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2021 Assault on Kennesaw Mountain
October 23, 2021 — The Georgia National Guard Family Support Foundation, the official support organization of the Georgia National Guard, hosted its 10th annual Assault on Kennesaw Mountain 5k run Oct. 23, 2021, in Kennesaw, Georgia. Georgia Guardsmen, their families and friends across the world ran in the event in honor of fallen comrades, notably 43 Georgia Army... MORE

Georgia’s 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade welcomes new command team
October 23, 2021 — Georgia Army National Guard Col. Kris Marshall became the seventh commander in the history of the Columbus-based 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade during a ceremony held on the grounds of the near century old Doughboy Stadium at Fort Benning, Ga. Oct. 23, 2021. During the same ceremony, Command Sgt. Major Rodney Bettis assumed responsibility as... MORE

Volunteer Brigade hosts change of command, welcomes 29th commander
October 17, 2021 — The Georgia Army National Guard’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team held a change of command ceremony Oct. 17, 2021, at Volunteer Headquarters in Macon, Georgia. U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Dwyane Wilson, commanding general of the Georgia Army National Guard, presided over the ceremony where Col. Anthony Fournier relinquished command to Col. Jason... MORE

Citizen-Soldiers of 202nd Ordnance Company embark on overseas deployment
October 16, 2021 — Families and friends of the Georgia Army National Guard’s 202nd Ordnance Company gathered at Burke County High School in Waynesboro, Georgia for a farewell ceremony heralding the unit’s upcoming overseas deployment. The Citizen Soldiers of the 202nd will join more than 500 Georgia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen presently deployed to five... MORE

Highway rededicated to two fallen Georgia Guardsmen
October 13, 2021 — Soldiers, veterans, retirees, families and friends met in Loganville, Georgia, for a rededication of a section of Georgia State Route 81 in memory to U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Stokely and Master Sgt. Mark Allen Oct. 12, 2021.Stokely and Allen served in the Georgia Army National Guard and resided in Loganville. The date of rededication coincides with... MORE

Georgia Department of Defense welcomes civic group from Butts County
October 7, 2021 — The Georgia Department of Defense hosted a civic group from Butts County, Georgia, at Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Georgia, Oct. 7, 2021. U.S. Army Maj. Gen Tom Carden, The Adjutant General of Georgia, led the group through a tour of the department’s headquarters.Civic engagements promote relationships and improve collaboration between... MORE

Georgia National Guard honors Marietta firefighters for swift water rescue training
September 27, 2021 — Soldiers and Airmen with the Georgia National Guard attended an award ceremony Sept. 27, 2021, at the Marietta Fire Museum to honor the selfless service of some of the Marietta Fire Department’s outstanding firefighters.The ceremony recognized Marietta Fire Department firefighters that travelled to the country of Georgia and conducted swift water... MORE

Georgia Guard strengthens cyber capability at interagency, joint, multinational exercise
September 17, 2021 — Service members with the Georgia National Guard participated in exercise Cyber Dawg 21, a live-action cyber security exercise held Sept. 13-17, 2021, at the Georgia Cyber Center in Augusta, Georgia.The Georgia Technology Center created and led Cyber Dawg 21 to increase, practice and refine response to cyber-attacks amongst state agencies. The... MORE

History and Tradition Celebrated at Granite Battalion Change of Command Ceremony
August 30, 2021 — The Georgia Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion 214th Field Artillery bid farewell to Lt. Col. Nathaniel Knight and welcomed Lt. Col. Davis Mitchum as its new commander during a ceremony at the unit’s headquarters in Elberton, Ga. Aug, 29, 2021.“Today is another chapter in the long lineage of the Granite Battalion,” said Knight addressing the... MORE

The 78th Aviation Troop Command observes National Aviation Day
August 19, 2021 — Soldiers from the 78th Aviation Troop Command give their insights on the importance of aviation in their lives and in the Georgia National Guard in recognition of National Aviation Day in Marietta, Georgia on Aug. 19, 2021.U.S. Army Col. Barry Simmons, brigade commander of the 78th Aviation Troop Command, Georgia Army National Guard, holds a dual... MORE