Soldier honors fellow Guardsman with statue in local park
CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, Marietta, Dec. 11, 2009 – When SFC Gordon Spears does his four-mile morning run in Blairsville’s Meeks Park, he makes it a point to stop near the park’s covered bridge and visit an old friend, SSG Bobby Franklin.
Georgia Soldiers engage Afghan tribal leaders
NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2009 – Soldiers of Calhoun’s 1st Battalion, 108th Cavalry and their Afghan partners bedded down for the night on Nov. 18 at the Afghan National Police Achin District Center here in preparation for a meeting with Shinwari tribal elders and Afghan security personnel.
Project to build memorial underway
CALHOUN, Dec 11, 2009 – Active and retired Guardsmen of 1st Squadron, 108th Cavalry have begun a project to build a memorial to its Soldiers who’ve died while fighting the Global War on Terror. The memorial will be located in front of the Bernard Franklin National Guard Armory here.
Preholiday cheer
CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, Marietta, Nov. 18, 2009 – Despite the fact that government recent figures indicate a slow, but steady upturn in the American economy, there still are families in Georgia and across the nation – many of them in the military – struggling to make it, especially as the holiday season approaches.
Guard plays host to Cobb ‘commanders’
MARIETTA, Nov. 10, 2009 – Guardsmen at General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center and Dobbins Air Reserve Base, played host recently to members of the Cobb County Honorary Commanders Class of 2009. This is the second time the two organizations have gotten together since the Guard’s move to the former Naval Air Station (NAS) Atlanta last year. As a Cobb County Chamber of Commerce program, The Honorary Commanders have been visiting the Guard and Reserves for at least a decade branch to become more familiar with each."
Air controllers to join 48th IBCT in Afghanistan
CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, Marietta, Nov. 13, 2009 – Twelve Georgia Air National Guard Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) leave this month to join Macon’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in Afghanistan. The Airmen, who are assigned to Brunswick’s 165th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS), have seen action in Iraq and Afghanistan throughout the eight-year Global War on Terror. “Although our controllers have experienced multiple rotations to the region,” said Capt Roger Brooks, commander of the deploying teams of controllers, “this will be the largest group of JTACs to deploy to Afghanistan.” . Full Story |
Commissary approved for Dobbins community.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2009 – Marietta’s Dobbins Air Reserve Base (ARB) has received approval from the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to build a military commissary on the base. The decision will give military personnel in metro Atlanta a commissary to shop at when the ones at nearby Fort Gillem and Fort McPherson close within two years. Full Story | Top Headlines
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