn20" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn20;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[20]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 1999, </i>9-10.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn21" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref21" name="_ftn21" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn21;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[21]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 2004. </i>13.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn22" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref22" name="_ftn22" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn22;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[22]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 2006, </i>6.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn23" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref23" name="_ftn23" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn23;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[23]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 2010, </i>12.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn24" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref24" name="_ftn24" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn24;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[24]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
OA 215-11<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn25" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref25" name="_ftn25" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn25;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[25]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 2013, </i>17.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn26" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref26" name="_ftn26" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn26;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[26]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 2013, </i>17.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn27" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref27" name="_ftn27" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn27;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[27]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 2014, </i>20.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn28" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref28" name="_ftn28" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn28;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[28]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 2015, </i>20.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn29" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref29" name="_ftn29" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn29;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[29]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 2016, </i>19.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn30" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref30" name="_ftn30" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn30;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[30]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 2017, </i>19.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref31" name="_ftn31" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn31;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[31]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 2018, </i>19.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn32" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/092522%20Backup/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/October/1001/78th%20TC%20History.docx#_ftnref32" name="_ftn32" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn32;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[32]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>Annual
Report of the Georgia Department of Defense 2019, </i>18.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-83884343264286469122023-09-08T12:50:00.001-07:002023-09-08T12:55:27.086-07:00The Georgia National Guard Response to Hurricane Dora, September 1964<p class="MsoNormal">By Maj. William Carraway</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Historian, Georgia Army National Guard<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63ATaYm4K57yWgo5MxFJGSdlN4hM15TVoQyGN91pg9EH4qXMOEVmnp83bdUvGS7INSnbEJfCiIWTDwMzUvObnww17ADTQZscmlnHxi0OGJ-rZpUvoOUEtdZs559CP_J0wAjTWn94Mbsd0A5tXyjLo-05ewiDMsRf59J_GCbQvrdCXwIIhflx-KJKze_4/s4229/Dora%20Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1961" data-original-width="4229" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63ATaYm4K57yWgo5MxFJGSdlN4hM15TVoQyGN91pg9EH4qXMOEVmnp83bdUvGS7INSnbEJfCiIWTDwMzUvObnww17ADTQZscmlnHxi0OGJ-rZpUvoOUEtdZs559CP_J0wAjTWn94Mbsd0A5tXyjLo-05ewiDMsRf59J_GCbQvrdCXwIIhflx-KJKze_4/w640-h296/Dora%20Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collage: Left: Storm total rainfall map of Hurricane Dora during September 1964. David Roth, Weather Prediction Center, Camp Springs, Maryland Right: <br />Base Operations at Travis Field, Savannah, Ga. Nearly 70 families sought shelter from Hurricane Dora at the 165th Air Transport Group Headquarters. <br />Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Introduction:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On September
10, 1964, Hurricane Dora made landfall just north of St. Augustine Florida
drenching South Georgia with rain. The Georgia National Guard response to
Hurricane Dora in 1964 provides insight into how the Georgia Department of
Defense approaches hurricane response operations in the 21<sup>st</sup>
Century. Just days after the Georgia National Guard prepared for possible
response missions to Hurricane Idalia, Hurricane Lee is brewing in the
Atlantic. While the Ga. DoD of 2023 has the advantages of satellite coverage,
internet and cellular phone communications, a review of the actions in 1964
demonstrate that many of the key response tasks of the Georgia National Guard
have not materially changed since 1964. During recent hurricane responses such
as Irma, Matthew and Michael, Georgia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have
deployed on debris clearance missions, staffed points of distribution,
retrograded aviation assets and provided power generation capabilities to civil
authorities as they did in the wake of Hurricane Dora in 1964. The Georgia
National Guard has managed these domestic response missions with Soldiers and Airmen
mobilized across the globe in support of geographic combatant commands. While
technology may have changed, the fundamental role of leadership and mission
command in domestic response operations has not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Dora’s
Approach<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On September
1, 1964, reconnaissance aircraft investigating a tropical depression in the
Caribbean discovered a growing tropical storm. The next day, the storm reached
hurricane strength and was designated Hurricane Dora.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0908/090820/Hurricane%20Dora%20Response%202023%20update.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWISjSxxVD1pYW5h3-9R-xrgbskrqSp3cDTr8bJCylUiTwmh6Yruw-DvXsmkJNv8W72Fkf2F6DKTEcemCHCjF9vM_eEde_xhCKlSKqCp4omrm4eY_gH_3yMCjbXvPgMBHDUebDrb7O3HIVdQnv9aWiVzT6zeIQ8SXmqVwjpWo2L4zIjTtpYPNJiLjE8M/s3600/PICT0542.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="3600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWISjSxxVD1pYW5h3-9R-xrgbskrqSp3cDTr8bJCylUiTwmh6Yruw-DvXsmkJNv8W72Fkf2F6DKTEcemCHCjF9vM_eEde_xhCKlSKqCp4omrm4eY_gH_3yMCjbXvPgMBHDUebDrb7O3HIVdQnv9aWiVzT6zeIQ8SXmqVwjpWo2L4zIjTtpYPNJiLjE8M/w640-h426/PICT0542.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Civil Defense Division Situation Board at the Ga. DoD Headquarters, Atlanta. Georgia Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Civil
Defense Division, Forerunner of GEMA</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Meanwhile,
at the Georgia National Guard Headquarters in Atlanta, Maj. Gen George Hearn,
Georgia’s Adjutant General, monitored the storm’s approach and discussed
courses of action with his civil defense directors. In 1964, the Ga. Department
of Defense was comprised of two divisions – the military division with the Georgia
Army and Air National Guard, and a civil defense division. The Georgia Civil
Defense Division was established through the Civil Defense Act of 1951 with the
primary responsibility of preparing for the possibility of nuclear attack.
Gradually, the role of the state civil defense divisions broadened to include
other domestic emergencies, notably, hurricane response. In November 1978, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency was established through the merger of
several federal agencies that had a roll in emergency response. Accordingly, On
July 1, 1981, Georgia’s Defense Division was redesignated the Georgia Emergency
Management Agency.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0908/090820/Hurricane%20Dora%20Response%202023%20update.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgijaW7yKL1PjJdwyEamYWKIq-VjHYjU96I6FXPzfolWx27R4uo2HDezzluLmUO_6KgNcf-Nxylkp_IoIJoClmwnCpGhGKCuRG6BaFMJXzYkRsCDN_Oi_sx_kU5rFgvFK5yJNHz5KgYN-_L4oyHaT79v6wczfC0iij9ESivQT-j5TeLerfpX2UQHPS8Dk/s2861/23819270415_748c51d8b6_o.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1909" data-original-width="2861" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgijaW7yKL1PjJdwyEamYWKIq-VjHYjU96I6FXPzfolWx27R4uo2HDezzluLmUO_6KgNcf-Nxylkp_IoIJoClmwnCpGhGKCuRG6BaFMJXzYkRsCDN_Oi_sx_kU5rFgvFK5yJNHz5KgYN-_L4oyHaT79v6wczfC0iij9ESivQT-j5TeLerfpX2UQHPS8Dk/w640-h428/23819270415_748c51d8b6_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C-97 Stratofreighters of the Georgia Air National Guard's 165th ATG on the runway at Travis Field. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Georgia DoD Response</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">As the days
ticked away through the first week of September and impact to Savannah appeared
increasingly likely, Hearn ordered the 165<sup>th</sup> Air Transport Group to
begin assisting civil authorities with evacuation of hospital patients and long
term care facilities in the Chatham County area. On September 8, the 165<sup>th</sup>
ATG began transporting patients with Air National Guard jeeps and buses. That
same day, the 165<sup>th</sup> ATG dispatched its inventory of C-97
Stratofreighters to Nashville to wait out the approaching hurricane. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8mRXqn79-hXtLIfAmkoX6NiPePvoZUnQLFfVgl4_KLPqLx3idzwTVrwMQyVUqxT6hGECoG3sV9V5nYnlpTrFfvpqg1JJOXigTyvjwU5pSE39YsjOj7PW5W9bIA73TbtLhpO_tt78SNAkhAIYRTK_i9ei_gwfhet_Xtc61n2otIbpXQb0qc3K4O5Xx60/s5616/Ridley002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4459" data-original-width="5616" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8mRXqn79-hXtLIfAmkoX6NiPePvoZUnQLFfVgl4_KLPqLx3idzwTVrwMQyVUqxT6hGECoG3sV9V5nYnlpTrFfvpqg1JJOXigTyvjwU5pSE39YsjOj7PW5W9bIA73TbtLhpO_tt78SNAkhAIYRTK_i9ei_gwfhet_Xtc61n2otIbpXQb0qc3K4O5Xx60/w640-h508/Ridley002.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colonel Bill Kelly, Base Detachment Commander, Travis Air Field (second from left) with C-97 Stratofreighter. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">By September
9, Hearn had directed Col. Bill Kelly, base detachment commander at Travis
Field, to be prepared to set up field kitchens to provide food services
following hurricane impact. Kelly also dispatched Ga. ANG generators to vital
infrastructure locations including police, fire and medical facilities. Nearly
70 families of service members living at Travis Field were housed at the
headquarters of the 165<sup>th</sup> ATG. Among those seeking shelter were
three expecting mothers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9n5R5Evr_vxDVUt2UY3s-na0g0RZBMQy3B4zktIDWTzjTii0CjX_1wI7nftdNs9adOuZ0fyvXfKh1K0PuiSvg6vQY71f00iw4m8bNwoCnt6NvS30I-rgSEHC-hbO6HfTLqagkZgfwn-1cWz2jo31YDUVbiPqyfSHvUhBs4auI_Ibr56NbcO2WjkUkQw/s476/evacuees.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="476" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9n5R5Evr_vxDVUt2UY3s-na0g0RZBMQy3B4zktIDWTzjTii0CjX_1wI7nftdNs9adOuZ0fyvXfKh1K0PuiSvg6vQY71f00iw4m8bNwoCnt6NvS30I-rgSEHC-hbO6HfTLqagkZgfwn-1cWz2jo31YDUVbiPqyfSHvUhBs4auI_Ibr56NbcO2WjkUkQw/w640-h408/evacuees.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Families take shelter at the headquarters of the Georgia Air National Guard's 165th ATG. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The next
day, Dora reached Category 2 strength while its track had leveled westward thus
sparing Travis Field a direct impact.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0908/090820/Hurricane%20Dora%20Response%202023%20update.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span></span></a>
Just after midnight on September 10, the eye of Hurricane Dora made landfall
north of St. Augustine Florida, approximately 120 miles south of Brunswick, Ga.
That day, nearly 80 Soldiers of the Brunswick-based 3rd Battalion 118th Field
Artillery were activated by Georgia’s governor to assist city and county police
in navigating debris-strewn roads. Brunswick’s streets were flooded to a depth
of three feet while trees and powerlines were down throughout the region.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0908/090820/Hurricane%20Dora%20Response%202023%20update.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span></span></a>
Guardsmen throughout the impact area were also stationed at businesses to
prevent looting. Meanwhile, the Georgia Air National Guard’s 224th</span> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Radio Relay Squadron on St. Simons
Island dispatched emergency power generators to Brunswick and St. Marys, Ga. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBy4NSIYQLcNGqf4esV61quHwODHV1lHf5As8-9S5T6ugn9IwUPnEyEwuTZx_Jw1IUli0YpPS-G6UNjMONa-zLQHgJAmSVuoFi3sKAZo-1mnew-dB1i9KwXPWV5Y_lAZwkD85UmmtdtP62Hh3rrG-MzAMpFLSE1nZXqk6b75gu13RPAEcwDV21PuKckY/s4659/224th.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3617" data-original-width="4659" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBy4NSIYQLcNGqf4esV61quHwODHV1lHf5As8-9S5T6ugn9IwUPnEyEwuTZx_Jw1IUli0YpPS-G6UNjMONa-zLQHgJAmSVuoFi3sKAZo-1mnew-dB1i9KwXPWV5Y_lAZwkD85UmmtdtP62Hh3rrG-MzAMpFLSE1nZXqk6b75gu13RPAEcwDV21PuKckY/w640-h496/224th.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Airmen of the St. Simon's Island-based 224th Radio Relay Squadron prepare to set up an antenna during a unit training assembly in April 1957. <br />They are, left to right: Airmen Peyton M. Harrison, Harris T. Mincher, William H. Reynolds, Hershel C. Buchan and Johhny M. Mullins. The 224th was <br />redesignated the 224th Mobile Communications Squadron March 16, 1961 and provided emergency backup power generators during the response to <br />Hurricane Dora in 1964. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After moving
westward and downgrading to a tropical storm, Dora tracked north at the Georgia,
Alabama border and began a northeasterly transit of Georgia passing between
Savannah and Augusta and dropping from five to ten inches of rain across
southeast Georgia.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0908/090820/Hurricane%20Dora%20Response%202023%20update.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Dora dissipated over the Atlantic but not before causing upwards of 250 million
dollars in damage in Florida and Georgia.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0908/090820/Hurricane%20Dora%20Response%202023%20update.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRyHbLvyNmRLC53bDDI8Xc9fYXwcAbF1MJALDLvtPpL7BfmyggW5JnXqjgZ_q_PWIJM0WNG6D-F8NKqd0MI2GtADwnBPiqmOUP90F-4KyURmZ_avnYUxTom_9NEziqpqiZF1cnZ5cpYT8lwf2RA6INWV_vOLlVssIydArSSSZBH2_HtQhFZm04n_JVcQ/s747/dora1964trk%20NOAA.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="747" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRyHbLvyNmRLC53bDDI8Xc9fYXwcAbF1MJALDLvtPpL7BfmyggW5JnXqjgZ_q_PWIJM0WNG6D-F8NKqd0MI2GtADwnBPiqmOUP90F-4KyURmZ_avnYUxTom_9NEziqpqiZF1cnZ5cpYT8lwf2RA6INWV_vOLlVssIydArSSSZBH2_HtQhFZm04n_JVcQ/w640-h502/dora1964trk%20NOAA.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1964 Tracking map of Hurricane Dora. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Aftermath<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Governor
Carl Sanders, speaking to the National Guard Association of Georgia annual
convention in Augusta September 12, 1964 praised the work of the Georgia
National Guard and its adjutant general.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">"It is
fitting that I take this opportune moment to extend the gratitude of all Georgians
to our most capable Adjutant General, George J. Hearn, who sprang immediately
into action at the first sign of this recent crisis to provide the guidance and
to exercise unified control over the civil defense activities within our State.
This essential coordination and clear-thinking once again turned a time of
crisis into a time of victory.”<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0908/090820/Hurricane%20Dora%20Response%202023%20update.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p>
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“Hurricane Dora Calmed by Georgia Guardsmen<i>.” Georgia Guardsman Magazine</i>.
September 1964, 12.<o:p></o:p></p>
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“Civil Defense Changes Name to GEMA.” <i>Georgia Guardsman Magazine</i>,
March/April 1981, 16.<o:p></o:p></p>
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and Atmospheric Administration. </a>https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/dora1964.html.<o:p></o:p></p>
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S. Carter. <i>Preliminary Report on Hurricane Dora</i>. United States Weather
Bureau (Report). Athens, Georgia. Sept. 11, 1964, 1.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Center, Camp Springs, Maryland </a>- WPC tropical cyclone rainfall data, Public
Domain. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Gordon E; Staff (March 1, 1965). "The hurricane season of 1964"
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-63209998217268679692023-09-01T11:06:00.002-07:002023-09-01T11:06:51.706-07:00The 265th Chemical Battalion<p>By Maj. William Carraway</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Historian, Georgia National Guard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1cBTsHG9PSD6kAyu42T-OtQapFipYX4FMWU8QM6PnuXsoEE_x9wsj4dIBkm5ImhlCEIEV7GvhZ1k4wsTPt0TWsmhkqWko9s2_UZScab-csEx2w-fYQ2MI-6dgucgQ0vKtKO4tkxvlw4q2STGH8C3UP2QX1PWnW9UUMrofb1IksBNlVqq20-KOp9qZr8/s1291/265th%20BN%20Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1291" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1cBTsHG9PSD6kAyu42T-OtQapFipYX4FMWU8QM6PnuXsoEE_x9wsj4dIBkm5ImhlCEIEV7GvhZ1k4wsTPt0TWsmhkqWko9s2_UZScab-csEx2w-fYQ2MI-6dgucgQ0vKtKO4tkxvlw4q2STGH8C3UP2QX1PWnW9UUMrofb1IksBNlVqq20-KOp9qZr8/w640-h318/265th%20BN%20Photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldiers of the 265th Chemical Battalion at Fort Stewart, Ga. following annual training in April 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The organization
of Headquarters Company of the 265th Chemical Battalion began in August 2018
with the unit based on Dobbins Air Force Reserve Base.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The Army federally recognized the unit September 1, 2020.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In addition
to a headquarters element, the 265th has six attached units which provide the
265th with unique mission sets and capabilities for its state and federal
mission. Among these units, many of whom served under Joint Task Force 781, are
the Marietta-based 138th Chemical Company and 248th Medical Company. The remaining
units are strategically located across the state with the 202nd Ordnance Company
in Waynesboro, the Swainsboro-based 810th Engineer Company, and the 1177th and
1160th Transportation Companies based in LaGrange and Rome respectively. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxU5gBqs9gx493883zJe-dAhui_LZdlqa0dxrm-ISEGcwulMeYBewArdscfslIBVXR_Erlnp7pG87eqEiSnysme3v19j2-aSgdyfR2K5XMDh0Zs721brTBfgL3_WJSUFHjc632G4Mu8c-OujMQuWmA5jChYGLvZ1a0P2frm1dYUbwWU82IX9aV5tchHqg/s960/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="960" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxU5gBqs9gx493883zJe-dAhui_LZdlqa0dxrm-ISEGcwulMeYBewArdscfslIBVXR_Erlnp7pG87eqEiSnysme3v19j2-aSgdyfR2K5XMDh0Zs721brTBfgL3_WJSUFHjc632G4Mu8c-OujMQuWmA5jChYGLvZ1a0P2frm1dYUbwWU82IX9aV5tchHqg/w640-h352/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldiers of the 265th Chemical Battalion participate in a chemical response exercise in the Country of Argentina as part of the Georgia National Guard’s <br />state partnership program December 9, 2021. Photo courtesy of Maj. Stephen Pritchard.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">While
relatively new as a battalion structure, the subordinate units of the 265th
Chemical Battalion have a long and diverse history. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwLy8csIFfrXDyLvENOWMcV8l7FCrhId589sLXd4l_ykU9kytyA_imFJGDaESPkvgIzc2yOBQK4NhghN86ykN8tBrBk0l51jGBrVerAEKuiwsktejcEG0e7gVZ_TT_ZTs2ZzimxLxDE_qjTWxsrpvxgaXc65P-QrLco5kO-fulBs7H6Vz5f1y98rbzvI/s4540/810th%20Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="4540" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwLy8csIFfrXDyLvENOWMcV8l7FCrhId589sLXd4l_ykU9kytyA_imFJGDaESPkvgIzc2yOBQK4NhghN86ykN8tBrBk0l51jGBrVerAEKuiwsktejcEG0e7gVZ_TT_ZTs2ZzimxLxDE_qjTWxsrpvxgaXc65P-QrLco5kO-fulBs7H6Vz5f1y98rbzvI/w640-h238/810th%20Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 810th Engineer Company at home and overseas. Left: Soldiers encamped in the remote Vaziani Training Area of the Country of Georgia to conduct <br />combat engineer training with a Georgian engineer company during Exercise Noble Partner 2017. Right: Soldiers assess and clear debris from a simulated <br />collapsed building site in Georgetown, S.C., March 8, 2015, during Exercise Vigilant. Photos by Capt. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The 810th
Engineer Company was organized and federally recognized December 18, 1947 in
Swainsboro, Ga. as Battery C, 101st Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Over the decades, the unit has served as an antiaircraft artillery, infantry
and engineer company. Throughout its history, the 810th has mobilized overseas
to Iraq and Afghanistan and provided crucial response capabilities for domestic
emergencies such as Hurricane Matthew in 2016. In 2017, Engineers of the 810th
mobilized to the country of Georgia for exercise Noble Partner.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsYG07TJcFWtr9NSQ4mcsp5C0dWZUZaKBMBIgDotdOthX_XXRQXi__GCUN-3_NxjBAAaZLXuViJKKSLD-FMgxFiY8DkFP3gt3N0ve7wi92P1OZmMH6OZmIS16DG71a-zJ2zDRPiGYU2A9S4CoVBWyyUCSBh0n6DOv77Ia42O5JU316Dz1SpRWJBpZ22g/s6066/51125344292_981258e53e_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4358" data-original-width="6066" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsYG07TJcFWtr9NSQ4mcsp5C0dWZUZaKBMBIgDotdOthX_XXRQXi__GCUN-3_NxjBAAaZLXuViJKKSLD-FMgxFiY8DkFP3gt3N0ve7wi92P1OZmMH6OZmIS16DG71a-zJ2zDRPiGYU2A9S4CoVBWyyUCSBh0n6DOv77Ia42O5JU316Dz1SpRWJBpZ22g/w640-h460/51125344292_981258e53e_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Specialist Airyana Khaiphanliane, a motor transport operator with the LaGrange-based 1177th Transportation Company receives a visitor at a mass <br />vaccination site in Savannah, Georgia April 13, 2021. Photo by Capt. Bryant Wine.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The 1177th
Transportation Company was organized and federally recognized April 27, 1948 in
LaGrange, Ga. as the 48th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element
of the 48th Infantry Division.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
In addition to its original reconnaissance mission, the unit served for a time
as an engineer unit before receiving its current designation as the 1177th
Transportation Company in 1996.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Troops and trucks of the 1177<sup>th</sup> TC participated in Exercise Golden
Cargo in May and June 1999. The 1177<sup>th</sup> TC was ordered into active federal
service January 30, 2003 in support of Operation Noble Eagle. In 2011, the 1177<sup>th</sup>
TC was again ordered into federal service in support of Operation New Dawn. The
unit deployed to Qatar in October 2010, and returned in November the following
year.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwGFblfkuvYe9zlfP6Hx8b2u3FMboqyhYNLFIh7dNY1xlNGopZMJ77BTmahwdpK9d0T-wabGG37y1qv80L1SliPOusFIocY_biMGpkNMcwlgsPGl_CE6k4oHmnZkWuVLKI2vSxcz3sXT0uwm-lCSY05XWiWyovEFaRtNV4noyKZCeRY1L8Oo6bvbRxoE/s5117/248th%20collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1813" data-original-width="5117" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwGFblfkuvYe9zlfP6Hx8b2u3FMboqyhYNLFIh7dNY1xlNGopZMJ77BTmahwdpK9d0T-wabGG37y1qv80L1SliPOusFIocY_biMGpkNMcwlgsPGl_CE6k4oHmnZkWuVLKI2vSxcz3sXT0uwm-lCSY05XWiWyovEFaRtNV4noyKZCeRY1L8Oo6bvbRxoE/w640-h226/248th%20collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: Specialist Sally Farnham, a combat medic for the search and extraction team, 248th Medical Company, during a decontamination exercise September <br />12, 2012. Georgia National Guard Archives. Right: Private 1st Class Loran Jones, a combat medic with the Marietta-based 248th Medical Company updates <br />patient medical records at Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center in Atlanta, Ga. May 12, 2020. Photo by Pfc. Isaiah Matthews.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Federally
recognized in 1977, the 248th Medical Company has deployed multiple times to
Iraq and the Sinai, most recently in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in
2020. Personnel of the 248th Medical Company provided crucial support to
hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapal7znXlCrzelBUsNvq3O9gS7IWJODJmmaJurKpufLcb5yUhC7wpWfX14FmwbWB7_KudcHiipUdUM1f82EZqee9cf28L2tOszYuT99bjRn_X_0Jxv7-0_IGBqOIufTdv8s3zdK8GKzBk2mE5o2BuYu-0SRO0-0QDXs4Uu8XgbncW-9XFtlvRV7GrJMM/s4252/202nd%20collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1866" data-original-width="4252" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapal7znXlCrzelBUsNvq3O9gS7IWJODJmmaJurKpufLcb5yUhC7wpWfX14FmwbWB7_KudcHiipUdUM1f82EZqee9cf28L2tOszYuT99bjRn_X_0Jxv7-0_IGBqOIufTdv8s3zdK8GKzBk2mE5o2BuYu-0SRO0-0QDXs4Uu8XgbncW-9XFtlvRV7GrJMM/w640-h280/202nd%20collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., June 28, 2014 - A Soldier of the 202nd Ordnance Company, reels out detonation cord during an exercise scenario at <br />Ravens Challenge VIII. Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Perry. Right: Soldiers of the 202nd Ordnance Company are recognized as the 2019 Top Overall Team at <br />the Annual Andrew Sullens Marksmanship Competition at Fort Stewart, Ga. March 15, 2019. Photo by Spc. Tori Miller.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With a 2012 Afghanistan
deployment and 2021 mobilization in support of Operation Spartan Shield, The
202nd Ordnance Company is also well traveled. Federally recognized in 1987 and
based in Waynesboro, the 202nd conducted an overseas training mission in Panama
in 1999 and mobilized in 2002 as part of Operation Noble Eagle.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
In addition to maintaining proficiency in their core mission tasks, Soldiers of
the 202nd were recognized for marksmanship, capturing first place in the team
category of the 2019 Andrew Sullens Marksmanship Competition.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZ_21PfDYSNtqkbUTJLzLAmer-P8YGx32UnGr7-7lyu9jQqgGAgs9Z7FIr_fOIdBZxLaNsaHdy1_RFxBgqXe-v1QBYHbeF5k7aKvqMvBjJ36BCKULBqc6IFJomNEk-4ZNMZJyM2h6ga0IWVPsL3ObRzC2KO2NKsK3xYwYiDlliQFEJnGy_Aqe4XmB-Hs/s4978/138th%20Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="4978" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZ_21PfDYSNtqkbUTJLzLAmer-P8YGx32UnGr7-7lyu9jQqgGAgs9Z7FIr_fOIdBZxLaNsaHdy1_RFxBgqXe-v1QBYHbeF5k7aKvqMvBjJ36BCKULBqc6IFJomNEk-4ZNMZJyM2h6ga0IWVPsL3ObRzC2KO2NKsK3xYwYiDlliQFEJnGy_Aqe4XmB-Hs/w640-h172/138th%20Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: The Sibert Award. Right: The 138th Chemical Company cases its guidon May 22, 2022 at Camp Humphreys signifying a successful finish to their <br />deployment to the Republic of Korea. Photo courtesy of the 138th Chemical Company.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The 138th
Chemical Company provides chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear
surveillance and decontamination for the 265th Chemical Battalion. Authorized
September 1, 2006 in Decatur, Ga., the unit relocated to Kennesaw where it was
federally recognized January 18, 2008.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"> <a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></span>,
<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn11;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
In 2014, the 138th was established in its present location on Dobbins ARB.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn12;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Later that year, the138th received the Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert Award which
recognizes the best Chemical Company in the National Guard.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn13;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Members of the 138th played a prominent role during Georgia’s coordinated
response to the COVID-19 pandemic with Soldiers staffing the first infection
control team. From this initial team’s experience, ICTs composed of units from
across the state disinfected nearly 2,500 facilities and exported the training protocols
to other states. Soldiers of the 138th were also among the first Georgia
Guardsmen mobilized to protect public safety in Atlanta following civil unrest
in May 2020.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn14;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> The
unit deployed to Korea in July 2021 and returned from overseas duty in May
2022. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ha43qEauDKMQcDD46TfLLOsBPRwY5qFwwN60abob0fIgJDBkERSiFWZHtHGxcp1vGyYvzdSzbscjnhJaYOeaqryLPIKpZOlOP6CESG4m9fpXOtnm1ovacciV6sK__45lj2f2H0CbUJ8ZBS_8u7k3R4ifxFvOAJwfDG5Y0Mgy0LFspjfoLjM-grkO5oc/s3040/1160th%20TC%20Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="3040" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ha43qEauDKMQcDD46TfLLOsBPRwY5qFwwN60abob0fIgJDBkERSiFWZHtHGxcp1vGyYvzdSzbscjnhJaYOeaqryLPIKpZOlOP6CESG4m9fpXOtnm1ovacciV6sK__45lj2f2H0CbUJ8ZBS_8u7k3R4ifxFvOAJwfDG5Y0Mgy0LFspjfoLjM-grkO5oc/w640-h260/1160th%20TC%20Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: Guidon of the 1160th Transportation Company. Right: Private 1st Class Elijah West and Spc. Keithan Jones provide a class on the Enhanced <br />Container Handling Unit to Soldiers of the 1160th TC during annual training at Fort Stewart, Ga. April 4, 2022. Photo courtesy of the 1160th TC.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Federally
recognized in 2012 and based in Rome, Ga., the 1160th Transportation Company is
perennially in high demand for its response capabilities following natural
disasters. Additionally, the 1160th has supported military training missions,
notably at the Joint Readiness Training Center in 2019. Soldiers of the 1160th
also supported Georgia’s COVID-19 response with logistics support and staffing
and healthcare facilities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;">
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National Guard, <i>Permanent Order 242-001, </i>Marietta, Georgia, August 30,
2018.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
National Guard Bureau, <i>Organizational Authority 180-20, </i>Washington DC,
September 20, 2020.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Department
of the Army, <i>AGAO-I 325</i>, Washington DC January 23, 1951.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> William
Carraway, “Operation Noble Partner,” <i>Georgia Guardsman Magazine,</i> 3rd
Quarter 2017, 9.<i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> U.S.
Army Center of Military History, <i>Lineage and Honors,</i> <i>1177th
Transportation Company,</i> Washington DC.<i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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Guard Bureau, <i>Organizational Authority 57-96</i>, Washington DC, April 2,
1996.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Alert
Order 1A-10-244-001 (A1<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> “EOD
is an Explosive Business,” <i>Georgia Guardsman, </i>Summer 1999, 8.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Tori Miller, “Andrew Sullens Marksmanship Competition 2019,” <i>Georgia
Guardsman, </i>Q1 2019, 6-7.<o:p></o:p></p>
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National Guard Bureau, <i>OA 128-04</i>, Washington DC, June 9, 2004.<i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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National Guard Bureau, <i>OA 59-08,</i> Washington DC, April 3, 2008.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftnref12" name="_ftn12" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn12;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
National Guard Bureau, <i>OA 232-14,</i> Washington DC, April 29, 2014.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftnref13" name="_ftn13" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn13;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Will
Cox. “138th Chemical Company Receives Sibert Award,” <i>The Georgia Guardsman, </i>July
2014, 10.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/September/0901/265th%20Chem%20BN.docx#_ftnref14" name="_ftn14" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn14;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
William Carraway, “The Georgia National Guard’s 138th Chemical Company: A Brief
History,” Georgianationalguardhistory.com January 18, 2022, http://www.georgiaguardhistory.com/2022/01/the-georgia-national-guards-138th.html<o:p></o:p></p>
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-21714255153792561712023-08-09T13:39:00.000-07:002023-08-09T13:39:17.698-07:00 The Berlin Crisis: Georgia Guard Signalmen Mobilized by President Kennedy<p><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">By Maj. William Carraway, historian, Georgia National
Guard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dFg6JAjXC_946n_DcYZ5b7yW0L0JcbssA4E-t4v2HdnIWdyJBzwf2SG3NtJLuUV12XXZ2UvVKPJlmGL8XLn_KPXt-L48nF1CkBjy6u4xR0RCB5KgAz5DjqVY6it560ZKc66oTkfFF83NKBb3XScgqYoVhx1wvobm8sKpr2upRTUzUbuYUGYhcUwYWlg/s4400/Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="4400" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dFg6JAjXC_946n_DcYZ5b7yW0L0JcbssA4E-t4v2HdnIWdyJBzwf2SG3NtJLuUV12XXZ2UvVKPJlmGL8XLn_KPXt-L48nF1CkBjy6u4xR0RCB5KgAz5DjqVY6it560ZKc66oTkfFF83NKBb3XScgqYoVhx1wvobm8sKpr2upRTUzUbuYUGYhcUwYWlg/w640-h360/Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: FORT MEADE, Md., March, 1962 – Specialist 4 Russell Terry and Pvt. Jerry Blanton of the 111th Signal Battalion operated a SB-22 Switchboard <br />as part of their active duty training during the Berlin Crisis. Photo by 111th Signal Battalion. Image courtesy of National Guard Educational Foundation, <br />Washington, D.C. Right: BUSH FIELD, Augusta, Ga., August 9, 1962 - Capt. Buddy Ouzts, commander of the Sandersville-based Company A, <br />111th Signal Battalion receives a citation from Maj. Gen. George Hearn, Georgia's Adjutant General upon the return of the 111th Signal Battalion <br />from active duty. <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Georgia Army National Guard of 2023 is a veteran organization
with more than 200 mobilizations involving nearly 21,000 Soldiers over two
decades of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Members of the Georgia Army and Air
National Guard are presently deployed in support of operations in six
geographic combat commands spanning the globe from the Pacific to Europe and
Africa. The Guard has served as a seamless operational force for so long that
it is easy to forget that this has not always been the case. Despite major
combat deployments in the World Wars and mobilization of Air National Guard
units to Korea, by the 1960s, the number of Georgia Guardsmen who had
experienced a combat rotation or domestic mobilization was dwindling. That all
changed with the Berlin Crisis of 1961.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOGHtbDgzhe7mBf9TdxbimUMhB38ubra6NUMKTdPtxFZGPJKur38Y3cGjgffbn1sUoEnPie7KapAtJ4TEnEPLmBdq_bakY6G_g9S_wPtSW20_mY3xQOWLPEh1wnuWd4Jk_XlnAOXrsCDxLEoN0dwTaq-7rNAYm6v91JB9FbQlOy9Br3G--kuvysyNGns/s2850/21958886466_ee288edc25_3k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2276" data-original-width="2850" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOGHtbDgzhe7mBf9TdxbimUMhB38ubra6NUMKTdPtxFZGPJKur38Y3cGjgffbn1sUoEnPie7KapAtJ4TEnEPLmBdq_bakY6G_g9S_wPtSW20_mY3xQOWLPEh1wnuWd4Jk_XlnAOXrsCDxLEoN0dwTaq-7rNAYm6v91JB9FbQlOy9Br3G--kuvysyNGns/w640-h512/21958886466_ee288edc25_3k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before the Mobilization: The Waynesboro-based Company B, 111th Signal Battalion becomes the first Georgia National Guard unit to receive a live <br />telecast during training November 30, 1959. Major General George Hearn, Georgia's Adjutant General, and Brig. Gen. David P. Gibbs, commanding general <br />of the Signal Training Center conducted the telecast from Fort Gordon.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Berlin Call
Up, 1961<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 1961, Germany remained divided into two countries
administered by the four victorious war powers. The German Democratic Republic,
or East Germany was established in 1949 from land largely occupied by the
Soviet Army at the conclusion of World War II. Berlin, the former capital of
Germany, lay entirely within East German and was administered jointly by the
United Kingdom, France, The United States of America and the Soviet Union.
