The 177th Engineer Battalion

By Maj. William Carraway

Historian, Georgia Army National Guard

 

Soldiers of the 177th BEB in the country of Georgia in 2020 and Fort Stewart, Ga. in 2024.  

Early History and World War II

Insignia of the 264th CAB.
Georgia National Guard Archives.

Statesboro has been home to a Georgia National Guard unit since 1903 and the founding of the Statesboro Volunteers.[1] Today, Statesboro is home to the Headquarters Company, 177^th Brigade Engineer Battalion.

 

The Headquarters Company was originally constituted in the Georgia Army National Guard as Battery A, 264^th Coast Artillery March 14, 1930.[2] On October 1, 1939, the 264^th CA was reorganized as the 1^st Battalion 214^th Field Artillery Group[3] with Battery A reorganized as Battery C. The 214^th was mobilized to the Pacific Theater of Operations and underwent reorganization in November 1943. The 1^st Battalion 214^th was redesignated the 528^th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion with the Statesboro unit redesignated as Battery C. The unit maintained this designation through the war and was inactivated in December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, Calif.

 

The 528^th AAA was reestablished July 11, 1946, by the Allotment of National Guard Ground Force Units for the State of Georgia. In October the 528^th was consolidated into Headquarters Battery, 101^st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion with the Statesboro units designated Headquarters Battery and Battery A, 101^st Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion.[4] Upon consolidation, the unit inherited the lineage and honors of the 101^st CAB which received the Presidential Unit Citation for its service in Papua and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, for service from October 17, 1944, to July 4, 1945.[5] The unit was federally recognized June 17, 1947.[6]

Soldiers of the Statesboro-based 101st AAA Battalion at Camp McCoy, Wis. in November 1951.  Georgia National Guard Archives.

 

The Korean War Mobilization and Reorganizations

On August 14, 1950, the unit was ordered into federal service due to the outbreak of hostilities in Korea. As part of the 108^th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade, the unit was initially mobilized to Camp Bliss, Texas. The 108^th AAA provided air defense over industrial areas from Chicago to Philadelphia until released from federal service in April 1952.[7]

 

On July 1, 1959, the Statesboro units were reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Battery and Battery A, 2^nd Gun Battalion, 214^th Field Artillery.[8] The Statesboro units were converted and redesignated as Headquarters Company and Company A, 265^th Engineer Battalion May 1, 1962.[9]

 

The Statesboro armory in 2017.  Photo by Capt. William Carraway

The contract for the Statesboro armory was awarded May 29, 1961.[10] On May 20, 1962, The armory was dedicated to the late Prince H. Preston, Jr., a former member of the Ga. National Guard and Congressman from Georgia’s 1^st District from 1947 to 1961.

 

The 48^th AD Era

In 1963, the Georgia National Guard received all personnel allotments for the 48^th Armor Division. As part of the ensuing reorganization, the Statesboro units were consolidated to form Headquarters Company, 3^rd Battalion 121^st Infantry Regiment.[11] With the inactivation of the 48^th AD January 1, 1968, the Statesboro unit was reorganized as Headquarters Battery, 2^nd Battalion, 214^th Field Artillery Regiment.[12]

 

Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 214th Field Artillery at their Statesboro Armory August 29, 1993. Georgia National Guard Archives

Conversion and The Global War on Terror

On September 1, 1993, the unit was converted and redesignated as Detachment 1, 848^th Engineer Company.[13] One month later, the unit was expanded, reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company and Company A of the newly-established 648^th Engineer Battalion with additional companies in Waycross, Douglas and Baxley.[14] Following the 1994 flood of Southwest Georgia from the effects of Tropical Storm Alberto, Soldiers and equipment of the 648th Engineer Battalion were employed repairing roads and assisting recovery operations.

 

Insignia of the 648th Engineer Battalion.

Company C, 648^th mobilized to Bosnia with the 48^th Brigade in 2001. In December 2004,
the battalion was ordered into active duty for Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 648^th deployed to Iraq in 2005 and returned the following year.

 

The 648^th Engineer Battalion was redesignated as the 48^th Special Troops Battalion September 1, 2007, with the Statesboro units redesignated Headquarters Company and Company A.[15] The 48^th BSTB was ordered into active federal service April 21, 2009, at home stations for service in Afghanistan with the 48^th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. The 48^th BSTB was released from active federal service May 25, 2010, and reverted to state control. In recognition of its outstanding service rendered in support of the 48^th IBCT in Afghanistan, the 48^th BSTB was awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation.

