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The first stop for the more than 120 military policemen, administrative staff and their commander, Capt. Purvis Brown, is Fort Bliss near El Paso, Texas. According to 1st Sgt. Darryl Gates, the unit's senior enlisted leader, they will spend time there honing their basic combat skills, such as marksmanship and convoy operations. The unit "signed-off" on many of those skills during drill weekends, Gates said. The MPtts will complete their remaining tasks at the mobilization station. "Having done most of what we needed at our home station allows us to spend more time training for the mission we've been handed detainee operations," he said shortly before the unit's last formation. Gates added that he is not concerned about whether his Soldiers are up to the challenges they will face in Afghanistan. Many of them have "been there and back more than once," he said. Several, in fact, returned not long ago from Afghanistan with Savannah's 278th Military Police Company. "Overall, I'd say we're pretty prepared for what lies ahead, or we will be when we leave Texas," Gates said. Sergeant Sue Lantry is one of those who volunteered to go with the 278th and is heading back to Afghanistan. At exactly five feet tall, Lantry may not look like she can handle someone "giving her a problem," but it is doubtful this former Navy tugboat chief engineer will have a problem backing any order she might give. "What I learned during `that go-round' is going to help me help those Soldiers who're doing this [detainee operations] and even deploying for the first time," the West Rome resident said while waiting for First Sgt. 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He graduated chief legal officer took the oath of office here in a from Airborne School at Fort Benning outside Colum- small ceremony to mark the assumption of his respon- bus in 1992 and then completed the Army's Air As- sibilities. sault School at Fort Campbell, Ky., in 1997. Lt. Col. Craig S. Brooks, whose military career His military education includes the Judge Advocate has spanned more than 18 years with the active-duty Advanced Course, Army Command and Staff Col- Army and Army Reserve, took the oath to "uphold and lege's Intermediate Level Course, Combined Arms and defend the Constitutions of the United States and the Services School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. and the state of Georgia" before retired Col. Don W. Venn II, Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School who oversees the Adjutant General's Command Action Graduate Course. Brooks' duty assignments include: Group. work as legal assistance Following the swearing- attorney and contract law in, Brooks' wife, Marcy, attorney for the Office of looking quite pleased and the Staff Judge Advocate at proud, placed the Joint Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Forces Headquarters boar's trial counsel, U.S. Army head unit patch on her Trial Defense Service, 2nd husband's uniform to com- Infantry Division, Camp plete the ceremony. The Casey, Republic of Korea; patch identifies Brooks as a command judge advocate Georgia Guardsman. for Pine Bluff Arsenal, "I couldn't be more Pine Bluff, Ark.; and op- pleased to be here, and to be wearing this insignia," he said as he touched the erational law attorney for Retired Col. Don W. Venn II (left) administers the oath of office to Lt. Col. Craig S. Brooks, the Georgia Guard's new judge advocate general. the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, 101st Airborne boar's head. Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. Brooks was chief of administrative law for U.S. He's also held assignments as: trial counsel for the Army Reserve Command at Atlanta's Fort McPherson 153rd Legal Services Office, in Harrisburg, Pa.; trial before becoming the Guard's top legal advisor. He counsel and chief of administrative law for the Office replaces Col. Jon Turner, who has moved to the U.S. of the Staff Judge Advocate, 10th Mountain Division, Property and Fiscal Office on Confederate Avenue. Fort Drum, N.Y.; operational law attorney for the Of- "I intend to continue the tradition of assisting The fice of the Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Army Reserve Adjutant General, the Army Guard and Air Guard Command, Fort McPherson, Ga.; and deputy staff commanders, our Soldiers and Airmen with any legal judge advocate for the Office of the Staff Judge Advo- issues they may face," Brooks said after receiving con- cate, 412th Engineer Command, Vicksburg, Miss. gratulations on his new position. "My job, and that of As a civilian, Brooks held the post of deputy pros- the JAG staff, is to provide them with the best possible ecutor for the York County, Pa. District Attorney's legal counsel so they can remain focused on their mis- Office. sion whatever, or where ever, that mission may be." Brooks' awards and decorations include two Meri- A native of Philadelphia, Pa., Brooks is a 1988 torious Service medals, six Army Commendation graduate of Temple University. He earned his Juris medals and an Army Achievement Medal. Doctor degree from Ohio Northern University. Brooks accepted a direct commission as an active 8 - www.gadod.net Saving lives and building relationships 108th Cavalry medic saves Afghan accident victim Story by Sgt. Tracy J. Smith 48th IBCT Public Affairs JALALABAD, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 12, 2010 A routine evening change of the guard turned less than typical for Spc. Cameron Bryant on Dec. 2, 2009, when the 1st Squadron, 108th Cavalry combat medic rolled in with his fellow "Rough Rid- ers" to pull security at the site where reconstruction of the Saracha Bridge is underway. "We were pulling up and there was a body on the side of the road with a crowd of people around it," said Bryant, a resident of Woodstock. Jumping out of the Humvee in which he was riding, he began evaluat- ing the body (a man) for signs of