A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, during exercise Sentry Savannah hosted by the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia, May 16, 2024. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guard’s premier 4th- and 5th-gen fighter integration exercise, with this year’s event involving more than 775 participants and 40 aircraft from six flying units. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Senior Airman Victoria Coursey)
For the Soldiers of the Georgia Army National Guard’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, the early June movement to Fort Stewart for annual training was a different experience. In recent years, thousands of “Volunteer” brigade personnel moved vehicles and equipment into the field to sleep in tents and conduct weeks of training scenarios and multi-purpose ranges. But this season, only a small percentage camped out for a week in the forest, while the rest remained in barracks on base.
This is because approximately 1,800 personnel of the Macon-based brigade are deployed around the world in locations including Kosovo and the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, leaving close to 1,000 of the remaining Soldiers to attend 18...
A Georgia Army National Guard Soldier assigned to the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team provides administrative updates to the personnel clerk while processing through the Soldier Readiness Program (SRP) during annual training in Fort Stewart, Ga., June 5, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Charles Emmons)