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ll6TH PERFORMS A-T -- When the ll6th Toe Fighter Wing heaclecl for Savannah for its annual training, all the men knew their ;ob. However, one clay the roles got switchecl arouncl one/ a certain group of people wouncl up serving chow. In this photo, Col. S/acle "Chefl' Ellington serves up some Air Guarcl victuals in his new role. Other photos of the "mess hall crew" one/ other Air Guarcl activities begin on page 2.

GMt'S FIRST WOMAN GRADUATE -- Former Caclet one/ now 2ncl Lt. Jimmie Bailey fooks over personnef strength in the Georgia Army Guard's Recruiting one/ Retention OHice in Atfanta. Lt. Bailey grac/uatec/ with her classmates of GMI' s Class 14 on August 30. She is the first female gracluate of the school. Story one/ photos of the GMI graduation one/ annual training appear on page 7.

BEING AN AGGRESSOR CAN BE FUN -- These men are on their way to a local famous-name hamburger stone/ to insure that they have it their way when orclering the foocl. Actually these are aggressors of Troop E. 348th Cavalry, 48th lnf. Brigade in Griffin one/ Newnan. They are participating in a tactical problem to challenge the skills of the regular forces. The men are (/-r) SPS William Parks, Franklin; Lt. Wencla/1 McMillan, Griffin, one/ Sgt. Jerrell Jones, Newnan.

A MESSAGE FROM MAJ. GEN. BILLY M. JONES

My Fellow Guardsmen:
Since becoming your AJ;utant General ten months ago, I have observed the continuing spirit of cooperation and dedication in the Georgia National Guard that makes our organization so viable and effective. I have also observed in my association with the military, that people make it function. The machines, weapons and vehicles cannot operate without men and women to program and guide them. For this very basic reason, recruiting and retention become two of our primary ob;ectives.
To keep our Army Guard personnel strength up and to assist those units that are below JOO per cent, General West and I are asking that all Army units achieve 100 per cent, plus fill any anticipated

vacancies within 180 Jays of termination of service. I am placing a deadline of 31 March 1976 for achieving this goal. The Army Guard Recruiting and Retention Office has assembled two teams to travel in North and South Georgia to help unit commanders achieve total involvement by unit members in this campaign.
In the Air National Guard, we have assigned quotas to the units for this fiscal year that will bring them up to their required strength. These quotas are part of a nation-wide drive by the Air National Guard to reach and maintain its authorized strength.
I am sure that all of you in the Army and Air Guard will give your best in helping to maintain 100 per cent strength levels in the Georgia National Guard to keep us combat ready.

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Vke (ieorgia (iuarJJman

September- October 1975
HONORABLE GEORGE BUSBEE
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
MAJ GEN BILLY M. JONES
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
COL DOUGLAS EMBRY (GANG, RET)
INFORMATION OFFICER
CAPT RUFUS R. BARBER, JR.
EDITOR

OUR COVER
An artist's rendition of the I 16th Toe Fighter Wing's F-100 Supe.-. sabers fly ing by Stone Mountain graces the cover of th is edition of the GUARDSMAN. This beautiful artwork was done by Maj. Bill Ridley, Intelligence Officer for the 116th. Maj. Ridley was a fulltime commercial artist before coming to work for the Georgia Air Guard. The GEORGIA GUARDSMAN is a publication of the State of Georg ia, Department of Defense, Mil itary Division. It is published in the interest of the Georgia Notional Guard and d i st ri but ed free to all members of Federally-recogni zed units of the Georg ia Army and A i r Nat ional Guard. The GUARDSMAN uses Arm e d Forces Press Serv ice, Anny News Feature s, Army News Photo Features and the National Guard Association of the Un ited States Press Service.

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116TH TAC FIGHTER WING
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This page and the next three give you a pictorial display of the Georgia Air Guard's 116th Tactical Fighter Wing during the unit's 1975 annual training. It takes every man doing his job and doing it well to meet the goals of an annual training period. These photos show a lot of hard work and a strong sense of cooperation in all the women and men of the 116th.

