Returning members of the 224 JCSS
224th JCSS

14 Airmen return from deployment

Fourteen members of the 224th Joint Communications Support Squadron (JCSS) of the Georgia Air National Guard returned home to Brunswick , GA August 27, 2008 completing a 105-day deployment in support of OIF/OEF.  

The team deployed with the 2d Joint Communications Squadron (JCS) of the Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE), MacDill AFB, FL to locations in Qatar , Iraq and Afghanistan providing communications for Combatant Commanders of the Joint Coalition Forces. 

The team of communications technicians were responsible for operating and maintaining secure and non-secure voice, data and video communications equipment. 

Lt Col Nazimiec, 224 JCSS Commander, received a letter from General David H. Petraeus, Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq specifically recognizing MSgt Ricky Dickens, of DeLeon Springs, Fla., SSgt Jesse F Widvey, of Aiken S.C., and SrA Anthony L Anders of Woodbine, Ga., all of the 224 JCSS for “their outstanding professionalism and performance for providing communications and audio/visual support for the "Friends of Iraq Conference." 

Recognizing these Guardsmen, Lt. Col. Nazimiec said, “This is just one example of the many outstanding achievements made by these dedicated outstanding Airman while deployed in support of coalition forces.

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