Soldiers from two Georgia National Guard Units Home for the Holidays

Photo By Sgt. Alex Lopez | Soldiers with the Kennesaw-based 277th Maintenance Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 78th Troop Command, Georgia Army National Guard, stand at attention with the uncased guidon during their Welcome Home Ceremony at Hangar Five, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta, Georgia, Dec. 12, 2025. The 277th Maintenance Company has supported numerous emergency response operations and has most recently provided personnel and expertise in support of Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB). (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt Alex Lopez)  

MARIETTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES

12.17.2025

Story by Maj. William Carraway 

Georgia National Guard

Citizen Soldiers of the Georgia National Guard’s 277th Support Maintenance Company and 877th Engineer Company have returned home following a one-year deployment as part of U.S. Northern Command and Joint Task Force North in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Fifty Soldiers of the 877th returned home in time for Thanksgiving while the remaining Soldiers returned through the middle of December.
 
Both units have a long history of overseas and domestic service.  After returning from Iraq in 2003, the 877th Engineer Company was assigned as the search and extraction element of Joint Task Force 781st, a unit organized to assist civil authorities during emergency response operations. The 877th deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 where its Soldiers conducted combat engineer missions in three separate regional commands.
 
The 277th SMC first mobilized to the southwest border in 1916 as Company A, 5th Infantry Regiment, Georgia National Guard. The company mobilized to France in World War I and returned to Europe in 1944 as Battery A, 179th Field Artillery Battalion. Receiving its current designation as the 277th SMC in 1971, the unit deployed to Iraq in 2003 and Afghanistan in 2010.
 
Since 2013, the Georgia National Guard has had a continuous presence on the border providing aviation, engineering, and logistical support. This support continues into 2026 with Soldiers of the 1230th Transportation Company currently mobilized as part of Joint Task Force North.

• Date Taken: 12.17.2025
• Date Posted: 12.18.2025 10:33
• Story ID: 554601
• Location: MARIETTA, GEORGIA, US
• Hometown: AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, US
• Hometown: KENNESAW, GEORGIA, US