Soldiers of the 48th BSTB during the 48th IBCT's  Exportable Combat Training Capability Exercise 12-04 at Camp Ripley, Minn. August 15, 2012.
Georgia National Guard Archives.

 On September 1, 2013, Company A, 48^th BSTB relocated to Glennville, Ga.[16] Exactly two years later, the Special Troops Battalion was converted and redesignated the 177th Engineer Battalion.[17] Lieutenant Colonel Kris Marshall and Command Sgt. Maj. Jeff Logan became the first command team of the 177^th. Soldiers of the 177^th supported the 48^th IBCT’s Exportable Combat Training Capability exercise at Fort Stewart in June 2017 and mobilized with the brigade during its deployment to Afghanistan from 2018 to 2019. In June 2022, the 177th BEB once again mobilized to Fort Stewart Georgia in support of a 48th IBCT XCTC rotation.

As organized, the 177^th retained the mission of supporting the 48^th IBCT while expanding upon the core engineer capabilities of the unit. The signal company of the BEB contributes to the IBCT’s awareness of the operating picture and keeps the brigade in constant contact with higher and subordinate units. The military intelligence capability of the BEB, housed in its MI Company provides the decision-quality information to the brigade commander. The BEB’s unmanned aerial surveillance capability enhances this information collection and analysis role. In addition to a headquarters company and two combat engineer companies, a forward support company completes the organization of the BEB.

U.S. Army Soldiers with the Glennville-based Alpha Company, 177th BEB participate in the closing ceremony for Noble Partner 20 at Vaziani Training Area,
Georgia, September 18, 2020. Photo by Sgt. Jordan Trent.

The equipment and specially trained personnel of the 177^th BEB have placed them in high demand for domestic response operations. 177^th engineers have assisted Georgia citizens during hurricane response operations and throughout the state’s coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 177^th has also maintained a steady operational training schedule over the years and mobilized overseas in support of exercise Noble Partner in the Country of Georgia in September 2020. Nearly 30 Soldiers of the 177^th BEB mobilized to the U.S. border with Mexico in October 2023 providing support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Soldiers of the 177th BEB clear debris in Bulloch County, Georgia August 7, 2024 following Tropical Storm Debby. Photo by Spc. Jorge Leon.

 

The capabilities of the 177^th BEB were pressed into service following the impact of Tropical Storm Debby in August 2024. The Soldier supported Bulloch and Bryan Counties with debris removal and route clearance. In Sylvania, the heavy equipment and engineering expertise of the 177^th were leveraged to repair a dam.

 

The following month, in response to Hurricane Helene, the 177^th BEB conducted route clearance in Lowndes, Coffee, Wheeler, Montgomery and Bulloch Counties. Fanning out across Southeast Georgia in heavy debris clearance teams and chainsaw teams, the Soldiers of the 177^th cleared more than 470 miles of roads enabling first responders to continue essential services and allow the forward movement of relief supplies.

 

 

Pics:

 

1st Battalion, 264th Coastal Artillery Regiment, Medical Department Detachment, 1939. Top Row: Private William D. Franklin, Pvt. I. V. Simmons, Pfc. Gerald D. Groover. Bottom Row: Sgt. Albert Green Pvt. James Deal.

 

STATESBORO, Ga. November, 1949 – The Statesboro-based Headquarters Battery and Battery A, 101st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion paid Guardsmen in silver dollars to show the merchants of Statesboro how much money the Guard brings into circulation each month.

 

Soldiers of the Statesboro-based 648^th Engineer Battalion at annual training at Fort Stewart in 1996.

 

CAMP RIPLEY, Minn., August 15 2012 -- Warriors of BSTB roll into action as part of a vehicle recovery mission during the Brigade’s Exportable Combat Training Capability exercise 12-04 at Camp Ripley, Minn.

 

GEORGIA GARRISON TRAINING CENTER, Fort Stewart, Ga. Sept. 20, 2013 — Benjamin Meyers, infantryman with Headquarter and Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion uses all of his strength to pull the bolt of his Mark 19 to the rear before firing. The 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Soldiers are getting to conduct several live fire exercises like this while at their eXportable Combat Training Capabilities rotation.

