The Georgia guardsman [Vol. 25, no. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 1975)]

(Left) Sgt. Ben;amin Livesay makes a pitch to Guardsmen during one of the Army Guard's Motivational Team presentations. The story anc/ more photos begin on page 5. (Right) Members of Atlanta's 166th Lt. Maintenance Company serve chow during a weekend field training exercise. More photos of 166th activity appear on page 12.
LETTERS

202ND GUARDSMAN RECEIVES MEDAL -- MSgt. Wallace Harris, 202nc/ Electronics Installation Squadron, Macon, received the Georgia Distinctive Service Medal from the Acl;utant General, MG Billy M. Jones, during ceremonies in June. Sergeant Harris was citeel for his professionalism in the area of materiel control one/ supply support. He is the Unit Supply NonCommissionec/ Officer. He has served tours with the 202nc/ one/ the Air Force in the Pacific area, Europe, one/ the Mic/c/le East.

A GEORGIA GUARDSMAN magazine readership survey of some 600 Guardsmen across the State has revealed that a Letters To The Editor section is desired by those who read the magazine. More than a year ago I ran a column asking for letters. I got exactly no letters . When I do v1s1t units and during annual training I hear many Guardsmen

complain about everything from the food to the weather to pay . If you have a gripe or complaint or maybe some praise, right here is the place it should be if you feel others ought to know about it. All lette rs should be signed. Mail them to Editor, GEORGIA GUARDSMAN , P 0 Box 17965, Atlanta 3031 6.
The Editor

A MESSAGE FROM

MAJ. GEN. BILLY M. JONES

My Fellow Guarclsmen:
This past year has been a highly successful one for the Georgia National Guarcl. I have seen our level of combat readiness continue to climb in spite of personnel turnovers ancl changes in equipment ancl mission.
One of the most recent changes in the Army Guarcl has been the acquisition of a heavy helicopter company, equipped with the remarkable CH.S4 Skycrane, ancl a 50-man Communications platoon lor the 48th Brigade.
Another change in the Army Guarcl came in early December when the 48th Brigade became alliliatecl with 24th Division at Ft. Stewart uncler terms agreecl upon by myself ancl the commanding general of the 24th .The Brigacle will become an integral part of the clivision if the division is mobilized.
The Air Guarcl flying units have maintained their perfect flying safety recorcl while continuing to qualify aircrews ancl fly tactical lighter ancl airlift missions. All ANG units have proven themselves highly professional by their continued excellence on operational

reacliness inspections ancl their participation in ;oint exercises, such as Brave Shielcl XIII helcl recently in FIori cia.
An analysis of our past year's work cannot be complete without examining areos in neecl of improvement.
We have hac/ moderate success in recruiting over the year. At the encl of December, the Air Guarcl strength was at 95 percent ancl the Army Guarcl strength at 101 percent. The ligures reflect overall success but there are units that neecl to pull their share of the loacl. Combat reacliness is not measured by the total but by the strength ancl weaknesses of eoch unit. Our "chain" cannot be totally souncl if there is even one weak link.
I ask each one of you to give me ancl your commancler your continued support ancl loyalty. I, in turn, pleclge to help make your service in the Georgia National Guarcl a rewarding ancl satisfying experience as we renew our cleclication to our mission of training to protect the lives ancl property of our fellow Americans.

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Vke f}eorgia f}uarJ3man

OUR COVER

November - December 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

A replica of today's Minuteman shores "guard'' duties with a likeness of the Minuteman Statue during the Southeastern State Fair held in Atlanta in September and October. The National Guard display won second place for th.e best exhibit. (photo by Sgt. Kevan F orr ell, I 24th PI D)
The GEORGIA GUARDSMAN is o publication of the State of Georgia, Department of Defense, Military Division. It fs pubIi shed in the interest of the Georgia Notional Guard and distributed free to all members of Federally-recognized units of the Georgia Army and Air National Guard. The GUARDSMAN uses Armed Forces Press Service, Army News Features, Army News Photo Features and the National Guard Association of the United States Press Service.