life. "Training kicked in and I immediately checked him for a pulse. It was faint, but I stopped thinking about what I needed to do when my `muscle memory' kicked in." What he found was a man suffering from severe lacerations and fractures and bleeding from his mouth, all of which are immediate signs indicating the possi- bility of internal injuries, Bryant explained. With help from the unit's Afghan interpreter, some Afghan bystanders and the use of hand gestures, Bryant said he was able to console the man, bandage his wounds and stabilize his condition. He was also able to determine how the man came to be in his present condition. Specialist Cameron Bryant, a combat medic with Calhoun's 1st Squadron, 108th Cavalry, not only puts his expertise to work for his fellow Soldiers, but also for the populace that they defend. (Contributed photo) According to Bryant, and the Afghan National Police (ANP), the man had been involved in a motor- The Dec. 2 incident isn't the first time Bryant has cycle accident. The investigation of the incident con- assisted civilians during an emergency. tinues. According to local officials, the ANP provided In Mehtar Lam, a village northwest of Jalalabad, he crowd control at the scene and assisted with contacting used his medical training to help save the life of a fam- an emergency medical team at Jalalabad Hospital. As the crowd grew and police gathered evidence, ily involved in a head-on vehicle collision. Another accident involved a rollover, where seven people had Bryant continued to treat the man's injuries. "I had to be extracted from damaged vehicles by emergency the interpreter tell one of the locals to keep the man personnel and then treated for severe injuries. In both calm while talking to him so that he would remain instances, Bryant was out on patrol with the 108th's conscious," Bryant said. Troop C, home stationed in Dalton, Ga. As a 108th medic, Bryant is part of a regular patrol Those who know Bryant have said his prompt ac- team assigned by 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, tion may have been the difference between life and to provide security for the rebuilding of the Saracha death. To Bryant, his training is what affected the Bridge. Reconstruction began after it had been dam- outcome at each accident scene. aged by flooding. The project is one of several high- "You never really think it's going to happen, but priority efforts by the Roads Technical Working Group you have to be ready for it," he said. "After a while, and the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team to im- the reaction gets to be second nature." prove major road systems in the region. www.gadod.net - 9 Guard program gets donation from Cartersville retailer Georgia Department of Defense Public Affairs Office CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, Marietta, Jan. 8, 2010 Helping those who feel the financial strain of deployment is the mission of the Georgia National Guard Family Support Foundation. In today's world, Guardsmen, Reservists and active duty members can find themselves deployed anywhere from six months to a year in support of the Global War on Terror. For Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen especially, it means time away from their civilian jobs and the loss of funds upon which their families rely. To provide that assistance, the foundation takes in a variety of individual and corporate donations throughout the year. From the left are Wal-Mart manager Megan Hammer, Maj. Gen. Terry Nesbitt and store co-manager Scott Ridgeway. Cartersville's Wal-Mart Super Center, which made a similar contribution to the foundation in 2009, presented a $1,000 check this year on Jan. 6 to Maj. Gen. Terry Nesbitt, Georgia's Adjutant General. Store manager Megan Hammer and her co-manager, Scott Ridgeway, made the presentation at the store. Local stores, Hammer explained, choose each year which non-profit organization they want to contribute to within their communities. The stores then apply for monetary grants from the Walmart Foundation. It was to the military, again, that the Cartersville store wanted to make its donation. "Our service members make a great sacrifice when they step away from their families and civilian jobs to answer their country's call to duty, and so do their 10 - www.gadod.net loved ones in letting them go," Nesbitt told a group of employees who had gathered around him. "Wal-Mart is a great corporate citizen, and donations such as this go a long way in helping the foundation to help Soldiers face the problems that happen during a deployment." According to the Walmart Foundation Website, the corporation sincerely believes "our servicemen and women have one of the most difficult and important jobs in the world. In an ongoing effort to recognize the service and sacrifice of our military personnel and their families, we support organizations nationwide that are working hard to create opportunities and provide services for the military community." Hammer said there are some among the store's employees who understand that sacrifice better than most. They, too, she said, have loved ones in uniform serving overseas. "Last Halloween, for example, we sent out I don't know how many care packages," she recalled. "We've also sent them coffee, sports equipment and anything else we can think of to give them a taste of home to make their time away easier." At the same time, the store looks after the families who "do their service on the home front," Hammer said. Nesbitt, after talking about the Guard's role in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, explained that Macon's 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team is about to end its yearlong deployment in Afghanistan. "We continue to pray for the unit's safe return and the return of all our deployed service members to their homes and to their families. We'll certainly do the same for yours," he said. 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