Members of the Georgia Army National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Division were honored Mid-August during the annual Family Readiness, Leadership conference awards banquet for their efforts to bring new enlistments to the organization’s ranks while retaining those already in uniform. Full Story.

The 10-member Recruiting and Retention Team 4, headed by Master Sgt. Anthony Weeks, received this year’s best team award for its efforts to bolster the Georgia Army National Guard’s ranks with new recruits, while retaining those already in uniform. Team 4, one of eight such teams the Army Guard uses for its recruiting efforts, covers the Northwest Georgia area, to include Rome, Dalton and Fort Oglethorpe. 

Individual awards were presented during the banquet to Sgt. 1st Class Alan Homer; Sgt. 1st Class George Lockhart; Master Sgt. James King; Sgt. 1st Class Mark Daniel; Staff Sgt. Carolyn Hill; Sgt. 1st Class Jovell Vappie; Staff Sgt. Sean Marovich; Sgt. 1st Class Allan Homer; Staff Sgt. Benjamin Waldrop; Staff Sgt. Eric Rochelle; Sgt. 1st Class Howard McCain; Sgt. 1st Class Mable Harvard: Sgt. 1st Class Elizabeth Kelker; Staff Sgt. Jeremy Hill; Sgt. 1st Class Rebecca Robinson; Sgt. 1st Class William Henderson; and Sgt. 1st Class Gary Folds.