Story by Maj. Bryant Wine | 124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.08.2023
The Georgia Army National Guard 2023 State Best Warrior Competition is well underway March 5-10, 2023, coinciding today with International Women’s Day. This year, 18 competitors, supported by hundreds of support staff, converge to Fort Stewart, Georgia, for the annual competition to determine the state’s best Soldier and noncommissioned officer. Of these competitors, two are women:......
Story by Cpl. Rydell Tomas Jr | Georgia National Guard | 08.19.2021
CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, Ga. – 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....
Story by Charles Emmons | Georgia National Guard | 08.10.2021
MARIETTA, Ga. – Col. Barry B. Simmons took command of the 78th Aviation Troop Command Brigade from Col. Jason W. Fryman during an official ceremony, August 8, 2021, at the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Ga....
Story by Maj. William Carraway | Georgia National Guard | 01.19.2021
Family, friends and service members of the Georgia Department of Defense gathered in the drill hall of the Ga. DoD Joint Force Headquarters in Marietta, Ga. and online via Facebook Live Jan. 19, 2021 to witness the promotion of Lt. Col. Barry Simmons to colonel....
Story by Capt. Bryant Wine | Georgia National Guard | 08.31.2020
More than 250 Georgia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen will participate in training exercise Noble Partner 20 from September 7-18 in the country of Georgia....
Story by Staff Sgt. R.J. Lannom | 124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 02.09.2018
Georgia Army National Guard Spc. Jason A. Warren, an aircraft powertrain repairer with the Marietta, Ga., based Company D, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment and his wife, Cortney garnered national media attention Feb. 9, when their son Lucas was named the 2018 Gerber Spokesbaby....
Story by Maj. Will Cox | Georgia National Guard | 07.14.2014
The 1-171 General Support Aviation Battalion is saving time and dollars by training UH-60 Black Hawk crew chiefs in a virtual trainer at the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Georgia. The senior flight instructor scheduled the training this July so that the aircrews could qualify quicker and score higher during the aerial gunnery range at Fort Gordon later this month....
Story by Maj. Will Cox | Georgia National Guard | 04.11.2014
As summer approaches, Georgia Guardsmen with Charlie Company, 1-185th Assault Helicopter Battalion spent part of April learning how to fight forest fires with a 660-gallon water bucket attached to a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter to help protect life and property from runaway wildfire....
