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First Friday Briefing for January, 2003
(Editors note: due to the Holiday schedule, this month's issue is being published on the second Friday in order to bring the most up to date news possible)
In this issue:
q Maj. Gen. David Poythress Re-appointed as Adjutant General q MPs Return Home in Time for Christmas q 224th JCSS Airmen Back From Enduring Freedom q 202nd EOD Soldiers Activated q Brigade Conducts Battle Simulation q Morgan is New Command Chief q Guardsmen Assist with International Competition q Recruiting Team, Honor Guard Participate in Bowl Festivities q Georgia Air Guard Band Member in Tournament of Roses Parade q Georgia Guard Continues To Contribute to States War on Drugs q Date Set for Next OCS Orientation q Air Guard Commanders To Meet For Annual Conference q 2003 JACC scheduled for March 7-9 q Photo Spotlight
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Maj. Gen. David Poythress Re-appointed as Adjutant General
Governor-elect Sonny Perdue announced on Thursday the reappointment of Major General David Poythress as Georgia's Adjutant General. The state's new commander-in-chief made the announcement at a press conference in Atlanta.
Perdue cited General Poythress's many accomplishments during his first three and a half years of service including leading the Guard's efforts in establishing the 116th Air Control Wing, which he called a "model" unit for the future.
In addition to re-appointment of the Adjutant General, Perdue announced at the press conference the naming of William W. "Bill" Hitchens Jr., as new director of homeland security, Col. George A. Ellis as director Georgia State Patrol and Vernon Keenan as director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director.
MPs Return Home in Time for Christmas
Soldiers of Monroe's Military Police Company returned in December from their sixmonth deployment at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in time to enjoy the holidays with their families.
Monroe Police escorted about 30 of the Guardsmen down the city's main street to their armory where they were released from duty a short time later by their commander, Capt. Jeff Carlyle. Full story

224th JCSS Airmen Back From Enduring Freedom
Air Guardsmen of Brunswick's 224th Joint Communications Support Squadron returned late December to their families and their home station in Brunswick, making it just in time for the holidays.
Thirty-seven members of the unit had been performing duty in an undisclosed part of the world as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. When the Guardsmen stepped off a Georgia Air Guard C-130 to be greeted by waiting families at the Brunswick Airport less than one week remained before Christmas. Full story and more photos
Guard EOD Soldiers Activated
Members of Kennesaw's 202nd Ordnance Detachment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) are on active duty at Fort Bragg, N.C. Around 17 of the Guardsmen are expected be at Bragg for at least a year.
The EOD soldiers are working with the post's 441st Ordnance Battalion. Their mission is to respond to incidents involving munitions and explosive devices at Fort Bragg and throughout North Carolina.
Capt. Lawrence Goss III is the 202nd Ordnance Detachment's commander.
Brigade Conducts Battle Simulation
Members of the 48th Infantry Brigade conducted war games at Fort Stewart in December using a computer program designed to help the brigade monitor what's happening on the battlefield. The event is a precursor to the 48th's upcoming fight against opposition forces it will face at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., in 2005. Full Story
Morgan is New Command Chief
Chief Master Sgt. Betty L.G. Morgan is the Georgia Air National Guard's newest command chief master sergeant. Selected to fill the top enlisted position, she succeeds Command Chief Master Sgt. Pearson Deloach who retires this month from military service. Full story

