Story by 2nd Lt. Paige Bodine | Michigan National Guard | 12.19.2025
The Michigan National Guard hosted two representatives from the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces in early December as part of the State Partnership Program, strengthening a partnership established in September 2024. The weeklong engagement focused on logistics, facility management, and sustainment processes, with visits to the 246th Transportation Battalion and the Combined Support......
Story by Maj. William Carraway | Georgia National Guard | 01.24.2025
Soldiers of the Georgia National Guard’s Forsyth-based 2nd Battalion 121st Infantry Regiment returned home from overseas service and were welcomed by friends and family members during a ceremony at the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Ga. January 24, 2025. The 2-121 is the last element of Macon-based 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to return from its mobilization in support of......
Story by Maj. William Carraway | Georgia National Guard | 05.10.2024
Nearly 50 Soldiers of the Georgia Army National Guard’s 3rd Infantry Division Main Command Post Operational Detachment returned to the United States following a nine-month deployment in support of the United States European Command May 9, 2024. The Soldiers were welcomed home at Hunter Army Airfield following their mission in support of the European Defense Initiative....
Story by Maj. William Carraway | Georgia National Guard | 12.03.2023
More than 80 Soldiers of the Georgia National Guard’s Marietta-based 201st Regional Support Group Forward returned home after a nearly year-long deployment to Europe December 1, 2023. Soldiers and family members were reunited during a welcome home ceremony held at the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta....
Story by Maj. William Carraway | Georgia National Guard | 10.20.2023
The Georgia National Guard’s 178th Military Police Company held a departure ceremony in their hometown of Monroe, Georgia October 20, 2023 to herald their upcoming overseas deployment. The unit previously deployed in support of overseas operations in Iraq in 2003 and 2009....
Story by Maj. William Carraway | Georgia National Guard | 05.06.2023
Command Sergeant Major Jeff Logan relinquished responsibility as the Georgia Army National Guard’s State Command Sergeant Major during a ceremony May 6, 2023 at Dobbins Air Force Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga. Command Sergeant Major John Ballenger assumed responsibility as the 11th State Command Sergeant Major of the Ga. ARNG....
Story by Maj. William Carraway | Georgia National Guard | 05.06.2023
Chaplain Lt. Col. David Burris, state chaplain for the Georgia National Guard, was promoted to colonel during a ceremony at the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Ga. May 6, 2023. Burris has served as the state chaplain since March 5, 2023....
Story by Maj. William Carraway | Georgia National Guard | 04.14.2023
Colonel Kevin Hamm, Director of the Joint Staff of the Georgia National Guard, was promoted to brigadier general during a ceremony at the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Ga. April 14, 2023. A resident of Clay County, Florida, Hamm’s military career has spanned four decades and four continents....
