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Georgia National Guard Support to
Operations Noble Eagle/Enduring Freedom
Iraqi Freedom
As of: March 29, 2004

Total Georgia National Guardsmen Mobilized or Alerted: Approx 3,500
(Includes Army and Air National Guard mobilized since Sept 11 2001,
including those returned from service)

Army Guard (numbers are approximate):

  • 2,320 currently mobilized
  • 1,450 are overseas (Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom)
  • 870 remain in CONUS for Homeland Security
  • 1,000 have returned
  • Mobilized and projected units drill in 29 hometowns across Georgia

Army Guard Units Mobilized

Units deployed overseas (Part of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom)

  • 265th Engineer Group – Decatur 
  • 277th Maintenance Company – Kennesaw 
  • Company B, 161st Medical Battalion – Marietta 
  • 1148th Transportation Company – Thomasville and Moultrie 
  • 878th Engineer Battalion – Augusta, Swainsboro, Sandersville, Lyons and Metter 
  • Company H, 171st Aviation – Dobbins Air Reserve Base 
  • 171st Combat Aviation Support Battalion - Dobbins Air Reserve Base

    • Units serving in US (Part of Operation Noble Eagle)
  • 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment – Kennesaw
  • 1177th Transportation Company - LaGrange and Cedartown
  • 75th Engineer Detachment - Ft Stewart
  • 1230th Transportation Company – Bainbridge and Columbus
  • 178th Military Police Company (Monroe)
  • 110th Corps Support Battalion Headquarters - Columbus
  • 166th Maintenance Company – Jackson
  • 82nd Maintenance Company – Columbus
  • 165th Quartermaster Company – Brunswick

    • Units returned from active duty

  • 3rd Infantry Detachment – Ft. Stewart
  • 221st Military Intelligence Battalion – Fort Gillem
  • 1/214th Field Artillery – Elberton, Hartwell, Athens, Thomson, Washington, Waynesboro, Toccoa
  • 190th Military Police Company – Kennesaw
  • 148th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) – Winder

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    Georgia Air National Guard

    The following units have been mobilized in total or in part.
    Numbers of airmen on duty vary as individuals rotate on and off active duty.

    Approximate number deployed: 500

    (At the peak of Iraqi Freedom 900 were mobilized)
  • 116th Air Control Wing – Robins AFB
  • 165th Airlift Wing - Savannah
  • 165th Air Support Operations Squadron – Brunswick
  • 224th Joint Communications Support Squadron – Brunswick
  • 283rd Communications Squadron – Dobbins Air Reserve Base/Marietta
  • 116th Security Police Squadron - Robins AFB
  • 165th Security Police Squadron - Savannah
  • Combat Readiness Training Center - Savannah
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