Beginning in the late 1950s, the Berlin Zone became the source of increasing
agitation between the Soviet block and the West as millions of eastern European
refugees took advantage of the considerably more lenient immigration standards
in Berlin to escape west. Desperate meetings between U.S. President Dwight
Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev in 1958 and 1959 convinced both
parties that Berlin resolution was possible and the two nations agreed to meet
in Paris in May 1960 for further talks. But events would push the nations
toward even greater crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On May 1, 1960, A U2 aircraft piloted by Captain Frances
Powers of the Central Intelligence Agency was shot down more than 1,000 miles
inside Soviet airspace by a Soviet surface to air missile. A Soviet MiG 19 was
also shot down by the same missile battery. As a result, the May summit did not
materialize between the Four Powers. Eisenhower and Khruschev walked out of the
proceedings on the first day and little was accomplished beyond entrenching
positions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqNxHx84jIVUQlzaJ1yiHdeSEU_t49MnBjUYK124PtMl9uXS_B_mNPwLIUASoFjY4R9TsQQz2F3H62mdYGCnW4_57DNPJmV2Gd_jP6mjZ_U3xmKV3etmQ6wWHXztdoNMaNblRVL0n_bb9sS-EcUFrXC2MhB9iqBppkFiywX1Mu5MwxA3CTAQbyXjvvlQ/s5758/Elberton025%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4620" data-original-width="5758" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqNxHx84jIVUQlzaJ1yiHdeSEU_t49MnBjUYK124PtMl9uXS_B_mNPwLIUASoFjY4R9TsQQz2F3H62mdYGCnW4_57DNPJmV2Gd_jP6mjZ_U3xmKV3etmQ6wWHXztdoNMaNblRVL0n_bb9sS-EcUFrXC2MhB9iqBppkFiywX1Mu5MwxA3CTAQbyXjvvlQ/w640-h514/Elberton025%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Washington, Georgia-based Headquarters Company, 111th Signal Battalion in 1961. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It was not until June the following year that the Soviet
leader met with U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Vienna. Testing the new
president, Khruschev revealed his intention of undercutting the existing treaty
with the Four Powers by establishing a separate treaty with East Germany.
Kennedy rebuffed the threat and in July called for six new Army divisions and
the activation of Guard and reserve units. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Writing of the potential for Georgia Guard activations, Maj.
Gen. George Hearn, Georgia’s Adjutant General assured Georgians that the Guard
was ready.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“As the Berlin crisis mounts, your capability to perform your
mission becomes of increasing importance,” Hearn wrote in the June 1961 edition
of the Georgia Guardsman Magazine. “I feel that all of our National Guard units
are in a high state of readiness, and I want to congratulate each of you for
doing your part in preparation of your unit for any future contingency.”<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Berlin Crisis and the Adjutant General’s words lent an
air of gravity to Army Guard encampments held at Fort Stewart and Air Guard
annual training at Dobbins Air Force Base. Georgia Guardsmen trained on their
weapons systems and wondered how soon they would be employed to use them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitgt7nLFH83oB-SEUzQTyk1nKNMqDgy8EWxBHRSCr8QCQhcr-g37C25H8-_rNy_wzsBm4rknV_4c2EzHNroJE5HkQmctOJ9e2giYtEjcoigxmNdCfRk6aiOSPlX-8x4v701gET-QJYvWVgm-5LGsZOwdq73MqpzFtKqBTwXx2zmuuovYYRbDmjOA-LM3M/s3600/21796878338_5ddfdfe986_4k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="3600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitgt7nLFH83oB-SEUzQTyk1nKNMqDgy8EWxBHRSCr8QCQhcr-g37C25H8-_rNy_wzsBm4rknV_4c2EzHNroJE5HkQmctOJ9e2giYtEjcoigxmNdCfRk6aiOSPlX-8x4v701gET-QJYvWVgm-5LGsZOwdq73MqpzFtKqBTwXx2zmuuovYYRbDmjOA-LM3M/w640-h426/21796878338_5ddfdfe986_4k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AUGUSTA, Ga., October 25, 1961 - Boarding their Pullman car for the trip to Fort Meade, Md., the 111th Signal Battalion leaves Augusta's Union Station. <br />Image courtesy of National Guard Educational Foundation, Washington, D.C.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Escalation
and Mobilization<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk116396570"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In August 1961, the Soviets blocked
the lines of communication into Berlin, isolating the city and on August 13,
1961, construction of the Berlin Wall began. In response, President Kennedy activated
156,000 Guard and Reservists and dispatched two additional Army Divisions to
Europe. Among the Guard units called was the 111<sup>th</sup> Signal Battalion
of the Georgia Army National Guard. Commanded by Lt. Col. Erskine B. Wickersham
of Washington, the 111<sup>th</sup> reported for active-duty October 15<sup>th</sup>
and departed by train for Fort Meade, Md. October 25<sup>th</sup>.</span></a><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396570;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396570;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396570;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“This will be the end of my business for a while,” observed
Wickersham who owned a small surveying company.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 14pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZRNu-B7y00xwtIqx44gba6ExNAI4dscFAfZ9GrszVARuX7Qd03cbr1K1sLRpER4RBhqonBLLCRO9APsH9svoLrcjKqDpkC0C0HwQSKsP_P4Y0jOhk9JXfmZSZqLwhK1bxOq3ozQtncf5k6qDfJU6L6CaEoyejnaptdyr27fDzbPRFjpZuJO7DDEVeUo/s343/LT%20John%20McCaskill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="276" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZRNu-B7y00xwtIqx44gba6ExNAI4dscFAfZ9GrszVARuX7Qd03cbr1K1sLRpER4RBhqonBLLCRO9APsH9svoLrcjKqDpkC0C0HwQSKsP_P4Y0jOhk9JXfmZSZqLwhK1bxOq3ozQtncf5k6qDfJU6L6CaEoyejnaptdyr27fDzbPRFjpZuJO7DDEVeUo/s320/LT%20John%20McCaskill.jpg" width="257" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd Lt. John McCaskill, GMI Class One.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Also mobilizing with the 111th was 2nd Lt. John D. McCaskill
of Sandersville. McCaskill was an officer candidate at the Georgia Military
Institute’s Class One from January 22 until September 25. On that date, he was
ordered to report to the Alabama Military Academy to finish his officer
candidate school training in advance of the rest of his class in order to
deploy with the 111th. Thus, McCaskill was at once the first graduate of the
modern-day GMI, he was its first graduate to mobilize for active duty.
Commissioning as a 2nd Lt. October 12, he entered federal service three days
later with his unit. McCaskill had previously served in the enlisted ranks,
enlisting in 1954 with Company A, 111th Signal Battalion.</span><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">[4]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The 111<sup>th </sup>was organized from infantry, armor and
artillery units in July, 1959 during the reorganization of the 48<sup>th</sup>
Armored Division.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
When they boarded the train in Augusta’s Union Station bound for Fort Meade,
they became the first Georgia Guard troops to mobilize since the Korean War. Although
indications were strong that other units would be called, notably the Atlanta-based
129<sup>th</sup> Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron and Savannah’s 117<sup>th</sup>
AC&W Flight, no additional units were mobilized. Hinesville’s 406<sup>th</sup>
Ordnance Company was placed temporarily on additional training status and
drilled twice per month but was ultimately not called to active duty.<a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBV8hPiNdmRVTqqYsHjcX1upTjR4aECLpsS50f8uNyCh0wrSE549SmZtz1YvqY7FKAv1y1h-54VJT2xwdEpDuX5gX2W1WAr3pP8ntQ5azWbdM8FNKA7msJxIx8ccH6u2lsg1-ovcn-IKR7HpCswA96X95VfjtIIhHT5kwNA1N0ewy6681jxziRqgUEzo/s3600/21796599960_f043f8aae9_4k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="3600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBV8hPiNdmRVTqqYsHjcX1upTjR4aECLpsS50f8uNyCh0wrSE549SmZtz1YvqY7FKAv1y1h-54VJT2xwdEpDuX5gX2W1WAr3pP8ntQ5azWbdM8FNKA7msJxIx8ccH6u2lsg1-ovcn-IKR7HpCswA96X95VfjtIIhHT5kwNA1N0ewy6681jxziRqgUEzo/w640-h426/21796599960_f043f8aae9_4k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FORT MEADE, Md. March, 1962 - SP4 Walter Bull guards the command post tent against possible aggressor attack while his unit, the 111th Signal Battalion, <br />conducts field training during its tour of duty for the Berlin Crisis. Photo by 111th Signal Battalion. Image courtesy of National Guard Educational Foundation, <br />Washington, D.C.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Showdown in
Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk116396668"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Arriving at Fort Meade, October 26,
1961, the 111<sup>th</sup> relieved an active duty signal battalion for duty in
Europe.</span></a><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396668;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396668;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> The next day, the Berlin Crisis reached new heights
as U.S. and Soviet tanks faced each other with live ammunition at Checkpoint
Charlie, a crossing point between East and West Berlin. Retired General Lucius
Clay, special advisor to the President in Berlin recommended sending tanks
forward to demolish the Berlin Wall, ultimately Kennedy and Khruschev, speaking
through intermediaries agreed to deescalate the situation and the tanks were
withdrawn.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk116396720"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Unaware of how close we had come to
the brink of war with the Soviet Union, the 111<sup>th</sup> Signal Battalion
settled in to their new environment at Fort Meade. In addition to their regular
duties, the 111<sup>th</sup> trained aggressively for possible deployment,
conducted field problems and became more proficient in switchboard operation
and the emerging technology of television. While Headquarters Company, Company
B and C remained in Fort Meade for the bulk of their mobilization, Company A
was dispatched south to Fort Lee near Richmond, Va. <o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396720;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDpXr2IACNhj-PUb4DvaJVoMbM7ljRdTAs4LcKVYfW7Ichx08bCxiUhz7hFEytJ-gIG9uzk5INTsSbcZMUcu56ypHbayn2r4CEM9VoBrQaXmaI9lt1Lsi9yP7ctk97ti1_ckzBn2YWF5lExy2Is_TFJ4aLH4CTIZxh_-LbO1A1lLVCTIkue8ZuGnkI3w/s3072/21797822239_cf70d23a30_3k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2189" data-original-width="3072" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDpXr2IACNhj-PUb4DvaJVoMbM7ljRdTAs4LcKVYfW7Ichx08bCxiUhz7hFEytJ-gIG9uzk5INTsSbcZMUcu56ypHbayn2r4CEM9VoBrQaXmaI9lt1Lsi9yP7ctk97ti1_ckzBn2YWF5lExy2Is_TFJ4aLH4CTIZxh_-LbO1A1lLVCTIkue8ZuGnkI3w/w640-h456/21797822239_cf70d23a30_3k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FORT MILES, Del. May, 1962 - An armored personnel carrier assigned to the West Virginia National Guard's 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment drives <br />through the surf during its landing as part of Exercise Wet Horse II. Photo by the Georgia Army National Guard's 111th Signal Battalion, Photo Platoon.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396720;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In May,
1962, the 111<sup>th</sup> Signal Battalion participated in Operation Wet Horse
II, a U.S. Army amphibious assault exercise designed to test the capability of
reserve units to conduct large-scale landing operations. Cameras of the 111<sup>th</sup>
Signal Battalion covered the operation as tanks of the 150<sup>th</sup> Armored
Cavalry Regiment drove ashore from landing craft piloted by the U.S. Army
Reserve’s 231<sup>st</sup> Transportation Company. Images of these landings were
prominently featured in U.S. and European newspapers and conveyed the resolve
of the United States’ position in Berlin. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396720;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Return<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396720;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On August
9, 1962, their mission complete, the Georgia Guardsmen of the 111<sup>th</sup>
Signal Battalion boarded charter aircraft for the flight home. Landing at Bush
Field in Augusta, the 111<sup>th</sup> received a hero’s welcome. Major Gen.
Hearn greeted each Guardsman as they departed the aircraft then read a special
citation from Governor Ernest Vandiver commending the Soldiers for their”
loyalty and sacrifices made in the national interest.”</span></span><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396720;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396720;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396720;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPMVLPvCGPej2S5beYio7hmi6UqZaXA_pf4lBfHrcu8Ezyb-qXzxQbA17bCGG0hTSMl7v4RoxJjDsNWDESGGZLYGW1dAIU-fnmuDPbHs_bZQ_Fsf-UNeQEimqAB1KM355sMG0AEVaJSAPjHgO11V3rjzXK7J2Y4y7PYf8FS3xHO39pOGl_lSRWgRi-Uw/s1184/111th%20Sig%20BN004%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1184" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPMVLPvCGPej2S5beYio7hmi6UqZaXA_pf4lBfHrcu8Ezyb-qXzxQbA17bCGG0hTSMl7v4RoxJjDsNWDESGGZLYGW1dAIU-fnmuDPbHs_bZQ_Fsf-UNeQEimqAB1KM355sMG0AEVaJSAPjHgO11V3rjzXK7J2Y4y7PYf8FS3xHO39pOGl_lSRWgRi-Uw/w640-h410/111th%20Sig%20BN004%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BUSH FIELD, Augusta, Ga., August 9, 1962 - Georgia Guardsmen of the 111th Signal Battalion return from Fort Meade, Md., where the unit had <br />been on active duty since October 1961 in response to the Berlin Crisis.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396720;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Boarding
buses, the Guardsmen of the 111<sup>th</sup> departed for their home armories
in Louisville, Augusta and Washington where additional welcome-home festivities
awaited them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk116396720;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="mso-element: footnote-list;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><br clear="all" />
<hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" />
<!--[endif]-->
<div id="ftn1" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
George Hearn, “The Adjutant General’s Message,” <i>The Georgia Guardsman</i>, March/June
1961, inside cover.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn2" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> “President
Mobilizes Georgia Guard’s 111th Signal Battalion,” <i>The Georgia Guardsman</i>,
Oct/Nov/Dec 1961, 4.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn3" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> “President
Mobilizes Georgia Guard’s 111th Signal Battalion,” <i>The Georgia Guardsman</i>,
Oct/Nov/Dec 1961, 4.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn4" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> “1st
Graduate of GMI Goes With 111th,” <i>The Georgia Guardsman</i>, Oct/Nov/Dec
1961, 1.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn5" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <a name="_Hlk119677449"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">National Guard Bureau, <i>Reorganizational Authority 73-59</i>,
Washington DC: June 10, 1959.</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn6" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> “President
Mobilizes Georgia Guard’s 111th Signal Battalion,” <i>The Georgia Guardsman</i>,
Oct/Nov/Dec 1961, 4.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn7" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> “111th
Signal Battalion To Return 9 Aug.,” <i>The Georgia Guardsman</i>, May/June 1962,
10.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/073023%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/stories/111th%20Signal%20BN%20Deployment/111th%20Signal%20Battalion%20Berlin%20Call%20Up%20story%20update%202023.docx#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> “Signal
Battalion Returns to Georgia After Ft. Meade Duty,” <i>The Georgia Guardsman</i>,
July/Aug 1962, 8.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-63809318175818506502023-05-21T18:50:00.005-07:002023-05-21T19:19:08.581-07:00Promotion Ceremony and Posthumous Medal Presentation Honors Family’s Enduring Military Service<p> By Maj. William Carraway, historian, Georgia National
Guard</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0XPOHwSEvrJPiF390mF1RhGiz3oPUDmkYWGkPRMytik88v3fKo9cK5XEn6us8PnqbrQZ0wYlbwxzxt8R_MjWl7Jc-M4P0T2sbX-ysi6TnPOKHx3Btgh1keoEPNJcCKVg7zID2ozSSLUtQQS3JGh9InEE5SOfpyCJl1TZxAt2uk97ryhznceb0qVN/s3461/Collage.jpeg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="3461" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0XPOHwSEvrJPiF390mF1RhGiz3oPUDmkYWGkPRMytik88v3fKo9cK5XEn6us8PnqbrQZ0wYlbwxzxt8R_MjWl7Jc-M4P0T2sbX-ysi6TnPOKHx3Btgh1keoEPNJcCKVg7zID2ozSSLUtQQS3JGh9InEE5SOfpyCJl1TZxAt2uk97ryhznceb0qVN/w640-h324/Collage.jpeg.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: Technical Sgt. Isabello Viernes. Right: Lt. Col. Alejandro Pascual IV smiles as family members of his great grandfather, Technical Sgt. Isabelo Viernes <br />are presented with medals earned by Viernes in World War II during a ceremony at the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Ga. May 21, 2023. <br />Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Major
Alejandro V. Pascual IV was promoted to lieutenant colonel during a ceremony at
the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Ga. May 21, 2023. The ceremony also
provided the opportunity to honor the Pascual family’s history of military
service as Maj. Gen. Tom Carden, Georgia’s Adjutant General, presented medals
earned by Pascual’s great grandfather, Technical Sgt. Isabelo Viernes of the 45th
Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts), to Pascual’s family. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYxuoxh3jHpywa8hQo7eWIIREhiYsIjDaH7RnFO1gjJRsqGsRSSEr4WF_6y3JAj6F8gKtUcFgKdhFnGhcDh5cJ3c-B5bXYoBItg2svBuKeylmkpjB_xqTWESFYmdH7ufLbWatrY1w7DsUgJnJbeco_kxF2BwcFBY8hx9s7Sh3CTwLBzW6BShL_543/s6981/0I8A1396.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5588" data-original-width="6981" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYxuoxh3jHpywa8hQo7eWIIREhiYsIjDaH7RnFO1gjJRsqGsRSSEr4WF_6y3JAj6F8gKtUcFgKdhFnGhcDh5cJ3c-B5bXYoBItg2svBuKeylmkpjB_xqTWESFYmdH7ufLbWatrY1w7DsUgJnJbeco_kxF2BwcFBY8hx9s7Sh3CTwLBzW6BShL_543/w640-h512/0I8A1396.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major General Tom Carden, Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard presents the Bronze Star Medal, Prisoner of War Medal, and World War II <br />Victory Medal earned by Technical Sgt. Isabelo Viernes in World War II to members of the Viernes family during a ceremony at the Clay National Guard <br />Center in Marietta, Ga. May 21, 2023. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“Today is
certainly a special day for our organization and for our great nation,” said Carden
in his remarks before the medal presentation. “I can’t tell you how humbled I
am to be in the room with a family with servicemen with such an inspiring
legacy that we can learn from. Lieutenant Colonel Pascual’s desire to share the
spotlight with his grandfather, Sgt. Isabelo Viernes, on such a special day is
emblematic of our shared values as an organization.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSLcEZ_FNoVjVcD_IyGbf5AAU69FOikCcu0_HTGek3dNyc-0ttX0C11MZYlPsJesj5XGXO2yMA2P8fcNGABUOy-NFHbHpbHeddFhY69UlkOCgL6e2YMOX7w0XZdDyoHqYOQ8gHUn9DFcS55SmJSP0BjU8o0qr_5uMa2QMVABYxOEhXpVenkdoYqmJ/s5207/0I8A1246.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4171" data-original-width="5207" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSLcEZ_FNoVjVcD_IyGbf5AAU69FOikCcu0_HTGek3dNyc-0ttX0C11MZYlPsJesj5XGXO2yMA2P8fcNGABUOy-NFHbHpbHeddFhY69UlkOCgL6e2YMOX7w0XZdDyoHqYOQ8gHUn9DFcS55SmJSP0BjU8o0qr_5uMa2QMVABYxOEhXpVenkdoYqmJ/w640-h512/0I8A1246.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family members of Alejandro Pascual IV place the new rank insignia of lieutenant colonel on his uniform during a promotion ceremony <br />at the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Ga. May 21, 2023. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Joining
Carden in offering congratulations to Pascual and his family were Col. Jean
Paul Laurenceau, commander of the 201st Regional Support Group; Brigadier
General Bobby Christine, special assistant to the director of the Army National
Guard who also assisted Pascual’s family during the pinning ceremony; and Col.
Brian Bischoff, state judge advocate for the Georgia National Guard who administered
the oath of office to Pascual. But it was Pascual himself who riveted the
audience with the story of how his journey of military service was inspired by
learning the story of his great grandfather’s experiences in the 45th Infantry
Regiment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 14pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHRCGcp1VjyyOnXb5VP64aGKOa1wQcS7ilgfl0cq5ZHCzW5GKhwVqwbbyU1Dal3AQ1gti06ePSgQiAcnbKkqYlsb5s7X2om-ZGTs8yYFS_ypuHs_W1rU4zbogjg7lyP-wx0c9GS8QKwz3mw8qJnX1acaHLkt0Zs_iedXDH3jCr2LGKI78bFNW4YyR/s3269/IMG_0091.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3269" data-original-width="2046" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHRCGcp1VjyyOnXb5VP64aGKOa1wQcS7ilgfl0cq5ZHCzW5GKhwVqwbbyU1Dal3AQ1gti06ePSgQiAcnbKkqYlsb5s7X2om-ZGTs8yYFS_ypuHs_W1rU4zbogjg7lyP-wx0c9GS8QKwz3mw8qJnX1acaHLkt0Zs_iedXDH3jCr2LGKI78bFNW4YyR/w200-h320/IMG_0091.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">45th Infantry Regiment History. <br />Courtesy of Lt. Col. Alejandro Pascual IV.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The 45th
Regiment was organized in the United
States in 1917 and sailed to the Philippines in December 1920. In 1942, the
45th defended the Philippines against relentless Japanese assaults earning
three Distinguished Unit Citations and a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
for actions on the Bataan Peninsula. Soldiers of the regiment were decorated
for valor earning a Medal of Honor, six Distinguished Service Crosses, 27
Silver Star Medals. Viernes was one of 11 Soldiers of the 45th to earn the
Bronze Star Medal.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Growing up,
Pascual had heard stories of Viernes military service, but it was not
until he embarked on a history project in high school that he learned the full
story of his ancestor’s service in World War II from his grandmother. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Viernes
fought with distinction at the Battle of the Pockets and the Battle of the
Points while enduring limited rations for more than three months. His regiment,
and the defenders of the Philippines, fought valiantly despite overwhelming
odds. Major General Edward King, overall commander of forces on Bataan
surrendered on April 9, 1942 only after all hope of effective resistance was
gone. Viernes and what remained of King’s 78,000 man force would endure a
forced march of more than 65 miles to captivity which came to be known as the
Bataan Death March. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Pascual
pursued a bachelor’s degree in history from Furman University enroute to
receiving his Juris Doctorate from Samford University. Pascual’s studies in
history further nursed his interest in his family’s experience in World War II.
He discovered that his grandmother’s memories were not only borne out by
military service records but that his great grandfather had never received some
of the medals he earned in the conflict. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; font-size: 14pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJx7LH-Trl1CAdW4CD2-5CmOqc-Yuss3QqCkqY1k2vgNty1yx_S3Z06erpQ0xJO4EdtGFq4JwZhTWX7kSaIlzaDG2IsEflrA-4f8TZ8U8GWMZUFvDtxf-S73NbTGTWlaC0SWh4eatW2oeSVAj8zxaSckyNJbREZcNSkdUJWXocJDpU5agQTQDFOHq/s3406/IMG_0094.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3406" data-original-width="2335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJx7LH-Trl1CAdW4CD2-5CmOqc-Yuss3QqCkqY1k2vgNty1yx_S3Z06erpQ0xJO4EdtGFq4JwZhTWX7kSaIlzaDG2IsEflrA-4f8TZ8U8GWMZUFvDtxf-S73NbTGTWlaC0SWh4eatW2oeSVAj8zxaSckyNJbREZcNSkdUJWXocJDpU5agQTQDFOHq/s320/IMG_0094.JPG" width="219" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Roster of Company E, 45th Infantry Regiment. <br />Isabelo Viernes is listed with the sergeants. <br />Courtesy of Lt. Col. Alejandro Pascual IV.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“While the archives
confirmed the list of his decorations,” said Pascual, “we know he<br /> never
physically received (his Bronze Star Medal and Prisoner of War Medal) because
the regulation change that made him eligible was after the war and the(Prisoner
of War) Medal wasn't even created until after he died.”</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Pascual did
not learn the full story of Viernes’ service until recently when he received
more than 400 pages of records from the National Archives. The records revealed
that Viernes had entered service in 1914, a fact previously unknown by Pascual
and his family, and had earned the World War I Victory Medal. Surviving both
world wars and the horrific effects of the Death March, Viernes retired in 1947
with full veteran benefits and received US citizenship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Pascual had
initially planned to commemorate Viernes’ service in his remarks during his
promotion ceremony, but after learning the full extent of his service record,
he approached his chain of command about the possibility of conducting a medal
presentation in conjunction with his promotion, a proposal which was met with
enthusiastic support from the Georgia National Guard. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Pascual
began his military career in 2012 with the Georgia National Guard and was
assigned as a defense counsel with the 1078th Trial Defense Service. In 2014 he
mobilized to Kuwait where he served as an international and operational law
attorney. During the deployment, US Army Central Command became the
headquarters of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve whereupon
Pascual provided counsel on rules of engagement for operations in Iraq and
Syria. Returning to the United States the following year, Pascual was assigned
as trial counsel for the 560th Brigade Support Battalion. With the inactivation
of the 560th BFSB in 2016, transferred to the 648th Maneuver Enhancement
Brigade and was subsequently assigned to the 78th Troop Command to serve as the
brigade’s command judge advocate. He is currently the command judge advocate
for the 201st Regional Support Group and serves as the deputy chief assistant
district attorney for the District attorney’s office, Columbia Judicial Circuit
of Georgia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH92IAt9Hf03qwNxlTuM1diMlhJGSNgIqHuuwKr34YwYVmtNvo6DOVL6jt5vkBsS9H_oaJVxLZYjqDg4xQR4PCdDottXTephDZYfj3kDnBAnIdklRv0a1PfG2CXmqAzg1qJnxo1dhvk4x-lO6l6xdhPm_SKURGYIjtMUsYb1A-KYLZ7B-w9Xdo3s_d/s3156/image2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2529" data-original-width="3156" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH92IAt9Hf03qwNxlTuM1diMlhJGSNgIqHuuwKr34YwYVmtNvo6DOVL6jt5vkBsS9H_oaJVxLZYjqDg4xQR4PCdDottXTephDZYfj3kDnBAnIdklRv0a1PfG2CXmqAzg1qJnxo1dhvk4x-lO6l6xdhPm_SKURGYIjtMUsYb1A-KYLZ7B-w9Xdo3s_d/w640-h512/image2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lieutenant Colonel Alejandro Pascual IV stands before a display he built to honor the World War II service of his great grandfather Technical Sgt. Isabelo <br />Viernes who served with the 45th Infantry Regiment and survived the Bataan Death March. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">While the
ceremony provided the opportunity to recognize generations of service, Pascual
was humble about his part, preferring to recognize Viernes’ service over his
own.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“I would
probably have kept (the ceremony) small, said Pascual, “but I did want to honor
my great grandfather and figured this was a chance to meaningfully do it in a
way that was personal, and also recognize my heritage and that I am part of a
greater legacy of Filipinos serving in the US armed forces.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-32615310325323823092023-05-11T09:28:00.003-07:002023-05-11T09:40:39.785-07:00The Waycross Engineers: First Engineer Unit in the Georgia National Guard<p> By Maj. William Carraway, Historian, Georgia National
Guard</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRXs8a160L5hQJvJJP80prp4JxxSxpKyet9bDmSOZGNsHZLdouyFIC7ayUmBbeIh3TmgDo2BUOBHwy-xqYSp65xkuXF2ORbLGIg-NByfcLXTEkfnnq4IsvDS2dHegjDS4K6jzFicUX2lzMh5INY27IKtYjnoAMt-cUo4jD9r4qP5fhixMbodf5wrh/s4428/Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2503" data-original-width="4428" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRXs8a160L5hQJvJJP80prp4JxxSxpKyet9bDmSOZGNsHZLdouyFIC7ayUmBbeIh3TmgDo2BUOBHwy-xqYSp65xkuXF2ORbLGIg-NByfcLXTEkfnnq4IsvDS2dHegjDS4K6jzFicUX2lzMh5INY27IKtYjnoAMt-cUo4jD9r4qP5fhixMbodf5wrh/w640-h362/Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: Headquarters Detachment, 106th Engineer Regiment. Right: Cover of the historical account of the 106th Engineer Regiment during World War I. <br />Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Army
Corps of Engineers has a long history in connection with the Georgia National
Guard. The corps itself traces its origin to the Continental Congress’
appointment of the Chief Engineer for the Army on June 16, 1775. Today, the engineer
branch is well represented in the Georgia Army National Guard by the 878th
Engineer Battalion, 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Construction Facilities
Management Office and independent engineer units such as the 810th Engineer
Company and 870th Explosives Hazards Coordination Cell. These units have
supported overseas combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq while also serving
at home in response to hurricanes and as part of Georgia’s coordinated response
to the Coronavirus pandemic. With nearly 1,500 Citizen-Soldiers serving in
engineer units in the state of Georgia in 2023, one might ponder, when did it
all begin? What was the first engineer unit in the Georgia National Guard?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Origin of
the Waycross Engineers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 14pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOr8K_OD1CNla9gbV7_DuBo97AxyAH5QJSdvrHQZBKlC3XLzBCXvcseqlXoGSVZJbZD9KLxouSNiVb5ECeK85m1Dn6dd0bdjocPQxDDEtsCrR0cGfKwKe6U8J_cKaEfn2baBNeJC2VL6mDnVKIuA7mZadiRU1TbEZbkRrohF12gX_g1r586VjVMp56/s2478/1913-1917%20Brig.%20Gen.%20Joseph%20Van%20Holt%20Nash.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2478" data-original-width="1779" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOr8K_OD1CNla9gbV7_DuBo97AxyAH5QJSdvrHQZBKlC3XLzBCXvcseqlXoGSVZJbZD9KLxouSNiVb5ECeK85m1Dn6dd0bdjocPQxDDEtsCrR0cGfKwKe6U8J_cKaEfn2baBNeJC2VL6mDnVKIuA7mZadiRU1TbEZbkRrohF12gX_g1r586VjVMp56/s320/1913-1917%20Brig.%20Gen.%20Joseph%20Van%20Holt%20Nash.JPG" width="230" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Brig. Gen. J. Van Holt Nash, Georgia's Adjutant General.<br />Georgia National Guard Archives.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">In the
spring of 1917, Brig. Gen. J. Van Holt Nash, Georgia’s Adjutant General
approached Homer Dayton Langworthy about the possibility of mustering a unit of
engineers. Langworthy, a civil engineer who served as the superintendent of the
Macon Water Works, already had experience in military engineering having
directed the construction of Camp Harris near Macon, which served as a
mustering camp for the Georgia National Guard before their deployment to the
Mexican border in 1916.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On April 22,
Langworthy convened a meeting at the Lanier Hotel in Macon to solicit
enlistments to form an engineer unit.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
By the end of the month, the first engineer company had been raised in Waycross.
The company was inspected by Nash on May 11, and mustered into service.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The city of Waycross supported the organization effort by providing funds for
an armory.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On June 21,
1917, The Waycross Pioneer Engineer Company was accepted into federal service
under the command of Capt. Walter Gray.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The company departed for Macon’s Camp Wheeler with 130 Soldiers June 25.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Among its ranks were three brothers from one Waycross family.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Langworthy
continued his recruiting efforts into the summer of 1917. On July 7, Langworthy
issued an appeal to masons and carpenters of Macon to form a company from that
city.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
He continued his efforts across the state appealing to the citizens of Albany
to answer the call to service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">While
Langworthy was stumping for recruits, the Waycross engineers, who arrived at
Camp Wheeler without tents, moved into buildings previously occupied by the
Georgia Hussars of the Georgia National Guard’s 2nd Cavalry Squadron. To the
chagrin of some of the camp occupants, the engineers also took up residence on
land that had formerly been occupied by the camp baseball diamond forcing the
cancellation of some anticipated matches.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Proud to be
the home of Georgia’s first engineer unit, the citizens of Waycross continued
to support their hometown Guard unit. The city solicited donations to purchase
colors for the company while its Soldiers were busily employed surveying new
rifle ranges for Camp Wheeler.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><sup>,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></sup>
Funds were secured, and by October 12, the flag was ready to be presented to
the company.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn11;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GhezLp-iEdMYvFiQRGkwmLj9D7qErHTv1vG-8vYsEt7w6mZQhlNgqbrOZt27z2MoVHH5te5Z_bHoQxt0df-h5ntbc5g3gh6oCqDpsl_o9uowFJ7xNrB6_QrGEaY8frEaPIGfVkptdOiBvZ3rma-XFKLmA22aJKrY0SA-PVZIHqK8J0g_rM7pvLqB/s2454/Headquarters,%20Company%20A,%20106th.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="2454" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GhezLp-iEdMYvFiQRGkwmLj9D7qErHTv1vG-8vYsEt7w6mZQhlNgqbrOZt27z2MoVHH5te5Z_bHoQxt0df-h5ntbc5g3gh6oCqDpsl_o9uowFJ7xNrB6_QrGEaY8frEaPIGfVkptdOiBvZ3rma-XFKLmA22aJKrY0SA-PVZIHqK8J0g_rM7pvLqB/w640-h456/Headquarters,%20Company%20A,%20106th.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Headquarters, Waycross Engineers, Company A, 106th Engineer Regiment. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Forming
and Training the 106th Engineer Regiment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 14pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcqXTHna9vHpPF1CjFmhTWj2z0Ii0h81R4rsXnCF2GZWCsn5BGvTmLXo99mADIP9U8CXvQc66KATDhT5T9Vz0IBsARG6hiEzdInr-eNKNGtGVohWRRTNtjcRKDJeG7bAdpM3TxiCWTmV0LEQb_gvwDqlZNgGmRwfbv5M-lwlr6zc_0HQpHFNbj11P/s2480/Sgt.%20Milton%20Porter.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="1744" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcqXTHna9vHpPF1CjFmhTWj2z0Ii0h81R4rsXnCF2GZWCsn5BGvTmLXo99mADIP9U8CXvQc66KATDhT5T9Vz0IBsARG6hiEzdInr-eNKNGtGVohWRRTNtjcRKDJeG7bAdpM3TxiCWTmV0LEQb_gvwDqlZNgGmRwfbv5M-lwlr6zc_0HQpHFNbj11P/w141-h200/Sgt.%20Milton%20Porter.jpg" width="141" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sergeant Milton Porter. <br />Georgia National Guard Archives</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">On October
1, 1917, the 106th Engineer Regiment was formed with the Waycross Engineers
constituting Company A. The Waycross company provided most of the personnel for
the regimental staff, including Capt. Gray. The regiment was assigned to the
31st Division along with most of the units of the Georgia National Guard. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Waycross
Engineers suffered their first loss November 17, 1917 with the death of Sgt.
