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Georgia National Guard Support to
Operations Noble Eagle/Enduring Freedom
As of: October 1, 2003

Summary – Army Guard (all numbers are approximate):
  • 2,815 mobilized
  • Approximately 1,540 overseas (Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom)
  • Approximately 1,375 projected to remain in CONUS for Homeland Security

Mobilized units drill in 28 hometowns across Georgia

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

  • 3rd Infantry Detachment – Ft. Stewart (Returned)
  • 265th Engineer Group – Decatur
  • 221st Military Intelligence Battalion – Fort Gillem (HHC, Co H Returned)
  • 277th Maintenance Company – Kennesaw
  • Company B, 161st Medical Battalion – Marietta
  • 1148th Transportation Company – Thomasville and Moultrie
  • 190th Military Police Company – Kennesaw
  • 878th Engineer Battalion – Augusta, Swainsboro, Sandersville, Lyons and Metter

Units serving in US (Part of Operation Noble Eagle)

  • 148th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) – Winder
  • 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal – Kennesaw
  • 1177th Transportation Company - LaGrange and Cedartown
  • 75th Engineers - Ft Stewart
  • 1230th Transportation Company – Bainbridge and Columbus
  • 178th Military Police Company (Monroe)
  • 1/214th Field Artillery – Elberton, Hartwell, Athens, Thomson, Washington, Waynesboro and Toccoa
  • 110th Corps Support Battalion Headquarters - Columbus
  • 166th Maintenance Co – Jackson
  • 82nd Maintenance Company – Columbus
  • 165th POL Co - Brunswick

Georgia Air National Guard

The following units have been mobilized in total or in part.Many have returned.
Numbers of airmen on duty vary as individuals rotate on and off active duty.
(At the peak of Iraqi Freedom more than 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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