MARIETTA, Ga. – This Summer, the Georgia Army National Guard Counter Drug Program (GaNG CDP) partnered with a list of various state agencies to remove 343 illegal marijuana plants in Georgia communities.

WINDER, Ga. – U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, Georgia Army National Guard, held a departure ceremony at Barrow County Airport in Winder, Ga., Aug. 14. Detachment 1, Charlie Company, along with elements of Delta and Echo companies, will support ongoing the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol mission along the southern border.

The Georgia Army National Guard has achieved the second highest medical and dental readiness rating among the 54 states and territories after more than 6,600 of its Soldiers completed Soldier Readiness Processing in nineteen days. This effort was the culmination of planning by the Ga. ARNG personnel office designed to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and increase readiness.

Ten officer candidates of the Georgia Army National Guard’s Georgia Military Institute received their commissions as 2nd lieutenants during a ceremony at the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Ga. August 15, 2026.

HINESVILLE, Ga. – U.S. Soldiers and Airmen with the Georgia National Guard conducted a joint medical readiness exercise at Fort Stewart, Aug. 9 through 10, 2026. The exercise is a collective training event between elements of the Georgia Army National Guard’s 201st Regional Support Group and the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Medical Group, Detachment 1 and the 165th Airlift Wing.

MARIETTA, Ga. – As a high school student climbing into a family friend’s Piper PA-28 Cherokee aircraft for the first time, Capt. Dylan Brown, executive officer at Georgia Air National Guard Headquarters, discovered more than the thrill of flying. As he watched Georgia disappear beneath the wings, he found a passion that would shape his career and inspire him to help others pursue opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

MARIETTA, Ga. – The first day at her initial duty station at the Brooke Army Medical Center Trauma Unit on Fort Sam Houston, TX, Staff Sgt. Jaeden Hamelly had to respond to a 14 year old boy who lit himself on fire in a failed attempt to take his own life. This traumatic event was unbearable and at that moment, she told herself that she could not do this. However, she had leadership who noticed this struggle and gave her the necessary push to overcome her distress.