Milton Porter. The 22-year-old Soldier died of pneumonia at Camp Wheeler. On
December 11, the engineers lost their most strident patron as Langworthy died
at home after a brief illness. Just 30 years old, Langworthy left behind a wife
and two children.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn12;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In June
1918, the 106th embarked on a 120-mile hike leaving Camp Wheeler June 11 with
Capt. William Harper commanding Company A. The engineers camped in
Jeffersonville, Dudley, and Dublin where they were received by Red Cross
volunteers. In Dublin, the mayor saw that the engineers had access to
electricity and hot showers at the city fairgrounds. The engineers completed
the 120 mile hike June 18 with a final section of 22 miles.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn13;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOG-cmaJkudh4jns8DA6OhLFD1G4GwTeYax8rFBTVeG7GBZoTsC3EkJ5kO4QIeNs-ViE6zqlb-bKXzBSA5SPnEB_Niabcn3B8QEh7mVfS6TSf-Sy19r1VuzhoEOa_cVBaPCKOMBuykAswUyn_Qk3LkbtvYxYjNoHbu-5bQF4hjkz150j5f8HuhfVL/s3600/21266661210_2f8794d89b_4k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="3600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOG-cmaJkudh4jns8DA6OhLFD1G4GwTeYax8rFBTVeG7GBZoTsC3EkJ5kO4QIeNs-ViE6zqlb-bKXzBSA5SPnEB_Niabcn3B8QEh7mVfS6TSf-Sy19r1VuzhoEOa_cVBaPCKOMBuykAswUyn_Qk3LkbtvYxYjNoHbu-5bQF4hjkz150j5f8HuhfVL/w640-h426/21266661210_2f8794d89b_4k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldiers of the 106th Engineer Regiment were among those who completed a course of instruction in gas defense at Camp Wheeler in May 1918. <br />Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In addition
to regular physical exercise, the company trained in the engineering tasks they
would employ overseas. Across a ravine dubbed the River Rhine, the 106th
Engineers practiced bridge building.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn14;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TtO1uRqojN1KePYag8grC4CthSbfgMAU-xxRr_E9XnB3CPgVi6eFsCCspiYp9mvJs4FO4VcvtHgYRSGpJEa0096FWPp4_wpinCete7mjHeL6TUWTMi-1HDScYhFvuOBjl_dYPfWmziP7-WpCylazxAmrLL5hczzuALJSInprp_WMgNcs8s-6-wQj/s5120/top1st%202nd%20bot%203rd%204th.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="5120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TtO1uRqojN1KePYag8grC4CthSbfgMAU-xxRr_E9XnB3CPgVi6eFsCCspiYp9mvJs4FO4VcvtHgYRSGpJEa0096FWPp4_wpinCete7mjHeL6TUWTMi-1HDScYhFvuOBjl_dYPfWmziP7-WpCylazxAmrLL5hczzuALJSInprp_WMgNcs8s-6-wQj/w640-h400/top1st%202nd%20bot%203rd%204th.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The platoons of the Waycross Engineers, Company A. Top: 1st and 2nd Platoon. Bottom: 3rd and 4th Platoon. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Mobilization<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The 106th
was pronounced fit for overseas service August 31, 1918 and began preparations
to leave Camp Wheeler. The regiment departed Macon September 7 in sections and
reassembled at Camp Mills, New York where it received an issue of equipment.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn15" name="_ftnref15" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn15;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[15]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The 106th
tarried at Camp Mills for less than a week before boarding a train for Hoboken,
N.J. where the Soldiers boarded the <i>H.M.S. Balmoral Castle.</i> The ship
departed for France September 16 and steamed past the Statue of Liberty at
sunset. That evening, the <i>Balmoral Castle </i>joined a convoy of 12
transports, three destroyers and two battlecruisers and began the transit of
the Atlantic the next morning. The voyage was eventful with a dense fog nearly
causing the collision of two ships. A German submarine surfaced and exchanged
shots with the convoy on September 24 before disappearing beneath the waves.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn16" name="_ftnref16" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn16;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[16]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On September
28, the <i>Balmoral Castle</i> landed at Glasgow, Scotland and the 106th
boarded a train bound for the south of England. After two days of rest, the
Soldiers left Southampton and arrived in LeHavre France early the next morning.
They were among the first Soldiers of the 31st Division to arrive in France.
The regiment moved to Brest by rail with the second battalion delayed by an
outbreak of spinal meningitis that forced the battalion to quarantine for ten
days. The regiment was reunited October 20 in Brest by which time the Waycross
Engineers were already employed in the construction of buildings at Camp
Pontanezen, which would become the largest camp established by the U.S. Army
and serve as the debarkation depot for troops returning to the United States.
Upon their arrival, the site of Camp Pontanezen was a veritable sea of mud with
no structures. The engineers pitched their camp in the mud and cooked their
meals over fires at field ranges while they labored to erect the structures
that would house thousands of American Soldiers.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn17" name="_ftnref17" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn17;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[17]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Among the first troops to call Pontanezen home were Soldiers of the 31st
Division, including the Georgia National Guard’s 121st Infantry Regiment.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn18" name="_ftnref18" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn18;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[18]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHqUyvjArlW4jJ68S2F0r5ngd1Lr9LZLc3JwzuY8eHcwWfCycz8mMYwocAQcVV5SEc-p8b14_-zayUuQ-GqVI10DI4z8zbYn1dx6WRPqlzktSuawJzs_vxQt3t9widgHUzW-mVG3mGFJpxEC6MHLfA7kfGRvo9ew7Ns79mwLyo-wzU8qAkZZTPQAj/s404/Camp%20Pontanezen%201918%20LOC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="404" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHqUyvjArlW4jJ68S2F0r5ngd1Lr9LZLc3JwzuY8eHcwWfCycz8mMYwocAQcVV5SEc-p8b14_-zayUuQ-GqVI10DI4z8zbYn1dx6WRPqlzktSuawJzs_vxQt3t9widgHUzW-mVG3mGFJpxEC6MHLfA7kfGRvo9ew7Ns79mwLyo-wzU8qAkZZTPQAj/w640-h354/Camp%20Pontanezen%201918%20LOC.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camp Pontanezen in 1918. Library of Congress.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Builders of Camp Pontanezen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Over the
next six months, the 106th Engineer Regiment and other units transformed the
muddy fields of France into a vast city comprised of nearly 1,000 buildings
with five miles of roads, plank walkways, and a dedicated water system. The
scale of the work accomplished by the 106th is staggering not only in scale but
for the conditions endured by its Soldiers as Brest received rain on 331 days
in 1918. Undeterred, the engineers erected more than 400 barracks buildings and
nearly 70 kitchens and mess halls capable of feeding 100,000 Soldiers.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn19" name="_ftnref19" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn19;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[19]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglz_s4uM_46mhDp3ubPo69WEVDxYMNTR3jaryUxNpOnlBcmGQ0YcHmd5L5o3XWLo8UknsLHEWEqGvfeMFeeq-sLRJX92MtJNKX1mCkNhUtLy47zJHrfwYPjbzfIdPFwD5fKGa8thteciNb-11Y_hVQbfkCRvom8mxHAzIWPz_JsiTTIGz5ZykthFxo/s3696/Camp%20Pontanezen%201919%20USMC%20Archives.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="3696" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglz_s4uM_46mhDp3ubPo69WEVDxYMNTR3jaryUxNpOnlBcmGQ0YcHmd5L5o3XWLo8UknsLHEWEqGvfeMFeeq-sLRJX92MtJNKX1mCkNhUtLy47zJHrfwYPjbzfIdPFwD5fKGa8thteciNb-11Y_hVQbfkCRvom8mxHAzIWPz_JsiTTIGz5ZykthFxo/w640-h450/Camp%20Pontanezen%201919%20USMC%20Archives.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elevated walkways at Camp Pontanezen constructed by the 106th Engineer Regiment. United States Marine Corps Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The 106th
Engineers returned to the United States in 1919 and were mustered out of
federal services, but the efforts of their labor endured for decades. In
September, 1944, the 121st Infantry Regiment returned to Pontanezen, this time
while advancing to seize the city of Brest from German forces.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftn20" name="_ftnref20" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[20]</span></span></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Engineers to Meet Today,” <i>The Macon Telegraph, </i>April 22, 1917, 4.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Nash Will Muster In Waycross Engineers,” <i>The Atlanta Constitution, </i>May
11, 1917, 7.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“House Waycross Engineers,” <i>The Macon Telegraph, </i>May 16, 1917, 8. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<div id="ftn4" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Waycross Co. of Engineers Put Into Federal Service,” <i>The Macon Telegraph</i>,
June 21, 1917, 7.<i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Company from Waycross on Way,” <i>The Brunswick News, </i>June 26, 1917, 1.<i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Three Brothers in Company,” <i>The Macon Telegraph,</i> June 24, 1917, 5.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“To Organize Macon Engineers,” <i>The Atlanta Constitution, July 8, 1917, 7.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Lose Old Ball Diamond,” <i>The Macon Telegraph, </i>July 13, 1917, 10.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Waycross to Present Pioneer Engineers a Handsome Flag,” <i>The Macon News,</i>
August 2, 1917.<o:p></o:p></p>
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“Engineers Are Busy,” <i>The Macon News,” September 13, 1917, 10.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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“Flag For Waycross Engineers Arrives,” <i>The Macon News, </i>October 12, 1917,
7.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref12" name="_ftn12" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn12;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Macon’s Supt. Expired Yesterday,” <i>The Atlanta Constitution, </i>December
12, 1917, 16.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div id="ftn13" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref13" name="_ftn13" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn13;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Engineers’ Regiment Completes Long Hike,” <i>The Atlanta Constitution, </i>June
18, 1918, 10.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref14" name="_ftn14" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn14;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Dump No. 1 Serves as Rhine for Engineers,” <i>The Macon Telegraph, </i>July
26, 1918, 10. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<div id="ftn15" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref15" name="_ftn15" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn15;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[15]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
106th Regt. Engrs. Builders of Camp Pontanezen, (Paris, France, 1919), 8. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>106th Regt. Engrs. Builders of Camp Pontanezen</i>, (Paris, France, 1919), 8.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>106th Regt. Engrs. Builders of Camp Pontanezen,</i> (Paris, France, 1919),
9.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/106th%20Engineers%20WWI/106th%20Engineers.docx#_ftnref18" name="_ftn18" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn18;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[18]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
<a name="_Hlk134617857"><i>121st Infantry Regiment, The Gray Bonnet; Combat
History of the 121st Infantry Regiment</i>. (Baton Rouge, LA: Army & Navy
Publishing Company, 1946), 18</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>106th Regt. Engrs. Builders of Camp Pontanezen, (</i>Paris, France, 1919),
10.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>121st Infantry Regiment, The Gray Bonnet; Combat History of the 121st
Infantry Regiment.</i> (Baton Rouge, LA: Army & Navy Publishing Company,
1946), 40-42.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-83347084180516931752023-05-06T09:25:00.002-07:002023-05-06T09:25:57.030-07:00Ga. ARNG Welcomes 11th State Command Sergeant Major at Ceremony<p>By Maj. William Carraway, Historian, Georgia National
Guard</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_6by36Vcb1yoPqu8UfBAhkD-WeuD90EtYevJzjXEvitqcngTWWTc7UBBK7WdqoMILh93GcjuMm6KCOG1Qx1-rnvw_2LrkXzquOGfMg83H_GKnI-LbxIscYRESSehzhVXNsGMhICt2hh-p9YyTCZYfn2gQV-LRizIWdasHo-aI_ICzLRJV51RXen1/s2496/Collage%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1893" data-original-width="2496" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_6by36Vcb1yoPqu8UfBAhkD-WeuD90EtYevJzjXEvitqcngTWWTc7UBBK7WdqoMILh93GcjuMm6KCOG1Qx1-rnvw_2LrkXzquOGfMg83H_GKnI-LbxIscYRESSehzhVXNsGMhICt2hh-p9YyTCZYfn2gQV-LRizIWdasHo-aI_ICzLRJV51RXen1/w640-h486/Collage%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Command Sergeant Major Jeff Logan and Command Sergeant Major John Ballenger, the 10th and 11th State Command Sergeant Major of the <br />Georgia Army National Guard. Photos by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Command
Sergeant Major Jeff Logan relinquished responsibility as the Georgia Army
National Guard’s State Command Sergeant Major during a ceremony May 6, 2023 at
Dobbins Air Force Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga. Command Sergeant Major John
Ballenger assumed responsibility as the 11th State Command Sergeant Major of
the Ga. ARNG.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 14pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_nBPs_3hKHhMQbzgeKnmRaW2q6TVy9lQfYoFb50hMjFFvtTheJiLfwc3mO5WhgKEZUj9rwC1W4bXS0wrfAWpp0Wf30ETMjp7o9D-2EpsobkaSqXUiZPs9n4PqR-ImCjXMhNCXAomb6ag_D34Wf4G_TcN__68FwMVnxLNfuutYfxUyeIaDJQ5OJbT/s2048/49969897917_31457615b8_k.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_nBPs_3hKHhMQbzgeKnmRaW2q6TVy9lQfYoFb50hMjFFvtTheJiLfwc3mO5WhgKEZUj9rwC1W4bXS0wrfAWpp0Wf30ETMjp7o9D-2EpsobkaSqXUiZPs9n4PqR-ImCjXMhNCXAomb6ag_D34Wf4G_TcN__68FwMVnxLNfuutYfxUyeIaDJQ5OJbT/w213-h320/49969897917_31457615b8_k.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">State Command Sgt. Major Jeff Logan visits <br />Ga. ARNG Soldiers in Atlanta June 3, 2020.<br />Photo by Maj. William Carraway</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The ceremony
marked the culmination of Logan’s 40-year military career as he embarks on
retirement. Logan enlisted in the United States Army in April 1983 and served
initially as an M1A1 tank crewman. Near the end of his eight years of active
Army service, Logan mobilized overseas during the Gulf War. In February 1991,
Logan enlisted in the Georgia National Guard’s Company C, 878th Engineer
Battalion in Lyons, Ga. He rose through the ranks while serving in the 878th as
a heavy equipment operator, team leader and squad leader. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Logan
deployed to Iraq in March 2003 as a platoon sergeant with Company A, 878th
Engineer Battalion. Upon returning to the United States he was promoted and
assigned as first sergeant of the 877th Engineer Company which was converted
from the former Company B, 878th Engineer Battalion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Logan
oversaw the transition of the 877th as the search and extraction element under Joint
Task Force 781st Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives. In
December 2010, Logan deployed to Afghanistan where the 877th conducted combat
engineer missions in three separate regional commands. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83PYqKtnGOsRPrImmAKKZgyzw7IpBW6hd4KUDP9O6iZ5ua_dEMNyOzBqkRYsUwXlpCD047lLA8XC3j2XyUftoSwngbfOVhau7CVHWF44tkm7egEl1RcbtmC322o4nyrMpsS20jt91Fj0iCt7eZr2LU7kl-u5GT6XtpM35p7o6Z-olppXGdlp3RyFg/s1024/5257178388_5d284945eb_b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="858" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83PYqKtnGOsRPrImmAKKZgyzw7IpBW6hd4KUDP9O6iZ5ua_dEMNyOzBqkRYsUwXlpCD047lLA8XC3j2XyUftoSwngbfOVhau7CVHWF44tkm7egEl1RcbtmC322o4nyrMpsS20jt91Fj0iCt7eZr2LU7kl-u5GT6XtpM35p7o6Z-olppXGdlp3RyFg/w536-h640/5257178388_5d284945eb_b.jpg" width="536" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Sergeant Jeff Logan and Soldiers of the 877th Engineer Company attend a ceremony December 13, 2010 in Augusta to mark <br />the unit’s deployment to Afghanistan. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Upon
returning from Afghanistan, Logan was advanced to the rank of command sergeant
major and assigned as the senior enlisted leader of the 878th Engineer
Battalion which deployed to Afghanistan in 2013. During their deployment,
Soldiers of the 878th conducted route clearance operations over a wide area of
Afghanistan providing freedom of movement to coalition partners and ensuring
the safety of Afghan citizens. Additionally, the 878th trained Soldiers of the
Afghan National Army in demolitions and explosives eradication. The 878th
returned home in January 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMDpLtUcuR29AvyVqQb0sLd2ZeZvC1yXa3lLtDgaPjD8n1hsI8y1pZIp3dgMXbaFbvTZ6rQnR9y_vNqK_6wS_GVfxt_Eo1sCgGzKzFZg-H2Qb6gF4p1LtS1XQGHc3bK3_N4r04Iu_2YJMAOifIDuX_XJTkr6x6scoZT1456IYkyIfO7tNsBlVcZ8K/s2048/51418393408_e3bf042164_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMDpLtUcuR29AvyVqQb0sLd2ZeZvC1yXa3lLtDgaPjD8n1hsI8y1pZIp3dgMXbaFbvTZ6rQnR9y_vNqK_6wS_GVfxt_Eo1sCgGzKzFZg-H2Qb6gF4p1LtS1XQGHc3bK3_N4r04Iu_2YJMAOifIDuX_XJTkr6x6scoZT1456IYkyIfO7tNsBlVcZ8K/w640-h458/51418393408_e3bf042164_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">State Command Sgt. Maj. Jeff Logan Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Baker, senior enlisted leader of the Augusta-based 878th Engineer Battalion <br />Sept. 1, 2021, at the unit’s headquarters where engineers from across the state assembled prior to mobilization to Louisiana in response <br />to Hurricane Ida. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Logan was
assigned as the command sergeant major for the rear detachment of the 48th
Infantry Brigade Combat Team after returning from Afghanistan, and in December
2014, assumed responsibility as the senior enlisted leader of the 48th Brigade
Special Troops Battalion, which converted to form the 177th Brigade Engineer
Battalion. Transferring to the 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade in 2016,
Logan deployed with the 648th Military Engagement Team which operated
throughout the Central Command area of responsibility. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Returning
from his fifth deployment, Logan was assigned as the command sergeant major for
the 201st Regional Support Group. He served as the senior enlisted leader of
the 201st RSG rear detachment until appointed to serve as the tenth State
Command Sergeant Major of the Georgia Army National Guard in July 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPQmzogRt3nSPjZPmYx59ugFYoGZbMQfBSSXTqkjXzHn5aawPmUhmGxgx0FYnBSyWO-j91pOyozMI4z28zkIjpdfwRH-2OzOIHyUk6ji77A4-uRT3z28q1kQDqmh7tV9kOjtP9UrpGf_82oImSlEcYxc5FteOlnQBjqTq4rsVCNlccoE1YCof4Gyk/s2048/48366068586_c02e395dd5_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPQmzogRt3nSPjZPmYx59ugFYoGZbMQfBSSXTqkjXzHn5aawPmUhmGxgx0FYnBSyWO-j91pOyozMI4z28zkIjpdfwRH-2OzOIHyUk6ji77A4-uRT3z28q1kQDqmh7tV9kOjtP9UrpGf_82oImSlEcYxc5FteOlnQBjqTq4rsVCNlccoE1YCof4Gyk/w640-h426/48366068586_c02e395dd5_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">State Command Sgt. Major Jeff Logan briefs Guardsmen of the Monroe-based 178th Military Police Company at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta, Ga.,<br /> before their departure to the country of Georgia to participate in exercise Agile Spirit 19 on July 23, 2019. Photo by Spc. Tori Miller.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Logan’s
tenure as State Command Sergeant Major saw unprecedented mobilization of the
Ga. ARNG in support of overseas and domestic operations. Nearly 2,000 of
Georgia’s Citizen-Soldiers mobilized overseas to all six geographic combatant
commands. In Georgia, Guardsmen conducted missions of unprecedented scope as
part of the state’s coordinated response to the Coronavirus pandemic and augmented law enforcement agencies during civil unrest in Atlanta and Washington D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8WNmE74VoU527LKF2qzfyZ-BVI80c3C7VZ_BAaNn1cu5S0sU0mcfn3MFVvKFSCsvaW6aq__cKCsDb7-T3ByZS5rFH0Upo-zrZyh6OqlyBL2fSRw5HL2_GUCr1wDNixBCIy26RD-0zzLRZKSeCVRSx8JuGHgKqUNm-ohVTPryyUSD1ct92KJKhHdf/s2048/49966995201_174d121e3e_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8WNmE74VoU527LKF2qzfyZ-BVI80c3C7VZ_BAaNn1cu5S0sU0mcfn3MFVvKFSCsvaW6aq__cKCsDb7-T3ByZS5rFH0Upo-zrZyh6OqlyBL2fSRw5HL2_GUCr1wDNixBCIy26RD-0zzLRZKSeCVRSx8JuGHgKqUNm-ohVTPryyUSD1ct92KJKhHdf/w640-h458/49966995201_174d121e3e_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">State Command Sgt. Major Jeff Logan confers with an Atlanta Police Department officer during a protest in Atlanta June 2, 2020. <br />Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Succeeding
Logan is Command Sgt. Major John Ballenger who has extensive experience in
leadership and operations. Born and raised in Georgia, Ballenger enlisted in
the Army in 1995. Ballenger served initially as a cannon crewman with the 4th
Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. In 2001,
Ballenger joined the Georgia Army National Guard as an infantryman with Company
H, 121st Infantry Long Range Surveillance. Transferring to Headquarters
Company, 1st Battalion, 108th Armor Regiment, Ballenger deployed to Iraq as
part of the 48th Brigade’s 2005 mobilization. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9hmZT3XbDgMrCyYKtnV_HLtMBtmsUo8ehMmijTWqCvEpF7Imjc6P4HqO46WLKxELX5EuNlYipwhlgQlPZ4Z3Gg19l4JlQM-2vDd9R6Y7mlE-VY8xnqjQWMBcw0khaxK60RfiRWh12ukVpwiNXJS4a3Rb2RYgPJggOqxzZv6sHQLOOfLGhaJ4_7WK/s672/Ballenger%20Iraq.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="672" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9hmZT3XbDgMrCyYKtnV_HLtMBtmsUo8ehMmijTWqCvEpF7Imjc6P4HqO46WLKxELX5EuNlYipwhlgQlPZ4Z3Gg19l4JlQM-2vDd9R6Y7mlE-VY8xnqjQWMBcw0khaxK60RfiRWh12ukVpwiNXJS4a3Rb2RYgPJggOqxzZv6sHQLOOfLGhaJ4_7WK/w640-h448/Ballenger%20Iraq.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Staff Sgt. John Ballenger hugs his son during a premobilization ceremony in 2005. Photo courtesy of Command Sgt. Major John Ballenger.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Following
the establishment of the 560th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade in 2007,
Ballenger was assigned to Troop B, 3rd Squadron 108th Cavalry Regiment where he
served as a platoon sergeant and later first sergeant. For the next decade,
Ballenger served as first sergeant for the 124th Mobile Public Affairs
Detachment, Headquarters Troop and Troop A of the 3-108th, and the 165th
Quartermaster Company. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUp1J5BedxnXBAKGtMqxjtCh8J3wtYGS7jbqb7s5yBY-IxhALVHSgAjg24lQUc1BFVZTE6mHDB8m6jHfO2lPr32DWoWD3U6tb-Yv99WFrEYv0S0SEWmK_tmlnVyQtNlLQriP_rgxhFk5_Z-1rZXpjKloLABsvSxL3Oss_H9ChEncKt6YgL3lc4gBt/s559/Photo-5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="559" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUp1J5BedxnXBAKGtMqxjtCh8J3wtYGS7jbqb7s5yBY-IxhALVHSgAjg24lQUc1BFVZTE6mHDB8m6jHfO2lPr32DWoWD3U6tb-Yv99WFrEYv0S0SEWmK_tmlnVyQtNlLQriP_rgxhFk5_Z-1rZXpjKloLABsvSxL3Oss_H9ChEncKt6YgL3lc4gBt/w640-h458/Photo-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Captain Craig Henderson and 1st Sgt. John Ballenger, command team of the 165th Quartermaster Company in 2015. Photo courtesy of Command Sgt. Major Ballenger.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Promoted to sergeant major, Ballenger mobilized to
Afghanistan from 2018-2019 as operations sergeant major for the 48th Infantry
Brigade Combat Team. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhFfRrsurTset90RWZJnmaMA3clcAU7NqLpZRxyQ0buOEkqXRXSnzn0xZRbKANiolm432R5rVEa_LD_mi4ES_ZQ-kbUMm8kicyslsZ0uH-lByByWJTqJ-qL0NnHJLzcCirr04xnXgQzqF7jGxlmwv0xJ99rZUdqNDn7MMDZ47fe0tfZTr3Ap0B0sN/s1025/Photo-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1025" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhFfRrsurTset90RWZJnmaMA3clcAU7NqLpZRxyQ0buOEkqXRXSnzn0xZRbKANiolm432R5rVEa_LD_mi4ES_ZQ-kbUMm8kicyslsZ0uH-lByByWJTqJ-qL0NnHJLzcCirr04xnXgQzqF7jGxlmwv0xJ99rZUdqNDn7MMDZ47fe0tfZTr3Ap0B0sN/w640-h480/Photo-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Command Sgt. Major John Ballenger with Afghan National Security Forces during the 48th IBCT's deployment to Afghanistan from 2018-2019. <br />Photo courtesy of Command Sgt. Major John Ballenger.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Upon returning from Afghanistan, Ballenger was assigned to
the 1-108th, as operations sergeant major and later served as the squadron
command sergeant major. In 2022, Ballenger accepted responsibility as command
sergeant major of the 48th IBCT. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirmNkIcMga1-ZdXbR_ukasd4WSQTiFpjCrGJ48KkGsgUfhlkiTPzxI172v4q8F35AN_YDcAbioOh0_63ETJHSUuo1c68v0AgHuP2cYnCQiGLrdllbmR04CEG0M64cZaLohBHdP5pv8DGKKBIea533pCvUf4BD2OIoIRqf0gFrfnj8U-s9eeJOFTPE/s2048/51811267337_d18d7e3f32_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1495" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirmNkIcMga1-ZdXbR_ukasd4WSQTiFpjCrGJ48KkGsgUfhlkiTPzxI172v4q8F35AN_YDcAbioOh0_63ETJHSUuo1c68v0AgHuP2cYnCQiGLrdllbmR04CEG0M64cZaLohBHdP5pv8DGKKBIea533pCvUf4BD2OIoIRqf0gFrfnj8U-s9eeJOFTPE/w640-h468/51811267337_d18d7e3f32_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colonel Jason Baker, commander of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, passes the noncommissioned officer’s sword to Command Sgt. Major <br />John Ballenger, incoming brigade command sergeant major of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Jan. 9, 2021. Photo by Capt. Bryant Wine.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-86111195942548696702023-05-05T11:02:00.016-07:002023-05-05T11:10:24.629-07:00Brigadier General Tom Blackstock retires after nearly 40 years of military service<p> By Maj. William Carraway, Historian, Georgia National
Guard</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAdMCp-RD0TzD1uE3jxkLeXCM2_dJExahJsQ_4WvRZuNpgNTBSC9e73nAKyKAcs85ESIaRsnQanfaKh_L33IRRCCGnm8gRyUaANW-fETUBGjb0VTeWvGURmw19prMSmb1nA8e8TPYnXtKxIk4kQ89I-ZE8JaYwUz6V0MXYsItlZ_oqo18OomwSx51/s3158/Collage%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2001" data-original-width="3158" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAdMCp-RD0TzD1uE3jxkLeXCM2_dJExahJsQ_4WvRZuNpgNTBSC9e73nAKyKAcs85ESIaRsnQanfaKh_L33IRRCCGnm8gRyUaANW-fETUBGjb0VTeWvGURmw19prMSmb1nA8e8TPYnXtKxIk4kQ89I-ZE8JaYwUz6V0MXYsItlZ_oqo18OomwSx51/w640-h406/Collage%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collage: Left: Brigadier General Tom Blackstock at his retirement ceremony May 5, 2023. Photo by Maj. William Carraway. Right: Headquarters <br />Detachment, 122nd Infantry Regiment in December 1983 with Pvt. Tom Blackstock highlighted. Image courtesy of Brig. Gen. Tom Blackstock.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Friends,
family and fellow service members gathered at the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Ga.
for the retirement ceremony of Brig. Gen. Tom Blackstock whose military
career spanned five decades. In the audience were Soldiers who served with
Blackstock from his earliest enlisted days, members of his Reserve Officer
Training Corps class at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State
Defense Force Volunteers who served under Blackstock’s leadership. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouCwgHE0ZmUnau5vbwiKKxPiFybD5dj0DAoQZbwFopHVM3BNcq3GIKOwwDAQPJ0mItYtekxxfHWpnyoD0FIz-q_CM6xJX4FI_P1MVfXJ1SeEv5Z2YeMsMlfJgbciflOQVSWySOKJZfIjOy8t1mojLXrOr-wQCp5zFSBr5_a269wXZ-S-wqY_albfL/s3646/TB%20E1E4017.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2082" data-original-width="3646" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouCwgHE0ZmUnau5vbwiKKxPiFybD5dj0DAoQZbwFopHVM3BNcq3GIKOwwDAQPJ0mItYtekxxfHWpnyoD0FIz-q_CM6xJX4FI_P1MVfXJ1SeEv5Z2YeMsMlfJgbciflOQVSWySOKJZfIjOy8t1mojLXrOr-wQCp5zFSBr5_a269wXZ-S-wqY_albfL/w640-h366/TB%20E1E4017.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cadet Lt. Col. Tom Blackstock attends a joint services ROTC award ceremony in the spring of 1986. Photo courtesy of Brig. Gen. Tom Blackstock.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Blackstock
entered military service in 1982, enlisting as a private in the Georgia
National Guard’s Headquarters’ Detachment of the 1st Battalion, 122nd Infantry
Regiment. After completing basic combat and advanced infantry training at Fort Benning, Blackstock
served two years with the Guard before accepting a scholarship through the
Reserve Officer Training Corps to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology.
En route to completing his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Blackstock
completed the ROTC program, rising to command the cadet battalion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RSTNE8k05OD96dqox0Ol9_yls4dgVIP8jQcq6QsnDUg3XxNnunMiFeUhRpAdpCL9zQxvYMAKlPjMRw_PilrHOeeNJYUh83G4Tx38cmTNQwcAzIG51tCdccGWVTxo7F22rzdfFAz9RdQ0X9zMD26NB38ADdm_POz-a9vwRF2nfjzAmryxtW3m3648/s2579/TB%20LT%20001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1838" data-original-width="2579" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RSTNE8k05OD96dqox0Ol9_yls4dgVIP8jQcq6QsnDUg3XxNnunMiFeUhRpAdpCL9zQxvYMAKlPjMRw_PilrHOeeNJYUh83G4Tx38cmTNQwcAzIG51tCdccGWVTxo7F22rzdfFAz9RdQ0X9zMD26NB38ADdm_POz-a9vwRF2nfjzAmryxtW3m3648/w640-h456/TB%20LT%20001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second Lt. Tom Blackstock with 2nd Lt. Antoine Bodo of the Central African Republic Army conduct medium girder bridge training during the Army <br />Engineer Officer Basic Course at Fort Belvoir, Va. in January 1988. Photo courtesy of Brig. Gen. Blackstock.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Upon
graduating in 1987, Blackstock completed initial branch training and was
assigned as a platoon leader with the 27th Engineer Battalion at Fort Bragg. He
was promoted to 1st lieutenant in 1989 and mobilized to Saudi Arabia in support
of Operation Desert Shield the following year as the executive officer of
Company B. As Desert Shield gave way to Desert Storm, Blackstock was assigned
as the assistant operations officer for the 27th En Bn. Returning to the United
States, he completed the Officer Advanced Course at Fort Leonard Wood before
leaving active duty to serve in the Army Reserve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wImCXyTtpyKb3xxtpxHXv47NuJjcVmg_4Qw1MJOMdWjuMElCulY2hvtpBUSeP8z6_0XW9QgTPFMR_WvvbQr05Adq6wbvAX5Z4D6BIcJTgpbla6RUP6XO7tc9YsPjT7UcVhCJo1lNZ4urPqKK5xevgakHYW-21VAEgN5kvOxENZgcvZWSj3qSnqRi/s2132/TB%20LT%20046.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="2132" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wImCXyTtpyKb3xxtpxHXv47NuJjcVmg_4Qw1MJOMdWjuMElCulY2hvtpBUSeP8z6_0XW9QgTPFMR_WvvbQr05Adq6wbvAX5Z4D6BIcJTgpbla6RUP6XO7tc9YsPjT7UcVhCJo1lNZ4urPqKK5xevgakHYW-21VAEgN5kvOxENZgcvZWSj3qSnqRi/w640-h458/TB%20LT%20046.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">First Lieutenant Tom Blackstock with the 27th Engineer Battalion in Iraq in 1991. Photo courtesy of Brig. Gen. Tom Blackstock.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In November
1996, Captain Blackstock rejoined the Georgia National Guard as commander of the
Marietta-based Headquarters Company, 265th Engineer Group. After a successful
command tenure, he was promoted to major and returned to the 265th
to serve as the group's logistics officer in 1998. That same year, Blackstock
began a civilian career with the Georgia National Guard as an assistant
facilities engineer with the Construction Facilities Management Office where he
would remain for the next decade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbSYiPO8cznlP8k6xtUnAJX0dtks5cKW6EGgi7hUZWABhJxOCoUeL97pRqzYLTgurQf114DoV3j6I3nQe0UfNNF5YWvGRj-2BciI2qsjMgjvfBTA2p1CYpszOfcfNW9MhLLMagYGG0_wpDcLrRl2yrt-t_muw4F6GOJ0GzZ73PozjDHYfWOfukwXG/s3154/TB03002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3154" data-original-width="2246" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbSYiPO8cznlP8k6xtUnAJX0dtks5cKW6EGgi7hUZWABhJxOCoUeL97pRqzYLTgurQf114DoV3j6I3nQe0UfNNF5YWvGRj-2BciI2qsjMgjvfBTA2p1CYpszOfcfNW9MhLLMagYGG0_wpDcLrRl2yrt-t_muw4F6GOJ0GzZ73PozjDHYfWOfukwXG/w285-h400/TB03002.jpg" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Captain Tom Blackstock assumes command of Headquarters <br />Company,265th Engineer Group in November 1996. <br />Photo courtesy of Brig. Gen. Tom Blackstock.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In November
1999, Blackstock was appointed operations officer for the Statesboro-based
648th Engineer Battalion, an element of the 48th Brigade. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In April
2002 Blackstock was named assistant director of facilities for the CFMO. Promotion
to lieutenant colonel followed in June of that year and in April 2003,
Blackstock returned to the 648th Engineer Battalion, this time as its
commander. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKg-_iO8Vb1-8uUFPuxPghpMbVcbyhGOit5zGZo_yOjMBUw_8xB18FPrz7Ntf78ILRe4csdslf3rUXlZ2DKb5ZGHXWvXjvOtNbE1ZFmHysHeSYH-W2bkgutgQdnlZrdEgh510mSrsIcA464JaD-OUnEYrYIxkmC1TwfxEyQmKEkPbMhvGAEQSk_Hc/s1544/NTC%20LTP%202004.1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1544" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKg-_iO8Vb1-8uUFPuxPghpMbVcbyhGOit5zGZo_yOjMBUw_8xB18FPrz7Ntf78ILRe4csdslf3rUXlZ2DKb5ZGHXWvXjvOtNbE1ZFmHysHeSYH-W2bkgutgQdnlZrdEgh510mSrsIcA464JaD-OUnEYrYIxkmC1TwfxEyQmKEkPbMhvGAEQSk_Hc/w640-h424/NTC%20LTP%202004.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lieutenant Colonel Tom Blackstock with Soldiers of the 648th Engineer Battalion at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. <br />in January, 2004. Photo courtesy of Brig. Gen. Tom Blackstock.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Following
battalion command, Blackstock continued his civilian career in the CFMO and in
November 2004 was assigned as deputy commander for the 265th Engineer
Battalion, then based in Decatur. From August 2005 to April 2006, Blackstock
served as executive officer for the Decatur-based 78th Troop Command. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg591uKrbAJr4EmkeMJusV1eIuTiAI1MZhRGcG31bO0MImdH5Wva8OJxLt870eAQFl48am0TcVKVcib3SIZsB90LEzfcsImg6a0fW6u4ybZxclqQP-3Y8MHl32QSP1F7KxVXGWBhC-cPiWC_YKjzpukTHs6PSM-T9-2OiVCecFIlSeD3nNssvT8omUr/s3579/TB06009.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3579" data-original-width="2326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg591uKrbAJr4EmkeMJusV1eIuTiAI1MZhRGcG31bO0MImdH5Wva8OJxLt870eAQFl48am0TcVKVcib3SIZsB90LEzfcsImg6a0fW6u4ybZxclqQP-3Y8MHl32QSP1F7KxVXGWBhC-cPiWC_YKjzpukTHs6PSM-T9-2OiVCecFIlSeD3nNssvT8omUr/s320/TB06009.jpg" width="208" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">December 10, 2010: Major Gen. Maria L. Britt <br />presents the Meritorious Service Medal to Col. <br />Thomas H. Blackstock for outstanding leadership <br />during his two years as commander of the 78th<br />TC. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Promoted
to Colonel in August 2006, Blackstock was appointed to command the 265th Engineer Group and
was elevated to director of installation management with the CFMO. As commander
of the 265th, Blackstock oversaw the relocation of the unit to Metter in 2007
and continued in command until January 2009 when he was appointed commander of
the 78th Troop Command. Blackstock commanded the 78th TC from February 8, 2009
to December 4, 2010 during which time the brigade mobilized nearly 850 Soldiers
to Iraq, Afghanistan and the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Concurrent
with his assignment as commander of the 78th TC, Col. Blackstock served as
the director of operations for the Georgia Army National Guard beginning in
March 2010. Leading a staff of 22, Blackstock shepherded the operations
directorate through its move to Building 447 at the Clay National Guard Center.
