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108th soldiers converting from armor
to light infantry
Transitioning from heavy armor Soldiers to light-fighters has been an
interesting challenge for the Soldiers of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat
Team’s Task Force Maverick. The unit leaves behind its 60-ton M1A2
Abrams tanks and picks up their rucksacks and moves out smartly.
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48th IBCT trains with British troops, forges strong alliance
New-trans Atlantic ties
were forged during annual training 2007 as an element of the 48th Infantry
Combat Team got a chance to show a British Army unit how Georgians train
in the south Georgia heat. Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry,
and Britain’s 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment traipsed through the “muck
and mire” of Fort Stewart late last month each learning techniques from
the other that both will find invaluable in the future.
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Aviation Regiment inducts newest
noncommissioned officers
Weather outside the hangar of Army Flight Facility No. 2 at
Dobbins Air Reserve Base may have gloomy, but that didn’t dampen the
spirit of the moment inside as 22 Soldiers of Marietta-based 171st
Aviation Regiment became the newest members of the Georgia Army National
Guard Noncommissioned Officer’s Corps.
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Savannah’s 118th FA gets new commander
Georgia Army National Guard Maj. Reginald G. A. Neal accepted
command of Savannah’s 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery, replacing Lt.
Col. Craig M. McGalliard, the outgoing commander, in a ceremony at the
National Guard Training Center’s Donovan Parade Field on Fort Stewart.
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Georgia’s Portwines featured
in Hallmark Magazine
Two Georgia Army National Guardsmen, First Sergeant Gladys Estrada
Portwine, and daughter Specialist Lucretia Portwine, - mother and daughter
- are featured in the July/August issue of Hallmark Magazine in a
cover story about America, patriotism and faith.
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Three Air Guard
units receive
top NGAUS unit
awards
Three units of the Georgia Air National Guard captured top unit honors
as announced by the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS).
The nation’s top Mission Support Unit Award was presented to the 116th
Communications Squadron at Robins AFB. Additionally, the 116th
Communications Squadron was also recognized as the Outstanding
Communications unit in the Air National Guard. The 117th ACS received top honors as
the Outstanding Air Control Squadron. The 202nd EIS received an award as Outstanding
Engineering Installation Squadron.
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Nesbitt, Lynn among 10 Georgians to capture NGAUS
individual awards
Ten prominent Georgians, including Georgia Army National Guard
commander, Maj. Gen. William T. Nesbitt, and Brig. Gen. George T. "Tom"
Lynn, former commander of the 116th Air Control Wing, have been selected as
2007 individual award recipients of the National Guard Association of
the United States (NGAUS). Also among the ten Georgia recipients were U.S.
Representative Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. D-GA 2nd Congressional District
who was selected to receive the Charles Dick Medal of Merit. The Medal
recognizes the contributions to the National Guard made by
Representative Bishop during his long involvement in public service.
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Georgia's
265th EG reflags,
becomes 265th RSG
The final Sunday of July marked the
beginning of a new era for the Georgia Army National Guard as Metter’s
265th Engineering Group was deactivated, becoming the newly activated
265th Regional Support Group. During
a ceremony attended by dignitaries and veterans of the unit, Maj. Gen.
William T. Nesbitt, commanding general, Georgia Army Guard, said that
the 265th had the distinction of being one of the most frequently
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NGAGA Fall golf
tournament set
for Oct. 5, in Brunswick
The
5th annual NGAGA Fall Golf Tournament has been set for Friday,
October 5, 2007 and is once again being sponsored by Chris Mears and
Northrop Grumman. The fall classic will take place at the beautiful
Oak Grove Island Golf Club in Brunswick, Georgia, and is open to
everyone. The tournament package of $50 per person will include greens
fee, golf cart, opportunities for door prizes, and a dinner on Friday
night in the Oak Grove Club House. Following a light lunch (also
included in tournament package) there will be a shotgun start at noon.
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'It's hot, even
in the shade'
For a number of Georgia National Guardsmen, the summer is bringing
typically sweltering temperatures in the Middle East. Pictured is Lt.
Col. Vern Atkinson who is assigned to LSA Anaconda in Balad, Iraq,
where the afternoon temperatures are reaching 120 degrees in the
shade. In Iraq, Atkinson coordinates aviation logistics and is
responsible for moving aviation parts from the States to aviation
units in-theater. When not deployed, he is the commander of the
Georgia Guard's Aviation Flight Facility #3 at Hunter Army Airfield.
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Students enjoy chance meeting with
Georgia Guard aviators
Crewmembers from Company A, 1st Battalion,
171st Aviation Regiment took the
opportunity to meet with young students and talk about flying the UH-60
Blackhawk helicopter during a recent refueling stop at Peachtree-DeKalb
Airport (PDK). Students from Mrs. Ronda McNair’s class at Miller Road
Early Childhood Center in Lithonia were visiting the airport as part of
their summer program to learn about flying, airports and airplanes.
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A look at what happened in
August
in Georgia National Guard history:…
1958 -News
Articles were published throughout Georgia on efforts to reduce the
strength of the Army National Guard:
Several articles reported that Governor Marvin Griffin, former Georgia
Guardsman and chairman of the National Guard Committee of the National
Governor's Conference, was leading a fight against the Defense
Department's proposal to cut National Guard strength. He declared,
"With the fate of the Middle East undecided, cutting down on the
forces is about the silliest thing I've heard. Everybody wants it kept
at 400,000 but the Pentagon. We must stand together. Damn it we won't
have it and won't take it."
Governor Griffin stated that the reduction in Georgia would be 25 per
cent and cause the loss of 18 units and 6 major headquarters type
organizations.
*Congress appropriated funding for a force strength of 400,000 and by
the end of September, the Department of Defense announced "virtual
abandonment' of Army National Guard reductions.
*Congress appropriated
funding for a force strength of 400,000 and by the end of September,
the Department of Defense announced "virtual abandonment' of Army
National Guard reductions.
*By 1958 there had been two Arab-Israeli wars.
The first was 1947-48 and the second was the 1956 Suez Crisis.
1962 - The 111th Signal Battalion was the only Georgia
National Guard organization called to active duty by President Kennedy
during the 1961 Berlin Crisis. On August 9th, the demobilized Georgia
Guardsmen landed in Augusta at Bush Field after serving at Ft. Meade
since the previous October. The battalion comprised of units in
Augusta, Sandersville, Washington, Louisville, and Waynesboro had
relieved a Regular Army signal battalion for duty in Europe.
*The battalion was deactivated in 1980.
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