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125-Year-Old Traditions Live On at GMI

by CPT Paul Sinor

Like a butterfly awaiting the transfiguration from a caterpillar the Georgia Military Institute lay dormant from the end of the Civil War until its rebirth in 1961 in Milledgeville.
Founded in 1851 as a school to train the young men of wealthy Georgia families to become military officers, it was not uncommon to see men accompanied to the school by their personal servants. Once there, however, the servants returned home and the rigors of a Iife at the "West Point" of the South began in earnest for these young men.
The school was originally located on a hill overlooking the present city of Marietta. All that remains of the original school is a sketch drawn by one of Gen. Sherman's men during the March to the Sea, and a small cannon retrieved from a salvage dealer for the sum of $110.00. The sketch is now in the private collection of one cadet's descendants and the final resting place for the cannon is the Confederate Cemetery in Marietta.
During the dark days preceding the Civi I War, the Cadets of G.M.I. trained in earnest for the inevitable. They were to volunteer as a corps on many occasions but they did not see battle until the conflict neared Georgia.
The Cadets saw their first battle as the Confederate Army fought to keep the opposing forces from crossing the border from Tennessee into Georgia. It was during the battles around Chattanooga, Dalton and Resaca that the Cadets were committed to battle. Although they did not lose any k ilied to enemy fire, the Northern troops were not so Iucky.
An officer in the Indiana Cavalry made note of the valor of the G.M.I. Cadets in a diary that was published after the war.

Falling back to resupply, the Cadets were sent to West Point for a brief stay before becoming a part of the defense of the city of Atlanta.
It was during the battle for the city that G.M.I. suffered its first casualty. Cadet Alexander was the first to give his life for the Confederate cause. He was not to be the last. In the days that followed, both hostile fire and disease took their toll among the young men from Georgia.
Although the senior class took to the field in 1863, many graduates of previous classes were to distinguish themselves in the war.
Earlier classes had produced at least two General Officers for the Confederacy. George P. Harrison reached the rank of Brigadier General by the age of 22, and Pierce M.B. Young attained the status of Major General.
As the war drew to an end, the Cadets moved further toward the coast in an effort to keep up the fight. As Savannah fell, the Cadets moved to North Carolina to join forces with Gen. Johnston. By the time they reached him, he had surrendered his army and the war was over. Until they were given the word of the final surrender, the Cadets of G.M.I. were the last combatants east of the Mississippi.
The story of G .M.I. did not end with the fa II of the Confederacy.
A futile attempt by the Alumni to reorganize the school failed for a lack of funds in 1873. The school was moved to Milledgeville in 1889 where another unsuccessfu I attempt was made to reopen the school.
Almost one hundred years after the last class of Cadets passed from the school, G.M.I. was given new life at the Milledgeville National Guard Armory,
January of 1961 dawned as a new chapter in the Iife of G.M.I. for it was then that the school was reopened and Class Jtl assembled for the purpose of becoming Officers in the Georgia Nat iona I Guard.
Since John Bradford accepted the first commission in 1854, over one thousand cadets have been commissioned from G.M.I. Officers from the rolls of G.M.I. are serving in both the active mi Iitary service and the Guard.
Class Jtl has provided Officers up to the rank of LTC for the Army and Major for the National Guard. Like the Civil War, VietNam has claimed the lives of several graduates.
As the men of the original class of G.M.I. look upon their old school this year they see for the first time women and blacks as cadets in the classes at G.M.I. These cadets carry forward the trod it ion that was established during the 1850's in Marietta.

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GMI Graduates Twenty-seven

The Georgia Army National Guard graduated 27 officer candidates from the Georgia Military Institute in ceremonies at The Quality Inn North in Macon on August 30. Twenty-two of the graduates -- one of whom is a female -- were commissioned second lieutenants. The other five graduates will be commissioned at a later date.
Major General Billy M. Jones, The Adjutant General of Georgia and Commander of the 12,5 00-man Georgia National Guard, made the commencement address to Class Fourteen of GMI. Gen. Jones said "These graduates of Class F ourteen have had excellent training at the Institute at Milledgeville and will be of invaluable service to the Georgia Army National Guard."
The school, which was established in 1961, has graduated more than 400 Army National Guard officers. It is headquartered at the Carl Vinson Training Center (National Guard Armory) in Milledgeville.
The graduating cadets, from 24 Georgia communities , completed their final two-weeks of active duty training at the Georgia Military College in Milledgeville on July 27 . Most of the new Guard officers returned to their hometown units to fill positions such as platoon leaders.
The graduates are Rufus E. Bacon, Pembroke; Jimmie J. Bailey, Austell; Lawrence D. Boden, College Park; Edwin R. Braswell, Chula; Charles A. Disher, Macon; Roy L. Drake, Jr., Columbus; Timothy K. Driskell, Forsyth; Andrew C. Durden, III, Newnan; Henry D. Fitzgerald , Jr., Bainbridge; William T. Glover, Tifton; James L. Goolsby, Griffin; Dani el W. Gordon, Stone Mountain; James R. Griffin, Macon; Kenneth N. Hackney , Dalton; Emory R. Johnson , Tifton; John K. Marshall,