In March 2012, Blackstock left the operations directorate and mobilized to
Kabul, Afghanistan as the chief of the military technical agreement branch. As
the MTA chief, Blackstock worked with Afghan ministries and coalition partners
to synchronize efforts and served as the senior national representative for United States forces at International
Security Assistance Force headquarters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Upon
returning from Afghanistan, Blackstock was appointed chief of the joint staff
of the Georgia National Guard where he developed and executed programs with a
staff of 50. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWr7jRtbP46nkHZ5tuRVcGThihRHN4w1HWmmCKhpQ7rqpvR1N1_N4YAwu63hBXjnIaxqUqlFiG1Dw8zVy3XFnKvACoZ01kfHJDRJMNjhb2ExixGYfT2YA4AMoKnf0CeYr18ICwtEeixxBkiGvbVZjuZ0oqyyKlmP3u2KkH81rrY2mFHi3BS_gN1sL/s3575/120624-A-DS387-039.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2385" data-original-width="3575" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWr7jRtbP46nkHZ5tuRVcGThihRHN4w1HWmmCKhpQ7rqpvR1N1_N4YAwu63hBXjnIaxqUqlFiG1Dw8zVy3XFnKvACoZ01kfHJDRJMNjhb2ExixGYfT2YA4AMoKnf0CeYr18ICwtEeixxBkiGvbVZjuZ0oqyyKlmP3u2KkH81rrY2mFHi3BS_gN1sL/w640-h426/120624-A-DS387-039.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colonel Tom Blackstock participates in a memorial ceremony at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan <br />in June 2012. Photo courtesy of Brig. Gen. Blackstock.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In April
2014, Blackstock transitioned to serve as the United States Property and Fiscal
Officer for Georgia. As USPFO he served as the representative for the Chief of
the National Guard Bureau, managing and executing more than $3 billion in
federal property and an annual budget of more than $500 million. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcePNaGZJDqBjb9Hl1b62Wxe26w4p-miPOlqMyzOAnnla4ekC7ONNCO2-0olPt5wd7KOAVoYgolpQG9aHM77MLSTAkVSHlc9Mj0csrxARkkGzkE7SNA7mzlPX1SFmKfggQEeOA2polaNZcTVANK0JCN5Kzx1X5_K9BF6bIdgJixamKmamjltnExF6/s1762/USPFO%202014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="1762" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcePNaGZJDqBjb9Hl1b62Wxe26w4p-miPOlqMyzOAnnla4ekC7ONNCO2-0olPt5wd7KOAVoYgolpQG9aHM77MLSTAkVSHlc9Mj0csrxARkkGzkE7SNA7mzlPX1SFmKfggQEeOA2polaNZcTVANK0JCN5Kzx1X5_K9BF6bIdgJixamKmamjltnExF6/w640-h426/USPFO%202014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colonel Tom Blackstock (standing, top-center) with the staff of the United States Property and Fiscal Office, Georgia National Guard in 2014. <br />Photo courtesy of Brig Gen. Tom Blackstock.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In 2016, Blackstock
retired from civil service while continuing forward in his military career. In
July 2016 he was appointed to command the 78th Troop Command for a second time.
Promotion to Brigadier General followed in September. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdC0STZZeWHD_R1FbhDxydBLzKCKQQkLuWIFexwRdIXbTe0pxTdUaXd9SI6MO1BYI0IwKBe3zmd3W5V2gzjhwHmsdgjTLubr7gC_IcWhvHJ49lZeClahIpDZEcL7H0_4sLiXEfszFuhVsKSK7GgwJpr86Wubj2CqzIHrz0WlSqOCNMOI7E8g2RuAq3/s2127/Flickr%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="2127" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdC0STZZeWHD_R1FbhDxydBLzKCKQQkLuWIFexwRdIXbTe0pxTdUaXd9SI6MO1BYI0IwKBe3zmd3W5V2gzjhwHmsdgjTLubr7gC_IcWhvHJ49lZeClahIpDZEcL7H0_4sLiXEfszFuhVsKSK7GgwJpr86Wubj2CqzIHrz0WlSqOCNMOI7E8g2RuAq3/w640-h426/Flickr%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, Marietta, Ga., July 10, 2016 – Colonel Tom Blackstock assumes command of the 78th Troop Command <br />from Brig. Gen. Craig McGalliard during a ceremony. Photo by Sgt. Shye Stallings.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">While still
in command of the 78th TC, Blackstock was appointed to concurrently serve as
the commanding general of the Georgia State Defense Force, a component of the
Georgia Department of Defense comprised of more than 500 volunteers who augment
National Guard operations during emergency operations. Under his command, State
Defense Force volunteers assisted efforts across Georgia as part of the state’s
coordinated response to the Coronavirus pandemic. During this response, the State Defense Force completed more mission hours across the state than in any previous domestic operation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGF3k4aHpJmrw1DIvqgd4sAZ1no-C6XJs9cZNu3Mx6O-jMCESW2sxVFMI-VzNeLTOs1qOappVtu8KGx91VxdGnTohaUII778Kvqd8P_kZKjWxauOhQ5U0TXPtgAp7IRHfPli5f8vEngI6ccINO2EGowz3L3GrW3OxSkfYsXJOefjacc8kL5aOF4O8/s2736/GSDF%20AT%202019.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="2736" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGF3k4aHpJmrw1DIvqgd4sAZ1no-C6XJs9cZNu3Mx6O-jMCESW2sxVFMI-VzNeLTOs1qOappVtu8KGx91VxdGnTohaUII778Kvqd8P_kZKjWxauOhQ5U0TXPtgAp7IRHfPli5f8vEngI6ccINO2EGowz3L3GrW3OxSkfYsXJOefjacc8kL5aOF4O8/w640-h426/GSDF%20AT%202019.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brigadier General Tom Blackstock with members of the Ga. State Defense force at Fort Stewart, Ga. in 2019. Photo courtesy of Brig. Gen. Tom Blackstock.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">During his
three years in command of the 78th TC, the brigade deployed eight units overseas
in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation
Freedom’s Sentinel and Operation Atlantic Resolve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRShF3QboZiZ8y9tDyyICP1ZOxzbuLRjfzATiSr2O7ixCsP6fcBu1llG88UcV3IQU2Qra9BcoxUibpzmHdV3kZEJGUM7ASLuYh02-tJmGfMNjtEqmhJxHrOe4_Gl7W_M8qIhAHybeIrURr130e58mbMhg7S8013VGTsB1Gr7esM-XArTHKecLO4sVY/s6000/Flickr%208.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRShF3QboZiZ8y9tDyyICP1ZOxzbuLRjfzATiSr2O7ixCsP6fcBu1llG88UcV3IQU2Qra9BcoxUibpzmHdV3kZEJGUM7ASLuYh02-tJmGfMNjtEqmhJxHrOe4_Gl7W_M8qIhAHybeIrURr130e58mbMhg7S8013VGTsB1Gr7esM-XArTHKecLO4sVY/w640-h426/Flickr%208.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">VAZIANI, Country of Georgia, August 2, 2017 – Brigadier General Tom Blackstock, commander of the Georgia Army National Guard’s 78th Troop Command <br />presents coins to Sgt. Caleb Taylor and Cpl. Andrew Fregine of the Ga. ARNG’s 810th Engineer Company at the Vaziani Training Area near Tiblisi, <br />country of Georgia, where the 810th is conducting combat engineer training in support of Exercise Noble Partner 2017. Photo by Capt. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Continuing
in command of the Ga. SDF, Blackstock was appointed to serve as the director of
the Joint Staff in Marietta Georgia in August 2019, a role he held until
February 2020 when he assumed duties as the director of the Georgia National
Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe Program. In his 18 months as the Ga. YCP director,
Blackstock oversaw operations at campuses at Fort Stewart, Fort Gordon and
Milledgeville directing the efforts of more than 300 teachers, counselors, and
career advisors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On November 24, 2020, Blackstock relinquished command of the Ga. SDF to Brig. Gen. Mark Gelhardt while continuing to serve as the executive director of the National Guard Association of Georgia through August 2021. A longtime resident of Marietta, Blackstock serves as chief executive officer of Arena Leadership Consultants. He is active in community organizations to include the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the National Guard Family Support Foundation and National Guard Association.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlKRDk_1DZrihcmvGIEdyGjloRAMv-4GvcQyEQlpNRnYt0uXD00fgSeNbaFcrkjtJqelCJ_lhc3ox3Ln0H-VuqNIxCakitlvZUGdqpge4vIbSYe8Cn4gtWIQRlZXrLQktiqZZFOcNf8um9iizNXvw3RPYb6gOSPdCG1RXQjVl6Xt_cgPkOxeGLWxX/s3800/2020-11-24%20BG%20Blackstock%20Awards%20Ceremony%20with%20Govenor%20Kemp%20%20(10).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3800" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlKRDk_1DZrihcmvGIEdyGjloRAMv-4GvcQyEQlpNRnYt0uXD00fgSeNbaFcrkjtJqelCJ_lhc3ox3Ln0H-VuqNIxCakitlvZUGdqpge4vIbSYe8Cn4gtWIQRlZXrLQktiqZZFOcNf8um9iizNXvw3RPYb6gOSPdCG1RXQjVl6Xt_cgPkOxeGLWxX/w640-h382/2020-11-24%20BG%20Blackstock%20Awards%20Ceremony%20with%20Govenor%20Kemp%20%20(10).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Governor Brian Kemp presents the Oglethorpe Distinguished Service Medal to Brig. Gen. Tom Blackstock at the state capitol in 2020. <br />Photo courtesy of Brig. Gen. Tom Blackstock.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-65629094769918776712023-05-02T12:42:00.000-07:002023-05-02T12:42:48.200-07:00History of the 170th MP Battalion<p>By Major William Carraway</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Historian, Georgia National Guard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2jB2SsvuuAlHLio0oUP4d1WekBzUSRm7K6SQsff18ECS__uFENNFCsnmKR5Svqmx5gR0g3JZFL-pbxHUyLtJmcZjwcW6rscauR3UE8xr-SZTjfHFI4sqxSTfHumgM4x2Y6uV4FPbHv5vsD5KLw3XrlN2U2p4g4Q1VUcX7QXEIAzUbvUeoAi1C57o/s4400/Collage%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2477" data-original-width="4400" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2jB2SsvuuAlHLio0oUP4d1WekBzUSRm7K6SQsff18ECS__uFENNFCsnmKR5Svqmx5gR0g3JZFL-pbxHUyLtJmcZjwcW6rscauR3UE8xr-SZTjfHFI4sqxSTfHumgM4x2Y6uV4FPbHv5vsD5KLw3XrlN2U2p4g4Q1VUcX7QXEIAzUbvUeoAi1C57o/w640-h360/Collage%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: The colors of the 170th MP Battalion during a July 16, 2022 change of command ceremony. Right:Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 122nd Infantry <br />Regiment participate in a machine gun drill with an M1917A1 water-cooled machine gun in 1939. Georgia National Guard Archives. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Formation
and Early History<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The predecessor unit of the 170<sup>th</sup>
MP Battalion was organized and federally recognized March 5, 1924 in the Georgia
National Guard in Atlanta as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion and Company C,
200th Infantry. On June 9, 1924, the unit was redesignated as Headquarters
Company, 1st Battalion, and Company C, 122d Infantry Regiment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On July 1, 1939, the unit was
converted and redesignated as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 1st
Battalion, and Battery C, 179th Field Artillery. One year later the unit was
reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1940 as Headquarters Battery, 1st
Battalion, 179th Field Artillery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1xYyDMp600NgA1WI-0ojkewPqbiFFJ-S3M-560f6zd3rX0-ihr0BPetcHBcRv-jnu9OXfDTIIGEDfsdR58g_V6z5zeeH_XbfBB4qF1R7hSdDIhpKEAlFn8HT2Z5oKxttq2BPMqSHc3NQK0w18DHPdisva3Mv0Shc2QLHqTc49-08HE1cI8BalE-B/s1600/Collar%20Discs.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1xYyDMp600NgA1WI-0ojkewPqbiFFJ-S3M-560f6zd3rX0-ihr0BPetcHBcRv-jnu9OXfDTIIGEDfsdR58g_V6z5zeeH_XbfBB4qF1R7hSdDIhpKEAlFn8HT2Z5oKxttq2BPMqSHc3NQK0w18DHPdisva3Mv0Shc2QLHqTc49-08HE1cI8BalE-B/w640-h480/Collar%20Discs.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collar discs and unit insignia of the 179th Field Artillery Battalion, and its predecessor, the 122nd Infantry Regiment, are flanked by source books <br />used in the writing of this chapter. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">World
War II<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The 179<sup>th</sup> FA was inducted
into federal service Feb. 24, 1941 in Atlanta. <span style="color: white;">After
one week at home station, the 179th was sent to Camp Blanding near
Jacksonville, Fla. along with their newly issued 155 Schneider Howitzers to
begin initial training.</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> </span>Upon
arrival at Camp Blanding, the 179th, under the command of Col. Thomas
Alexander, was assigned to the 74th Field Artillery Brigade, IV Corps.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
</span>Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the 179th was employed as part of the coastal
defenses near Jacksonville.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;">The 179th remained at Camp
Blanding through the winter of 1941 and in March 1942 moved by truck to Camp
Shelby, Miss. The trip took the battalion three days to complete.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
During their stay at Camp Shelby, the 179th participated in the Louisiana
Maneuvers and conducted firing drills.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIZWprSx-T4heTWAcQgBeAk7UdL52K5h1OG6JDXrM53MhzyEeiwCjmYi_zMPmZ5NCuXKBQe2hb2c4BVAhy9AG44gEPqeHEnz79ObNlgF5O_-c9ZrIQPq6IRz7KA9ZgrAaLc9q1RcbTeMNjPwI67cxb4XwgDrzmA5HuGqFHEEDHs1h8eX6uYAjr2uL/s1600/Charles%20Turner%20items001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1277" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIZWprSx-T4heTWAcQgBeAk7UdL52K5h1OG6JDXrM53MhzyEeiwCjmYi_zMPmZ5NCuXKBQe2hb2c4BVAhy9AG44gEPqeHEnz79ObNlgF5O_-c9ZrIQPq6IRz7KA9ZgrAaLc9q1RcbTeMNjPwI67cxb4XwgDrzmA5HuGqFHEEDHs1h8eX6uYAjr2uL/w255-h320/Charles%20Turner%20items001.jpg" width="255" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Technical manual that belonged to Staff Sgt. Charles<br />Turner, 179th FA. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;">On February 8, 1943, the 179th Field
Artillery Regiment underwent its most dramatic transformation since its
conversion from the 122nd Infantry four years previous. The second battalion
was designated the 945th Field Artillery Battalion while the 1st Battalion was
designated the 179th FA Battalion. The former regimental headquarters
constituted the 179th FA Group.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> The
predecessor units of the 170th MP Battalion were reorganized and redesignated
as Headquarters Battery and Battery C, 179th Field Artillery Battalion.</span><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On March 7, 1943 the 179th FA
relocated to Fort Sill, Okla. With the 945th FA arriving the next month.
Shortly after arrival, the battalions participated in the Tennessee Maneuvers.
At the conclusion of the maneuvers in March 1944, the battalions returned to
Camp Gruber where their howitzers were upgraded to the M1 155 mm Howitzer.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Shortly thereafter, the units received their mobilization alert.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">After a four-day train ride, the
battalions reached Camp Myles Standish, Mass. In the last days of June.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> On
July 2, the battalions boarded the USS Brazil, a converted luxury liner, and
set sail for Scotland the next day.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">After ten days sailing over rough
seas, enduring cramped quarters, the Soldiers arrived in Gourock Scotland, the
same port in which the Georgia National Guard’s 230th FA Battalion had arrived
nearly five months earlier.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The next day the battalions travelled by train to Warwickshire, England. Here,
the battalions received their full complement of combat equipment and vehicles
and calibrated their howitzers for accurate fire. In preparation for movement
to France, the battalions were assigned to the Third Army, 182nd Field Artillery
Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the late hours of August 12, 1944
while German armor was withdrawing from Mortain, the 179th FA arrived off the
coast of Utah Beach along with the Georgia National Guard’s 945th Field
Artillery Battalion. <span style="color: white;">Although their landing occurred
more than two months after the D-Day Landings of June 6, 1944, the night sky
was alive with tracer fire and artillery. From the landing ships, the Soldiers
could observe a U.S. Navy destroyer engaging some inland target which was
illumined only by the impact of rounds against the black mass of the French
countryside. The Artillerymen would soon send their own rounds against German
targets in the effort to liberate the continent.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSntWvwCk4GhQiUvoHWbUtlf9dEHZr7N-ePurPeSyESFI9sET3UV3c0rdd1WZZmVLGZOQY8WMRdr-seeZCgWTSulIy9zFkq0d5TE03Kvpwy0ga-dp1yueKobE8U8OF0G7fDP6D93c4oY4QEuaKBiQn9QmKES5TP5jkVxnUR-KqUwlfNklCURYDFeSR/s1600/179%20HQ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1600" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSntWvwCk4GhQiUvoHWbUtlf9dEHZr7N-ePurPeSyESFI9sET3UV3c0rdd1WZZmVLGZOQY8WMRdr-seeZCgWTSulIy9zFkq0d5TE03Kvpwy0ga-dp1yueKobE8U8OF0G7fDP6D93c4oY4QEuaKBiQn9QmKES5TP5jkVxnUR-KqUwlfNklCURYDFeSR/w640-h274/179%20HQ.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Headquarters Battery, 179th FA. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The battalions moved off the beach and
encamped near St. Mere Eglise on August 13 where they spent a jittery first night
in a war zone. The battalions continued on to Le Mans where they rendezvoused
with XII Corps. Having linked up with Patton’s Army, the battalion had its
first brush with the enemy when German stragglers attempting to reach their own
line blundered into contact with the battalion. Though shots were fired, no
casualties were reported on either side.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn11;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
were poised to participate in the campaigns of the Third Army crossing France,
participating in the Battle of the Bulge and proceeding on to Germany.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">After their brush with the enemy, the
179th was attached to the Fourth Armored Division, XII Corps, 177th Field Artillery
Group which had just wrapped up operations in the St. Lo breakthrough. Rendezvousing
with the Fourth Armored at Chevilly, the battalion continued on to Montargis
where, on August 22, they established firing positions and fired their first
shells of the war. In their first action, the 179th accounted for 14 enemy
artillery pieces and more than 400 German casualties.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn12;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The 179th continued its eastward drive
with the Fourth AD through Vaucoulers where the Georgia National Guard’s 151st
Machine Gun Battalion trained before its employment in the trenches of the
Western Front in 1917.Resupplied, the division continued eastward on September
10 and established a bridgehead over the Moselle River. Effecting the crossing,
the 179th advanced to Luneville, France, where the 151st had entered the
trenches in March 1917. Turning west, the division met stubborn German
resistance at Fresnes en Saulnois where the 179th traded artillery fire with
the enemy for five days.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn13;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
For their actions, the 179th was recommended for the Presidential Unit Citation.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGS5hCRjIDSLlEnOvlIMx65G6oWekk-Kj_TN2kJ5W-LKbzOKLUkLbUEKBtAi6UdrMS8nkNd-wA2JRosDpRDnTrU64dNIBlLofjU-BEcElOpgNvX8liqkfdsyqpcWxckgBRCHtJ68gKbG-RuP0anRkt0JFjGAPIrqSsYaR2OE9PhcihTsktPDw1Nq4I/s1600/179%20C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1600" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGS5hCRjIDSLlEnOvlIMx65G6oWekk-Kj_TN2kJ5W-LKbzOKLUkLbUEKBtAi6UdrMS8nkNd-wA2JRosDpRDnTrU64dNIBlLofjU-BEcElOpgNvX8liqkfdsyqpcWxckgBRCHtJ68gKbG-RuP0anRkt0JFjGAPIrqSsYaR2OE9PhcihTsktPDw1Nq4I/w640-h280/179%20C.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battery C, 179th FA. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From September 28 to November 1, the
179th was held in a defensive position to await the buildup of combat power for
an offensive operation. Moving out, the battalion reached Lanfroicourt where a
tremendous artillery barrage occurred along a 55-mile front.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn14;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The ensuing infantry assault drove the German lines back and the 179th pursued
with the 4th AD to Fenetrange where they linked up with the Seventh Army. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">By December, the division had reached
Rimling where the battalion fired on objectives across the border in Germany. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reassigned to the Third Army, the
battalion rushed to Belgium December 20 following German advances. By the 24th
of December, the 179th, in support of the 26th Division, had established firing
positions near Nagen, Belgium where they engaged German forces on the left
flank of the enemy breakthrough. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On January 1, 1945, then assigned to
the III Corps in support of the 35th Division, the battalion continued to
hammer German forces near Boulaide, Luxembourg firing up to 1,000 shells a day
despite desperately cold weather. On January 8, the battalion, following the
4th AD moved to relieve the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">After establishing holding positions
in Luxembourg, the 179th was again attached to the 4th AD on February 24 and
crossed not Germany at Vianden. Breaking the Siegfried Line defenses, the
division drove on to Bitburg and Coblenz. Bypassing Coblenz, the division
maneuvered south through Worms and crossed the Rhine March 24. Advancing on the
Main River, the 179th fired on Frankfurt before crossing the river five days
later. Reaching the Autobahn, the division’s advance accelerated. Attached to
the 90th Division, the 179th reached Leipzig. On May 4, again attached to the
4th AD, the 179th advanced to Berchtesgaden. Ordered to proceed to Prague, the
179th was in motion when the cease fire was announced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In 266 days in Europe, the 179th fired
nearly 49,000 rounds earning seven Silver Stars and 118 Bronze Star Medals. After
serving in the European Operations, the 179<sup>th</sup> FA was inactivated
Dec. 9, 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Va.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Post
WWII Reorganizations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Upon the reorganization of the Georgia
National Guard in July 1946, the 179<sup>th</sup> FA Battalion was assigned to
the 48th Infantry Division.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn15" name="_ftnref15" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn15;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[15]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The 179<sup>th</sup> was reorganized and federally recognized May 2, 1947 in
Atlanta.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn16" name="_ftnref16" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn16;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[16]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
On November 1, 1955, the 48<sup>th</sup> was reorganized as the 48th Armored
Division and the 179<sup>th</sup> was redesignated as Headquarters Battery and
Battery C, 179th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn17" name="_ftnref17" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn17;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[17]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00mQ3z9mLvogADp6zCFeR-yo42tXZWx0-HvqHGZtuUAGuXh2n_6Ey9YC3h90EqFuPSEYO1kRvLWyQw8_s-DJ0_zefNHZOq6VLb1199y1VGwLYBnuorSJR4r6_0OrPo_4n7o1cJC0eouY1MDa_Az4XEHT85fs_CG_TrqLsqXlgfdiYgyeV30Y7pC0R/s2048/20505440473_27a462543f_k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00mQ3z9mLvogADp6zCFeR-yo42tXZWx0-HvqHGZtuUAGuXh2n_6Ey9YC3h90EqFuPSEYO1kRvLWyQw8_s-DJ0_zefNHZOq6VLb1199y1VGwLYBnuorSJR4r6_0OrPo_4n7o1cJC0eouY1MDa_Az4XEHT85fs_CG_TrqLsqXlgfdiYgyeV30Y7pC0R/w640-h426/20505440473_27a462543f_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ATLANTA, April 21, 1955 Two- and-1/2-ton trucks of the 179th Field Artillery, 48th Armored Division loaded full of troops move out from <br />the Atlanta Armory during Operation Minuteman. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Subsequent reorganizations in 1959<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn18" name="_ftnref18" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn18;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[18]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
and 1963 established the unit as Headquarters Battery and Battery C, 1st Rocket
Howitzer Battalion, 179th Artillery and Headquarters and Service Battery and
Battery D, 1st Battalion, 179th Artillery, respectively. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRGdU6wVJgoIqH8JbT8184eDubYM5t9TFHtaE7PCa6pAWdgJxTDe8yaxBgkYeTBCvBvXYA_3OC0Cz0sFqMRYsxZkCl6zVxNnavT-hT-RY2THhtiXfhmoKpDCuddDOhdD5AEZTUYz7FxaHDfRnKmqEJ7Yw1UoNsKJg7ukekMTAPEcE3lTJz255fhqn/s2048/21100325196_2639f24f1c_k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRGdU6wVJgoIqH8JbT8184eDubYM5t9TFHtaE7PCa6pAWdgJxTDe8yaxBgkYeTBCvBvXYA_3OC0Cz0sFqMRYsxZkCl6zVxNnavT-hT-RY2THhtiXfhmoKpDCuddDOhdD5AEZTUYz7FxaHDfRnKmqEJ7Yw1UoNsKJg7ukekMTAPEcE3lTJz255fhqn/w640-h426/21100325196_2639f24f1c_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FORT STEWART, Ga. 1959 - Two 8-inch self-propelled howitzers of the 1st Rocket/Howitzer Battalion, 179th Artillery from Atlanta, Ga. <br />during annual training of the 48th Armored Division at Fort Stewart, Ga. Image courtesy of the National Guard Educational Foundation, Washington D.C.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A reorganization of the 48<sup>th</sup>
Armor Division January 1, 1968 consolidated Headquarters and Service Battery
and Battery D. The consolidated unit was redesignated as Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment, 170th Military Police Battalion.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn19" name="_ftnref19" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn19;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[19]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Unit Insignia of
the 170<sup>th</sup> MP Battalion.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj13ZE33vDF11c05qQcqgnnNsYPNqfPMW41kPOay0nJlSphRm5bVbJp3Ms5Ei2M61g3kJqgLoG-lVYzv71uvf9GWbaw5LvjTaY0Py0gucnB8YAC4srqaqx15u2nhdHuZ3zSs7-MUfKOy4qCltzScEgH31yW3ftn9O3ZowH8FxUjfXkAEADfFRZdfu/s84/170th%20MP%20DUI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="84" data-original-width="69" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj13ZE33vDF11c05qQcqgnnNsYPNqfPMW41kPOay0nJlSphRm5bVbJp3Ms5Ei2M61g3kJqgLoG-lVYzv71uvf9GWbaw5LvjTaY0Py0gucnB8YAC4srqaqx15u2nhdHuZ3zSs7-MUfKOy4qCltzScEgH31yW3ftn9O3ZowH8FxUjfXkAEADfFRZdfu/s1600/170th%20MP%20DUI.jpg" width="69" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">On February 24, 1971, the US Army
Institute of Heraldry approved the distinctive unit insignia of the 170<sup>th</sup>
Military Police Battalion. The colors green and yellow represent the Military
Police. The gothic arch symbolizes the areas comprising the Ardennes-Alsace,
Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns and is used to represent the unit's
participation there as the 179<sup>th</sup> Field Artillery Regiment during
World War II. Red and green refer to the French Croix de Guerre awarded the
unit for action along the Moselle River represented by the wavy beam. The
fleur-de-lis is symbolic of France and refers to both the Normandy and the
Northern France campaigns. The black disc simulates a cannon ball and together
with the colors scarlet and gold (yellow) alludes to artillery, the unit's
former designation. A doorway implies protection and barrier, and with the
scale of justice refers to the overall mission of the organization. The unit
motto, first in peace and in war is inherited from the 122nd Infantry Regiment
which was redesignated the 179<sup>th</sup> Field Artillery Regiment in 1939.</span><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn20" name="_ftnref20" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn20;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">[20]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The 170th MP Battalion was initially
comprised of a headquarters detachment and the 178<sup>th</sup> and 190<sup>th</sup>
MP Companies.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference">. </span>The 178<sup>th</sup> was
organized in Monroe where it is currently stationed. Originally organized in
Atlanta, the 190<sup>th</sup> relocated to Kennesaw in 1997 after a brief
stationing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn21" name="_ftnref21" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn21;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[21]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On September 30, 1999, Headquarters
Detachment, 170<sup>th</sup> MP Battalion was consolidated with the 190<sup>th</sup>
MP Company. The 190<sup>th</sup> MP Company carried forward the lineage and
heritage of the 170<sup>th</sup>.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn22" name="_ftnref22" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn22;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[22]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0q4ovyAhiFXTfbD0Dw8x1gS8yymaYiEhn93fiRlSDWXR9hWZagbhYprQzhDqlSm_1scbe41Li4rpEb3O2y5J3j447gsi6NuJUGT_TMABWObjxnD_WOLRltIHMj0PmhWiu3lcpPa8zK8wdTlionHU_81D3XEsphItAxSaXm-YAUlFFZRGvD9rCxSkI/s4915/48482253577_f240d49177_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2801" data-original-width="4915" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0q4ovyAhiFXTfbD0Dw8x1gS8yymaYiEhn93fiRlSDWXR9hWZagbhYprQzhDqlSm_1scbe41Li4rpEb3O2y5J3j447gsi6NuJUGT_TMABWObjxnD_WOLRltIHMj0PmhWiu3lcpPa8zK8wdTlionHU_81D3XEsphItAxSaXm-YAUlFFZRGvD9rCxSkI/w640-h364/48482253577_f240d49177_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldiers of the Monroe-based 178th Military Police Company march onto the parade field during the opening ceremony for Agile Spirit 19 <br />at Vaziani Training Area on July 27, 2019. Photo by Spc. Isaiah Matthews.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Modern Era<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The 170th was reorganized in Decatur
September 1, 2007<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn23" name="_ftnref23" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn23;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[23]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
and on Sept. 1, 2019, the 190<sup>th</sup> MP Company was consolidated with
Headquarters Detachment. The lineage of the original 170<sup>th</sup> MP
Battalion was thus restored to the 170th.<a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftn24" name="_ftnref24" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn24;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[24]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
As of this date, the 170th MP Battalion with the 178th and 179th MP Companies
were assigned to the Marietta-based 201st Regional Support Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5MWi1F47t03DIXiGwG_UHqAJ213zFlCgOS4h-VFSut0FZpS3DlsB1whEdkTv0fVZ7njd_8sC-nIpw3fr5r53Sqm4dhXXJiL5Oe4Jo6UcL_118P7poO4KQHyCkHm-n_ii38DgpCW_BaNDnG7xsJ5pv02cJ90uNQ8GSfh5RDwLqAFX1-UwiicKJVg0/s1880/49757421457_d762e2c18e_k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1243" data-original-width="1880" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5MWi1F47t03DIXiGwG_UHqAJ213zFlCgOS4h-VFSut0FZpS3DlsB1whEdkTv0fVZ7njd_8sC-nIpw3fr5r53Sqm4dhXXJiL5Oe4Jo6UcL_118P7poO4KQHyCkHm-n_ii38DgpCW_BaNDnG7xsJ5pv02cJ90uNQ8GSfh5RDwLqAFX1-UwiicKJVg0/w640-h424/49757421457_d762e2c18e_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Georgia National Guard Infection Control Teams from the 265th Chemical Battalion and the 170th Military Police Battalion assist personnel <br />of the Saide G. Mays Health and Rehabilitation Center in Atlanta, Georgia, to disinfect the facility in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, <br />April 5, 2020. Photo by Major Charles W. Westrip.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Units
of the 179th have mobilized repeatedly in support of overseas operations in
Iraq and Afghanistan and have supported training missions overseas, most
recently in the country of Georgia. The 170th has assisted with security
operations following natural disasters such as Hurricanes Irma, Michael, Dorian
and Ida. In 2020 and 2021, the 170th MP Battalion was heavily involved in the
state’s coordinated response to the Coronavirus pandemic and in civil unrest
responses in Georgia and Washington DC. In January 2023, the 170th was
mobilized to Atlanta in anticipation of possible civil unrest. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucc-XW-7SqE0gxR1MRbKdDsvkdGAnKuWC-HN1SXx_2H-ku2dc8p6hNOfA5xXCC7_H_lEyhNcEaPHe9c9-Po3qCrFwvUOGq6Hsix7M5UaGky1LImcAY9OYd-z4gIIix_mFlu2uflsKfHQCHwEzCyO4aZw9tWJnZDctVoY_5FS43JbPHRcy0O0F_baR/s5442/27%20Jan%202023%20ATL.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2873" data-original-width="5442" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucc-XW-7SqE0gxR1MRbKdDsvkdGAnKuWC-HN1SXx_2H-ku2dc8p6hNOfA5xXCC7_H_lEyhNcEaPHe9c9-Po3qCrFwvUOGq6Hsix7M5UaGky1LImcAY9OYd-z4gIIix_mFlu2uflsKfHQCHwEzCyO4aZw9tWJnZDctVoY_5FS43JbPHRcy0O0F_baR/w640-h338/27%20Jan%202023%20ATL.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldiers of the 170th Military Police Battalion stage in Atlanta in anticipation of possible civil unrest January 27, 2023. Photo by Capt. Robbie Russell.</td></tr></tbody></table></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;">
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Center for Military History. “190<sup>th</sup> MP Company Lineage and Honors
Certificate.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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Center for Military History. “190<sup>th</sup> MP Company Lineage and Honors
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<i>Historical and Pictorial Review 179th Field Artillery.</i> The Army and Navy
Publishing Company, Nashville 1941, 18.<o:p></o:p></p>
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74th Field Artillery Brigade, U.S. Army, Camp Blanding, Fla., 1941.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>History and Battle Record of 179 F.A. Bn., 1857-1945, </i>(Regensburg,
Germany: Frederich Putset, 1945), 1.<o:p></o:p></p>
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War Department, General Order #1, March 3, 1943.<o:p></o:p></p>
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William M. Cosgrove, <i>Time on Target: the 945th Field Artillery Battalion in
World War II,</i> (W. M. Cosgrove III, 1997), 39.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>History and Battle Record of 179 F.A. Bn., 1857-1945, </i>(Regensburg,
Germany: Frederich Putset, 1945), 4.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>History and Battle Record of 179 F.A. Bn., 1857-1945, </i>(Regensburg,
Germany: Frederich Putset, 1945), 4.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref10" name="_ftn10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
William Carraway, “First to Fire: The Georgia National Guard’s 230th Field
Artillery in Normandy” June 27, 2019
http://www.georgiaguardhistory.com/2019/06/first-to-fire-georgia-national-guards.html<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn11" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref11" name="_ftn11" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn11;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>History
and Battle Record of 179 F.A. Bn., 1857-1945, </i>(Regensburg, Germany:
Frederich Putset, 1945), 11.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn12" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref12" name="_ftn12" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn12;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>History
and Battle Record of 179 F.A. Bn., 1857-1945, </i>(Regensburg, Germany:
Frederich Putset, 1945), 11.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn13" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref13" name="_ftn13" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn13;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>History
and Battle Record of 179 F.A. Bn., 1857-1945, </i>(Regensburg, Germany:
Frederich Putset, 1945), 13.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn14" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref14" name="_ftn14" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn14;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <i>History
and Battle Record of 179 F.A. Bn., 1857-1945, </i>(Regensburg, Germany:
Frederich Putset, 1945), 14.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn15" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref15" name="_ftn15" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn15;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[15]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Center for Military History. “190<sup>th</sup> MP Company Lineage and Honors
Certificate.”<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn16" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref16" name="_ftn16" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn16;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[16]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Center for Military History. “190<sup>th</sup> MP Company Lineage and Honors
Certificate.”<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn17" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref17" name="_ftn17" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn17;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[17]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> National
Guard Bureau, NG AROTO325.4 October 17, 1955.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn18" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref18" name="_ftn18" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn18;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[18]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> National
Guard Bureau, RA 73-59 10 June 1959.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn19" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref19" name="_ftn19" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn19;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[19]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> National
Guard Bureau, RA 71-67 December 14, 1967, effective January 1, 1968.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn20" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref20" name="_ftn20" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn20;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[20]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The Institute of Heraldry. “Distinctive Unit Insignia of the 170<sup>th</sup>
MP Battalion.” https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=7011&CategoryId=3937&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services&from=search.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn21" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref21" name="_ftn21" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn21;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[21]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
National Guard Bureau, OA 199-97 August 22, 1997, effective September 1, 1997.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn22" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref22" name="_ftn22" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn22;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[22]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
National Guard Bureau, OA 252-90 October 11, 1990 effective September 30, 1990.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn23" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref23" name="_ftn23" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn23;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[23]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
National Guard Bureau, OA 97-05 October 28, 2005, effective September 1, 2007.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn24" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><a href="file:///E:/041723%20back%20up/Back%20up/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20Day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20History/May/0502/170th%20MP%20BN/History%20of%20the%20170th%20MP%20BN.docx#_ftnref24" name="_ftn24" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn24;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[24]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
National Guard Bureau, OA 337-19 November 18, 2019 effective September 1, 2019.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-44075482982499482832023-05-01T10:22:00.002-07:002023-05-01T10:22:47.103-07:00<p><b style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">History of the 128<sup>th</sup>
Observation Squadron</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">By Maj. William Carraway, Historian, Georgia Army
National Guard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #444444; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj139ZskIi7Ur-S83xSwQFND44WqfJviI_agIBgukqXBdBjXRkxPVDA0kl_YtbhDqi4Sc63AWwXK71xqvcFzroszfgm6z0FccLlQ8dk9dO-jSz-NgisJb_JFBK13aw3DLtTMxr1MLDcwOq-rMw8J1VS1Fe8yi2dYAqQNBfeRBNEGdvHrdLfmfecXAu1/s3804/2%20Meadows348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3027" data-original-width="3804" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj139ZskIi7Ur-S83xSwQFND44WqfJviI_agIBgukqXBdBjXRkxPVDA0kl_YtbhDqi4Sc63AWwXK71xqvcFzroszfgm6z0FccLlQ8dk9dO-jSz-NgisJb_JFBK13aw3DLtTMxr1MLDcwOq-rMw8J1VS1Fe8yi2dYAqQNBfeRBNEGdvHrdLfmfecXAu1/w640-h510/2%20Meadows348.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major George Finch (left) commander of the 128th Observation Squadron stands with his staff beside a North American BC-1A in 1941. <br />Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Georgia’s First Air National Guard Unit</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On July 31, 1940, the War Department authorized the
organization of the 128<sup>th</sup> Observation Squadron, the first air unit
of the Georgia National Guard.<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Major
George Finch was appointed to command the unit which was initially based at
Atlanta’s Candler Field.<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> The 128<sup>th</sup>
was comprised of 31 officers and 116<sup>th</sup> enlisted soldiers.<a href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: white;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGX9wpvJp_y6S0Mco2c8FPDGVcXhwb6q38XaCrev3JGuyWooJlVlY1LiEHWO-uRj05vdDhVCKltKHIsjNF_lLTxA9wHsaxOSkw4vezhsXYQru9KdZuDZiTHYMqoOMWYGbsRpfNYQ36-JC1WGjEmKgRVKU35mo2kvC_UZcluPIU06AL0S58C4B-YgK/s3595/GA%20ANG327.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="3595" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGX9wpvJp_y6S0Mco2c8FPDGVcXhwb6q38XaCrev3JGuyWooJlVlY1LiEHWO-uRj05vdDhVCKltKHIsjNF_lLTxA9wHsaxOSkw4vezhsXYQru9KdZuDZiTHYMqoOMWYGbsRpfNYQ36-JC1WGjEmKgRVKU35mo2kvC_UZcluPIU06AL0S58C4B-YgK/w640-h242/GA%20ANG327.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 128th Observation Squadron, Atlanta, Sept. 8, 1941. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The 128<sup>th</sup> Observation Squadron in World War II</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The 128<sup>th</sup> Observation Squadron was federally
recognized May 1, 1941. Inducted into the U.S. Army September 15, 1941, the
squadron relocated to Fort Benning’s Lawson Field where it fielded a range of
observation aircraft beginning with one BC-1A, one Douglas O-46A and one
Douglas OZ-38E bi-plane.<a href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> In
December the squadron received an additional O-46A, Two Stinson D-49s
(redesignated the L-1), two A-18s and 36 Piper L-4s. Transferred to Meridian,
Miss in April 1942 and to New Orleans two months later, the squadron was
upgraded with O-47As and began participating in antisubmarine patrol missions
over the Gulf of Mexico. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil47Ts_w_kiiHHH5uNIibm45uQmvf0jrLmHbJQkkJFg_rke2Q_5XvtLp3l1C87fqonn7XMC0tJp56GJrfBaft1XH7IPiWgvC95AIHdWJzfVAywmlDrib8YlWun0b6CW6Jx1a6X4C-K9fsU14l2yJ7AiSd4xS7LLx1pzqOxdJnR1s9HJEqVZKyd3Pby/s1793/Meadows352a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1419" data-original-width="1793" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil47Ts_w_kiiHHH5uNIibm45uQmvf0jrLmHbJQkkJFg_rke2Q_5XvtLp3l1C87fqonn7XMC0tJp56GJrfBaft1XH7IPiWgvC95AIHdWJzfVAywmlDrib8YlWun0b6CW6Jx1a6X4C-K9fsU14l2yJ7AiSd4xS7LLx1pzqOxdJnR1s9HJEqVZKyd3Pby/w640-h506/Meadows352a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Members of the 128th Observation Squadron in New Orleans with one of the squadron’s O-47s. Left to right: Simpson, Harvey Orr, <br />Daddysman, Jack White, Unknown and Edward Ludwig. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Squadron was redesignated the 21<sup>st</sup>
Antisubmarine Squadron in March 1943, and upon transferring to Gulfport, Miss.