NOV - DEC 1975

Vietnam Vet Selected

Top Guardsman

A Vietnam veteran and pilot with the Georgia Air National Guard has been awarded the S. Ernest Vandiver Trophy as the most outstanding Georgia National Guardsman.
Capt. Samuel C. J orgensen of the 116th Tactical Fighter Wing was presented the Trophy by Maj. Gen. Billy M. Jones , The Adjutant General , in ceremonies at Dobbins Air Force Base, in October.
Capt. Jorgensen was cited for his "sound judgment and dedication to duty." He was also praised for effecting "a cost saving reorganization of publications distribution" and updating "all applicable directives used in operation decision-making."
Capt. Jorgensen graduated from the University of Delaware in 1966 and joined the Air Force in December of that year. After attending Officer Training School and Pilot Training, he served in Vietnam from Nov. 22, 1968 to Dec. 17, 1969. He joined the Georgia Air Guard in April, 1974.

Copt. Jorgensen {rt) and his wife, Harriett, stand beside the Trophy,

Quick Response
Saves Life
Officer I.C. Brown failed to answer the telephone at his guard pos1t1on at the State Prison at J ackson. SP4 Nathaniel Clark, who is a correction officer at the prison and also member of Co. D, 878th Engineers, rushed to the tower. There he found Brown unconscious and apparently suffering from a heart attack. Reca lling his first aid instruction he had received in the National Guard , Clark immediately called for help and began a heart massage until relieved by the instit\ltion doctcr. Brown was rushed to the hospital and placed in intensive care. He is now recuperating at home.
Medical personnel at the hos ptal praised Clark for his quick response and credited him for saving Brown's life.
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SKYCRANES ASSIGNED TO ARMY GUARD

Helicopters capable of lifting 20,000 pounds of cargo are being assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard and will be based at the former Albany aval Air Station.
The aircraft, CH-54 "Skycranes: carry their 20,000pound cargo in pods slung beneath the "spider-like" body or they can hoist 15,000 pounds by cable. The Skycrane has a crew of four: a pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer and hoist operator.
The new unit receiving the helicopters is called the 1160th Transportation Company (Heavy Helicopter). It is scheduled for activation on February 1. One hundred fifty Guardsmen will be assigned to the unit. The annual federal income from both civilian and military positions brought into the Albany area is projected to be more than $1,205,000.
A total of nine CH-54' s will be assigned to the new helicopter company. Twenty-two aircraft will be ultimately assigned to the facility. In addition to the Skycranes, there will be a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter and OH-58 Kiowa helicopters at the Aviation Facility.
Sixty-one full-time federal civil service technicians will be employed at the facility.
Major General Billy M. Jones, Adjutant General of Georgia, said the Albany facilities were leased from the General Services Administration at no cost. Other factors leading to his selection of the Albany facility, General Jones said, are "its location in relation to the military units being supported, availability of facilities suitable to aviation operations and potential manpower in the vicinity."
Georgia already has the most sophisticated fixed wing aircraft in the Army Guard inventory -- the turboprop OVl "Mohawk" surveillance aircraft assigned to military intelligence companies of the Army Guard

Skycranes like this one from an Army hel icapter company at Ft. Benning will be assigned to the Georgia Army Guard. This CH-54 is delivering a Mohawk aircraft to Winder for use by the Army Guard's I58th Ml Co. in maintenance training.
located at the Winder Airport and at Dobbins Air Force Base. The State has 35 of these twin-engined aircraft which are capable of infra-red photography and have side-looking radar.