Eatonton; Richard C. Murphy~ Augusta; Charles D. McNeill, Monroe; Robert D. O'Barr, Americus; Terrell D. Piotrowski, Athens; James H. Pruitt, Jr., Eastman; Allen E. Reams, Savannah; Joseph H. Roberson, Augusta; Louis F. Samples, Lithonia; Robert L. Starley, Cochran; Kenneth B. Wilkes, Athens; Albert S, Wilson, Jr. , Ivey.
Honor graduates of the Georgia Army Notional Guard officer candidate school proudly display their trophies at graduation ceremonies. Those honored were (rt to left) Roy L. Droke, Jr., Columbus, "Minute Man Trophy" as the Outstanding Graduate; Daniel Gordon, Stone Mountain, "Association of the United States Army Leadership Plaque;" James Gaol sby, Griffin, "The Erickson Trophy" for academic excellence; James Griffin, Macon, "Tactical Officers Trophy" for command ability; William Glover, Tifton, "The Billy Stripling Aworrl' as the most improved graduate; and Henry Fitzgerald, Bainbridge, "Instructor's Trophy."

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GMI ANNUAL TRAINING '75 -- Rigorous training was the theme of this summer's GMI annual training, as it is with every GMI summer camp. In these photos, cadets ore learning repelling and receiving concentrated weapons training. (photo by Cadet David All en)
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NEWS BRIEFS
PHYSICAL FITNESS A MUST The Chief of the National Guard
Bureau, MG L.E. Weber , in a letter to all NG Adjutants General called for all commanders to put emphasis on the physical fitness of National Guardsmen . " In spite of our many accompl ishments/' Gen . Weber said, "we continue to evade our respon sib ility for the physical fitness of our personnel."
The Bureau Chief said that the responsibility for physical fitness lies primarily with the individual even though command attent ion is required to insure that certain standards are met.
Gen. Weber said that a program from the Guard Bureau outlining the necessary instructions and guidance for implementation of a satisfactory physical fitness program is on its way to all Army and Air Guard units.
FIVE ANG-MEN RECEIVE AWARDS Five recently retired Air Guards-
men were cited for outstanding achievement and service in the Air National Guard. The citation accom ponying the awards said the five diligently applied their extensive military knowledge in the perfamance of their assigned duties and that their efforts contributed greatly to the combat ready posture of the Georgia Air National Guard.
Those receiving the award were Col. Charles E. Miller , 765th Tactical Airlift Group , CMSgt. William M. 5app, 765th Combat Support Squadron; SMSgt. Roscoe J. Alderman, 165th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron; SMSgt. Frank H. Holt, 765th Communications F Iight and MSgt . James D. Beard of the 765th Mobility Support Flight.
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PROUD 0 WNER l st. Sgt. Leroy Allen, 159th Aviation
Company, shows oil his single-engine airplane which he purchased with his National Guarcl pay. With money tight toclay, many Guardsmen are lincling that check comes in hancly not only to buy those "extras", but often to buy more essential items.
JONES PRESENTS AWARD TO ARR IV COMMANDER
MG Billy M. Jones, The Adjutant General ol Ga., pins the Georgia Distinctive Service Meclal on MG Salve H. Matheson, retiring Commander ol Army Readiness Region IV at Ft. Gillem, Ga. AG's from Alabama one/ Florida one/ First Army Commander James G. Kalergis attenclecl the August l3 ceremony. (U.S. Army Photo)
130 YEARS OF SERVICE These lather-son teams represent more than 130 years ol military service. They are (f. to r.) CW4 Isaac Bittick one/ his son SP5 Rodney Bittick; Col. J.M. McLendon, Dep. Brigade Co'mmancler, one/ his son SP6 Larry McLendon; CW4 J . F. Wingers one/ his son Major Johnny Wingers. All are Maconites one/ are members ol Headquarters Company, 48th Infantry Brigade, Macon.
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KENNESAW GUARDSMEN RECEIVE AWARDS -- MSgt. Lenclon Gibbs, J29th Tactical Control Squaclron in Kennesaw, receivecl the Georgia Distinctive Service Mec/al from Asst. AG for Air, Col. Ben Patterson, cluring ce.remonies in July. Other members of the unit who receivecl the Tactical Air Commancl Certificate of Appreciation are SSgt. Jeff Lathum, SSgt. William Hare/in, Sgt. C/ifforcl Thrower, Sgt. Daniel Burns, Sgt. Jerry Foster, Sgt. Melvin Wacle, SSgt. Robert Kelley.

