Georgia Air Guardsmen Col. Lou Burson and Chief Master Sgt. Bobby L. Mobley decided that it was time to hang up their uniforms and just take it easy.

Burson retired in mid-August as executive staff support officer of Headquarters, Georgia Air National Guard. His retirement comes after a career of more than 37 years of military service, more than 25 years of that has been with the National Guard. Full Story.

Burson began his full-time job with the Air Guard in 1978 while stationed in Knoxville as a member of the Tennessee Air National Guard. In 1980, he transferred to the Colorado Air National Guard at Colorado Springs where he served as a Radar Electronics Maintenance Officer.

Burson was transferred in 1983 to the Georgia Air Guard, promoted to the rank of major and given the job of base detachment commander for Savannah’s 283rd Combat Communications Squadron. He later was selected as administrative officer to the 165th Airlift Wing. Burson served in that position until July 1997 when he was made executive support staff officer at Georgia Air National Guard Headquarters.

Upon Burson’s retirement, Major General David Poythress presented him with the Legion of Merit and the Georgia Distinctive Service Medal. Burson and his wife Pam will retire to Mountain View, Arkansas.

Chief Master Sergeant Bobby L. Mobley retired as Air Guard Headquarters’ first sergeant. He completes more than forty years of military service, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and the Georgia Meritorious Service Medal. Mobley and his wife Sandra continue to live in Hinesville.