Wee Pals
I THINK WE'P BETTER
CALL "THE NPITIONAL.
GUARP,MUL

WHAT AA.E 'tOU ~NG- ABOUT NIPPER
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Morrie Turner

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GEORGIA GUARD REWARDS ITS TROOPS

by CPT Paul Sinor

The Adjutant calls "Attention to Orders," and everyone stands. This is a familiar sight to almost everyone who has served in the military. They may have been watching as a friend was decorated for valor or achievement or perhaps they were the ones to receive the award. Although the number of awards given by the National Guard are fewer than the active services, the National Guard does reward its members with timely and appropriate decorations.
In addition to the awards given by the United States to personnel in the guard, the State of Georgia has authorized the issuance of five state medals, two for valor and three for achievement.
The Georgia Meritorius Service Medal and the Georgia Medal for Valor are both given for heroism while not on Federal active duty. Both have very stringent requirements for being given the award and are looked upon as a measure of a person's dedication to his unit, his state and his fellow man.
A Guardsman may be rewarded for his job performance by either of four Georgia medals: the Georgia Distinctive Service Medal, the Georgia Commendation Medal, the Georgia National Guard Service Medal, and the Distinguished Foreign Service Medal.
With the exception of the Foreign Service Medal all of these would be given for achievement while a member of the Georgia National Guard while not on Federal active duty.
In order to receive the Foreign Service Medal, a person must have entered active duty from and returned to a unit of the Georgia Guard. He must have also been given a unit citation from the United States or an allied foreign government while on act'ive duty.

In addition, the Vandiver Trophy 1s given each year to the most outstanding Georgia Guardsman. No medal or ribbon is given with this awurd, however.
There was a time when medals from sources other than the United States or the State of Georgia were given to members of the Guard.
During the period after the Spanish-American war and up until World War II it was not uncommon for a local community to reward the actions of the hometown National Guard unit with a medal of its own design after the unit returned from combat.
Almost every veteran who participated in the Mexican Border War and in World War I received a medal from the citizens of his community when he returned home.
Another group that presented thousands of medals to paructpants in these early wars was the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Around the turn of the century this organization designed the United Daughters of the Confederacy Service
Cross. This cross was to be given to any lineal descendant of a veteran of the Confederate Army or Navy who served in combat. All the recipient had to do to claim his medal was to prove his Confederate ancestry and show proof of the fact that he had been in combat. Over one hundred thousand of these have been awarded to veterans from the Spanish American War to the Vietnam War.
The purpose of any award is to recognize the achievement of accomplishment of an individual or unit. Whether the award is one given by the citizens of Forsyth to the Quitman Guard or the Congressional Medal of Honor given to an individual during the war in Vietnam, the recipient takes pride in the fact that his service to his State and Nation has been recognized.

48TH SIGNAL PLATOON ENLISTS FIRST MEMBERS -MG Billy M. Jones, The Acljutant General, swears in two of the JS members of the 48th Signal Platoon sworn in on Dec. J. BG Hole/en C. West, Asst. AG for Army, looks on. The new unit, part of Macon's 48th Brigac/e will be basec/ in Atlanta at the National Guarc/ reservation. The unit is authorized SJ men with more than 30 of those positions calling for skillec/ raclio communications personnel. Through a newspaper acl anc/ the efforts ol CPT Paul Sinor anc/ SP4 Harley R. Beck of the Brigac/e, the unit startec/ its first c/rill assembly with J5 men. Some are newrecruits anc/ some are prior service.
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ARMY GUARD ENDS YEAR WITH RECRUITING DRIVE

The coaches for this year's Ga. Army Guard team and the quarterback pose for pictures before the big game. Actually, these men are (1-r) MG Billy M. Jones, The Adjutant General; Cal. O'dell J. Scruggs, Chief of Staff; and BG Hoi den C. West, As st. AG for Army. The occasion was the kickoff of the Ga. Army Guard's intensive recruiting drive. The goal of the drive is 2256 new enlistee s/ reenlistments by March I, 1976.

An intensive campaign to obtain 2256 enlistees/ reenlistrr.ents by March 1st is underway in the Georgia Army Guard. This and other recruiting efforts are displayed on this page and the next two . Many hours are being devoted to keeping units at or above 100 percent strength. Motivational T earns are now traveling to all parts of the State to assist unit recruiters and commanders in garnering reenlistments.

BG Holden C. West, Asst. AG for Army, looks on as two members of the ROTC unit at South Cobb High School are sworn in to the Georgia Army Guard.