in May, began flying patrols in B-25 Mitchells.<a href="#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[5]</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_v2ghVJnavXCHqbSkcVaTaBy-7ic8Xoz9OSsZTfyH37Hopq5QZlKUG1ZTr0Cd-IqUJ_D_jA0S_kwrLagBtrL4kRq1K6ujJYZXXcqlCUCvofk-l-VrTzhCNMLFc3DFaUa3-iq5B_tffbRRu_SKkgyXCi9EwFoOeDndr55ZfC8ZmHGaBoYI2nnIt7Yp/s6028/Ridley118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3809" data-original-width="6028" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_v2ghVJnavXCHqbSkcVaTaBy-7ic8Xoz9OSsZTfyH37Hopq5QZlKUG1ZTr0Cd-IqUJ_D_jA0S_kwrLagBtrL4kRq1K6ujJYZXXcqlCUCvofk-l-VrTzhCNMLFc3DFaUa3-iq5B_tffbRRu_SKkgyXCi9EwFoOeDndr55ZfC8ZmHGaBoYI2nnIt7Yp/w640-h404/Ridley118.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">North American B-25 Mitchells of the 26th Antisubmarine Squadron flown out of Gulfport in 1943. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Transferred initially to Washington’s Ephrata Airfield in September, original
members of the 128<sup>th</sup> OS formed a cadre in Headquarters, 483<sup>rd</sup>
Bombardment Group with members assigned to all four squadrons: The 815<sup>th</sup>,
816<sup>th</sup>, 817<sup>th</sup> and 818<sup>th</sup>. Arriving at MacDill
Field in November, the group was equipped with B-17 bombers and the 818<sup>th</sup>
was redesignated the 840<sup>th</sup> Bombardment Squadron.<a href="#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Arriving
in Italy in April 1944, the group began combat operations April 12. The squadrons
of the 483<sup>rd</sup> were awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for
actions over Memmingen Germany July 18, 1944 and again March 25, 1945 for
actions over Berlin.<a href="#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> The
squadron remained in Europe after the end of the war and was inactivated
September 25, 1945.<a href="#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk121219001"><span style="background-color: #444444; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: white;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMlv8CNf0f8GvRMXpalWO_oUvLxqPuoN7k54kPMBKS1cs4z9PiZMUW56yRcldEnCiekIvcDVuH4szMnDKdNz5flAh4ISObBbKW-Fwczbyygkhp-XGxIg6IzoZ5Bt5MPeTUAJ-Fz61TXhXcfx60WbJfgU2G_2bpmuQ-gvVBIxOBWGwnJad7BrR7Z9A/s868/Meadows352%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="868" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMlv8CNf0f8GvRMXpalWO_oUvLxqPuoN7k54kPMBKS1cs4z9PiZMUW56yRcldEnCiekIvcDVuH4szMnDKdNz5flAh4ISObBbKW-Fwczbyygkhp-XGxIg6IzoZ5Bt5MPeTUAJ-Fz61TXhXcfx60WbJfgU2G_2bpmuQ-gvVBIxOBWGwnJad7BrR7Z9A/w640-h458/Meadows352%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Members of the 840th Bombardment Squadron, formerly the Georgia National Guard’s 128th Observation Squadron can be seen wearing the <br />Distinguished Unit Citation the squadron received for actions on July18, 1944 during a strike on Memmingen, Germany. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></o:p></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-indent: .5in;"><a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"> <a name="_Hlk119675291"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: white;">War Department, Office of the National Guard Bureau. <i>NGB
325.4 (Air) Ga-3 Organization of the 128th Observation Squadron</i> (Washington
D.C.: July 31, 1940).</span></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <a name="_Hlk119675580">Marion Williamson to Chief, National Guard Bureau,
November 28, 1940.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <a name="_Hlk119675356"><span style="background: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><span style="color: white;">War Department, Office of Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
<i>NGB 325.4 Allotted strength of the National Guard of Georgia.</i> Washington
D.C.: November 28, 1940.</span></span></a><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <a name="_Hlk120972646">War Department, <i>Executive Order No. 8756. </i>September
15, 1941.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><a href="#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
William Ridley. <i>Georgia Air National Guard History 1941-2000 </i>(Charlotte:
Fine Books Publishing, 2000) 11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <a name="_Hlk120973470">William Ridley. <i>Georgia Air National Guard History
1941-2000 </i>(Charlotte: Fine Books Publishing, 2000) 12.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Maurer, ed. <i>Combat
Squadrons of the Air Force World War II</i> (Washington, D.C.,USAF Historical
Division Department of the Air Force, 1982) 777.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">William Ridley. <i>Georgia
Air National Guard History 1941-2000 </i>(Charlotte: Fine Books Publishing,
2000) 12.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-79918775484186099952023-04-14T06:00:00.000-07:002023-04-14T06:20:36.350-07:00A History of Company B 148th Brigade Support Battalion<p> By Major William Carraway</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Historian, Georgia Army National Guard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizaI-F_UGi7g8Ew33CTHwtIULm4j-_ZNSWv3Lc047XqZf9bVkjUkdU4Te5y438ckpHL-pbZCIgkXw69mV1rroXJ_XN8LdKNRPsRFmpE06s1sNZbnCMNhwafxMDeLRS27GFqPuuSbxUwd4UJ1J3G2et9xEA47ob0vINkXsoei9x_6tYP06RRqEFcted/s3587/Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="3587" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizaI-F_UGi7g8Ew33CTHwtIULm4j-_ZNSWv3Lc047XqZf9bVkjUkdU4Te5y438ckpHL-pbZCIgkXw69mV1rroXJ_XN8LdKNRPsRFmpE06s1sNZbnCMNhwafxMDeLRS27GFqPuuSbxUwd4UJ1J3G2et9xEA47ob0vINkXsoei9x_6tYP06RRqEFcted/w640-h336/Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then and Now: Left:1st Lt. Walter Pope, Capt. Henry D. Russell and 2nd Lt. Ezra Settle, Company A, 2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment at Camp Cotton, <br />El Paso, Texas in 1916. Right: Soldiers of Company B, 148th Brigade Support Battalion Dec. 7, 2019. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Company B,
148<sup>th</sup> Brigade Support Battalion carries on the tradition of Georgia Army
National Guard service in Jackson, Ga. that began with the establishment of the
Jackson Rifles in 1902.<a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The Jackson Rifles, Company A, 2<sup>nd</sup> Georgia Infantry Regiment, were
called into active federal service July 20, 1916 under the command of Capt.
Henry Dozier Russell and mobilized to the Mexican Border.<a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The unit was stationed at Camp Cotton, El Paso, Texas patrolling the Rio Grande
and protecting citizens from cross border raids before returning to Georgia in
March 1917. Remaining in federal service due to declaration of war against
Germany, the unit was redesignated Company A, 121<sup>st</sup> Infantry
Regiment Oct. 1, 1917 while training for European mobilization at Camp Wheeler,
Ga. The 121<sup>st</sup> deployed to France in October 1918 but arrived too
late to participate in combat operations. Returning to the United States in
1919 the unit was inactivated January 14, 1919 at Camp Gordon, Ga.<a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmmPSnkWVPfCoDBQp-0VAGk0Nn25u7R5CazTGLGj73NXn1yrG-gCS02hqLoa-Zkrozeq47bC7AJZ3v5MMiNBzeWGxDJgtjv5zQ4Lw5ujSVvqPxRUmGUBHgBDhujrnkbeY0RWZhMSolPndqs4cIaavhpTZ5RcBom6KNeylPQXSFZwEYzan9x1hfG4n/s4486/DSC_0710.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4486" data-original-width="3689" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmmPSnkWVPfCoDBQp-0VAGk0Nn25u7R5CazTGLGj73NXn1yrG-gCS02hqLoa-Zkrozeq47bC7AJZ3v5MMiNBzeWGxDJgtjv5zQ4Lw5ujSVvqPxRUmGUBHgBDhujrnkbeY0RWZhMSolPndqs4cIaavhpTZ5RcBom6KNeylPQXSFZwEYzan9x1hfG4n/w526-h640/DSC_0710.JPG" width="526" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poster commemorating Company A, 2nd Infantry Regiment’s mobilization to the Mexican Border in 1916. <br />Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Jackson
Rifles were reorganized September 21, 1920 as Company A, 121</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Infantry.</span><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLN-zX8DkNBkcc6Q7MM511dA0vleR_802snuOU4XUWWhI6ruW-E0Th2cOAeISI5VCswAeXk4nSCOcxTHxegwvy4rE4IlmWTAhu1fERF6jOjQ-JYwaQZy86Tso5f7XHSBu2ECDkCmlcoNg3G9VOnDHIq4u7uq9D9dfG9fS0bHHY4pvSds88h0isG3k/s1974/A%20St%20Simons%20Island%20July%201927.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="1974" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLN-zX8DkNBkcc6Q7MM511dA0vleR_802snuOU4XUWWhI6ruW-E0Th2cOAeISI5VCswAeXk4nSCOcxTHxegwvy4rE4IlmWTAhu1fERF6jOjQ-JYwaQZy86Tso5f7XHSBu2ECDkCmlcoNg3G9VOnDHIq4u7uq9D9dfG9fS0bHHY4pvSds88h0isG3k/w640-h158/A%20St%20Simons%20Island%20July%201927.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Company A, 121st Infantry Regiment at annual training, St. Simons, Island, Ga. July 1927. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt;">On Sept. 16, 1940 the unit was once again called to active duty and mobilized
to Fort Jackson, S.C. as part of the 30</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Infantry Division. With
the reorganization of Army divisions in November 1941, the 121</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> was
reassigned to the 8</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Infantry Division.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On July 4,
1944 the121st splashed ashore on Utah Beach and entered the Normandy Campaign.
Within a week of landing, the regiment would suffer its first casualties and in
less than 10 months, the casualty list of the 121st would grow to 70 pages as
the regiment fought its way from La Haye du Puits France to Schwerin Germany
and the liberation of concentration camps near Wobbelin.<a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Returning to the United States the 121<sup>st</sup> was inactivated October 20,
1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.<a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7_0d7xjQ21jh_yq_72eQ42_Z6-SJqTJcXH_KSNlL9oC7QEP9jpOyzCkAi5718or7PG2BBVNiKJIZRe5h08VCjw0VwS4mGFg_6BgWoXVmbOxEQEMoZ3f7BOMKqic55-BOzlD4UgidWScI1NqTwSWtqSktU0byYki0RDbUoL52zDPl5vpbTW2RwrIj/s4100/24%20July%201949%20A%20121011%20on%20Flickr.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="4100" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7_0d7xjQ21jh_yq_72eQ42_Z6-SJqTJcXH_KSNlL9oC7QEP9jpOyzCkAi5718or7PG2BBVNiKJIZRe5h08VCjw0VwS4mGFg_6BgWoXVmbOxEQEMoZ3f7BOMKqic55-BOzlD4UgidWScI1NqTwSWtqSktU0byYki0RDbUoL52zDPl5vpbTW2RwrIj/w640-h258/24%20July%201949%20A%20121011%20on%20Flickr.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Georgia National Guard Soldiers of the Jackson-based Company A, 121st Infantry Regiment in formation before the start of annual training <br />July 24, 1949. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Company A
was reorganized and federally recognized April 14, 1947 as part of the newly
established 48<sup>th</sup> Infantry Division commanded by Maj. Gen. Henry
Dozier Russell.<a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span></span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">When
the 48</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> was converted to an armor division in November 1955 Company
A was redesignated Headquarters and Service Company, 48</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Reconnaissance Battalion.</span><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
In 1959 the unit was reorganized as Troop A, Reconnaissance Squadron, 108</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Armor Regiment.</span><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span></span></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbs3EQhWK9PvY0oKWuwbHG7FgpUi8xsexAl6Vp_NCirlUPZ2VH41WXbu8Pyr8pnKBR0a6tRJ0044jrvmja2-0XH9Mzmxj8ASI2VBZWj3LWObbjUJg59latVPYg6GEih8jjp6zNXIdXupkOldy7bYMnEi69ZB6iWbV0iFXRaj9tFu_8wYnTOxHeoqf/s5080/A%20108th%20Armor%20Ft%20Stew%201959018.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2858" data-original-width="5080" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbs3EQhWK9PvY0oKWuwbHG7FgpUi8xsexAl6Vp_NCirlUPZ2VH41WXbu8Pyr8pnKBR0a6tRJ0044jrvmja2-0XH9Mzmxj8ASI2VBZWj3LWObbjUJg59latVPYg6GEih8jjp6zNXIdXupkOldy7bYMnEi69ZB6iWbV0iFXRaj9tFu_8wYnTOxHeoqf/w640-h360/A%20108th%20Armor%20Ft%20Stew%201959018.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Troop A, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 108th Armor Regiment at Fort Stewart, Ga. in August 1959. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In 1963,
Georgia was allocated all units of the 48</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Armor Division Troop A
was redesignated Troop A, 748</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Cavalry Regiment.</span><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span></span></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidsYu2DoO61yi7og7Nu6KYlrWCjEj1V0fEHzaljXy2Dag4Y28AFYWbSNtT2-uDMoD37O9jH225AXg1p1Ohl6Rp6iTJ637J7UvFXoRKSfYY8V04dQ6-mAtUB87PxWPQ5qv-FlKSXKCuiOYsy_6C6cUgL3tOE469r9_xzEbXYTBPA_csg7Or_15vO0qE/s4640/A%20Troop%201st%20Sqdn%20748th%20Cav019%20Flickr.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2457" data-original-width="4640" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidsYu2DoO61yi7og7Nu6KYlrWCjEj1V0fEHzaljXy2Dag4Y28AFYWbSNtT2-uDMoD37O9jH225AXg1p1Ohl6Rp6iTJ637J7UvFXoRKSfYY8V04dQ6-mAtUB87PxWPQ5qv-FlKSXKCuiOYsy_6C6cUgL3tOE469r9_xzEbXYTBPA_csg7Or_15vO0qE/w640-h338/A%20Troop%201st%20Sqdn%20748th%20Cav019%20Flickr.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Troop A, 1st Squadron 748th Cavalry Regiment at the Jackson Armory Nov. 21, 1965. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">On January
1, 1968, the 48</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Armor Division was inactivated, and the Jackson unit
was redesignated Company D, 878</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Engineer Battalion.</span><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[11]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
The unit was redesignated Company A, 878</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> in 1976.</span><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[12]</span></span></span></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOU-03ZSyqRCJ2ZVwzI6l1vN3ht5H1vM67Moia6a4V90Qr9_WtAH3OoQJ1yRLbCKmlKNg1iQsZbQc1PAUnu5s1CD20DS0RswjxBIhvJwqJ0fD9Q2HG-CiGml7fkxUIK6i05-g_BwvrgfEowhmt-qchzPfj1A8fvHR2D7jUr0ZnLMlP5aPNA9wZ52ix/s2593/878th%20D%20Co016.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1853" data-original-width="2593" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOU-03ZSyqRCJ2ZVwzI6l1vN3ht5H1vM67Moia6a4V90Qr9_WtAH3OoQJ1yRLbCKmlKNg1iQsZbQc1PAUnu5s1CD20DS0RswjxBIhvJwqJ0fD9Q2HG-CiGml7fkxUIK6i05-g_BwvrgfEowhmt-qchzPfj1A8fvHR2D7jUr0ZnLMlP5aPNA9wZ52ix/w640-h458/878th%20D%20Co016.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Company D, 878th Engineer Battalion on parade at Fort Stewart, Ga. circa 1968. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">On Sept. 16,
1980, The Jackson began its modern history as a maintenance unit as it was redesignated
the 648</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Maintenance Company.</span><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[13]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
On August 12, 1985, the company was redesignated Company D, 148</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Support Battalion.</span><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[14]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
In 1987, the unit was redesignated Company B, 148</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Support
Battalion.</span><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn15" name="_ftnref15" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[15]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
In August 1993, the unit was redesignated the 166</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Maintenance
Company</span><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn16" name="_ftnref16" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[16]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
before reverting to Company B 148</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Support Battalion in 2008.</span><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftn17" name="_ftnref17" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[17]</span></span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsmTtLxk0ggzmlkGeFsfnaxLFm1CwJUCQNw50cur4FGThwRUnk3zqYizB7MvitX9p6H6AZkMQZZLfQCdgQ_V4So39IxLkG6seqfOpXfvgm_0-ga-QF7I7xSaOJTw8gnaDkSpSbFFO7kRHBchm2R8vqYAkmmzRDmmY2GUMyoml4RsYXgGhsC2Qq50y/s2047/20739924370_2ba6eb5299_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="2047" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsmTtLxk0ggzmlkGeFsfnaxLFm1CwJUCQNw50cur4FGThwRUnk3zqYizB7MvitX9p6H6AZkMQZZLfQCdgQ_V4So39IxLkG6seqfOpXfvgm_0-ga-QF7I7xSaOJTw8gnaDkSpSbFFO7kRHBchm2R8vqYAkmmzRDmmY2GUMyoml4RsYXgGhsC2Qq50y/w640-h314/20739924370_2ba6eb5299_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FORT GILLEM, Ga. September 2, 2005 - Vehicles of the Georgia Army National Guard's 166th Maintenance Co. are lined up at Fort Gillem <br />prepared to convoy to the Gulf Coast. Georgia National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Gail Parnelle.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Adjutant
General of the State of Georgia.<i> Register of the National Guard of Georgia
for the year 1917. </i>Atlanta, January 1, 1917<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> “Muster-in
Roll of Company A, 2<sup>nd</sup> Regt. Inf. Ga. N.G. Called into Service 20
July 1916” 180.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Center for Military History. “Lineage and Honors of the 121<sup>st</sup>
Infantry Regiment.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> “30<sup>th</sup>
Infantry Division (States of Georgia Tennessee, North Carolina and South
Carolina.) Division Troops, Georgia.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> “Historical
Data 121<sup>st</sup> Infantry Regiment (Old Gray Bonnet) 8<sup>th</sup>
Infantry Division European Theater of Operations (ETOUSA) World War II.”
Command Historian, Georgia Army National Guard Aug. 17, 1988.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Center
for Military History. “Lineage and Honors of the 121<sup>st</sup> Infantry
Regiment.”<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn7" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> NGAROTO
325.4 Nov 1, 1955.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> NGAROTO
325.4 Nov 1, 1955.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0414/04141947%20Company%20B%20148th%20BSB.docx#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> RA
73-59 June 10, 1959.<o:p></o:p></p>
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RA 57-63 March 21, 1963.<o:p></o:p></p>
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RA 71-67 Dec. 14, 1967.<o:p></o:p></p>
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RA 229-76 Oct. 14, 1976.<o:p></o:p></p>
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OA 182-80 Sept. 16, 1980. <o:p></o:p></p>
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111-85August 12, 1985.<o:p></o:p></p>
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OA 7-87 Feb. 12, 1987.<o:p></o:p></p>
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OA 169-93 August 9, 1993.<o:p></o:p></p>
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OA 112-08<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May 21, 2008.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-27397304895020845962023-04-06T06:13:00.000-07:002023-04-06T15:16:04.365-07:001936: The Georgia Guard Response to Historic Gainesville Tornado<p> By Maj. William Carraway</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Historian, Georgia Army National Guard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiriG64zE4sGxNVmqC7wtTWqkAX9e1wEpLEn9jK_0544NkFiZ-T6NPIKrF24s9vwot3mqbAiBbIwes-_sZFGAE2jOr-zVBIoZKN03CVEOCA-ZRxBmcy7tVmMxIMZe007Yve1Qkd2EQs1c9gC_B9-tKIvXspNQeKam-BO78JzzSpZSTV5rvwTezhqoUT/s753/Tents.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="753" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiriG64zE4sGxNVmqC7wtTWqkAX9e1wEpLEn9jK_0544NkFiZ-T6NPIKrF24s9vwot3mqbAiBbIwes-_sZFGAE2jOr-zVBIoZKN03CVEOCA-ZRxBmcy7tVmMxIMZe007Yve1Qkd2EQs1c9gC_B9-tKIvXspNQeKam-BO78JzzSpZSTV5rvwTezhqoUT/w640-h462/Tents.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The operations center of the 122nd Infantry Regiment in the town square of Gainesville, Ga. April 7, 1936. Photo by Kenneth Rogers. Atlanta Constitution.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On April 6,
1936, residents of Gainesville, Ga. were just arriving to work on the Monday
morning before Easter Sunday when two
tornadoes shattered the downtown area killing more than 200 and injuring 1,600.
More than 85 years later, The Gainesville Tornado remains the fifth deadliest in
United States history.<a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0406/April%206,%201936%20Gainesville%20Tornado.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Within 90 minutes of the storm impact, Soldiers of the Georgia National Guard's Atlanta-based 122<sup>nd</sup> Infantry Regiment were ordered to report to their home
armories. Companies A, B, C, E and F were
dispatched north to Gainesville to assist civil authorities. Upon their arrival
the Soldiers beheld a scene of complete destruction. Entire blocks of brick
buildings had been torn to pieces by the wind splintering telephone poles and
hurling vehicles. With the streets clogged with debris, the Soldiers had to
clear their way to the town square where they set up a base of operations.<a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0406/April%206,%201936%20Gainesville%20Tornado.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
The headquarters tents of the 122<sup>nd</sup> Infantry Regiment stood in sharp
contrast to the wrecked surroundings which included the Gainesville City Hall
and the Hall County Courthouse, both destroyed by the tornado.<a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0406/April%206,%201936%20Gainesville%20Tornado.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQjATQJ8esGECJ6CpSJQSKpgbZUyJbkVxtjNEFo6WglM4bPdiQ9jr866ptxRLd5QZKCONfv71sdE-BOuoA3jWPi0S_ZBnNG15v70cbl1Nuf2-6ov8Mduqmz5LXyzUmFQKVag0ZW1HGvA8lwBarMKS5YB2OC9eSbeSeJC3yNP68Ik9WUAHdJX9wiMm/s772/Commanders.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="772" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQjATQJ8esGECJ6CpSJQSKpgbZUyJbkVxtjNEFo6WglM4bPdiQ9jr866ptxRLd5QZKCONfv71sdE-BOuoA3jWPi0S_ZBnNG15v70cbl1Nuf2-6ov8Mduqmz5LXyzUmFQKVag0ZW1HGvA8lwBarMKS5YB2OC9eSbeSeJC3yNP68Ik9WUAHdJX9wiMm/w640-h410/Commanders.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colonel T. L. Alexander, commander of the Georgia National Guard’s 122nd Infantry Regiment discusses response operations with Lt. Carleton Redfearn <br />and Capt. Sterling Howard. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Georgia
National Guard joined a response effort comprised of local, state and federal
agencies. In addition to the Red Cross, representatives from the Works Progress
Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps and Salvation Army swelled the
ranks of responders who rushed to aid the people of Gainesville. President
Roosevelt visited Gainesville April 9, met with responders and addressed a
crowd of 2,000 citizens expressing condolences and promising federal aid.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">With the
town’s water supply contaminated by debris, the Soldiers were pressed into
service distributing food and water. Additional Guardsmen, trucked water into
the city in converted oil tanks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">By April 7,
more than 200 residents remained missing. The Red Cross opened a missing
person’s bureau to assist families. Two local churches were pressed into
service as make-shift morgues housing nearly 50 dead while rescuers desperately
searched debris for survivors. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfb7o7KLLR6gcNEIONSFactGhUNHmlge6SYiwN5mC8CjcKS63UeiXJZfXpsPILvcWmUxTZ2WZQ_AqYuJczglEVQp1gKrPgQQ6etFwGgZmZbcerB_lgzldN1UDJAWbW6TzxF1hePNS7Qenxk0we-DLzeE12zu77qBPBT5p99TEOqUKPAOVRfYYKKubL/s792/Patrol.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="792" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfb7o7KLLR6gcNEIONSFactGhUNHmlge6SYiwN5mC8CjcKS63UeiXJZfXpsPILvcWmUxTZ2WZQ_AqYuJczglEVQp1gKrPgQQ6etFwGgZmZbcerB_lgzldN1UDJAWbW6TzxF1hePNS7Qenxk0we-DLzeE12zu77qBPBT5p99TEOqUKPAOVRfYYKKubL/w640-h390/Patrol.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Georgia National Guard Soldiers of the 122nd Infantry Regiment patrol the streets of Gainesville, Ga. just days after the city was struck by a tornado <br />April 6, 1936. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Throughout
the response, the Guardsmen performed a myriad of duties including guard duty,
traffic control and debris clearance. While most of the Guardsmen were relieved
from response duties one week after the tornado impact the last of the Soldiers
remained on duty until April 20.</span><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0406/April%206,%201936%20Gainesville%20Tornado.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span></span></a><p></p>
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“The 25 Deadliest U.S. Tornadoes.” <i>National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration. </i>https://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/killers.html<o:p></o:p></p>
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“Gainesville Tornado of 1936 killed 165; Former Guardsmen of 122<sup>nd</sup>
Infantry Recall the Disaster.” <i>The Georgia Guardsman. </i>March-June 1961,
6.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: 0.25in;"><a href="file:///D:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/April/0406/April%206,%201936%20Gainesville%20Tornado.docx#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Austin Eller. “Remembering the Gainesville tornadoes of 1936.” <i>Access WDUN. https://accesswdun.com/article/2021/4/994788/remembering-the-gainesville-tornadoes-of-1936</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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“Gainesville Tornado of 1936 killed 165; Former Guardsmen of 122<sup>nd</sup>
Infantry Recall the Disaster.” <i>The Georgia Guardsman. </i>March-June 1961,
7.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-72955961502897390742023-04-01T08:29:00.005-07:002023-04-01T08:34:07.118-07:00New Leadership for the Ga. ARNG’s Historic 122nd TSD<p> By Maj. William Carraway, Historian, Georgia National
Guard</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk85394163"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiHdLOONs_ZyiFCI-WuC1zYz-HmFjd7TVYfG3UkIs_nj0w2MHR4yJuxET6tWnWS3zxYaPG-4jGzcoRqPUWN8FiiMS--bdZcNz5ZR61tAD9Bcv3tZanswroiUpruRqcwswGXkbe6c3-ev3rIK-STBClvmMdQW0F8M32XpTvwnZLzmlIxk5ZjP8Cuhx/s3514/Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1939" data-original-width="3514" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiHdLOONs_ZyiFCI-WuC1zYz-HmFjd7TVYfG3UkIs_nj0w2MHR4yJuxET6tWnWS3zxYaPG-4jGzcoRqPUWN8FiiMS--bdZcNz5ZR61tAD9Bcv3tZanswroiUpruRqcwswGXkbe6c3-ev3rIK-STBClvmMdQW0F8M32XpTvwnZLzmlIxk5ZjP8Cuhx/w640-h354/Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: Col. John Fuchko passes the guidon of the 122nd Tactical Support Detachment to Brig. Gen. John Gentry symbolizing his relinquishing of detachment <br />command during a ceremony at the Clay National Guard Center April 1, 2023. Right: The 122nd TSD, then Field Hospital Number 1, on the <br />Mexican Border in 1916. Photo by 2nd Lt. Vivian Roberts.</td></tr></tbody></table><a name="_Hlk85394163"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></a><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85394163;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Colonel John
Fuchko relinquished command of the 122nd Tactical Support Detachment to Lt.