LOTSA PROPS-Now here's a gal of great PROPortions with a PROPitious PROPosition. Lovely Laura Zega, the PROPeller's PROPrietress, struck this PROPular pose at Florida's Sunken Gardens to airlert folks that November 21st marks the beginning of International Aviation Month.

GOV. GIVES OATH TO AIR GUARDSWOMEN -- Three young females are sworn into the Georgia Air National Guarcl in June by Governor George Busbee, the Guarcl' s Commancler-in-Chief, at ceremonies at the State Capitol. Governor Busbee gave the enlistment oath to Janice M. Connet, 23, Patricia E. Wray, 27, ancl Eva M. Webb, 27, all currently resicling in Stone Mountain. The girls will become aircraft control ancl warning operators of the J29th Tactical Control Squaclron of the Georgia Air National Guarcl, Kennesaw, Georgia. After completing basic ancl aclvance training, the Guarclswomen will monitor raclar scopes to plot positions of aircraft ancl lorwarcl this information to higher echelons of commancl. All three are employees of Southern Bell Telephone Company ancl were recruitecl by TSgt: Jack Tooley.

NGB CHIEF'S "50" AWARD SSgt. Harold W. Moore, Det. 1, Co. A, 560th Engineer Battalion, Columbus, receives the Chier s Awarcllrom the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, MG La Vern E. Weber. SSgt. Moore was the Top Army National Guard Recruiter in Georgia for FY 1975. SSgt. Moore's wife is standing with him during the ceremonies at the Pentagon in Washington.

NEWS BRIEFS continued
$13,473 FOR GALLERY At the 97th General Conference
of the NGAUS helcl in Seattle in Sept., Gen. Jones presentee/ the Association with a check for 13,473 dollars for construction of the Nationa I Guard Heritage Gallery in Washington. Representing 100 per cent of all Georgia Army and Air National Guard units, the money will be added to that from other States to assist in the building. The Gallery is expected to open in 1976. It will establish the relationship between today's National Guard and the militia in the original colonies prior to and during the Revolutionary War. It will be located on the main floor of the National Guard Memorial at One Massachusetts Ave. in Washington.
COMM OFFICER GRADUATES WITH HONORS
Second Lt. Robert W. Beach, newly assigned Communications Officer with the 165th Communi cations Flight, Savannah Municipal Airport, recently received his Gold Bars as he graduated with honors from the Air National Guard Academy of Military Sciences, McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN. The Academy of Military Sciences is the equivalent of the United States Air Force Officer Training School.
Lt. Beach is a graduate of Jacksonville University and is a mathematics teacher at Jacksonville Episcopal High School, Jacksonville, Florida.

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GA. GUARDSMEN TRAIN IN TEXAS - SP5 Charlie Pritchett and Sgt. Robert T. Tharpe, 148th Support Battalion, place their "patient'' in the vehicle converted to ambulance during medical specialist training in Texas this summer. Thirty-two Guardsmen from Forsyth's 148th Support Battalion, ancl Hq, 48th Infantry Brigade attendee/ the U.S. Army's Academy of Health Sciences at Fort Sam Houston, Texas as their annual training. About half the thirty-two Guardsmen that attended the school received their Medical Specialist MOS (91B10) upon completion of the Basic Health Services Course. This was the first time Guardsmen and Reservists have been allowed to attend the medical course by fulfilling part of the course requirements at home station. The Georgia Army Guardsmen were the very first to attend under this program.
WIFE ENLISTS HUSBAND SSgt. Carol Manley, a recruiter for the Georgia Army National Guard, stands with her husband, Vernon ( ctr} as he is sworn in to the Georgia Anny Guard on August 7 at National Guard Headquarters in Atlanta. I st Lt. Wenda// McMillan, Griffin, performs the swearing-in. Sgt. Manley is a native ol Fayetteville and now resides in Atlanta. Her husband is a veteran of 13 years of military service in the Army, Air Force and Coast Guard.
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