Gerita Shelnutt, 17, is sworn in to the

159th Military Intelligence Company, Ga.

Army National Guard, by Col. Bob Sprayberry,

State Avi at ion Officer while her father CW4

F. G. Shelnutt, looks on. After Basic Training

at Ft. Jackson, S.C., she will attend

advanced individual training at Ft. Huachuca,

Arizona, where she wi II be the first female

from the Reserve Components to attend the

Airborne Sensor Specialist Course. Upon

returning from Ft. Huachuca, she will fly

as a crewmember in the OV-1 Mohawk with

a primary duty as operalor of electronic

and sensory equipment.

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Recruiting is hard work...
After watching two mole ROTC cadets sworn in to the Anny Guard, Gen. West makes a recru it ing pitch to an all - femol e color guard at the ceremony.

Col. John McGowan, Acting Commandant of GMI, Ieaves on Army Guard heIi copter and gets ready for his next presentation to on Army Guard unit. Col. McGowan visits units around the state and encourages Guardsmen to oppl y for the Georgi a Army Notional Guard Officer Tra ini ng Program.
Motivation Teams Seek Reenlistments
Sgt. Ben jamin Live say, a member of C Co. , 108th Armor in Dolton, explains benefits to Guard smen during a visit of his Motivational Team to a Guard unit. Two teams cover the entire State showing Guardsmen advantages for remaining in the Guard and encouraging those who hove reenlisted to recruit others.

S 1 Colvin Thomas ( 1) of the State RRO and SMSgt. James J!rdon recruiter for the I 16th Toe Fighter Wing stand between
repl ic~s of the old and new militia on displ ~ ot th~ South-
easter n Stol e Fair in Atlanta in October. The do splay oncluded 0 recruiting booth and an exhibition of Georgia Not ional Guard art ifacts doting bock to the War Between the States.
SP4 Harley Beck talks to two women ot the Go. Army Guard Recruiting Booth at the Macon Fair. (Right) Vis itors to the Foir look over a Go. Army Guard OH- SS helicopter on di spl oy.

HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS PARTICIPATE IN MINIMESTER PROGRAM -- TSgt. James Estes, Avionics Navigation Equipment Technician, demonstrates Airborne Rac/io Equipment to Jimmy Lockhart anc/ Mark Neville, Seniors from Savannah Christian School, Savannah, Georgia. Jimmy anc/ Mark participated in a work experie~ce pro;ect with the l65th Tactical Airlift Group, Georgia Air National Guarc/, c/uring their school's Mini-Mester Program c/uring October 28-31. Jimmy anc/ Mark workec/ in the Aircraft Rac/io Shop of the Aircraft Maintenance Area to gain work experience for the Program. They saic/ the experience was interesting, enioyable anc/ educational. Jimmy is the son of Mr. anc/ Mrs. J.E. Lockhart of 2337 Fleet Street, Savannah, Georgia. Mark is the son of Mr. anc/ Mrs. Bennie E. Neville of 6405 LaRoche Ave, Savannah, Georgia.
ELBERTON UNIT ENLISTS FIRST FEMALE MEMBER -PVT Myra Faye Higginbotham, Elberton, is sworn in as a member of Headquarters Battery, l st Battalion, 2l4th Artillery. Her brother, Lt. Col. Charles Dixon of Ft. Bragg, N.C. gives her the enlistment oath. She will be a finance clerk after completing basic training anc/ ac/vancec/ inc/ivic/ual training. PVT Higginbotham is the first woman ever to be assignee/ to the Elberton unit. 8

