Georgia Army National Guard

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Georgia Army National Guard
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Georgia National Guard Joint Force Headquarters–Army Element Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active1751–present
CountriesFlag of the United States.svg United States
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Kingdom of Great Britain
Flag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg  Confederate States of America
AllegianceFlag of the United States.svg  United States of America
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg  Georgia [1]
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  U.S. Army National Guard
TypeARNG Headquarters Command
Size11,100+
Part of Seal of the Georgia National Guard.png Georgia National Guard
Garrison/HQ General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center
ColorsOrange, metallic gold, sea foam
EngagementsWar on Terrorism
Commanders
Current
commander
MG Dwayne Wilson
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The Georgia Army National Guard is the Army National Guard component of the Georgia National Guard, administratively part of the Georgia Department of Defense. It consists of more than 11,100 citizen-soldiers training in more than 79 hometown armories and regional facilities across the state. Georgia’s Army Guard is the sixth largest in the nation and includes combat, combat support and combat service support units.

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When activated under Title 10, the Georgia Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and is absorbed into the National Guard of the United States. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the US Army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau. When activated under Title 32, the Georgia Army National Guard remains under state command as it fulfills a federally assigned mission.

Units

An M60A3 main battle tank (foreground) and an M113A1 armored personnel carrier (left background) from the 108th Armored Regiment, Georgia National Guard, move out to attack opposing forces. The training Exercise COMPANY TEAM DEFENSE 1983 is being conducted in preparation for annual training to be held at Fort Irwin, California. M60A3 (foreground) and M113A1 (left background), 108th Armored Regiment, Georgia National Guard.jpg
An M60A3 main battle tank (foreground) and an M113A1 armored personnel carrier (left background) from the 108th Armored Regiment, Georgia National Guard, move out to attack opposing forces. The training Exercise COMPANY TEAM DEFENSE 1983 is being conducted in preparation for annual training to be held at Fort Irwin, California.

Duties

National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by presidential order to supplement regular armed forces, and upon declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of the state in which they serve. Unlike Army Reserve members, National Guard members cannot be mobilized individually (except through voluntary transfers and Temporary Duty Assignments TDY), but only as part of their respective units. However, there has been a significant number of individual activations to support military operations.

Active duty call-ups

For much of the final decades of the twentieth century, National Guard personnel typically served "one weekend a month, two weeks a year", with a portion working for the Guard in a full-time capacity. The current forces formation plans of the US Army call for the typical National Guard unit (or national guardsman) to serve one year of active duty for every three years of service. More specifically, current Department of Defense policy is that no guardsman will be involuntarily activated for a total of more than 24 months (cumulative) in one six-year enlistment period (this policy is due to change 1 August 2007, the new policy states that soldiers will be given 24 months between deployments of no more than 24 months, individual states have differing policies).

History

The Georgia Army National Guard was originally formed in 1751. The 118th Field Artillery (GA ARNG), which traces its lineage to militia units from Savannah and surrounding Chatham County that served in the War of 1812, is one of only nineteen Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812.

The Militia Act of 1903 organized the various U.S. state militias into the present National Guard system. The 121st and 122nd Infantry Regiments, formed from existing Georgia state regiments, formed the 61st Infantry Brigade of the 31st Dixie Division mobilized for World War I. [2] The two regiments served with that brigade from August 1917 to November 1918.

After World War II, the 48th Infantry Division was organized in the state, but on 1 November 1955, was reorganized as the 48th Armored Division. The division was commanded before and immediately after its change of name by Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Fraser of Hinesville. The new armored division’s authorized strength was 7,727, a drop of more than 2,000 from the Infantry Division; however a non-divisional group of more than 2,000 was also formed during the 1955 reorganization and re-designation of Georgia’s Army Guard units. [3] The 48th Armored Division was disbanded on 1 January 1968. [4]

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Insignia of the 171st Aviation Regiment

The 118th Field Artillery was broken up on 1 January 1968 and its elements reorganized and were redesignated, with Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Battalion, consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 48th Armored Division Artillery, and the consolidated unit reorganized and was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 118th Artillery Group. It was redesignated on 9 May 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 118th Field Artillery Brigade.

In 1984-85, the 118th Field Artillery Brigade was headquartered at Savannah and comprised the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 214th Field Artillery, both using 155-mm towed artillery pieces. [5] In the late 1980s the 171st Aviation Regiment was formed in the state.

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References

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  2. McGrath, The Brigade, 169.
  3. accessed September 2009
  4. "48th Armored Division". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  5. Isby and Kamps, 1985, 385.