Michael Chertoff and MG William T. Nesbitt

Michael Chertoff. Secretary of Homeland Security visited with Georgia National Guardsmen in Thomasville, GA on Tuesday when the secretary witnessed the extensive capabilities of the National Guard in its ever increasing homeland security role. 

Maj Gen Terry Nesbitt accompanied Secretary Chertoff on a tour of federal, state and local emergency response providers gathered at the FEMA regional headquarters.  Georgia 4^th CST provided it’s unified command suite and communications vans and a Georgia RAID helicopter and crew were participants in the half day demonstration. 

Along with MG Nesbitt,  Lt.Col. Bill Day, Director of Information Management and Capt Jeffery Daigle, Communications Officer with the 4^th CST briefed Secretary Chertoff on the sophisticated capabilities of the Georgia resources on display.  In concluding remarks to the media assembled at the Regional Center, Chertoff said he is “very confident” that federal and state resources are now ready for the upcoming hurricane season.