NEWS BRIEFS
GUARDSMEN COME TO RESCUE When a Floyc/ County family's
water supply c/riec/ up, Guarc/smen from Co. A, l st Battalion, lOBth Armor, Rome, came to the rescue.
Capt. Robert Moss, unit commander, hac/ a water tanker sterilized, fillec/ with water anc/ movec/ to the family's home. While the water supply was replenished, the unit mac/e plans to assist the family in tying in to the county water system which is with in a few hunc/rec/ feet of the house. Volunteers from the unit hopec/ to help the family by seeking c/onations from the public.
Capt. Moss and !Sgt. Calvin Cooper check the water tank.
CO. D, 560TH OUTSTANDING Designation as the "Most Out-
standing Unit of the 265th Engineer Group" was given to Co. D, 560th Engineer Battalion, Thomasville following 1975 Annual Training. The Company was also awarc/ec/ a plaque for the best company training in 1975 anc/ was namec/ the best overall unit of the 560th Battalion. The best administration aware/ was also presentee/ to Sgt. James E. Brooks, Thomasville, anc/ Sgt. James Carman, Bainbridge, for their administrative work.
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THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

Journal Achievement

Technician Retirement

Awards Presented

Bill Now Reality
More than 800 Georgia National Guard technicians and thousands from other States have been granted full credit for past technician service on their Civil Service retired pay.
The goal was reached on ovember 12, when President Ford signed Senate Bill 584, converting it into Public Law 94-126. By its terms, technicians will receive credit for 100 percent of their p.re-1969 technician service for retired pay purposes instead of the 55 percent previously allowed.
Amendments inserted by the House and accepted by the Senate place three conditions or restrictions on the computations. First, there will be no retroactive "catchup" payments; those already retired will find future monthly checks increased, but the increases will not be paid for periods prior to December I, 1975. Second, only those individuals who were in technician status on or after January I, 1969 will be entitled to recomputation of their retired pay. Third, technicians entitled to retired pay from State retirement systems will have their Federal Civil Service annuities reduced by the amount of their technician-related State annuities.

Three qeorgia Army Guardsmen received Atlanta Journal Achievement Awards in December for demonstrating high qualities of leadership.
MSgt. Bernard J. Kenemer, Calhoun; Sgt. Dennis P. Burgess, Savannah; and PFC Antoine F. Quibeuf, Augusta were selected by their units to receive the awards, gold medallions set in lucite blocks. Selection is also based on exhibition of such traits as citizenship, loyalty, knowledge of their military occupational specialty, reliability, judgment, and common sense. Three Army Reservists also received awards.
MSgt. Kenemer is an operations , Training and Readiness Specialist in HQ, 1st Bn, 108th Armor. He joined the Guard in 1954.
Sgt. Burgess enlisted in Headquarters Battery, 118th Field Artillery Group in 1971. He is employed as a Carpenter Foreman in a construction firm in Savannah.
SP4 Quibeuf joined the 1148th Transportation Company in 1974. He was born in La Baule, Loire-Atlantic, France in 1955. He is employed as a salesman for John J. Miller Co. in Augusta.

TEAM SPENDS DAY WITH GUARDSMEN -- The Miclget Football Tearn sponsored by Support Company, 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry in Milleclgeville, inspects equipment ancl weapons cluring their clay-long visit with the unit. Tearn members firecl blanks in the M-60 machinegun ancl the M- 16 rifle. Each received a "Guardsman For A Day" certificate. A football was also presentee/ to the team.
NOV - DEC 1975

INFANTRYMAN IN LEGION PARADE -- Guardsmen from Milleclgeville' s Support Company, 1st Bn, 121 st Infantry, clrive jeeps ancl a 10-ton truck in the town's Veteran's Day Poracle sponsored by the local American Legion Post. In aclclition to the vehicles pictured, the unit also clisplayecl 3 M15l jeeps with 106 millimeter recoilless rifles.
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KP FOR THE CADETS These cadets from the ROTC unit of Marietta's Sprayberry High school work eel in the mess hall cluring a weekencl assembly of the ll6th Toc Fighter Wing. MSgt. Henry Bagley (for rt.) got clearance for his icleo to let the cadets work in the mess hall oncl then approached the clirector of the ROTC program at the high school. Sixteen cadets volunteered to get a "taste" of military life by working live hours in the mess hall uncler MSgt. Kemp Dickerson, Mess Sgt. After their work was finished, the coclets were given a tour of the Air Guorcl facilities at Dobbins. Some enjoyecl the experience so much that they returnee/ on Sunday. MSgt. Bagley is First Sergeant for the 116th Consoliclotecl Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

GM/ CADETS HOST PARTY FOR KIDS Cadets of Closs 15 of thr: Georgia Military Institute ploy Santo Claus to 125 chilclren at Central State Hospital at Milleclgeville. The Coclets collected money one/ gifts to give to the youngsters during the Christmas Party
helcl on Dec. 20. The party is on annual event sponsored
by the Georgia Notional Guorcl Officer Concliclote School locotecl at the Carl Vinson Training Center in Milleclge ville.