Guardsmen Assist with International Competition
Fifteen Georgia Army National Guardsmen lent a hand in early December to coordinators of the American Open international weight lifting competition held at Savannah's Jenkins High School.
A team of 14 soldiers of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery in Savannah, assisted with getting the more than 212 competing athletes from Savannah International Airport to the high school. The Guardsmen also served as ushers for the event and changed out weights between each of the scheduled events. Full story
Recruiting Team, Honor Guard Participate in Bowl Festivities
The Georgia Army National Guard's Demonstration and Recruiting Team (DART) and the honor guard from 1st Battalion, 108th Armor didn't let gray, rainy skies keep them from participating in the 35th annual Peach Bowl Parade.
DART members, riding in the "Patriot" and "Orange Crush" recruiting Humvees, and the honor guard were part of the parade's lead element as it wound its way past Centennial-Olympic Park and on to the Georgia Dome. Orange Crush seemed to cause excitement among University of Tennessee football fans there to see the parade. The Humvees bright orange paint is the same color worn by the Volunteer football team. Full story and more photos
Georgia Air Guard Band Member Part of "Total Force Band" In Tournament of Roses Parade
Ask any band member the most prestigious parade in which to march and you'll probably hear the Presidential inauguration parade and perhaps the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Years Day. For TSgt Steve Green, a French horn player with the 530th Air Force Band, marching in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA became a reality in 2003.
Green, a two year member of the 530 Air Force band of the Georgia Air National Guard, was selected to be part of the 120-piece "Total Force Air Force Band" that kicked off the New Years Day spectacular.
"I answered the call from higher band headquarters seeking French horn and clarinet players for an all Air Force band that was scheduled to appear in the Tournament of Roses parade," said Green, a former member of the Ground Forces Band at Fort McPherson.
By December 29th, Green had been notified of his selection and was winging his way to Pasadena for what would be a grueling eight hours of learning new songs and fine-tuning formation marching.
The Total Force Air Force Band that appeared at the very beginning of the Rose Bowl parade was composed of Air Force musicians from throughout the country representing both active, reserve and Air National Guard.
Green, who teaches music in Coweta County, returned to Atlanta on Jan 2 . He and members of the 530th Air Force Band will perform at the Governor's Inauguration on Jan 13.
Georgia Guard Continues Contributions to State's War on Drugs
The Georgia National Guard's CounterDrug Task Force continues to make significant contributions to the state's war on drugs.
In a recent case, a Guard intelligence analyst, working in support of a Federal Aviation Administration investigator, played a key role in completing an 18-month investigation involving a stolen plane. The intelligence analysis helped lead investigators to an aircraft that had been missing and presumed stolen. The aircraft's "N" number and serial number had been changed to alter its identity, and those two discrepancies were key points of information critical to the outcome of the investigation. The aircraft was valued at $160,000 and seized by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation as evidence. It was the second aircraft seized this calendar year in Georgia
Date Set for Next OCS Orientation

The Georgia Army National Guard is continually looking for qualified, motivated and dedicated soldiers to attend its Officer Candidate School. Full story
Air Guard Commanders To Meet For Annual Conference Georgia's Air Guard Commanders and senior Chiefs will convene at Dobbins ARB on January 24-25 for the
annual Air National Guard Senior Commanders Conference. An estimated attendance of over sixty Air Guard officers and senior non-commissioned officers is expected for
this day and a half-long conference that will discuss the issues and opportunities currently facing the nine units of the Georgia Air Guard.
The day long discussion of Air Guard issues will be followed by a much anticipated presentation by Col (Ret.) Pascal English, the former Judge Advocate of Georgia Air National Guard whose name became a household word during his appearance in the 2000 hit television series Survivor. "Pappy" English remained on the show throughout series until the final episode.
2003 JACC scheduled for March 7-9 Senior leaders and commanders throughout the Georgia Department of Defense should mark their calendars for March 7-9, the dates set for the annual Joint Annual Commanders Conference. The meeting will be held at St. Simons Island's Sea Palms Resort.
Attendance at the conference is by invitation and more details will follow in the coming months. For information contact the Directorate of Communications at 404-624-6060.
Photo Spotlight

Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Carter and Sgt. Hubert Smith, of LaGrange's 1177th Transportation Company, add items to the food basket to be given to a local resident during the unit's first Guard Against Hunger Food Drive. Full photo and details

Marine Cpl. Michael Williams shakes hand and presents Georgia Army National Guard Officer Candidate TJ Pomian a Toys-for-Tots certificate as Officer Candidate Dustin Crapse and Marine Cpl. John Olds watch Full photo and details

Georgia Army National Guard Officer Candidates Chris Kehl, left, and Herbert Mihan camouflage each other's face during the December drill weekend. Full photo and details