Col. John Avera during a ceremony at the Clay National Guard Center April 1,
2023. </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fuchko has
commanded the 122nd TSD since October 17, 2021. In his more than two decades of
service, Fuchko has completed multiple overseas combat deployments, commanded the
221st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion and served as the
intelligence officer of the Georgia Army National Guard. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85394163;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85394163;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEabuFB90Fsh2RTYrqMG2c3GNCGWvqFLk6BpJ3_gb96kYhEhBgklRKau9SBiTtv7jAv-cElB6IcM8lrdc1YfuwYlXDXrZd525NpU2WoF_TvSpV0ETYeIjm8Z-5QvmPo5mahV_dpMm3c6OOGO6W8dcGOwOkWUnqZcGF7chUQhvjXIenaHZ9d9LH4LPP/s7902/0I8A0450.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7902" data-original-width="5268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEabuFB90Fsh2RTYrqMG2c3GNCGWvqFLk6BpJ3_gb96kYhEhBgklRKau9SBiTtv7jAv-cElB6IcM8lrdc1YfuwYlXDXrZd525NpU2WoF_TvSpV0ETYeIjm8Z-5QvmPo5mahV_dpMm3c6OOGO6W8dcGOwOkWUnqZcGF7chUQhvjXIenaHZ9d9LH4LPP/w266-h400/0I8A0450.JPG" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt. Col. John Avera assumes command of the 122nd TSD.<br />Photo by Maj. Charles Emmons.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Assuming
command of the 122nd TSD is Lt. Col. John Avera, a veteran commander who has
completed combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and previously led the 2nd
Battalion 121st Infantry Regiment. During his command tenure, Avera directed
battalion response efforts during the Corona virus outbreak, mobilized Soldiers
of the 2-121 to Washington DC to provide security during the presidential
inauguration of 2021 and later mobilized Soldiers to Morocco for Exercise
African Lion.</span><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85394163;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85394163;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The 122nd
TSD wears the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 7th Infantry Division which
symbolizes not only the unit’s mission to support the 7th ID but also recalls
the shared history of the two units. The 122nd TSD was originally constituted
in the Georgia National Guard as the Field Hospital Number 1 in 1914. Following
service on the Mexican border in 1916 and 1917, the unit was sent to Camp
Wheeler in Macon, Ga. to prepare for World War I mobilization. The 7th Infantry
Division was organized at Camp Wheeler Dec. 6, 1917, and for the next several
months, the forerunners of the 7th Infantry Division and 122nd TSD trained on
the same ground. The 122nd mobilized to France in World War I and World War II and
received the Presidential Unit Citation for its actions as an element of the
30th Division in 1944. More than one hundred years later, as part of its
mission, the 122nd TSD supplements the staff of the 7th Infantry Division
during National Training Center rotations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85394163;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-89452216602385878222023-03-27T08:19:00.000-07:002023-03-27T08:19:45.593-07:00Major General Randall Simmons, Former Commander, Ga. ARNG, Retires<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Story by Maj. William Carraway</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Historian, Georgia National Guard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33JqxS5YRzU-U_Fp9UcDZN84mGnWg7AWIQfduiLbvIkZ3xaLWlCYn6G7EOa8p8fyTE1uEcjYfPG4HOOjDCDTh-himXJhZnKioP0VlMGGFT3tiJMkE1IO14f20T5RzN5b4B3GbZaQPpWRDFm8H_kbRFGOEzr-h8kqSGRQXyLGyYwPJczu9qL0Hr4X0/s3322/Collage%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1847" data-original-width="3322" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33JqxS5YRzU-U_Fp9UcDZN84mGnWg7AWIQfduiLbvIkZ3xaLWlCYn6G7EOa8p8fyTE1uEcjYfPG4HOOjDCDTh-himXJhZnKioP0VlMGGFT3tiJMkE1IO14f20T5RzN5b4B3GbZaQPpWRDFm8H_kbRFGOEzr-h8kqSGRQXyLGyYwPJczu9qL0Hr4X0/w640-h356/Collage%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: Major General Randall Simmons commanded the Georgia Army National Guard from September 2017 to Oct. 9, 2020. Right: Captain Randall<br /> Simmons, commander of the Springfield-based Battery A, 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment gives the command to fire their M109A6 <br />Paladin for the first time at Fort Stewart, Georgia in August 2000.</td></tr></tbody></table><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Major General Randall Simmons, former
commander of the Georgia Army National Guard retired during a ceremony at
Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga. March 25, 2023. The ceremony
served as a homecoming for Simmons who entered military service with the
Georgia National Guard unit in Statesboro and later earned his bachelor’s
degree at GSU. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 14pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFozHZUpGYUtaXU2eIbcWSPNA3BJsl097L6DxunSzc3fVERtk8y1YiNFFe24PaFyMFpd9fkAr7RTqeyn5CXfBafBEUiJ6JtabuuOKVoihRIKkCq8w5HZsT63R18HdUdEVl0Yiyh5xYe7upHKV0AFEu5UM7rxTSKARc-1LMPGIthRfg9kpzEGGIsnKz/s600/4294700522_814bac022d_o.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFozHZUpGYUtaXU2eIbcWSPNA3BJsl097L6DxunSzc3fVERtk8y1YiNFFe24PaFyMFpd9fkAr7RTqeyn5CXfBafBEUiJ6JtabuuOKVoihRIKkCq8w5HZsT63R18HdUdEVl0Yiyh5xYe7upHKV0AFEu5UM7rxTSKARc-1LMPGIthRfg9kpzEGGIsnKz/s320/4294700522_814bac022d_o.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lieutenant Colonel Randall Simmons, commander <br />of the 1st Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment hosts<br />a meeting of joint Afghan security forces in Nangarhar <br />Province January 11, 2000. Photo Sgt. Tracy J. Smith.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Enlisting in 1989 as a private in the
Statesboro-based 2nd Battalion, 214th Field Artillery, Simmons subsequently
earned his commission from the Georgia Military Institute’s Officer Candidate School.
From 1992, to 2006, Simmons served in a variety of assignments with the
Savannah-based 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment, a unit whose
history predates the American Revolution. Simmons deployed to Iraq in 2005 as
the executive officer of the 1-118th. He commanded the Calhoun-based 1st
Squadron 108th Cavalry Regiment in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010 and commanded
the Macon-based 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from 2013 to 2015, during
which time he served as commander of Task Force Volunteer in Kabul. Simmons
served as the chief of staff for the Ga. ARNG from 2015 until his appointment
as commanding general of the Ga. ARNG in 2017.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Simmons’ service as commander of the
Georgia Army National Guard spanned three years during which the organization
grew in strength and capability, adding nearly 300 personnel and activating new
units such as the 1st Battalion, 54th Security Forces Assistance Brigade and
265th Chemical Battalion. Over the same period, the Georgia Army National Guard
met unprecedented demand for overseas service and support to domestic
operations. Nearly 3,000 Soldiers representing the Georgia Army National
Guard’s five brigades were deployed to all six regional combatant commands. In
addition, the Georgia Army National Guard conducted several notable overseas
training missions in the country of Georgia, Romania, Germany and other
locations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii78X-ViDqfSYthoZq-wYnzEs7KVd2ryEzCzI3KKaVpmZQHfKC-CYGQnW5dQChrNzagk0wjCH2_NV1hLiel7eMncrq_2-InmJ8n_NsVws_dZIP-uQ0-RVlGQwKnE0PHuus-N1fib4esM2WIdlU7QXebaTkGTOb89uDKuW-kqQB0ReNskj8iaB_EHrt/s2048/43610063610_57fdf1d0d0_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii78X-ViDqfSYthoZq-wYnzEs7KVd2ryEzCzI3KKaVpmZQHfKC-CYGQnW5dQChrNzagk0wjCH2_NV1hLiel7eMncrq_2-InmJ8n_NsVws_dZIP-uQ0-RVlGQwKnE0PHuus-N1fib4esM2WIdlU7QXebaTkGTOb89uDKuW-kqQB0ReNskj8iaB_EHrt/w640-h426/43610063610_57fdf1d0d0_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brigadier General Randall Simmons, commander of the Georgia Army National Guard, surveys damage from Hurricane Michael in Seminole County, Ga.<br /> aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter of the Marietta-based 78th Aviation Troop Command Oct. 18, 2018. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the first month of Simmons’ command,
the Georgia Army National Guard was called to respond to Georgia counties
impacted by Hurricane Irma, The following October, more than 900 Soldiers from
38 units across the state mobilized in response to Hurricane Michael. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKvd5wa0YzVQF3zZhcfCE9kCVAvwl9wMwKAuaaMpTZ09TXWndE7Tl4s9i5xwpAX1nBDbjN5ys6OJzE_eW33RNF9NLLukgmVB_ZDT0WFGeIPKq7vj97e5NlMqXfvEqntFoVx_ePKjAvV-51YX3JttTzH4J4lgd4LysbssDzoj3ZS1o4Yasa81Tahns/s2048/49960077173_38b9633d12_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKvd5wa0YzVQF3zZhcfCE9kCVAvwl9wMwKAuaaMpTZ09TXWndE7Tl4s9i5xwpAX1nBDbjN5ys6OJzE_eW33RNF9NLLukgmVB_ZDT0WFGeIPKq7vj97e5NlMqXfvEqntFoVx_ePKjAvV-51YX3JttTzH4J4lgd4LysbssDzoj3ZS1o4Yasa81Tahns/w640-h426/49960077173_38b9633d12_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brigadier General Randall Simmons, commander of the Georgia Army National Guard, visits Georgia National Guard Soldiers stationed throughout Atlanta<br /> May 31, 2020 to assist police in maintaining security and safety of public places. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The COVID-19 crisis which erupted in
2020 prompted an unprecedented domestic response by the Georgia Army National
Guard. Georgia Guardsmen developed unique response capabilities including
medical support teams that assisted regional hospitals and infection control
teams that embarked to long term care facilities across the state to provide
life-saving preventative actions for at-risk populations. While still
responding to COVID-19 the Georgia National Guard was called to support law
enforcement agencies in Atlanta and area communities following civil unrest.
Simmons led the Georgia National Guard’s Joint Task Force for both missions
through the remainder of his term as commander. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCeD2yv2f2fYpnhD9yJTWdX_fhdaiCTBOan4j_uB1jCdFxjMKFPq9zH04OFXt4zjcFQx9SlwTDgfEnQajjJpYY9SwI5rlWrK80x_Nc2DdtY_gEFDquHAFkD5lVtSnZ-zeiEIgLAcfLS9XTaiY_EmBak7uTdF_hHPzHbhIIjn35yUCLcqyhLidEmne/s2048/42253377040_e1aa9d1365_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCeD2yv2f2fYpnhD9yJTWdX_fhdaiCTBOan4j_uB1jCdFxjMKFPq9zH04OFXt4zjcFQx9SlwTDgfEnQajjJpYY9SwI5rlWrK80x_Nc2DdtY_gEFDquHAFkD5lVtSnZ-zeiEIgLAcfLS9XTaiY_EmBak7uTdF_hHPzHbhIIjn35yUCLcqyhLidEmne/w640-h428/42253377040_e1aa9d1365_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OISE AISNE CEMETERY, Seringes-et-Nesles, France, July 28, 2018 –Brigadier General Randall Simmons, commander of the Georgia Army National Guard<br /> visits the Oise Aisne Cemetery at sunrise to honor and remember the fallen Soldiers of the Georgia National Guard’s 151st Machine Gun Battalion <br />during ceremonies observing the centennial of the end of World War I. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the final months of Simmons’
command, Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, Director of the Army National Guard presented
Georgia with the 2020 Director’s Award for Excellence. The award recognized the
quality of service rendered by more than 11,000 Georgia Army National Guard
Soldiers for their efforts in the previous year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhytO19WI4-TjPbl26DKAibMvEfZPsQKIp1O4YO6OGkW8RwxrDo-7TsrI-JIIHmjxaiQ5bD5nnwFLaHFqTJDZQAexbrMu9vat_NNH18jQ80NfE_EkZ_A02-bi8qJUG5pBxPuk9GdQ8chG6wiOHfbHb2HjFGxrU09xjt22Qw-HhvBOpoKDPlxWb-Zx/s2047/46314467741_18f14535f1_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="2047" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhytO19WI4-TjPbl26DKAibMvEfZPsQKIp1O4YO6OGkW8RwxrDo-7TsrI-JIIHmjxaiQ5bD5nnwFLaHFqTJDZQAexbrMu9vat_NNH18jQ80NfE_EkZ_A02-bi8qJUG5pBxPuk9GdQ8chG6wiOHfbHb2HjFGxrU09xjt22Qw-HhvBOpoKDPlxWb-Zx/w640-h458/46314467741_18f14535f1_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brigadier General Randall Simmons, commander of the Georgia Army National Guard fields questions from cadets of Georgia Southern University’s <br />Reserve Officer Training Corps Dec. 13, 2018 at Fort Stewart, Ga. Photo by Maj. William Carraway</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Relinquishing command of the Georgia Army
National Guard in October 2020, Simmons assumed command of Joint Task Force
North based at Fort Bliss, Texas. Comprised of active, Reserve and Guard
Soldiers, Joint Task Force North renders support to law enforcement agencies in
identifying and eliminating threats from transnational criminal organizations.
In December 2022, Simmons relinquished command of the joint task force to Maj.
Gen. Matthew Smith who, like Simmons, was a previous commander of the Georgia
Army National Guard’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7YQn9BfE2y-wSPuEkJ7oSR-uz_tTU98r7IQz_zY3k6XyakNfrRhkIV_gqWjtzRqOI71t8dX2a4oDzSyPWw_k3cbg3wuSSi9km2V9X1jQhJ2g1D6B7IZTwt8qZe5G4wbmMe84-GwlA1VJ-CJpm3IVKNAmfOW7HWM3N5E1Wo84FBrgKeLwYdF05lRY/s2048/49105036087_c5968d8e35_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7YQn9BfE2y-wSPuEkJ7oSR-uz_tTU98r7IQz_zY3k6XyakNfrRhkIV_gqWjtzRqOI71t8dX2a4oDzSyPWw_k3cbg3wuSSi9km2V9X1jQhJ2g1D6B7IZTwt8qZe5G4wbmMe84-GwlA1VJ-CJpm3IVKNAmfOW7HWM3N5E1Wo84FBrgKeLwYdF05lRY/w640-h458/49105036087_c5968d8e35_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brigadier General Randall Simmons, commander of the Georgia Army National Guard thanks Ga. ARNG Soldiers of Task Force Volunteer <br />for their efforts in support of the multi-agency operations along the southwest border November 20, 2019. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">During the ceremony, Major General
Thomas Carden, Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard presented Simmons
with the Oglethorpe Distinguished Service Medal in recognition of his 33 years
of military service. Simmons wife Yetive Simmons was presented with the Georgia
Commendation Medal for her exceptional support to the Georgia National Guard
and U.S. Army. The Simmons’ Children, Callie and Luke were also recognized
during the ceremony for their dedication and support.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg13x6lT7gCUEM6FnFmh-w5dJnTwH2uTCJU9xHiFWfdDuQxVnP9F1waz3Wc_mFpNZ-qIo5B9iNYZAB2bko5l-sprG9UveDQEdsDMo4b7SlysmDIhxdsmi9O5Z8yI_JXEdGA82kpeHRQxF7LoBNZy2MLdEIJqvldWa3tT4KbL5nWkNBXLHL3A8A6GkC/s6167/0I8A0410.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4938" data-original-width="6167" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg13x6lT7gCUEM6FnFmh-w5dJnTwH2uTCJU9xHiFWfdDuQxVnP9F1waz3Wc_mFpNZ-qIo5B9iNYZAB2bko5l-sprG9UveDQEdsDMo4b7SlysmDIhxdsmi9O5Z8yI_JXEdGA82kpeHRQxF7LoBNZy2MLdEIJqvldWa3tT4KbL5nWkNBXLHL3A8A6GkC/w640-h512/0I8A0410.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major General Tom Carden, Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard, presents awards to Yetive, Callie, Luke, and Maj. Gen Randall Simmons <br />during a ceremony at Georgia Southern University March 25, 2023. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In his farewell remarks, Simmons
expressed appreciation to his family, Maj. Gen. Carden, and the service members
of the Ga. ARNG and Joint Task Force North with whom he had served for more
than three decades.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“It has been an honor and a privilege
to serve this Army of ours, this great military of ours and to serve this country,”
said Simmons. “It has indeed been the greatest professional honor and privilege
of my life.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p></p>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-10901454817973369512023-03-19T07:34:00.000-07:002023-03-19T07:48:49.734-07:00March 1950: Georgia Air National Guard Conducts Rapid Deployment Alert<p> By Major William Carraway</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Historian, Georgia Army National Guard <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-5dd3WqE2Urfe6r0atAP785TAgg6UHaM0dp-9YXI0DpBcBQ5cxqnDw80FiTf-_C2pLSHn-qP9nf8GukK4Ru08UZbfYjO80ZPINaMxviyha-8jn2H9-QodB6upxHl-e0yylnVvV-2TKppQ9GP-NjVaPQAVYUrjPBePTYoSpxp5BDZYVq2CzefMqbZ/s3217/Rilery%20and%20Thunderbolt.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1760" data-original-width="3217" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-5dd3WqE2Urfe6r0atAP785TAgg6UHaM0dp-9YXI0DpBcBQ5cxqnDw80FiTf-_C2pLSHn-qP9nf8GukK4Ru08UZbfYjO80ZPINaMxviyha-8jn2H9-QodB6upxHl-e0yylnVvV-2TKppQ9GP-NjVaPQAVYUrjPBePTYoSpxp5BDZYVq2CzefMqbZ/w640-h350/Rilery%20and%20Thunderbolt.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: Brigadier General James L. Riley (seen in 1949 as a colonel) commanded the 54th Fighter Wing. Right: An F-47 Thunderbolt of the Georgia <br />Air National Guard’s 54th Fighter Wing, 128th Fighter Squadron at Marietta Air Force Base in May 1946. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The 54<sup>th</sup>
Fighter Wing representing Air National Guard units in Georgia and South
Carolina staged a mock alert March 19, 1950 in order to test the capability of
the Air National Guard to react to a surprise enemy attack. Brigadier General
J. L. Riley, commander of the Marietta-based 54<sup>th</sup> Fighter Wing, ordered the alert which went out over all Atlanta radio stations. Within 30
minutes, all fourteen units based at Marietta Air Force Base had responded and four F-47
Fighters were in the air. Within another 15 minutes, 20 F-47s were aloft. <a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0319/March%2019.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 14pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBN7hEiAk2tMICOHDQHL5DnuPfP0aPuuZFK4g65pKEqkVeL0FQTI9IX0HHXavz0J9FoRAnu2x8jiG6GVwL468losE8GlIB0oKWQBTryS-QMj2keOxyqHfk5Rw_ZgQgo05coyPQpjh0fAZEBRezD3Fachxyg1O0zuskqXGUk5BDSO6SXv1EC-caInPn/s3150/GA%20ANG259.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3150" data-original-width="2249" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBN7hEiAk2tMICOHDQHL5DnuPfP0aPuuZFK4g65pKEqkVeL0FQTI9IX0HHXavz0J9FoRAnu2x8jiG6GVwL468losE8GlIB0oKWQBTryS-QMj2keOxyqHfk5Rw_ZgQgo05coyPQpjh0fAZEBRezD3Fachxyg1O0zuskqXGUk5BDSO6SXv1EC-caInPn/s320/GA%20ANG259.JPG" width="228" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lt. Col. Aldo Garoni in 1949.<br />Georgia National Guard Archives</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The project
officer for the alert exercise was Lt. Col. Aldo Garoni, personnel officer of
the 54<sup>th</sup> Fighter Wing. Garoni enlisted in the 128<sup>th</sup>
Observation Squadron in 1941 at Candler Field in Atlanta and served with the
unit until 1942 when he entered officer candidate school. Commissioned a 2<sup>nd</sup>
lieutenant, Garoni served in Africa and participated in the Allied landing at
Sicily. Returning from the war as a major, he was part of the effort to
reorganize the Georgia National Guard. In 1950, as the assistant manager of
radio station WFOM Garoni facilitated the radio alert that called the Citizen-Airmen of the Georgia Air National Guard to action.</span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0319/March%2019.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">[2]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">As part of
the alert exercise, the Georgia National Guard’s 128<sup>th</sup> Fighter
Squadron provided air support for Third Army troops in the Atlanta area from
their base in Marietta while F-80 jets of the Savannah-based 158<sup>th</sup>
Fighter Squadron scrambled to intercept simulated enemy aircraft. "Enemy" fighters of the South Carolina Air National Guard were intercepted in the
skies over Congaree, S.C. where the Airmen of Georgia and South Carolina engaged
in mock air combat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Nearly 75
percent of the personnel assigned to the 14 Georgia Air National Guard units at Marietta Air Force Base participated in the alert with some continuing to respond as late as 10:00 p.m.
Major General Ernest Vandiver, Georgia’s Adjutant General observed the alert
and response of the Georgia Air National Guard.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjGvSnRz8S9hPIIKm_QYlCFQZ7f3z7jKmKdBbnsRvssuOCOehF5yjjKLE2UEzpNGbgVRtoP695PmCZcFZuXUZSAFiaFzLHNCACGZmOx-GH9mOBsvoevSwLgqQu2saHt0LiJL9lXwgJbVDHtGhE9GHg79i-t1h9FojwIjj7ehNM25KDADTvI-8UBRA/s2879/GA%20ANG068.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="2879" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjGvSnRz8S9hPIIKm_QYlCFQZ7f3z7jKmKdBbnsRvssuOCOehF5yjjKLE2UEzpNGbgVRtoP695PmCZcFZuXUZSAFiaFzLHNCACGZmOx-GH9mOBsvoevSwLgqQu2saHt0LiJL9lXwgJbVDHtGhE9GHg79i-t1h9FojwIjj7ehNM25KDADTvI-8UBRA/w640-h458/GA%20ANG068.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">F-47 Thunderbolts of the Georgia Air National Guard’s 128th Fighter Squadron conduct a rapid deployment alert in March 1950. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Less than five months after the alert exercise, pilots of the 128th Fighter Squadron were activated for service during the Korean War.</span></p>
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“Wing Alert Gets 20 Fighters in Air Within One Hour, Four in 30 Minutes. <i>The
Georgia Guardsman. </i>May 1950, 11.<o:p></o:p></p>
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“Colonel Aldo Garoni.” <i>The Georgia Guardsman</i>, March April 1956, 3.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-83543469519799799732023-03-13T06:29:00.001-07:002023-03-13T07:46:03.025-07:0030 Years Ago: The Georgia National Guard Responds to the “Blizzard of the Century”<p> By Major William
Carraway, Historian, Georgia National Guard</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Xi7LhFIa03F-tBHBOUhmQyFEAbpkVmS1EWR2rLnB-__Halx9Gcn75EKVRo7zdj2YogsL7Ol-HH3YbcUesgkcEOaDNBUuBX2xcJZhiBbkO8HjrVKp55xzL1oNI6LUBhYGQupTp5AuBoM2b8tp1M78nvHxXPM1hnBawkYd0Zbwh9ycpoMqjCO7RAfv/s926/Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="926" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Xi7LhFIa03F-tBHBOUhmQyFEAbpkVmS1EWR2rLnB-__Halx9Gcn75EKVRo7zdj2YogsL7Ol-HH3YbcUesgkcEOaDNBUuBX2xcJZhiBbkO8HjrVKp55xzL1oNI6LUBhYGQupTp5AuBoM2b8tp1M78nvHxXPM1hnBawkYd0Zbwh9ycpoMqjCO7RAfv/w640-h358/Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: The Georgia National Guard Medal of Valor. Right: A U-H1 helicopter of the Georgia Army National Guard takes off from a landing <br />strip in the North Georgia Mountains bound for a relief mission following a winter storm that blanketed the region March 13, 1993.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On the morning of March 13, 1993,
Georgia were struck by the “blizzard of the century.” The snow fell as far
south as Albany and Savannah. Accumulation ranged from four inches of snow in
Atlanta to nearly three feet in Union County.</span></span><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> The rapid snowfall and high winds that accompanied the storm felled
trees and powerlines across North Georgia leaving more than 450,000 without
power.</span></span><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On March 14, Governor Zell Miller
declared a state of emergency and the Georgia National Guard responded within
hours dispatching more than 600 Soldiers and Airmen on state active duty to areas
ravaged by the storm.</span></span><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> The Guardsmen patrolled the interstates rescuing motorists from Atlanta
to the Tennessee border. Operating out of armories that also served as warming
shelters, more than 100 Guard vehicles navigated the treacherous roadways,
impassable to ambulances, to respond to medical emergencies.</span></span><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Aviators of the Georgia Army National Guard patrolled the skies to scout
ahead of ground vehicles. Helicopters were also dispatched to search for stranded
hikers and campers in the North Georgia mountains.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejxb79xC18vGK5aHdMbxee0I6LhTTs-95wIoCD1ltD5rmmVsIB0WqiHOtLdCNHVg0O2gTgME62xvL6DlX94aD-k_khhYx981i_9Ar1NJGoaTGyMXPci8nfV7TyAjXDLjq8rnIYx6fSLcjqP6AGuoNpjRduA8lz4z0M9Ae9Th60D4nHN5YBuy4P7oW/s617/I-75%20N.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="617" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejxb79xC18vGK5aHdMbxee0I6LhTTs-95wIoCD1ltD5rmmVsIB0WqiHOtLdCNHVg0O2gTgME62xvL6DlX94aD-k_khhYx981i_9Ar1NJGoaTGyMXPci8nfV7TyAjXDLjq8rnIYx6fSLcjqP6AGuoNpjRduA8lz4z0M9Ae9Th60D4nHN5YBuy4P7oW/w640-h478/I-75%20N.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A jack-knifed tractor trailer provides mute witness to the treacherous driving conditions on Interstate 75 north of Atlanta following a winter storm <br />March 13, 1993. Photo by 124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Logisticians of the Georgia National
Guard contributed the effort delivering relief supplies such as food, blankets
and medical supplies to remote Georgia communities. Engineers labored to clear
downed trees from roadways and erected utility poles to replace those shattered
by the storm.</span></span><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 14pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiTw_HjCDajRI8c7XwJqqWqh2S3F7bbxoOWULBdx6MpxeJ9lsyGTc4gNsp5epzms06753HAco5ec4THqOwDc_0i3dR_hSK31u_GxnaUcCBACyvEepmwQP_BnZc8xJVoBannnrdGqWtluhjUQpAVvK8aT5dG-J3XNxGRFnkddawbwUh3rP6ZlluBeH/s613/arriving%20at%20Armory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="613" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiTw_HjCDajRI8c7XwJqqWqh2S3F7bbxoOWULBdx6MpxeJ9lsyGTc4gNsp5epzms06753HAco5ec4THqOwDc_0i3dR_hSK31u_GxnaUcCBACyvEepmwQP_BnZc8xJVoBannnrdGqWtluhjUQpAVvK8aT5dG-J3XNxGRFnkddawbwUh3rP6ZlluBeH/s320/arriving%20at%20Armory.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rescued motorists take shelter at Georgia National Guard<br />Armories. Photo by 124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Across the state, Guardsmen,
operating in small teams, scoured the roadways rendering aid. Soldiers of the
Cartersville-based Company H, 122nd Long Range Surveillance Unit rescued a
family trapped on Highway 41.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“We were taken back to the armory and
treated very, very well and ended up helping out by manning the phones and
dispatching the National Guard as they went to rescue more people,” wrote Chuck
Harris of Rossville in a letter to the Atlanta Constitution.</span></span><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Georgia National Guardsmen who
took to the roads were equipped with high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles.
The HMMWV was a relatively new addition to the Georgia National Guard having
been first fielded by the 122nd TOW Light Anti-Tank Unit in 1986. Guardsmen of
the Rome-based Company A, 1st Battalion, 108th Armor Regiment busily employed
their new vehicles rescuing a mother and her day-old infant that had been born
at home. Another vehicle crew of Company A reached a woman who was going into
labor and made a six-hour drive to get her to a hospital for delivery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Staff Sergeants Ken Carter and Austin
Harper reported to the Atlanta armory of the 190th Military Police Battalion
and mobilized to Dalton. It took the Soldiers 16 hours to reach the city during
which time the pair rendered aid to motorists stranded in more than 40
vehicles. Finding an injured man in one of the vehicles, the Soldiers delivered
him to the hospital. Reaching Dalton, Carter and Harper received the mission to
deliver power company employees to the top of Dug Gap Mountain overlooking
Dalton to repair powerlines toppled by snow and fallen trees.</span></span><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0AaExVMVTrdaZEbfNXzWKNx0Fw2-woh_LPZPHP3rfJCDcY8aqQ91pPLTYc43hElXLkjtS4bu8r-d4KZHkvPRdvjCybvrQk-zIeZzYx-d5kQ6SGkxxt_XV-Uo0dB-v1wg0OjH34i9XVG0KgxquGzwjl82bFvQFefxvNfYHsSI0QCloCJghEIh8kq6/s606/utility%20pole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="606" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0AaExVMVTrdaZEbfNXzWKNx0Fw2-woh_LPZPHP3rfJCDcY8aqQ91pPLTYc43hElXLkjtS4bu8r-d4KZHkvPRdvjCybvrQk-zIeZzYx-d5kQ6SGkxxt_XV-Uo0dB-v1wg0OjH34i9XVG0KgxquGzwjl82bFvQFefxvNfYHsSI0QCloCJghEIh8kq6/w640-h492/utility%20pole.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major General William Bland, Georgia’s Adjutant General observes as a Georgia National Guard CH-47 helicopter prepares to deliver a utility pole <br />to restore power after a winter storm downed powerlines across north Georgia March 13, 1993. Photo by 124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Jeff and Marie Withrow, an elderly
couple from Kentucky were travelling home from a Florida vacation when they
were stranded on I-75 north of Atlanta. The couple spent two days trapped in
their car with only a blanket for warmth. They were discovered by Pfc. Roy
Green and Spc. Frank Aaron of the Marietta-based 265th Engineer Group who were
on their tenth hour of patrolling Interstate 75. The Soldiers transported the
Withrows to the Calhoun armory of the 108th Armor Regiment where they received
food and took shelter in the armory with other stranded motorists.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“They were a Godsend,” said Marie
Withrow. “They saw how weak and sick I was. They picked me up and carried me
inside and gave me a bowl of hot soup. Those boys were wonderful.”</span></span><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As they had in previous winter storm
responses, Georgia Air National Guardsmen delivered emergency power generators.
Transported from units in southeast Georgia, the generators provided power for
hospitals and nursing homes.</span></span><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiz26Ayj0fk9wK0iVCWSed213zLjVRZrjRn5xGb0hPd9U6PDbHRdxRzBueyH6a6b84kab_VFmm79SpG9t1RUAywzNSl7WSpG5yNuU4GUtj8L2BNKwZB779H75htRVN25FKKm-ew4-XZ9P4tY57FmBLDs9dfLT7o6VsPmcoWbb2OwMQMP8o0JN8Jjj/s613/relief%20supplies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="613" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiz26Ayj0fk9wK0iVCWSed213zLjVRZrjRn5xGb0hPd9U6PDbHRdxRzBueyH6a6b84kab_VFmm79SpG9t1RUAywzNSl7WSpG5yNuU4GUtj8L2BNKwZB779H75htRVN25FKKm-ew4-XZ9P4tY57FmBLDs9dfLT7o6VsPmcoWbb2OwMQMP8o0JN8Jjj/w640-h478/relief%20supplies.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Georgia National Guard Soldiers and Red Cross volunteers unload relief supplies from a UH-1 helicopter following a winter storm that struck <br />Georgia March 13, 1993. Photo by 124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For their actions during the winter
storm response, three Georgia National Guard Soldiers were awarded the Medal of
Valor by Governor Zell Miller. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Rafael Caraballo and
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jerry Perry of the Dobbins-based Rapid Air Interdiction
Detachment were cited for rescuing 27 stranded people and delivering them to
medical facilities. In the course of these rescues, the Soldiers were compelled
to land their helicopter on snow-swept mountains and hike through waste deep
snow to rescue hikers, with Perry walking over two miles to reach two victims
at a hiking shelter. Additionally, Sgt. Myron McElrath of the 265th Engineer
Group was recognized for rendering first aid to a stranded motorist who was
undergoing a seizure, stabilizing him, and transporting the victim to a medical
facility.</span></span><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI11xIPnrnI4tHAyfQD4AHrSuC3G9Cj5keK_s_nmuavET-pskg4mVBCfoJXfzANvHTUA02yvU27EhfjCJMr8k_pIp67eK0OiZcSmsvUY_cmbJUXdP1HsmmCF2NS1d_wHAJdh5XixLpvM16pqsaO6Dge730bCdeMCPoiXSuUjBRgzteo-ZsjS8XTOjD/s621/Map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="621" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI11xIPnrnI4tHAyfQD4AHrSuC3G9Cj5keK_s_nmuavET-pskg4mVBCfoJXfzANvHTUA02yvU27EhfjCJMr8k_pIp67eK0OiZcSmsvUY_cmbJUXdP1HsmmCF2NS1d_wHAJdh5XixLpvM16pqsaO6Dge730bCdeMCPoiXSuUjBRgzteo-ZsjS8XTOjD/w640-h474/Map.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major General William Bland, Georgia’s Adjutant General (right) is briefed on emergency response operations at the Calhoun armory of the <br />108th Armor Regiment March 14, 1993. Photo by 124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.</td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Looking back at the tireless effort
of nearly 20 Georgia National Guard units across the state, Maj. Gen. William
Bland, Georgia’s Adjutant General credited the training and dedication of
Georgia’s Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen and lauded the capability of the HMMWV
which had demonstrated its capability in its first large-scale emergency
response operation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“We had a built-in fleet of vehicles
that could go literally anywhere,” said Bland. “There’s no telling how many
lives were saved.”</span></span><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn11;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk129536470;"></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;">
<hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" />
<!--[endif]-->
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Mike Morris, “21 years ago, Atlanta slammed by rare blizzard,” <i>The
Atlanta-Journal Constitution,</i> March 13, 2013, <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/local/years-ago-atlanta-slammed-rare-blizzard/o73EFo56ljUslA8zfawsbL/">https://www.ajc.com/news/local/years-ago-atlanta-slammed-rare-blizzard/o73EFo56ljUslA8zfawsbL/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn2" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Associated Press, “Blizzard cripples north, central Ga., <i>The Macon Telegraph</i>,
March 14, 1993, 10.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn3" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Georgia Department of Defense, <i>Department of Defense Annual Report Fiscal
Year 1993</i>, (Atlanta: Georgia National Guard, 1994), 14.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn4" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Scott Marshall, “Blizzard leaves 6 dead in Georgia,” <i>Atlanta Constitution, </i>March
15, 1993, 1.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn5" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Georgia Department of Defense, <i>Department of Defense Annual Report Fiscal
Year 1993</i>, (Atlanta: Georgia National Guard, 1994)<i>, 15.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn6" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Chuck Rossville, letter, <i>Atlanta Journal Constitution</i>, March 20, 1993,
E11.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn7" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“The Hummer: Vehicle proves its worth; saves lives in storm.” <i>Georgia
Guardsman, June 1993, 7.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn8" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Guardsmen save stranded motorists,” <i>Georgia Guardsman, </i>June 1993, 7. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn9" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Georgia guard ready for blizzard,” <i>The Georgia Guardsman, </i>June 1993, 7.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn10" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftnref10" name="_ftn10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“Governor awards Guardsmen with Medal of Valor,” <i>Georgia Guardsman</i>,
September 1993, 7.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn11" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><a href="file:///E:/021923%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/march/0313/031293%20Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century/Blizzard%20of%20the%20Century.docx#_ftnref11" name="_ftn11" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn11;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
“The Hummer: Vehicle proves its worth; saves lives in storm.” <i>Georgia
Guardsman</i>, June 1993, 7.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-84664460213803681682023-03-03T13:29:00.000-08:002023-03-03T13:29:50.551-08:00Georgia National Guard's Georgia Military Institute Explores Military History Through Staff Ride<p> By Maj. William Carraway, Historian, Georgia National
Guard</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDKGaKMGJXB0eKjRBAq-yfrHsrmqemD-UC7NpJH-e1myq_JuXT9CN5lqKr2OuUECh6XCaGUtv8Ul0GOk7aj-cjWf4bGdWknykwkO9X50gnLrU8kb00mwfh21gehQIEOZZkEY8ge1MhfXTo0OQs6sUBkbzlbr6fF-2OJ3di_spigfUuJoPIltfLwF1/s744/Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="744" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDKGaKMGJXB0eKjRBAq-yfrHsrmqemD-UC7NpJH-e1myq_JuXT9CN5lqKr2OuUECh6XCaGUtv8Ul0GOk7aj-cjWf4bGdWknykwkO9X50gnLrU8kb00mwfh21gehQIEOZZkEY8ge1MhfXTo0OQs6sUBkbzlbr6fF-2OJ3di_spigfUuJoPIltfLwF1/w640-h372/Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collage: The Georgia Military Institute shoulder Sleeve Insignia of Class 1 and officer candidates of Class 62.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Officer
candidates of the Georgia Army National Guard’s Georgia Military Institute
conducted a staff ride March 3, 2023 at the Atlanta History Center. The staff
ride is part of the long tradition of military history education in the
GMI leadership curriculum.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWrHeWltHveqH7ubIOhF7g6y3_cu0LJARE96qND7JHBjVNIR_SbLsrRJkEZogsWJOsRhoYjJSauCP5vZPi6NfkNKygw3lPjVP8xXzdWcMe9Q-StZMkl4dHoJBWCVCCQ4zZo-VH7v1hIFcgFJhKe24Jwae6or4oasy5-xv7i2MvOCLTAvDUOGSytjf/s3024/010723%20GMI%2062%20Sand%20Table.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2418" data-original-width="3024" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWrHeWltHveqH7ubIOhF7g6y3_cu0LJARE96qND7JHBjVNIR_SbLsrRJkEZogsWJOsRhoYjJSauCP5vZPi6NfkNKygw3lPjVP8xXzdWcMe9Q-StZMkl4dHoJBWCVCCQ4zZo-VH7v1hIFcgFJhKe24Jwae6or4oasy5-xv7i2MvOCLTAvDUOGSytjf/w640-h512/010723%20GMI%2062%20Sand%20Table.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Officer Candidates of GMI Class 62 conduct a sand table brief on the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain January 7, 2023 in preparation for the March <br />staff ride in Atlanta. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">For two months
prior to the staff ride, the officer candidates researched the Atlanta Campaign
and the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Assuming the roles of staff and commanders
for the Federal and Confederate forces, the candidates conducted sand table
briefs covering operational and terrain considerations and evaluating courses
of actions for commanders on both sides of the conflict. Major William
Carraway, Historian of the Georgia National Guard and graduate of GMI Class 46,
presided over the briefings linking the events with the principles of war and
modern military tactics. These principles and tactics will be the focus of
training for the officer candidates as they begin phase three of training in the
field in April.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiify3ETg13JTbDozSf3sgT3aoKKEW07HHCaWEsaPp5HJTc6-oRTQulyyN1iEqTm4T-bt7Mo1odkWINMcWQOYNRZGvELuEWz2nFXsNTWL_aTAH3P9QhfSckeFPbAmlU4Bj5xFe5sknC9ZHIEmK4PaJgeXeRVVaEz9_w34yGDYL6jkSRCPluh8ssl69x/s3111/Hathaway2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1690" data-original-width="3111" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiify3ETg13JTbDozSf3sgT3aoKKEW07HHCaWEsaPp5HJTc6-oRTQulyyN1iEqTm4T-bt7Mo1odkWINMcWQOYNRZGvELuEWz2nFXsNTWL_aTAH3P9QhfSckeFPbAmlU4Bj5xFe5sknC9ZHIEmK4PaJgeXeRVVaEz9_w34yGDYL6jkSRCPluh8ssl69x/w640-h348/Hathaway2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drew Hathaway recounts the evolution of military history training at GMI. Photo by Maj. William Carraway</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Retired Captain
Drew Hathaway opened the staff ride at the Atlanta History Center with an
overview of the evolution of military history education at GMI over the years.
