Since 2004, Revaz Tchirakadze, or “Ray” as U.S. Soldiers know him, has served as a critical component between the Georgian and U.S. Armed Forces as a military interpreter.
“All of my life I wanted to become a soldier, but unfortunately that didn’t work out,” said Ray. “As an interpreter I am always trying to be a cultural ambassador of my country. In any mission I am in, soldiers and the Army come first of course, but hospitality is a backbone for Georgian culture as well.”
Ray became an interpreter while attending university in 2004. At the time, the Georgian Defense Force and U.S. Army were conducting joint training and were offering multi-lingual students contract positions as interpreters. Over the next four...
08.03.2019 | VAZIANI TRAINING AREA, GE |
Story by Spc. Tori Miller
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp walks down the steps of the Georgia State Capitol to meet Maj. Gen. Joe Jarrard, Georgia’s Adjutant General, and the Commissioner of Georgia Department of Public Safety and Georgia State Patrol, Col. Mark W. McDonough, at Liberty Plaza on Jan. 14 in Atlanta after taking his oath of office as Georgia’s 83rd Governor Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion shortly before attending the military review.
Georgia Army National Guardsmen with the Monroe-based 178th Military Police Company describe the mission and training conducted during Agile Spirit 19 at the Vaziani Training Area, Georgia.
