The Georgia Army National Guard Safety Office hosted their 10th annual Joint Parachute Operations Mishap Preventative Orientation Course Enhanced (POMPOC-E) April 17 - 26, 2024, at the Air Dominance Center, Savannah, Georgia and the Plantation Airpark, Sylvania, Georgia. POMPOC-E is a two week-long course that trains airborne personnel, riggers, jumpmasters, safety officers, and commanders from U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and U.S. Army and Air National Guard units on safely conducting airborne operations.
The first phase, the Leader’s Canopy Control showcase, allowed for qualified personnel to conduct military free fall and double bag static line airborne jumps out of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter April 17-19, 2024, at the...
One hundred ninety-four new Soldiers joined the Georgia Army National Guard during a battle handoff ceremony in Fort Stewart, Ga., April 13, 2024. The ceremony was the culmination of basic training, military occupational specialty training, and administrative processes. Most will now report to one of the Ga. ARNG’s five brigades, and prepare for unit assemblies and annual training. For a select few in the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team “Volunteers”, an overseas deployment is in their immediate future.
Following the official ceremony, the 74 Soldiers of the 48th IBCT received welcoming words of advice from senior leaders of the brigade, and were offered a life-changing opportunity; the choice to volunteer and deploy in a...
Private First Class Cassandra Vazquez receives an Army Achievement medal from the Georgia Army National Guard command team of Maj. Gen. Dwayne Wilson and Command Sgt. Maj. John Ballenger during a battle handoff ceremony April 13, 2024, in Fort Stewart, Ga.