A graduate of GMI Class 49, Hathaway was part of the first class to train fully
at the Clay National Guard Center after GMI relocated there from Macon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOSca6WNM7mEz5cDKqTeMTBwIyiiKsUmZMO6LilMeX_xAwV0TNzrW7LbDGdVpqyX0RxNT_48lg-wsKoVtB9ze_FBskOkvS2gadCTQrh4Jz7Iqz8Gv30zpzDWtDb9q3JXWzjWGHb_5vn4XdM3-mZPbAWcqrJ3HrO-EkGneuMWM1WTJW-9nuOHxOASm/s3121/Hitt%20Spencer.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2229" data-original-width="3121" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOSca6WNM7mEz5cDKqTeMTBwIyiiKsUmZMO6LilMeX_xAwV0TNzrW7LbDGdVpqyX0RxNT_48lg-wsKoVtB9ze_FBskOkvS2gadCTQrh4Jz7Iqz8Gv30zpzDWtDb9q3JXWzjWGHb_5vn4XdM3-mZPbAWcqrJ3HrO-EkGneuMWM1WTJW-9nuOHxOASm/w640-h458/Hitt%20Spencer.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historian Michael Hitt covers the antebellum to Civil War history of the Georgia Military Institute. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Historian
Michael Hitt, dressed in the antebellum uniform of a GMI instructor, addressed
the officer candidates on the history of GMI beginning with the first period
which ran from the opening of the institute in 1851 through the destruction of
the campus in 1864 and the surrender of the cadet battalion in 1865. Hitt next recalled
the brief period beginning in 1891 when GMI was resurrected with campus
buildings in Atlanta. This heretofore little known period of GMI history had
not appeared in printed history of the institute and represents an emerging
field of study for the history of the Georgia National Guard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ultimately, the second iteration of GMI ended
in 1898 with the auction of campus buildings and land which would form part of
the Woodward Academy in College Park. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_YuU2TWA18DjTyCzGxrVaFjUXMasUD8eLyt5U0Gxi1KOoWH7ln-V7_ShNRJQp8z-FJJyzucK_8ghrwJDDwtTQPXv6X2SuE7RvUcBeWq9DRmim6pciVnL31F5z3nqV8L244jK8tzQYsQDdaV1oi4fLCkdXaykRxSYa5inZFOtVUtvk5ETMtet_OkR/s3369/1890s%20Campus%20Building.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2249" data-original-width="3369" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_YuU2TWA18DjTyCzGxrVaFjUXMasUD8eLyt5U0Gxi1KOoWH7ln-V7_ShNRJQp8z-FJJyzucK_8ghrwJDDwtTQPXv6X2SuE7RvUcBeWq9DRmim6pciVnL31F5z3nqV8L244jK8tzQYsQDdaV1oi4fLCkdXaykRxSYa5inZFOtVUtvk5ETMtet_OkR/w640-h428/1890s%20Campus%20Building.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This building served as part of the Georgia Military Institute in Atlanta from 1891-1898. Photo by Maj. William Carraway. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">While the campus might have closed, the
legacy of this iteration of GMI continued forward as graduates served during
the Spanish American War, on the Mexican Border in 1916 and through World War
I. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XYoPWRCiFKV5XNtWaHYO1D0vu_f7VdKoP3uWcIT2Lh5Fx7HN8xxFLQOg5K_fvHS6Kjqf60UYwZY7qVXrVxbpk6LzD6t2zy-QijEr8VvWMFQw1Qhsm-ZCnqUBPUNOWzmju8dBwiqeuwJ_swg_AevkUhZOI8nFuwXgUTdTfVUb-H2mjDP35F4Md2ZD/s3825/Jones.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2553" data-original-width="3825" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XYoPWRCiFKV5XNtWaHYO1D0vu_f7VdKoP3uWcIT2Lh5Fx7HN8xxFLQOg5K_fvHS6Kjqf60UYwZY7qVXrVxbpk6LzD6t2zy-QijEr8VvWMFQw1Qhsm-ZCnqUBPUNOWzmju8dBwiqeuwJ_swg_AevkUhZOI8nFuwXgUTdTfVUb-H2mjDP35F4Md2ZD/w640-h428/Jones.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doctor Gordon Jones, senior military historian of the Atlanta History Center provides officer candidates of GMI Class 62 with a close view of <br />artifacts relevant to the institute’s history. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Doctor
Gordon Jones, senior military historian of the Atlanta History Center provided
the officer candidates with a close view of artifacts relevant to the institute’s
history. The candidates viewed Cadet John M. Hazlehurst cadet uniform worn
while attending the Georgia Military Institute as well as his field jacket from
his service in the Cadet Battalion from 1864-1865. Additionally, Dr. Jones and
Michael Hitt demonstrated civil war weapons used by and against the Cadet Battalion during their service in the American Civil War. Among these weapons
was the Spencer Repeating Rifle which was employed by the 9th Illinois Mounted
Infantry against the Cadet Battalion in skirmishes before the Battle of Resaca
in May 1864. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhae7h28VQcFq4c8TO2AKywZj2A_grbtC4Khxt2OiIeA_BH3VnnukQQ11ahaybASxrng2GiuPIcEXli3Aa0u4rtk90i1NwJhNDdttLDtFujHtf5IuxKyuhXqYmXRbU7TsxdGdJhZVtZ40nyyVI23wLX3uvYieI8mh3Q4QVXYsk1BKV6-OzLlXmjl1l3/s1953/GMI%20Class%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="1953" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhae7h28VQcFq4c8TO2AKywZj2A_grbtC4Khxt2OiIeA_BH3VnnukQQ11ahaybASxrng2GiuPIcEXli3Aa0u4rtk90i1NwJhNDdttLDtFujHtf5IuxKyuhXqYmXRbU7TsxdGdJhZVtZ40nyyVI23wLX3uvYieI8mh3Q4QVXYsk1BKV6-OzLlXmjl1l3/w640-h430/GMI%20Class%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Officer Candidates of GMI Class 1 March in formation at their armory in Forsyth in 1961. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">While the
staff ride was rich in military history and lessons of prior conflicts, the
officer candidates were also immersed in the history of the Georgia Military
Institute. The current GMI was authorized in 1961 by Governor Ernest Vandiver
and was based in Forsyth, the present location of Headquarters Company, 2nd
Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment. In October 1967, GMI relocated to
Milledgeville and occupied the Carl Vinson Training Center. It would remain in Milledgeville
until February 1985 when the institute relocated to Macon. From its Macon
location, GMI conducted field training in wooded terrain in nearby Griswoldville.
The institute moved to its present location in 2009 where GMI Class 48 became
the first class to graduate at the Clay National Guard Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AzLFjabbWQUKFs-VJfTBrTu5gE6MBr3u8nk_7j8U6ilhkBUFrID6eBDKUDe8laLfQGwH91-lV0i0ND2rs3gkXAc1hWwQsJff03Rcn3kUuAjCdJKpM8Qe98a7vAmJW18gn3j7fCvswDytkT4PPYHIG_gDqVp--S-wDGFXo8r7p167RpVPo3vFifDC/s5120/Collage%201984%20to%202007.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="5120" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AzLFjabbWQUKFs-VJfTBrTu5gE6MBr3u8nk_7j8U6ilhkBUFrID6eBDKUDe8laLfQGwH91-lV0i0ND2rs3gkXAc1hWwQsJff03Rcn3kUuAjCdJKpM8Qe98a7vAmJW18gn3j7fCvswDytkT4PPYHIG_gDqVp--S-wDGFXo8r7p167RpVPo3vFifDC/w640-h512/Collage%201984%20to%202007.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This collage represents 24 years of GMI history. Top left: Class 23 conducts PT in Milledgeville. Top Right: Class 29 rappelling. <br />Bottom left: Class 46 conducts field training at Griswoldville. Bottom right: GMI in Macon in 2007. </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Since GMI Class
1 graduated in 1962, the institute has commissioned 1,217 second lieutenants in
the Georgia Army National Guard. These officers have served in all of America’s
wars beginning with Vietnam and continuing through ongoing conflicts overseas.
Georgia Military Institute graduates were part of the 48th Infantry Brigade’s
deployment to Bosnia Herzegovina and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. From
Class 1 to the present class 62, GMI graduates have risen to the highest ranks
of the Georgia National Guard including the office of adjutant general while
others have gone on to joint commands in the U.S. Army as general officers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Georgia
Military Institute is assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 122nd Regional Training
Institute commanded by Lt. Col. Jeff Freeman, GMI Class 32. The 122nd RTI is commanded
by Col. Theodore Scott, GMI Class 36. The Georgia Military Institute’s senior
instructor is Capt. Joshua Merry, GMI, Class 55. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-3465809099941985762023-02-27T08:31:00.000-08:002023-02-27T09:16:47.481-08:00History and Heraldry of the 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion<p>By Maj. William Carraway</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Historian, Georgia Army National Guard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjii3ZFdJAphA7sKnciXvjOsp1SVBq_v3Rq9nsHEykJknSCnbynAG8EkkMDTtT-EF-3LIfi5WrWFSA2TACYfwttufMGuen4uYHRJM-8acf3JgASqLcDqMkGj6EZDlT0C3B_RoPK-IdTPkXZDGBhQSerBN5mNxa8_Gv89uvV2PLCeEC7ql6kndyTgl5A=s2614" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="2614" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjii3ZFdJAphA7sKnciXvjOsp1SVBq_v3Rq9nsHEykJknSCnbynAG8EkkMDTtT-EF-3LIfi5WrWFSA2TACYfwttufMGuen4uYHRJM-8acf3JgASqLcDqMkGj6EZDlT0C3B_RoPK-IdTPkXZDGBhQSerBN5mNxa8_Gv89uvV2PLCeEC7ql6kndyTgl5A=w640-h300" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The distinctive unit insignia of the 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion, pictured in October 2021 in Macon, Ga. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Heraldry<a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0227/0227.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On February 27, 2009, The US Army
Institute of Heraldry approved the distinctive unit insignia of the <a name="_Hlk96860435">48<sup>th</sup> Brigade Special Troops Battalion which was
subsequently redesignated the 177<sup>th</sup> Brigade Engineer Battalion. The
insignia incorporates the color scarlet to represent the</a> engineer heritage
of the battalion. Scarlet also symbolizes valor and sacrifice while gold symbolizes
honor and high achievement. The castle further symbolizes the engineer’s role
in fortification. Combat multiplier capabilities of the battalion, such as infantry,
chemical, military police, transportation, and engineers, are represented by
the bayonet, cobalt blue, green, brick red, and scarlet, respectively. The
lightning bolt emblazoned on the bayonet highlights the communication units
that provide the "voice of command" as well as the historical ties
between the battalion and the 48<sup>th</sup> Infantry Brigade. The battalion’s
military intelligence capability is represented by the sphinx which symbolizes the
ability of military intelligence to "know all" on the battlefield. Seven
stars on the insignia commemorate the four decorations and three major
campaigns in which the unit has participated. The stars are arranged in an
arrowhead formation symbolic of the Sapper’s mission of breaching enemy
defenses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-sb-8os94JS89DiwN2NZqOsjSZwCMaLG7uK0PPJHxSzV_Tt-73S5c2S6Qp9bjRpYlaXtXiExAuSpQpEhvDXsdYJEqEBUgbsAbod5TEQ1nkD_eJjWJX1zjtkJ2Xqa1UW_UVko1djKGM-IEelmIkDfq2y24sLqGuLyfs0_un5b2ZVLjHQ7Xe-5s5o6t=s4222" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4222" data-original-width="3376" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-sb-8os94JS89DiwN2NZqOsjSZwCMaLG7uK0PPJHxSzV_Tt-73S5c2S6Qp9bjRpYlaXtXiExAuSpQpEhvDXsdYJEqEBUgbsAbod5TEQ1nkD_eJjWJX1zjtkJ2Xqa1UW_UVko1djKGM-IEelmIkDfq2y24sLqGuLyfs0_un5b2ZVLjHQ7Xe-5s5o6t=s320" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lieutenant Col. Bothwell Johnson commanded <br />the 101st AAA and 2nd Gun Battalion, 214th AAA from <br />1953-1960. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unit
History<o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />Headquarters Company, 177<sup>th</sup>
BEB was originally constituted in the Georgia Army National Guard in
Statesboro, Ga. as Battery A, 264<sup>th</sup> Coast Artillery Battalion March
14, 1930.<a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0227/0227.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
On October 1, 1939, the 264<sup>th</sup> CAB was reorganized as the 1<sup>st</sup>
Battalion 214<sup>th</sup> Field Artillery Group<a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0227/0227.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> with
Battery A, commanded by Capt. Bothwell Johnson, reorganized as Battery C. Activated in 1941, the 214<sup>th</sup> was mobilized to the Pacific Theater of
Operations and underwent reorganization in November 1943. The 1<sup>st</sup>
Battalion 214<sup>th</sup> was redesignated the 528<sup>th</sup> Antiaircraft
Artillery Battalion with the Statesboro unit redesignated Battery C. The unit
maintained this designation through the war. The 528th, and other units of the 214th Field Artillery Group, provided air defense for Henderson field at Guadalcanal. The Battalion was inactivated in December
1945 at Camp Stoneman, Calif.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The 528<sup>th</sup> AAA was
reestablished July 11, 1946 as an element of the Georgia National Guard’s 108th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade.<a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0227/0227.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
In October, the 528<sup>th</sup> was consolidated into Headquarters Battery,
101<sup>st</sup> Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and the
resulting unit was designated Headquarters Battery, 101<sup>st</sup> Antiaircraft
Artillery Gun Battalion.<a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0227/0227.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
The unit was reorganized and federally recognized June 17, 1947 in Statesboro.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilQyPdS3UZj0F6SRpI-EXhAjXGE5UxuWhoIO-WhHKCrXbCO0PNURT8HjjuotxmnmWmDIq-1alLeBK-1LLvUxfPS_nrYoMZvOZpI5QGLduDVFjNgzIg04kZM1RHROa5ENz-gHKYpN4l01m7cLlte1l4zOf3yWu5RefT43T50tfY0eeSUYsuPMtWI2js=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1643" data-original-width="2048" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilQyPdS3UZj0F6SRpI-EXhAjXGE5UxuWhoIO-WhHKCrXbCO0PNURT8HjjuotxmnmWmDIq-1alLeBK-1LLvUxfPS_nrYoMZvOZpI5QGLduDVFjNgzIg04kZM1RHROa5ENz-gHKYpN4l01m7cLlte1l4zOf3yWu5RefT43T50tfY0eeSUYsuPMtWI2js=w640-h514" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">STATESBORO, Ga. November, 1949 – The Statesboro-based Headquarters Battery and Battery A, 101st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion paid Guardsmen <br />in silver dollars to show the merchants of Statesboro how much money the Guard brings into circulation each month. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On August 14, 1950, the unit was
ordered into federal service due to the outbreak of hostilities in Korea. As
part of the 108<sup>th</sup> AAAB, the unit was
initially mobilized to Camp Bliss, Texas. The 108<sup>th</sup> AAA Brigade
provided air defense over industrial areas from Chicago to Philadelphia until
released from federal service in April 1952.<a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0227/0227.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On October 1, 1953, the unit was
redesignated as Headquarters Battery, 101<sup>st</sup> Antiaircraft Artillery
Battalion.<a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0227/0227.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsoQff7rhQF6TYf9guwkePPMGgx8lLv80mPGF9U2mWop0ItQPS29mz38JVWb9KkWB0v4bPoThRAsm2u7HySjQTFKtIQBQhj0K4qL3MuYG5btAkqcoKfD4shpFxtG3Qi4HEWZGhm9GzV6aSojZ3ac1KNBZYMs2V205wOf239wUTi6M3XAkzTJ9e68_i=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsoQff7rhQF6TYf9guwkePPMGgx8lLv80mPGF9U2mWop0ItQPS29mz38JVWb9KkWB0v4bPoThRAsm2u7HySjQTFKtIQBQhj0K4qL3MuYG5btAkqcoKfD4shpFxtG3Qi4HEWZGhm9GzV6aSojZ3ac1KNBZYMs2V205wOf239wUTi6M3XAkzTJ9e68_i=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldiers of the 2nd Gun Battalion, 214th Artillery Regiment adjust a radar antenna for use during annual training at Fort Stewart in July 1959. <br />Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On July 1, 1959, the unit was
reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Battery, 2<sup>nd</sup> Gun
Battalion, 214<sup>th</sup> Field Artillery Regiment. This unit was converted and
redesignated as Headquarters Company, 265<sup>th</sup> Engineer Battalion May 1,
1962.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The unit was consolidated with Company
A, 265<sup>th</sup> Engineer Battalion January 1, 1968 and the units were
converted and redesignated as Headquarters Battery, 2<sup>nd</sup> Battalion
214<sup>th</sup> Field Artillery Regiment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3ZaRKVoPPzA44UxGUUqQ_Mmf8Ljkhs1JfQQt8BIX5a8NtqRigNbqeGPuV3Bbm37E2degOA-JFo7RQr9qEmM9gJ8DY9Z2wOyoZflBaFFWPpqOa8kFP_6Zb8aWxfQTrU-XJ1MzJ1p76IQl5fK6n4mF-hSstQmegURIQZHk-y2T3XT-C75dA-prUJ5gt=s4825" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2849" data-original-width="4825" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3ZaRKVoPPzA44UxGUUqQ_Mmf8Ljkhs1JfQQt8BIX5a8NtqRigNbqeGPuV3Bbm37E2degOA-JFo7RQr9qEmM9gJ8DY9Z2wOyoZflBaFFWPpqOa8kFP_6Zb8aWxfQTrU-XJ1MzJ1p76IQl5fK6n4mF-hSstQmegURIQZHk-y2T3XT-C75dA-prUJ5gt=w640-h378" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">648th Engineer Battalion sign from the Statesboro armory. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On September 1, 1993, the unit was
converted and redesignated as Detachment 1, 848<sup>th</sup> Engineer Company. One
month later, the unit was expanded, reorganized and redesignated as
Headquarters Company, 648<sup>th</sup> Engineer Battalion.</span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0227/0227.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="font-size: 18.6667px; mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></sup></span></sup></a> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">The 648th was heavily involved in the Georgia National Guards response to the 1994 floods that impacted southern Georgia counties.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTjjH10E38VzM_bE-YWj6yGh4PNfClbE3O35NSwEZ62Mz0Eo7sDWvrnJIIuiZ59Kk2LzcwXhjxSVOv5MPnJ--zT12nDwanz5lXZ1SXjSt-sH8R3B-5uz7StOXCXxun5oPUajrKfnxmQpnjqVQy1OuCJEynmNuk7UBw7Qio9vfSLHVia4Z40OgJrunr=s2833" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2028" data-original-width="2833" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTjjH10E38VzM_bE-YWj6yGh4PNfClbE3O35NSwEZ62Mz0Eo7sDWvrnJIIuiZ59Kk2LzcwXhjxSVOv5MPnJ--zT12nDwanz5lXZ1SXjSt-sH8R3B-5uz7StOXCXxun5oPUajrKfnxmQpnjqVQy1OuCJEynmNuk7UBw7Qio9vfSLHVia4Z40OgJrunr=w640-h458" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FORT STEWART, Ga. 1996 - Second Lt. Rob Utlaut and 2nd Lt. Felix Childs during annual training for the 648th Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart. <br />Photo courtesy of Matt Shannon.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The 648<sup>th</sup> Engineer
Battalion was redesignated as the 48<sup>th</sup> Special Troops Battalion
September 1, 2007.<a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0227/0227.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
The 48<sup>th</sup> BSTB was ordered into active federal service April 21, 2009
at home stations for service in Afghanistan with the 48<sup>th</sup> Infantry
Brigade Combat Team. The 48<sup>th</sup> BSTB was released from active Federal
service May 25 2010 and reverted to state control.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAuXy3T2WccYNZ_X1GgnjpDkVlo7vv7AP0hH_RSVkKCNP5aWAumLoN43R5SCnv_A8R8oectoeMftnfIkC6TJBTF8pW8iHHTAd6Ae2h3SV3Zk47XCAlrv2TxUNNjASn6Goi8H7HNRGoYIlkAmunzQfCVE2YOaCok-3jTgq45md4rDFYo1iuFsJzpg4i=s987" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="663" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAuXy3T2WccYNZ_X1GgnjpDkVlo7vv7AP0hH_RSVkKCNP5aWAumLoN43R5SCnv_A8R8oectoeMftnfIkC6TJBTF8pW8iHHTAd6Ae2h3SV3Zk47XCAlrv2TxUNNjASn6Goi8H7HNRGoYIlkAmunzQfCVE2YOaCok-3jTgq45md4rDFYo1iuFsJzpg4i=w430-h640" width="430" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Georgia Army National Guard soldiers from Statesboro's Headquarters Detachment 48th Brigade Special Troops Battalion <br />deplane at Hunter’s Army Airfield March 17, 2010 following deployment to Afghanistan. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Headquarters Company, Special Troops
Battalion was converted and redesignated September 1, 2015 as Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 177th Engineer Battalion, an element of the 48th Infantry
Brigade Combat Team.</span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0227/0227.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;" title=""><sup><sup><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></sup></sup></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
Since 2020, the 177</span><sup style="text-indent: 0.5in;">th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> has been an active part of Georgia’s
coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic providing personnel to hospitals
for medical support and constituting infection control teams. During that time
period, the 177</span><sup style="text-indent: 0.5in;">th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> also mobilized personnel to the Country of Georgia
for exercise Noble Partner 2020 and to the Southwest Border of the United States
in 2021. In January 2021, the 177th BEB mobilized personnel to Washington DC to provide security during the presidential inauguration. The Soldiers departed the weekend prior to the inauguration and established security positions near the nation's capitol. By January 25, most of the Soldiers had either returned home or were in transit from Washington DC while others, joined by Soldiers of the 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade and TF 201st, remained on duty through March 13.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtnKZGkGx_LwgyxiBLfrLojibvlbA1bUGJD459VKLoI1_oW1gSPhOho-XPZrq7hKzN1As6A_GhDJitR05-1oYMzMYWr1q0YU-Pij9R3LX106zXLXyvoW_ZDSgmsEkzbUteAWE-KnmdLBGPFzhyPmCLfs7s0Q9dLm6W98iWlW8ynQnDdjPdos0LUZxO=s480" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtnKZGkGx_LwgyxiBLfrLojibvlbA1bUGJD459VKLoI1_oW1gSPhOho-XPZrq7hKzN1As6A_GhDJitR05-1oYMzMYWr1q0YU-Pij9R3LX106zXLXyvoW_ZDSgmsEkzbUteAWE-KnmdLBGPFzhyPmCLfs7s0Q9dLm6W98iWlW8ynQnDdjPdos0LUZxO=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldiers of the 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion discuss the plan for disinfecting Dodge County Hospital April 27, 2020. Photo by Spc. Andre Josey.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Most recently, Soldiers of the 177th BEB trained side by side with Soldiers of the Country of Georgia. The training, which took place in the Country of Georgia from December 5-9, 2022 provided the Soldiers with the opportunity to share their expertise in combat engineering with Soldiers of the Georgia Defense Forces. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERPgm8Preono0h-1uOyHAWL03Dh4oj-sRniUan0qM-eyPMiLgjUOnoV2GbbXmI2dQ5gWBFfjwYVAuz6thCm5oOwy531zRUcQC6WFV2YHm5-Sg_1eTRvdYToEAzTBcQL2RPMmGfTDDUhtxEWstfVHnh1kq9vTm9l0bfTRAQXHqBBSDuoSrDasDTvok/s1025/Photo-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="1025" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERPgm8Preono0h-1uOyHAWL03Dh4oj-sRniUan0qM-eyPMiLgjUOnoV2GbbXmI2dQ5gWBFfjwYVAuz6thCm5oOwy531zRUcQC6WFV2YHm5-Sg_1eTRvdYToEAzTBcQL2RPMmGfTDDUhtxEWstfVHnh1kq9vTm9l0bfTRAQXHqBBSDuoSrDasDTvok/w640-h300/Photo-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldiers of the 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion and Soldiers of the Georgia Defense Forces conduct combat engineer training in the <br />Country of Georgia December 5-9, 2022. Photo courtesy of the 177th BEB.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;">
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Institute of Heraldry. “Distinctive Unit Insignia of the 48<sup>th</sup>
Brigade Special Troops Battalion.” https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=4422&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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for Military History. “214<sup>th</sup> Lineage and Honors Certificate, 214<sup>th</sup>
Field Artillery.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Field Artillery.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-9072447363819230962023-02-25T15:09:00.000-08:002023-02-25T19:19:19.735-08:00History of Company A, 1-121st Infantry Regiment<p>By Maj. William Carraway</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Historian, Georgia Army National Guard<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgS91y7xuuzbs_hk9b_Zbm1QOYSCnfXvaBUkn1HSzLe1DJ2wa8ZWapoXFWJxwHb92GfmsDRPgTGJNlEyH2Gt9jOKymS_QFhd_pMJSBUR7f79TnrB4bVk8mmHas-VM64ubJ1UkpIJMCxiTCwHD1SMaFbcPnCi60Gtd9OqXiuoEkvOzpBOB-t3wd_Gw7=s5120" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3413" data-original-width="5120" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgS91y7xuuzbs_hk9b_Zbm1QOYSCnfXvaBUkn1HSzLe1DJ2wa8ZWapoXFWJxwHb92GfmsDRPgTGJNlEyH2Gt9jOKymS_QFhd_pMJSBUR7f79TnrB4bVk8mmHas-VM64ubJ1UkpIJMCxiTCwHD1SMaFbcPnCi60Gtd9OqXiuoEkvOzpBOB-t3wd_Gw7=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guidons representing the history of Company A, 1st Battalion 121st Infantry Regiment in the 48th Infantry Division and 48th Armor Division. <br />Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Organized
and federally recognized in the Georgia National Guard’s 48</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Infantry Division as the Cannon Company, 122</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Infantry Regiment
February 26, 1948 in Covington, Ga., the company was reorganized as the 122</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">’s
heavy mortar company November 1, 1948</span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjXXRgqHTt19DaZQNwPGDrNIaqOXF8kdRryE7rzpBU6FJnpG7piR1zzZ-ZcYWoZCnMyjeOEGS2fwg06ZMGmoHFyov8kNK53HCjbqvlSEGH81ZiSKdkhSMdBBEpEKPx2LDNAeW-tDkpJdJsr523kxqSi49Yd7cW9cksGdJ6aWMQ45KYudw8tbNrE8Nr=s800" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="800" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjXXRgqHTt19DaZQNwPGDrNIaqOXF8kdRryE7rzpBU6FJnpG7piR1zzZ-ZcYWoZCnMyjeOEGS2fwg06ZMGmoHFyov8kNK53HCjbqvlSEGH81ZiSKdkhSMdBBEpEKPx2LDNAeW-tDkpJdJsr523kxqSi49Yd7cW9cksGdJ6aWMQ45KYudw8tbNrE8Nr=w640-h516" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FORT MCCLELLAN, Ala. August 20, 1955 - Having just dropped a round into their 4.2-inch mortar, these men of Covington's Heavy Mortar Company, <br />122nd Infantry Regiment, Georgia National Guard, await the blast that will send the projectile to its mark. Left to right are Pfc. Roger Bell, <br />Pfc. Albert Anglin and Pfc. Herman Shannon. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">With the conversion of the 48</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> ID to Armor in October 1955, the
company was redesignated Company A, 161</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Tank Battalion.</span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
A 1959 reorganization of the 48</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> AD prompted the company to
reorganize as Company B, 248</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Signal Battalion.</span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
In 1963, the Georgia National Guard received all units of the 48</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
AD. In the reorganization that followed, Company B was redesignated Company A,
248</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Signal Battalion.</span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
With the inactivation of the 48</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> AD, Company A was redesignated the
180</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Signal Company effective December 14, 1967.</span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
The 180</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> served for more than decade before it was redesignated
Company A, 111</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Signal Battalion April 1, 1979.</span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
The following year, the 111</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Signal Battalion was reorganized as
the 1</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Battalion 122</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> TOW Light Anti-Tank with the
Covington unit serving as Company B.</span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsOSi3P1sOW4XT8ws61hCaE6pwwRxoLenxA6tE43h2n68PgdbSKnArGZiOObwxHr-AgSs1L-Pscu0ScfoalmPlFWc3QD3cRojUlYad377KPe_4c_aHzHFR8lqPYzlMcOH_Kj3_gFBA6T_PYAqmRY9eniYFqZAzpXOJisaCUBwnUWNhs7Oy4BMn_wUM=s1946" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="1946" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsOSi3P1sOW4XT8ws61hCaE6pwwRxoLenxA6tE43h2n68PgdbSKnArGZiOObwxHr-AgSs1L-Pscu0ScfoalmPlFWc3QD3cRojUlYad377KPe_4c_aHzHFR8lqPYzlMcOH_Kj3_gFBA6T_PYAqmRY9eniYFqZAzpXOJisaCUBwnUWNhs7Oy4BMn_wUM=w640-h458" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FORT STEWART, Ga., July 1984 - Private Jimmy Nowell of Athens, a member of the Georgia Army National Guard's Company B, 1st Battalion, 122nd Infantry <br />at Covington, camouflages his TOW light anti-tank weapon while undergoing two weeks of annual training at Fort Stewart, Ga. Photo by the 124th MPAD.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In September 1992, the TLAT was inactivated and the Covington armory became
home to Detachment 1, Company A and Detachment 1, Company B, 2</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Battalion 121</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Infantry.</span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
The detachments were consolidated September 1, 1993 to form Company A, 121</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Infantry Regiment.</span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> In
2004, Company A was consolidated in Lawrenceville with Company D, 1-121 and the
consolidated unit was designated Company A.</span><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span></span></span></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUde-YwZ0qiFKUKGR2Nu9FXOPLwyRcoPidFMCqk1AnnS80nbkOCdsgMfjwK6MZklAo4CxzfTVXspocKQp4x7xawtNTP1inSFjCMpcLTgbk9qKmP0RO131NM-TnfF8egf4V5SzdLiRaTgF1m-yfDFapN4-vX2KkLoSECLxOeQO5cr-YTmMSEivM639/s960/A%201-121%20Feb%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="960" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUde-YwZ0qiFKUKGR2Nu9FXOPLwyRcoPidFMCqk1AnnS80nbkOCdsgMfjwK6MZklAo4CxzfTVXspocKQp4x7xawtNTP1inSFjCMpcLTgbk9qKmP0RO131NM-TnfF8egf4V5SzdLiRaTgF1m-yfDFapN4-vX2KkLoSECLxOeQO5cr-YTmMSEivM639/w640-h302/A%201-121%20Feb%202023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldiers of Company A, 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment during a unit assembly in February 2023. Photo courtesy of Company A, 1-121.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;">
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NGB AROTO 325.4-Ga. May 5, 1949.<o:p></o:p></p>
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AROTO 325.4 (27 Jan 56)-Ga. March 6, 1956 effective March 26, 1956.<o:p></o:p></p>
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73-59 June 10, 1959, effective July 1, 1959.<o:p></o:p></p>
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57-63 March 21, 1963 Effective April 16, 1963.<o:p></o:p></p>
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71-67 December 14, 1967 Effective January 1, 1968.<o:p></o:p></p>
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64-79 March 20, 1979 Effective April 1, 1979.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> OA
182-80 September 26, 1980 effective October 1, 1980.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> OA
261-92 October 21, 1992 effective September 1, 1992.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> RA
169-93 August 9, 1993, effective September 1, 1993.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///E:/010822%20Back%20Up/Desktop/History/History%20Stories%202020%2024%20Sept%20Backup/This%20day%20in%20Ga%20Guard%20history/february/0226/0226.docx#_ftnref10" name="_ftn10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
OA 180-04 September 24, 2004 effective September 1, 2002.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-50875648373824493312023-02-14T05:58:00.002-08:002023-02-14T05:58:49.966-08:00The 201st RSG Embarks on First Stage of Overseas Deployment<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">By Maj. William Carraway, Historian, Georgia National Guard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1w8EmqViaAoY-LK0zRj-ptH0SuyQN76_ptQncSUQWhWb2YVUZ6sVam0H_Fj608X6lXVDwnUCtkHG6x6mfGZrRgQ6H5tbacqgCHLV4R02fEPzy0O46hgeI-5b9XyPECNYonPLX9K5CkxO0Qs6lLsUouU1mPTfgYQi-tqpgndP1gNe2U587P_Ko6w_/s968/Composite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="968" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1w8EmqViaAoY-LK0zRj-ptH0SuyQN76_ptQncSUQWhWb2YVUZ6sVam0H_Fj608X6lXVDwnUCtkHG6x6mfGZrRgQ6H5tbacqgCHLV4R02fEPzy0O46hgeI-5b9XyPECNYonPLX9K5CkxO0Qs6lLsUouU1mPTfgYQi-tqpgndP1gNe2U587P_Ko6w_/w640-h304/Composite.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: The shoulder-sleeve insignia of the 201st RSG. Right: Specialist Caleb Moore, from Rome, Ga., assigned to the 201st Georgia Agribusiness <br />Development Team shakes hands with local Afghan boys at the Khoshi District Center, Logar province, Afghanistan, May 12, 2012. Moore is a part of a <br />mission to inspect cool storage units to help the Afghans become better farmers. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Georgia National Guard continued its two-decade history of
continuous global engagement Monday, February 13, 2023 with a departure
ceremony for Soldiers of the 201<sup>st</sup> Regional Support Group the Clay
National Guard Center in Marietta, Ga. The Soldiers will train stateside at a
pre-mobilization station before deploying overseas later this year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qEc4jIoYeNYlDwbC4ABvxhCXx6Pe5pSHnvTVt3BI4fp-q1VoMcLVEcZJ7TZSylzHCoXRotcVsRT7X0sd8hX3_80W2qJXbO9jhFQjZOqT4EaRwAIGCkal3Y89u-GF7zlTJ5qcY1af336BcnqEYjN7ftBddxfsuHhUDiyMeRD7z4z6ScFQcJhTQRdV/s3372/IMG_E8887.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2413" data-original-width="3372" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qEc4jIoYeNYlDwbC4ABvxhCXx6Pe5pSHnvTVt3BI4fp-q1VoMcLVEcZJ7TZSylzHCoXRotcVsRT7X0sd8hX3_80W2qJXbO9jhFQjZOqT4EaRwAIGCkal3Y89u-GF7zlTJ5qcY1af336BcnqEYjN7ftBddxfsuHhUDiyMeRD7z4z6ScFQcJhTQRdV/w640-h458/IMG_E8887.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brigadier General Dwayne Wilson, commander of the Georgia Army National Guard addresses Soldiers of the 201st Regional Support Group at a departure <br />ceremony held at the Clay National Guard Center February 13, 2023. The Soldiers will conduct premobilization training stateside before embarking<br /> on their overseas mission. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“The Soldiers you see before you represent the very best of our
nation,” said Brig. Gen. Dwayne Wilson, commander of the Ga. Army National
Guard during the 201<sup>st</sup> RSG departure ceremony. “This organization
has a rich history supporting the Army National Guard’s two missions: responding
during domestic response operations and fighting and winning as the primary
combat reserve of the Army.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6401WJYeYsEKHgSch1hGj3djnC6OhmnAWXXFq9HRESj-cSLwvCEzukFrNteVXXGTlkEVvqM_g-y3hGw7l0Org1RExjosGgABSqVp8uWzMGER9wxHtFvimHEtFk6ngjVSx1TOQ8-_XysSddql6axRjY4Rn1Lmf_0TgG0pEu4OB4WEGPVjtiV7y5WBp/s7263/0I8A0123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4841" data-original-width="7263" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6401WJYeYsEKHgSch1hGj3djnC6OhmnAWXXFq9HRESj-cSLwvCEzukFrNteVXXGTlkEVvqM_g-y3hGw7l0Org1RExjosGgABSqVp8uWzMGER9wxHtFvimHEtFk6ngjVSx1TOQ8-_XysSddql6axRjY4Rn1Lmf_0TgG0pEu4OB4WEGPVjtiV7y5WBp/w640-h426/0I8A0123.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldiers of the 201st Regional Support Team case their colors during a departure ceremony at the Clay National Guard Center February 13, 2023. <br />The Soldiers will conduct premobilization training stateside before embarking on their overseas mission. Photo by Maj. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The 201<sup>st</sup> Regional Response Group is a unique structure
within the Georgia National Guard. Comprised of a diverse group of units with
specialty response missions, the 201<sup>st</sup> RSG is equally capable of
supporting overseas combat operations and domestic emergency response
operations. Two battalions, the 170<sup>th</sup> Military Police Battalion in
Decatur and the Marietta-based 265<sup>th</sup> Chemical Battalion can mobilize
Soldiers to perform security and response operations overseas and augment civil
authorities within the Federal Emergency Management Area Region IV response
area when natural disasters strike the southeast United States. Rounding out
the 201<sup>st</sup> RSG force structure is the 870<sup>th</sup> Engineer
Detachment and the 4<sup>th</sup> Civil Support Team Weapons of Mass
Destruction. A full-time unit capable of rapid response, the 4<sup>th</sup> CST
WMD regularly trains with federal and state response agencies and routinely
supports large-scale public events, notably Super Bowl LIII, in Atlanta to
ensure public safety.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCEYcp9zHC8meajMmEORUXM2Ff5MTOLm6vnOXAY8Q0QDKHS6EumyasyZMNyBnXTHtu_TQmpBQucZUQxBg7T-FvihdC2fPxpjHmIjZm5mo8KUmMiwR5e_kDra3KD01gdnxa7eXijXnV2Apmb5SKHBA7m-mbP6yyPsENJu2D5qnSfuFR7LfE5kgJoax/s1024/ADT%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1024" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCEYcp9zHC8meajMmEORUXM2Ff5MTOLm6vnOXAY8Q0QDKHS6EumyasyZMNyBnXTHtu_TQmpBQucZUQxBg7T-FvihdC2fPxpjHmIjZm5mo8KUmMiwR5e_kDra3KD01gdnxa7eXijXnV2Apmb5SKHBA7m-mbP6yyPsENJu2D5qnSfuFR7LfE5kgJoax/w640-h530/ADT%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FOB SHANK, Afghanistan, June 15, 2011 - The Georgia Army National Guard's 201st Regional Support Group Agribusiness Development Team 1<br /> assumed responsibility for the ADT mission in southeast Afghanistan from Nevada Army National Guard. Pictured is the command team of the 201st RSG<br /> ADT 1: Colonel Bill Williams III (center), and Command Sgt. Maj. Randall Parker (right). Georgia Army National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The 201<sup>st</sup> RSG has deployed units and personnel multiple
times since it was federally recognized as Headquarters and Headquarters
Detachment, 201st Quartermaster Battalion July 9, 2004 in Newnan, Ga.<a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>.