BROKEN WING AWARD Warrant Officer Joe Kennedy, ll40th Transportation Company in Winder, receives the Broken Wing Aworcl from Gen. Jones, The Acljutont General WO Kennedy successfully lonclecl a Georgia Army Notional Guarcl he/ icopter alter losing power. Kennecly, the only person aboorcl the croft, outo-rototecl to a sole lancling without any injury to himself or clamoge to the aircraft.

THOMPSON BUILDING DEDICATED

Maj. Gen.

Charles S. Thompson, Georgia Air Notional Guorcl

(Retirecl), points to the plaque on the newly completed

Thompson Training Building at the lJ6th Tactical

Fighter Wing Heoclquorters at Dobbins, AFB, Marietta.

The $2 million project, cleclicotecl in November, convertecl

one-thircl of the hangar space to office oncl training areas.

Gen. Thompson, who commanclecl a bomb-group in the

Chino-Burma-lnclio theater in WWII, was commander of

the 116th Military Airlift Wing from 7965 to 1971. He

was one of the original members of the Georgia Air

Guorcl when it was formecl at Concller Fielcl in Atlanta

in 7941.

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Brave Shield 13 Uses Ga Airmen and Planes

Georgia Air National Guardsmen from the 116th Tactical Fighter Wing at Dobbins AFB, Marietta were the ''bad guys" while other Air Guardsmen from the State were part of the "white hat team" in U.S. Air Force Joint Training Maneuvers on October 23-28.
Pilots flying the F -100 SuperSabers from the 116th were part of a force of more than 100 aircraft and numerous Air Guard, Air Force and Air Reserve ground units participating in Brave Shield XIII. Brave Shield is an exercise designed to insure readiness between the ground and air forces of the Army and Air Force. Other Brave Shield exercises in the past have included both Georgia Army and Air ational Guardsmen.
Georgia Air Guard support units in the operation were the !29th Tactical Control Squadron, Kennesaw; 155th Tactical Control Group and 117th Tactical Control Squadron, Savannah, and the 224th Mobile Communications Squadron, St. Simons Island. Air Guard personnel from Georgia and other states were responsible for the Tactical Air Control System. These units set up a

Tactical Air Control Center, Control and Reporting Center and Control and Reporting Post. All these elements use their radar screens and status boards to track both friendly and enemy aircraft and maintain communications between ground units and aircraft.
The flying units had a variety of aircraft and units represented in addition to Georgia's F-lOO's. Some of the other "good guys" in the exercise were fifty F -4 Phantom fighter bombers from the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla. and the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, .C. In addition, eighteen "swing-wing" F -111 Fighter Bombers from the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, Mountain Home, AFB, Idaho and twelve F-IOSG "Wild Weasels" from George AFB, California wore the ''white hat". Other opposition forces included T-38's of the 64th Fighter Weapons Squadron,
ellis AFB, Nevada. Exercises such as Brave Shield are a continuing
series of joint training maneuvers involving both airborne infantry and tactical air forces and using both active and reserve forces.