Lt. Gen. David B. Poythress The Adjutant General of Georgia

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Governor-elect Sonny Perdue (center) announces the reappointment of Maj. Gen. David Poythress (left) as Georgia's Adjutant General at a press conference on Thursday, January 9. (Georgia National Guard photo by Sgt. Jeff Lowry)
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Spc. Joseph Armistead of Monroe's 178th Military Police Company takes a moment to hug his daughters, 2-month-old Ashley (left) and 8-year-old Santana, after the unit returned to its armory, Friday, Dec. 13, 2002, from a six-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Also there to welcome the Comer resident home were Armistead's wife Melissa and other family members. (Georgia National Guard photo by Sgt. Roy Henry)
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MPs Return Home in Time for Christmas
Soldiers of Monroe's Military Police Company returned in December from their six-month deployment at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in time to enjoy the holidays with their families.
Monroe Police escorted about 30 of the Guardsmen down the city's main street to their armory where they were released from duty a short time later by their commander, Capt. Jeff Carlyle.
The unit's 159 members had been in Georgia about two weeks. After arriving by chartered commercial airliner at Robbins Air Force Base, the soldiers were bused to Fort Benning where they were met by family members and began out-processing from active duty..
During its deployment to Guantanamo Bay, the 178th operated as part of Joint Task Force 160, which is responsible for guarding more than 500 al-Qaida and Taliban detainees being housed at Guantanamo's Camp Delta. The Guardsmen monitored detainees inside the camp's perimeter as well as escorting to and from interrogation sessions with investigators from the FBI, CIA and foreign intelligence agencies seeking information about future terrorist attacks.
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Air Guardsmen of Brunswick's 224th Joint Communications Support Squadron are reunited with families and loved ones after returning late December following duty in an undisclosed part of the world as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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224th JCSS Airmen Back From Enduring Freedom
Air Guardsmen of Brunswick's 224th Joint Communications Support Squadron returned late December to their families and their home station in Brunswick, making it just in time for the holidays.
Thirty-seven members of the unit had been performing duty in an undisclosed part of the world as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. When the Guardsmen stepped off a Georgia Air Guard C-130 to be greeted by waiting families at the Brunswick Airport less than one week remained before Christmas.
Those who did come home weren't sure they would make until two days before they were informed that they would return to Georgia, said Lt. Col. Floyd Harbin, who commands the 224th. That made it a bit tough on everyone, he said. "Many of our Guardsmen had been home only six of the last 15 months," Harbin explained. "It's rough not being at home with loved ones at this time of year, so you know they and their families are quite happy they're not spending the holidays apart from one another." At the same time, he said, there is a feeling of sadness because not all the Brunswick-based Guardsmen made it back to Georgia for Christmas. The return of the 224th airmen follows the unit's second overseas deployment since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Guardsmen were initially sent to Afghanistan during the unit's first 19-month deployment that began Oct. 1, 2001. Following more than six months at home, the unit was again called up Nov. 1 and sent overseas. The 224th is one only two Air National Guard squadrons assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to meet the specialized communications needs of battlefield commanders. More than 200 members specialize in installing high-tech and reliable telephone, high-speed Internet, and satellite communications networks in battlefield environments. Harbin suggested that this last homecoming could be a short one. The unit, he said, was called up for two years of active duty, and there are still several months to go on that commitment. "We could be back on a plane again within 72 hours," Harbin said. "But that's the mission we've been called upon to perform, and it all depends on what's going on in the world today."
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Georgia Army National Guardsman Garry Clark help his daughter Moriah get some food during a going-away ceremony Wednesday December 18, 2002. Clark is an operations sergeant for the 202nd Explosive Ordnance and Disposal Detachment, which is deployed to Fort Bragg, N.C. as part of Operation Noble Eagle. Its mission is to respond to munitions and ordnance devices at Fort Bragg and throughout North Carolina. Georgia National Guard photo by Sgt. Jeff Lowry

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Georgia Army National Guardsmen Sgt. Glenn Bartley tightens a bolt to help set up a tent in preparation for the 48th Infantry Brigade's Janus exercise, a computer simulated battle, at Fort Stewart Friday
December 6, 2002. Bartley, a Savannah resident, is a combat engineer with Headquarters Company, 648th Engineer Battalion in Statesboro. (Georgia Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Jeff Lowry )

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Brigade Conducts Battle Simulation

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Members of the 48th Infantry Brigade conducted war games at Fort Stewart in December using a computer program designed to help the brigade monitor what's happening on the battlefield. The event is a precursor to the 48th's upcoming fight against opposition forces it will face at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., in 2005.
The Janus program, named for the Roman god of war, doesn't use just clear glass with markings on it for following a battlefield situation. It instead uses tank, helicopter and soldier icons as well as typography and grid lines to indicate where equipment and troops are on the battlefield. This, several of the 48th soldiers said, is much better than doing it the old fashioned way using large sheets of paper, rulers and markers.
The exercise at Fort Stewart isn't the last for the brigade before its goes to NTC. In February, its soldiers will conduct simulated battle drills to test the decision making process from the brigade to the battalion and company