 

Georgia Army National Guard soldier Spc. Delonda Sims, assigned to the Statesboro-based 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, disinfects a resident’s room at Lumber City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lumber City, Georgia on May 6, 2020. Spc. Sims is one of over 1,000 Georgia National Guard service members conducting infection control team missions in response to COVID-19.

 

U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Luis Villanueva

 

 

Lieutenant Colonel Dan Chicola assumed command of the Statesboro-based 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion during a ceremony at the Macon Readiness Center, home of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Dec. 7, 2019. Photo by Maj. William Carraway

 

U.S. Army Soldiers with the Glennville-based Alpha Company, 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard participate in the closing ceremony for Noble Partner 20 at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, Sept. 18, 2020. The Georgia National Guard and the country of Georgia have participated in the National Guard State Partnership program for 26-years ensuring interoperability, functionality, and regional stability. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jordan Trent)

 

U.S. Army Soldiers with the Statesboro-based 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard, render honors during the brigade change of command ceremony Oct. 17, 2021, at Volunteer Headquarters in Macon, Georgia. The brigade held a change of command ceremony where Col. Anthony Fournier relinquished command to Col. Jason Baker. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. William Carraway)

 

Knock, Knock

Georgia National Guardsmen from the Statesboro-based 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion detonate a demolition charge to clear a wire obstacle at a live demolition training range during Noble Partner 20, Sept. 14, 2020. Noble Partner 20 provides vital opportunities, not only for multiple U.S. services to work together, but also for integrated, total force training with U.S. National Guard units and our partner nations’ militaries to ensure interoperability. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class R.J. Lannom Jr.

 

Soldiers of Headquarters Company, 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion discuss the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s Exportable Combat Training Capability exercise at Fort Stewart, Ga. June 12, 2022, with Brig. Gen. Dwayne Wilson, commanding general of the Georgia Army National Guard and Command Sgt. Maj. Jeff Logan, State Command Sergeant Major of the Georgia Army National Guard.

 

Debby Debris

Soldiers of the 177^th BEB clear debris in Bulloch County, Georgia August 7, 2024 following Tropical Storm Debby. Photo by Spc. Jorge Leon.

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[1] The Adjutant General, State of Georgia. Official Register of the National Guard of Georgia for 1916. Atlanta: 1916.

 

[2] Military Department of the State of Georgia. Pictorial Review of the National Guard of the State of Georgia. Atlanta: 1939, 215.

 

[3] Center for Military History. “Lineage and Honors of the 1-214^th Field Artillery Regiment.” U.S. Army.

[4] Center for Military History. “Lineage and Honors of the 1-214^th Field Artillery Regiment.” U.S. Army.

 

[5] (HHC [then HHC 101st Coast Arty BN] cited for period 23 Jul 1942 - 23 Jan 1943; WDGO 17, 1945 and DAGO 47, 1950).

 

[6] NG AROTO 325.4 March 17, 1958.

 

[7] Center for Military History. “Lineage and Honors of the 1-214^th Field Artillery Regiment.” U.S. Army.

 

[8] RA 73-59 June 10, 1959 effective July 1, 1959.

 

[9] RA 47-62 April 16, 1962 effective May 1, 1962.

 

[10] State of Georgia Department of Defense. Annual Report, 1962. Atlanta: 1963, Sec XIV.

[11] RA 57-63 March 21, 1963 Effective April 16, 1963.

 

[12] RA 71-67 December 14, 1967, effective January 1, 1968.

 

[13] OA 169-93 August 9, 1993 effective September 1, 1993.

 

[14] OA 170-93 August 9, 1993 effective October 1, 1993.

 

[15] OA 112-08 Ma7 21, 2008 effective September 1, 2007.

[16] OA 180-14 April 14, 2014 effective September 1, 2013.

 

[17] OA 434-14, Corrected Copy 1, 3 February 2015.

History of Headquarters Company, 878th Engineer Battalion

 By Major William Carraway

Historian, Georgia Army National Guard

 

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

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

 

Early History[1]

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

           

The World Wars

 

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

 

Insignia of the 214th CA.

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

 

Post War Reorganization

 

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

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

 

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

 

Mobilizations and Deployments

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 [7] RA 73-59, June 10, 1959.

 [8] RA 47-62 April 16, 1962.

 [9] RA 71-67 December 14, 1967.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 [18] Georgia Guardsman Magazine, September 1994.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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