The Historical Society of the
Georgia National Guard will conduct its 13th Annual
Historical Conference in Macon, GA on November 4, 2006 at the Macon
Conference Center adjacent to the Holiday Hotel at 3590 Riverside Drive
and I-75.
The half-day conference entitled,
“The Georgia Guard Deploys for War” features discussions from eight
Georgia Army and Air National Guardsmen who have recently deployed in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Dale Russell, FOX 5 award-winning
Investigative Reporter will moderate the discussion. Russell visited
Georgia’s 48th Brigade in Baghdad in October 2005 and was
later awarded a TV Emmy Award for his series of reports from Iraq.
Representatives of the 48th
Brigade of the Georgia Army National Guard and the 116th Air
Control Wing and 202nd Engineering Installation Squadron of
the Georgia Air National Guard will participate in the discussion. Also
participating will be representatives of Georgia’s Family Readiness
Program and the Chaplain of the Georgia Army National Guard.