Army Guard and Army's 24th Div Sign Affiliation Agreement

A "Memorandum of Agreement" specifying the terms of agreement of affiliation of the 48th Infantry Brigade of the Georgia National Guard with the Army's 24th
Infantry Division was signed in Atlanta on Dec. 1.
BG Donald E. Rosenblum, commanding general, 24th Infantry Divi sian, signs on agreement of offil iotion of the 48th Infantry Brigade with the 24th lnf. Division, while MG M.W. Kendall, commander, Army Readiness Region IV, (left) and MG Billy M. Jones, The Adjutant General of Georgi a, (center) Ioak on.
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Signing the agreement, which marked the first time in the peacetime history of the Georgia Notional Guard that one of its units was counted as port of the total makeup of a Regular Army command, were Major General Billy M. Jones, Adjutant General of Georgia, Major General M.W . Kendall, commander of Army Readiness Region IV, and Brigadier General Donald E. Rosenblum, commander of the 24th Infantry Division .
The affiliation is part of the Army's Total Force Policy which calls for the use of Notional Guard and Army Reserve units to be mobilized for combat with Regular Army commands in the event of a national
CriSIS .
The arrangement will improve the mobilization readiness of the Georgia brigade . To accomplish this goal the 24th Infantry Division will assist in the planning and evaluation of the training of the 48th Brigade.
The 48th, commanded by Col. Raymond E. Grant and headquartered in Macon, has a current strength of
about 4000 men and will become one of the 24th Infantry
Division's three combat brigades.
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(Top) The men set up tents in the company area. (Right) A heavy equipment operator gives directions to an assistant.
166TH HOLDS FTX AT STATE PARK
Hard Labor Creek State Park near Rutledge, Ga. was the site of a field training exercise for the 166th Light Maintenance Company in November. In these photos the Guardsmen all turn to their specific duties to insure a realistic training situation for the unit.
(Lower right) Hot food is a welcome addition to any FTX. Two men hook o disabled vehicle to a wrecker.
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INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AWARD
Maior William E. Ric/ley, J16th Tactical Fighter Wing, has been chosen as a runner-up for the Tactical Air Command's Outstanding Intelligence Officer Aware/ for 1974.
He was citecl for "outstanding performance of cluty'' ancl in particular 'his recommendation to simplify strip/ flip chart requirements for
F-JOO units."
In aclclition, the October, 74 Operational Readiness Inspection of
the J J6th gave a rating of Out-
standing to the Wing Intelligence Division uncler the management of Maj. Ric/ley.

Army National Guarcl has been aware/eel to Co. B, 560th Engineer Battalion, Reyno/cis-Montezuma. The trophy has been aware/eel annually since 1948. One of the unit's projects clone during the peripc/ covered by the aware/ was assisting in cleanup operations after the devastating Ft. Valley tornado last spring.

EISENHOWER TROPHY AWARDED
CO. B, 560TH
The Eisenhower Trophy for the most outstanding unit in the Georgia

ENERGY
SAVERS
What kind of pool doesn't take up space in your backyard, doesn't cost you a penny to install , and saves you money in travelling to work? A CARPOOL! Try it. Two can ride cheaper than one and have more fun.
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It makes energy sense to save energy with your pots and pans. How? Use pots and pans big enough to cover the entire heating element on the stove . This way more of the heat energy you pay for goes into the cooking of your food and Jess is lost to the surrounding air.

PROTECTIVE HEAD GEAR is a safety must for hazard -free work or Play. Even sun bathers need the proper equipment. That's why ~a ndi McCurley, on sandy Ft. Walton beach, wears a floppy hat to Shade her eyes from the bright Florida sun .

HIDDEN TREASURES can sometimes be fount! in most unlikely places . But neither Jan Cascone nor anyone else will find pearl s in conch shells . With a monthly savings plan, however , you 'll soon find a treasure of your own making - " hidden " in your savings account.

THINK
BEFORE LEAVING THE GEORGIA NATIONAL
GUARD!!
What Other Part-Time Job Can Offer These Benefits?
1. Minimum Pay $48.16 For Each Weekend Drill (E-2
under 2) 2. $20,000 Full- Time Coverage Life Insurance For $3.40
Per Month 3. Change of Pace - A Chance To Do Something Different 4. Post Exchange Privileges
5. Commissary Privileges If On Active Duty For More
Than 72 Hours 6. Free Georgia Auto License Tag 7. Learn A Skill And Earn Pay 8. Retirement Benefits After Twenty Years Service
IT DOES PAY TO BELONG