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Morgan is New Command Chief
Chief Master Sgt. Betty L.G. Morgan is the Georgia Air National Guard's newest command chief master sergeant. Selected to fill the top enlisted position, she succeeds Command Chief Master Sgt. Pearson Deloach who retires this month from military service.
Morgan was the Air Guard's human resources advisor at Headquarters, Georgia Air National Guard at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, before joining the Air Guard's executive staff and taking on the issues and concerns of the organization's 2,800 airmen.
This is not her first time as a command chief. Morgan, who has been with the Air Guard for 35 years, served as wing command chief of Savannah's 165th Airlift Wing.
In her civilian job, Morgan is a sixth grade language arts teacher at Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's W. Hubert Middle School. A teacher for 24 years, she has twice been named the New Future's Initiative Teacher of the Year. In 1988, her name was selected to appear in the national publication "Who's Who Among America's Best Teachers," and she is the recipient of the Woman of Achievement Award 2000 for the port city's Business and Professional Women's Organization Inc.
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Guardsmen Assist with International Competition
Fifteen Georgia Army National Guardsmen lent a hand in early December to coordinators of the American Open international weight lifting competition held at Savannah's Jenkins High School.
A team of 14 soldiers of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery in Savannah, assisted with getting the more than 212 competing athletes from Savannah International Airport to the high school. The Guardsmen also served as ushers for the event and changed out weights between each of the scheduled events.
Staff Sgt. Robert Hodgson supervised the soldiers during the three-day competition. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Shelly Huber, a budget analyst at Headquarters, STARC, sang the National Anthem during the event's opening ceremony. Capt. Randall Simmons, Battery B's commander, said the American Open provided his unit, the 118th and the National Guard a "great opportunity to be involved in with the community," while affording the public to see Guardsmen outside the usual military setting. Simmons said that, during the competition, more than 15 people talked with his soldiers and expressed an interest in becoming Guard members.
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Members of the Georgia Army National Guard Honor Guard move smartly past onlookers as the 35th Peach Bowl Parade gets underway in downtown Atlanta, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002. From the left are Spc.
Joel Williams, Staff Sgt. James Grady, Sgt. Shawn Dancler and Harry Smith. Williams, Dancler and Smith are members of Dalton's Company C, 108th Armor. Grady is with the Guard's Recruiting and Retention Command at Headquarters, State Area Command in Ellenwood. (Georgia National Guard
photo by Sgt. Roy Henry)
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Gray skies and wet weather weren't enought to keep the Gergia Army National Guard's Tommy Tent Peg and the Guard's newly formed Demonstration and Recruiting Team from participating in the 35th annual Peach Bowl Parade through downtown Atlanta, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002. Members of the DART
team manned the Guard's recruiting tools, the "Patriot" and "Orange Crush" Humvees. (Georgia National Guard photo by Sgt. Roy Henry)
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Recruiting Team, Honor Guard Participate in Bowl Festivities
The Georgia Army National Guard's Demonstration and Recruiting Team (DART) and the honor guard from 1st Battalion, 108th Armor didn't let gray, rainy skies keep them from participating in the 35th annual Peach Bowl Parade.
DART members, riding in the "Patriot" and "Orange Crush" recruiting Humvees, and the honor guard were part of the parade's lead element as it wound its way past CentennialOlympic Park and on to the Georgia Dome. Orange Crush seemed to cause excitement among University of Tennessee football fans there to see the parade. The Humvees bright orange paint is the same color worn by the Volunteer football team.
"It was quite an experience," said Pfc. Kimberly Bell, the youngest and newest member of the team. Bell, who only joined the team the day before the parade, drove the Patriot Humvee, from which the Guard's Tommy Tent Peg greeted the crowd as he passed by them. "Being part of an event like the Peach Bowl Parade and hearing the shouts of support from the crowd for the men and women in uniform really made it, for me, a day I'll always remember."