Fifty eight personnel of the 201<sup>st</sup> Headquarters Detachment were
ordered into active federal service April 22, 2011 as Agribusiness Development
Team 1<a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>.
With a command team of Col. Bill Williams III and Command Sgt. Maj. Ray Parker,
ADT 1 assumed responsibility for the agribusiness development mission at
Forward Operating Base Shank in Southeastern Afghanistan from the Nevada
National Guard June 15, 2011. Agribusiness Development Team I returned home to
Fort Gordon April 21, 2012<a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
and was released from active federal service May 25, 2012.<a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
They were replaced by ADT 2 which was composed of Georgia Guard Soldiers of the
265<sup>th</sup> Regional Support Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The 201<sup>st</sup> RSG provided the third and last of Georgia’s
agribusiness development teams. ADT 3 and its 48 personnel were ordered into
active federal service with the command team of Col. Barry Beach and Command
Sgt. Major Melvin Dover January 3, 2013 at Fort Gordon<a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><sup>,<a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></sup>.
While ADT 3 was in Afghanistan, the 201<sup>st</sup> changed station to the Marietta-based
Clay National Guard Center.<a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
The station changing was prompted by a reorganization of the Georgia Guard which
assigned the 201<sup>st</sup> RSG to headquarters command of the Region IV
Homeland Response Force mission on October 1, 2013<a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Returning to CNGC November 23, 2013, ADT 3 was released from
active federal service February 6, 2014 and reverted to state control.<a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
ADT 3 was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation for “Exceptionally
meritorious service during the period 15 January 2013 to 23 November 2013… The
unit displayed outstanding performance in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom.”<span class="MsoEndnoteReference"> <a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" title=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_9PgByG7Bmhh_RquLqu9omguuBVlCwI9wIe5X5vQrXtsO-yo9goWfgrjrpX5c4InWLDqO6yAqo1lbVyodm3gZZ8Ju9-0lFO9WEmfo3VXQyKZp3nR0rW5szxRBxjFmMen2M4U-NS7Aq-8kuDXOSwZY85H9O_cO8yanhnCOXO8HlZej6zfKfrk4hlh/s2048/LZ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_9PgByG7Bmhh_RquLqu9omguuBVlCwI9wIe5X5vQrXtsO-yo9goWfgrjrpX5c4InWLDqO6yAqo1lbVyodm3gZZ8Ju9-0lFO9WEmfo3VXQyKZp3nR0rW5szxRBxjFmMen2M4U-NS7Aq-8kuDXOSwZY85H9O_cO8yanhnCOXO8HlZej6zfKfrk4hlh/w640-h458/LZ.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FORT GORDON, Ga. August 15, 2015 - Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers of the 278th MP Company, 201st Regional Support Group establish <br />security on a landing zone while a UH-60 Medevac Black Hawk prepares to land. Photo by Capt. William Carraway</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Also mobilized to Afghanistan in 2013 were more than 140 Soldiers
of the Fort Gordon-based 278<sup>th</sup> Military Police Company. The Soldiers
returned from Afghanistan in February 2014. The 278<sup>th</sup> had previously
deployed to Iraq in 2008 while assigned to the Georgia National Guard’s 648<sup>th</sup>
Maneuver Enhancement Brigade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The 248<sup>th</sup> Medical Company deployed more than 40
Soldiers to Egypt in June 2015. In the course of nine months, the 248<sup>th</sup>
provided health services in support of multinational forces and observers. The
248<sup>th</sup> MED was again called to serve overseas in 2019, mobilizing with
life-saving medical support capability in response to Operation Inherent
Resolve in Iraq.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89aFxy1lKPNeivtjvTVb_szHEmx_Nt0FxfKEE2XF0gahuKmVe7ySOONM-OGMgt2jCD3KzgC1zq8VeHyuguDqMRhw7DVAIBg2PwD8B0T_IBhHZjU-eJY-dYUWQ8pna5ysQFXKphM3_UsyUbNNyReJAbp6Nxoj3cAb1uwC68HuP6DOF68ap_C5_PKlT/s2048/248th%20MED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89aFxy1lKPNeivtjvTVb_szHEmx_Nt0FxfKEE2XF0gahuKmVe7ySOONM-OGMgt2jCD3KzgC1zq8VeHyuguDqMRhw7DVAIBg2PwD8B0T_IBhHZjU-eJY-dYUWQ8pna5ysQFXKphM3_UsyUbNNyReJAbp6Nxoj3cAb1uwC68HuP6DOF68ap_C5_PKlT/w640-h458/248th%20MED.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MARIETTA, Ga. January 21, 2017 - Brigadier General Tom Carden, commander of the Georgia Army National Guard talks speaks with Soldiers of the <br />Marietta-based 248th Medical Company during a unit training assembly. Photo by Capt. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mobilizing overseas in 2021, the 138<sup>th</sup> Chemical Company
provided chemical response support in South Korea while the 202<sup>nd</sup>
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company provided life-saving explosives ordnance
response and disposal capability in support of Operation Spartan Shield. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26_KCyACxKjm5ZDMxCFQ7TFi350QVZL-D6DlfBZ8ddLE5Zp1s6Awtmk1sr8W7m6Pe3e7N9505vBtUooCWNZO6pTbHTFqRs8ZTrql-RidSHKXPQUMbTF-vO_H5vsfOE6xMneUJq8gCc5fMc9zbpdbSPsc01P4xxMBOyEDvfCJhJORPbi4tiusp5osp/s1672/138th.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1672" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26_KCyACxKjm5ZDMxCFQ7TFi350QVZL-D6DlfBZ8ddLE5Zp1s6Awtmk1sr8W7m6Pe3e7N9505vBtUooCWNZO6pTbHTFqRs8ZTrql-RidSHKXPQUMbTF-vO_H5vsfOE6xMneUJq8gCc5fMc9zbpdbSPsc01P4xxMBOyEDvfCJhJORPbi4tiusp5osp/w640-h244/138th.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 138th CM CO (Area Support), 265th Chemical BN cased its guidon May 20, 2022 at Camp Humphreys, signifying a successful finish to their <br />deployment to the Republic of Korea. Photo courtesy of the 138th Chemical Company.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On July 15, 2018, Soldiers of the 201st mobilized to Iraq where
they served as the Base Operating Support Integrator in support of Combined
Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve. The Soldiers returned April 23,
2019.<a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In addition to providing trained units to support overseas combat
operations, the 201st has repeatedly answered the call at home in response to
natural disasters. When Winter Storm Leon and Pax struck Georgia communities in
January and February 2014, units of the 201st RSG were called to active state service
to assist stranded motorists and provide emergency response capabilities. In
October 2015, more than 100 Soldiers of the 810<sup>th</sup> Engineer Company
and 278<sup>th</sup> MP Company responded following unprecedented rainfall in
South Carolina. The Soldiers, assisted by YCA cadets and State Defense Force
volunteers, filled more than 9,000 sand bags for flood control operations<a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yWke0y01MUeeIPN9diK4Kn4eRw6cAGz8vH2h4NTIjypFEBR048Es-h7-PKUdpSEVyNVzaGtXvyiwCZsCpU_6aY1r_J4jorw6M9YHT8W3Uwbcv6bMsgt1B48022qVHz8FTkeI6taflglaICXCT1CHlbjVfbUZ8HTAitieGP02Ghgbw1eKNr8ChN39/s2048/SC%20Prep.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yWke0y01MUeeIPN9diK4Kn4eRw6cAGz8vH2h4NTIjypFEBR048Es-h7-PKUdpSEVyNVzaGtXvyiwCZsCpU_6aY1r_J4jorw6M9YHT8W3Uwbcv6bMsgt1B48022qVHz8FTkeI6taflglaICXCT1CHlbjVfbUZ8HTAitieGP02Ghgbw1eKNr8ChN39/w640-h458/SC%20Prep.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HEPHZIBAH, Ga. October 4, 2015 - A Georgia Army National Guard engineer delivers a load of sandbags while Guardsmen of the 810th Engineer <br />Company and 278th Military Police Company fill sand bags in preparation for possible flooding. The Soldiers, along with Georgia State Defense Force <br />volunteers and Youth Challenge Academy Cadets filled more than 8,000 sandbags for use in the Augusta area. Photo by Capt. William Carraway.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When not actively responding to hurricanes such as Irma, Matthew
and Michael in recent years, the 201<sup>st</sup> conducted multiple training
missions to hone its response capability. In 2017, units of the 201<sup>st</sup>
participated in Vigilant Guard 2017, culminating with search and rescue operations
at the Perry Center,<span class="MsoEndnoteReference"> <a href="file:///E:/020523%20Back%20Up/Desktop/PAO%20images%20and%20stories/2023%20PAO/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Mob/021323%20201st%20RSG%20Departure%20for%20History.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" title=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></a></span> where
they conducted search and rescue operations in simulated rubble honing the
skills necessary to respond to major earthquakes such as the one that struck
Turkey in February 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sy_B_TyEq-HUgZgf2caVwrpSl6xqJqvcDTnZ_RvOZo1hAc9kCwf22ehF4CL6z9149STes8eftcLFkBp-lOCPxM9kNQLdHF3dw6rwDFYYiDxCLmN9JhTinQftYIOdXLnYAy6jB246bdX7HQmFN4bLhaUWfDZ81QtKKpFe0Rn3tqWgsA9pVDgj_PZ5/s2048/4th%20CST.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="2048" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sy_B_TyEq-HUgZgf2caVwrpSl6xqJqvcDTnZ_RvOZo1hAc9kCwf22ehF4CL6z9149STes8eftcLFkBp-lOCPxM9kNQLdHF3dw6rwDFYYiDxCLmN9JhTinQftYIOdXLnYAy6jB246bdX7HQmFN4bLhaUWfDZ81QtKKpFe0Rn3tqWgsA9pVDgj_PZ5/w640-h322/4th%20CST.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Georgia National Guard hosted a ceremony February 4, 2019 for the personnel supporting Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta. Service members from the <br />Georgia National Guard's 4th Civil Support Team worked alongside Puerto Rico, Washington, Maine, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Tennessee, and <br />Minnesota National Guard and other state and federal agencies to ensure public safety. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Soldiers of the 201<sup>st</sup> were the first Georgia National
Guardsmen called to extended active duty service in support of Georgia’s
coordinated response to the COVID-19 in March 2020. Units of the 201<sup>st</sup>
staffed infection control teams, operated COVID-19 test and immunization stations
and provided trained medical support teams to augment hospitals across the
state. In May 2020, the 201<sup>st</sup> RSG was called to support civil
authorities in response to civil unrest in Atlanta in 2020 and augmented
security during the presidential inauguration in Atlanta and Washington DC in
January 2021. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div>
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Guard Bureau, <i>OA 142-04,</i> July 30, 2004.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Army National Guard, <i>Permanent Order 1A-10-135-008,</i> May 15, 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Carraway, “ADT Returns from Afghanistan,” <i>The
Georgia Guardsman, </i>May 2012, 5-6.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Army National Guard, <i>Permanent Order 1A-10-135-008D,</i> June 1, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Army National Guard, <i>Permanent Order 1A-12-144-011 (A1).</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Carraway, “ADT Returns from Afghanistan.” <i>The
Georgia Guardsman</i>, January-February 2013, 18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
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Guard Bureau, <i>OA 902-13</i>, November 19, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ga. DoD <i>Ga. DoD Annual Report, 2013</i>, (Atlanta: 2014), 17.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Carraway, “ADT 3 returned to the Clay National Guard Center.” <i>The Georgia
Guardsman,</i> November 23, 2013. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
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Army National Guard, <i>Permanent Order 216-03</i>, August 4, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Carraway, “Key Date Tracker”, Georgia National Guard History Office,
unpublished manuscript (typescript).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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DoD, <i>Ga. DOD Annual Report, 2015</i>, (Atlanta: 2016),19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ga. DoD, <i>Ga. DoD Annual Report, 2017</i>, (Atlanta: 2018),20.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-26445452203161266412023-02-13T14:56:00.000-08:002023-02-13T14:56:07.921-08:00A Short History of the Georgia Hussars<p>By Major William Carraway, Historian, Georgia Army
National Guard</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrgKvWko1rECPDH0QvStXi1-QoIpJvlCAkYpWIDYDGoVo-8HfExEuBT4H9tOFnz7suIVv9vtSg8zeShXick-uonprvEHw0hW_2li49qr5nbLBoEydzXFKkXBsRIK-NlkC22EB2aDkZayQCfRJ90E5tQMddxthkbq1RlyzPZUt4aMvwgmJwg6bgE0h/s7636/108thCav050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5208" data-original-width="7636" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrgKvWko1rECPDH0QvStXi1-QoIpJvlCAkYpWIDYDGoVo-8HfExEuBT4H9tOFnz7suIVv9vtSg8zeShXick-uonprvEHw0hW_2li49qr5nbLBoEydzXFKkXBsRIK-NlkC22EB2aDkZayQCfRJ90E5tQMddxthkbq1RlyzPZUt4aMvwgmJwg6bgE0h/w640-h436/108thCav050.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Georgia Hussars as Troop A, 108th Cavalry recruiting in Savannah in the 1920s. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Shortly
after the founding of the Georgia colony, Lord James Oglethorpe realized the
need for a mounted troop to provide security for the fledgling colony. Accordingly,
Oglethorpe raised a troop which was originally dubbed “The Rangers.” The
Rangers’ mission was to patrol the outlying boundaries of Savannah against
incursions by the Spanish and neighboring Native American tribes.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/021323%20Georgia%20Hussars/Happy%20Birthday%20to%20the%20Georgia%20Hussars%20which%20was%20organized%20February%2013.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Rangers
fought alongside Lord James Oglethorpe against the Spanish at the Battle of
Bloody Marsh in 1742. When the colonies rebelled against Great Britain the
Rangers, subsequently known as the Georgia Hussars, tendered their services and
were engaged during the Siege of Savannah in 1779.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/021323%20Georgia%20Hussars/Happy%20Birthday%20to%20the%20Georgia%20Hussars%20which%20was%20organized%20February%2013.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaR0UhUPeSMS-6NwDsEvqUFSjnyJNhSLv6ZZhayk2Z_C_B6JQVLlKAlgLA1ZQZ3N7Zs6FUZbwSHZ-WQ6QWJc34E1AmWkvmzCPg7LbNAzx3b0zRf-OIJx41nOd3HVlYhv1DCuPJxJN0LhHNQ5fcurdtJcu1XZtEJNRNaovWYdxIw9jcc0uWQ_5SlRjh/s3085/blk%20photo%20album012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="3085" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaR0UhUPeSMS-6NwDsEvqUFSjnyJNhSLv6ZZhayk2Z_C_B6JQVLlKAlgLA1ZQZ3N7Zs6FUZbwSHZ-WQ6QWJc34E1AmWkvmzCPg7LbNAzx3b0zRf-OIJx41nOd3HVlYhv1DCuPJxJN0LhHNQ5fcurdtJcu1XZtEJNRNaovWYdxIw9jcc0uWQ_5SlRjh/w640-h238/blk%20photo%20album012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Georgia Hussars during a military review on the Mexican Border in 1916. Photo by 2nd Lt. Vivian Roberts.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Hussars
fought in the American Civil War and were called to active duty on the Mexican
Border from 1916-1917 as Troop A, 2<sup>nd</sup> Squadron of Cavalry. The unit
was redesignated Headquarters Troop of the 31<sup>st</sup> Division in
September 1917 and mobilized to France with the division in October 1918. The
31<sup>st</sup> arrived too late to take an active part in combat operations
and the Georgia Hussars and other units of the Georgia National Guard returned
to the United States in 1919.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/021323%20Georgia%20Hussars/Happy%20Birthday%20to%20the%20Georgia%20Hussars%20which%20was%20organized%20February%2013.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 328.5pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfBM0PztBZUmO9gA7abmzdvoJ4PZ_cQBH61-mlweAHkc5GNypoHHMi4fXdlwazkjoeCbGJ_HatUyY1ztylnPZp_KkO0XNcKbtwBttmZhG4j-scpbtTTFTrOJ_XSZyH93mmkJsHpCCTs2K04-1AkH8Zij7fGg-VPtfJRnTq0S9Gy5Fu69U92JX_HKj/s5230/108thCav055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3640" data-original-width="5230" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfBM0PztBZUmO9gA7abmzdvoJ4PZ_cQBH61-mlweAHkc5GNypoHHMi4fXdlwazkjoeCbGJ_HatUyY1ztylnPZp_KkO0XNcKbtwBttmZhG4j-scpbtTTFTrOJ_XSZyH93mmkJsHpCCTs2K04-1AkH8Zij7fGg-VPtfJRnTq0S9Gy5Fu69U92JX_HKj/w640-h446/108thCav055.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Captain Lester Henderson, commander of the Georgia Hussars, Company A, 108th Cavalry Regiment leads his Soldiers in a parade in Savannah, Ga. <br />on the eve of activation for World War II service. Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 328.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the reorganization that followed World War I, the Georgia
Hussars were reconstituted as Troop A, 108<sup>th</sup> Cavalry Regiment
September 13, 1920. The 108<sup>th</sup> was reorganized to form the 101<sup>st</sup>
Coast Artillery Battalion October 12, 1940. The 101st AAA mobilized to the Pacific Theater in March 1942.[4] Reaching Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea May 3, 1942, the battalion assumed responsibility for air defense over Port Moresby’s airfields.[5] In recognition of its role in the defense of Port Moresby,</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> the 101<sup>st</sup> was awarded the
Presidential Unit Citation.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/021323%20Georgia%20Hussars/Happy%20Birthday%20to%20the%20Georgia%20Hussars%20which%20was%20organized%20February%2013.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Eight members of the unit were individually recognized with the Silver Star.
The 101<sup>st</sup> would subsequently serve in the Philippines where it was
awarded the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 328.5pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4r9SDIK3GAG2dn8Mb6ijI_NlLdIuR8QXHMM_OAHNJfI9ZhyQVJTDETPOpC-TKYVnu7jaoCrDE6DN8vsdu2jPEpDXyhG45IcUhkzV9UVThi7rawoDd57acyXZLAhN3gbsVKGQ0fi5dmMKosUBRk1mraS86lQAGyiNSAE-12vu022iDWqETAFNfGVWR/s2048/Papua.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4r9SDIK3GAG2dn8Mb6ijI_NlLdIuR8QXHMM_OAHNJfI9ZhyQVJTDETPOpC-TKYVnu7jaoCrDE6DN8vsdu2jPEpDXyhG45IcUhkzV9UVThi7rawoDd57acyXZLAhN3gbsVKGQ0fi5dmMKosUBRk1mraS86lQAGyiNSAE-12vu022iDWqETAFNfGVWR/w640-h426/Papua.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PORT MORESBY, New Guinea, September 10, 1943 – Senator Richard Russell of Georgia shakes hand with Cpl. Ellis Page of the 101st Anti-Aircraft <br />Artillery Battalion during his tour of inspection. To the right is S. M. Griffin, commander of the 101st AAA, and a future Adjutant General <br />and Governor of Georgia. Photo 231963, National Archives Records Administration.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 328.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As
part of the post-World War II reorganization the Georgia Hussars were organized
and federally recognized as Headquarters Battery, 108<sup>th</sup> Antiaircraft
Artillery Brigade and 178<sup>th</sup> AAA Operations Detachment May 12, 1947.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/021323%20Georgia%20Hussars/Happy%20Birthday%20to%20the%20Georgia%20Hussars%20which%20was%20organized%20February%2013.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/021323%20Georgia%20Hussars/Happy%20Birthday%20to%20the%20Georgia%20Hussars%20which%20was%20organized%20February%2013.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/021323%20Georgia%20Hussars/Happy%20Birthday%20to%20the%20Georgia%20Hussars%20which%20was%20organized%20February%2013.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNa7hGBXhUgSBxStVeWA5mVBJhsZOUK0hL-WzsoaM0-4IGypGCS0OSm1xeQbU990ArUNOTdrX9RAIEVP6dIv8koZDjujMr_9GGAuUIjt2tPuTPyU24FGMoclNORmkISrq23_KTE-hJr3Zj-d_qaZtu0XTVwDRymktAwj6cNGL29HkEDA_q3frWOSo/s3072/108th%20AAA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="2183" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNa7hGBXhUgSBxStVeWA5mVBJhsZOUK0hL-WzsoaM0-4IGypGCS0OSm1xeQbU990ArUNOTdrX9RAIEVP6dIv8koZDjujMr_9GGAuUIjt2tPuTPyU24FGMoclNORmkISrq23_KTE-hJr3Zj-d_qaZtu0XTVwDRymktAwj6cNGL29HkEDA_q3frWOSo/w454-h640/108th%20AAA.jpg" width="454" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CAMP STEWART - A 90 mm gun of the 108th AAA Brigade reloading during a firing exercise <br />at Camp Stewart circa 1954. Courtesy of the National Guard Education Foudation, <br />Washington, D.C.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Hussars
were awarded the Eisenhower Trophy February 17, 1950 in recognition of its
status as the most outstanding unit in the Georgia Army National Guard.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/021323%20Georgia%20Hussars/Happy%20Birthday%20to%20the%20Georgia%20Hussars%20which%20was%20organized%20February%2013.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
The Hussars underwent a series of unit redesignations until 1975 when the unit
was designated as Service Battery, 2</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Battalion 214</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Field Artillery. The following year, Service Battery, along with the Chatham
Artillery, then serving as Headquarters Battery of the 118</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Field
Artillery Group, were recognized during a ceremony honoring units with
continuous service from the American Revolution. The August 29, 1976 ceremony
was held in at the Washington Monument in Washington DC with the Secretary of
the Army presiding.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/021323%20Georgia%20Hussars/Happy%20Birthday%20to%20the%20Georgia%20Hussars%20which%20was%20organized%20February%2013.docx#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" style="font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[11]</span></span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With the
1993 reorganization of the Georgia National Guard, Service Battery, 2<sup>nd</sup>
Battalion 214<sup>th</sup> Field Artillery was consolidated with Headquarters
Battery, 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion 118<sup>th</sup> Field Artillery.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Serenity/Desktop/021323%20Georgia%20Hussars/Happy%20Birthday%20to%20the%20Georgia%20Hussars%20which%20was%20organized%20February%2013.docx#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn12;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
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William MacD. Lloyd, <i>“Bloody Marsh to Tokyo,” Georgia Guardsman, </i>April
1950, 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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William MacD. Lloyd, <i>“Bloody Marsh to Tokyo,” Georgia Guardsman, </i>April
1950, 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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William Carraway, “Post War Reorganizations of the Georgia National Guard,
1900-1946,” December 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="_Hlk122697794">Donald Mees, interview by Gail Parnelle, Atlanta,
September 1992, Georgia National Guard Archives.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Richard W. Titus, <i>A Chronicle of Georgia’s 101<sup>st</sup> Separate Coast
Artillery Battalion, Antiaircraft, Automatic Weapons Limited to the Period
February 16, 1942 to January 1, 1944. First American Ground Troops in New
Guinea</i> (Crabapple, GA: Richard Titus, June 1986), 2-31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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“Did You Know,” <i>Georgia Guardsman</i>, May 1949, 7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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“Hussars’ Heritage,” Georgia Guardsman October 1949, 4 and 11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
National Guard Bureau, <i>RA 73-59, </i>June 10, 1959.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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“Eisenhower Trophy Presented to 178<sup>th</sup> Opns Det at 214<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary of Georgia Hussars,” <i>Georgia Guardsman, </i>March 1950, 6-7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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“Ga’s Revolutionary Militia Units Honored,” <i>Georgia Guardsman,
July-September 1976, 3. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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National Guard Bureau, <i>OA 169-93,</i> Washington DC, August 9, 1993.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div>georgiaguardhistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389070664852961060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732551098544027463.post-62050865032137450752023-02-12T12:30:00.001-08:002023-02-12T12:54:09.700-08:00 More Than 60 Years of Service for the Wesley D. Willingham Armory in Forsyth, Ga.<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">By Maj.
William Carraway</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Historian,
Georgia Army National Guard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzptI8OzQZ0bSZAdYp6Mq1O2ade3BqTTgyVCsAmwV2ok9nyl99-d77-LZ4_yTXuATcJsTibKq8PgRUjgBW5FzttQDvOAZ9gBEHjLcpjDdQFY7WCPbI56V-FWJAGLSVAfgLQhdXaFAijk/s1265/Forsyth+Armory+1961+and+2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="1265" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzptI8OzQZ0bSZAdYp6Mq1O2ade3BqTTgyVCsAmwV2ok9nyl99-d77-LZ4_yTXuATcJsTibKq8PgRUjgBW5FzttQDvOAZ9gBEHjLcpjDdQFY7WCPbI56V-FWJAGLSVAfgLQhdXaFAijk/w640-h246/Forsyth+Armory+1961+and+2021.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: Officer Candidates of the Georgia Military Institute Officer Candidate School Class One parade in formation in front of the Forsyth Armory in 1961. <br />Georgia National Guard Archives. Right: Governor Brian Kemp speaks to Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers of the Forsyth-based 2nd Battalion <br />121st Infantry Regiment Jan. 15, 2021 at the Forsyth Armory. Photo by Maj. William Carraway</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">The Forsyth armory of the Georgia Army National Guard
was dedicated during a ceremony Sunday, Feb. 12, 1961. Major General George
Hearn, Georgia’s Adjutant General delivered the dedicatory address for the $116,000
armory which was named in honor of Col. Wesley D. Willingham, a World War II
veteran and longtime member of the Georgia National Guard. Willingham commanded
the Forsyth-based 30<sup>th</sup> Tank Company at the start of World War II and
later commanded the 190<sup>th</sup> Tank Battalion, part of the 48<sup>th</sup>
Infantry Division and commanded the 160<sup>th</sup> Armor Group upon the
conversion of the 48<sup>th</sup> to an armor division in 1955. At the time of
the armory dedication, Willingham commanded Combat Command C of the Macon-based
48<sup>th</sup> Armor Division.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjRh7lCcfxOrDGiJRWAiRweKUq2e3clCSsC-Hc4bKIz7YShFHDUKOSFG9Y90fMnbcm4CrzDanPCsShd6jyWEzPEid7PqbKVuFvpv39uxlQtkZp4f7sphqSmDEdJFuHUB7QkflM8ezFKw/s520/1961+Willingham+speaks.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjRh7lCcfxOrDGiJRWAiRweKUq2e3clCSsC-Hc4bKIz7YShFHDUKOSFG9Y90fMnbcm4CrzDanPCsShd6jyWEzPEid7PqbKVuFvpv39uxlQtkZp4f7sphqSmDEdJFuHUB7QkflM8ezFKw/s320/1961+Willingham+speaks.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colonel Wesley D. Willingham speaks at the <br />dedication of the Forsyth Armory Feb. 12, 1961.<br />Georgia National Guard Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The Georgia National Guard contracted the
construction of the Forsyth Armory in 1956 and construction was completed later
that year. The Forsyth Armory served as the first home of the Ga. ARNG’s
Georgia Military Institute, the state officer candidate school that took its
name from the GMI campus founded in Marietta in 1851. The first 83 officer
candidates enrolled in Class One January 21, 1961. Today GMI is located at the
Clay National Guard Center less than three miles from the original site of the
GMI.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"></span></p><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Over the years many Ga. ARNG units have called Forsyth home. The city has
served as headquarters for the Combat Command C; HHC of the 2nd Brigade, 48th
AD; HHD, 176th Military Police Battalion and HHC, 148th Brigade Support Battalion. The armory is currently home to the 2nd
Battalion 121st Infantry Regiment.</span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /> </span></p>
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