DART is a 10-member, mobile recruiting team established in November 2002 by the Georgia Army Guard for recruiting efforts in the metroAtlanta area. It assists the Guard's recruiting and retention force by conduction demonstrations, static displays and recruiting drives. Each team member represents a different MOS. This allows them to answer a variety of questions from persons the team encounters that show an interest in becoming Georgia Army Guardsmen. Staff Sgt. Miguel Rivera heads the team, with assistance from Staff Sgt. Hector Tirado. Other DART members are Sgt. Darryl Robinson, Sgt. Paul Wade, Sgt. Shawn Dantzler and Spc. Kathleen Roberts. The 108th Armor Honor Guard supports the team at events such as the Peach Bowl Parade. Dantzler, Spc. Harry Smith and Spc. Joe Williams make up the detail. Staff Sgt. James Grady of the Recruiting and Retention Division is its senior NCO.
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Georgia Army National Guard Officer Candidate Terence Caple dons a blue helmet and blue ascot signifying the next phase in the year-and-a-half officer candidate school program Sunday December 8, 2002. Several candidates reached this next phase known as "turning blue." (Georgia National Guard
photo by Sgt. Jeff Lowry)
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Date Set for Next OCS Orientation
The Georgia Army National Guard is continually looking for qualified, motivated and dedicated soldiers to attend its Officer Candidate School.
OCS accession packets can be obtained from the State Recruiting Office by calling 404-675-5269, by e-mailing a request to: (thomas.pomian@ga.ngb.army.mil) or from unit commanders. Unit commanders are encouraged to nominate soldiers for OCS and counsel them to make sure only qualified applicants apply.
OCS "Fast Track" packets must turned in to the Officer Management Team no later than Feb. 6 for the March Federal Recognition Board. State OCS packets must be turned in to Sgt. 1st Class Rodney Becton at RTI no later than March 3. Becton can be reached by calling 478-464-3229 or by e-mail at (Rodney.Becton@ga.ngb.army.mill)
Initial entry requirements for OCS are:
q Meet physical requirements as outlined in Chapter 2, AR 40-501. q Meet height and weight standards established in AR 600-9. q Valid Commissioning Physical within 6 months of reporting to OCS. q Passing score on the Army Physical Fitness Test. q Must be a citizen of the United States. q No record of undesirable convictions (May be waived). q College credits to enroll = 60 Semester or 90 Quarter hours (official transcript required). q College credits prior to commissioning = 90 Semester or 135 Quarter hours (official transcript
required). q Score of 850 (SAT) or 19 (ACT) (official transcript required). q GT score of 110 or higher in aptitude area on the ASVAB / AFCT. q Minimum of 18 years of age. q Maximum of 30 years upon time of graduation (Up to 35 years with a waiver by The Adjutant
General) up to but not including 40 years with waiver by the National Guard Bureau. q Must be commissioned before the 40th birthday with NGB waiver.
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Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Carter and Sgt. Hubert Smith, of LaGrange's 1177th Transportation Company, add items to the food basket to be given to a resident during the unit's first Guard Against Hunger Food Drive, Friday, Dec. 19, 2002. The Guardsmen put together about 25 packages for some of LaGrange's'
most needy families. Each box was filled with can goods, cake mix and frosting, flour, cornmeal and sugar. Also included in the holiday baskets were two Cornish hens or one turkey. Families with children received baby food and toys. Items for this year's food drive were for the soldiers and their families and
the LaGrange Kroger store. (Georgia National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. John Kinnaman)
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Marine Cpl. Michael Williams shakes hand and presents Georgia Army National Guard Officer Candidate TJ Pomian a Toys-for-Tots certificate as Officer Candidate Dustin Crapse and Marine Cpl. John Olds watch Thursday December 19, 2002. Pomian and Crapse are president and vice president of Officer Candidate School Class 42 in Macon. That class raised more than $400 worth of toys. Williams and Olds are stationed at Naval Air Station Atlanta with the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 42.
Georgia National Guard photo by Sgt. Jeff Lowry.
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Georgia Army National Guard Officer Candidates Chris Kehl, left, and Herbert Mihan camouflage each other's face during drill weekend Sunday December 8, 2002. Several candidates reached the next phase known as "turning blue." Kehl and Mihan failed to reach the next phase so they "turned green with envy." (Georgia National Guard photo by Sgt. Jeff Lowry)
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