2010 Timeline
Air Guard’s Shannon promoted to General
Hurricane Exercise 2010
March 2, 2010 – Air National Guardsman Robert L. Shannon is promoted to Brigadier General, making Shannon the first AfricanAmerican general officer in the 63-year history of the Georgia Air National Guard.
June 10, 2010 The Georgia Department of Defense conducts Hurricane Exercise 2010 at Jekyll Island, taking a big step forward in preparedness to serve Georgia communities during an emergency by testing communications systems and synchronizing logistics and operations plans.
GSDF lends a healing hand to injured Haitians Feb. 2, 2010 – Georgia State Defense Force dedicates 97 members and nearly 370 man-hours in support of Operation Healing Hands, a program helping Haitians recover from a devastating earthquake.
48th IBCT returns home April 7, 2010 - Waves of Soldiers from units comprising Georgia’s 48th Brigade arrive at Hunter Army Air Field on their way home from a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan. The deployment officially ends as Col. Lee Durham, 48th Brigade commander, returns to a warm welcome from Gov. Sonny Perdue and others. In all, about 3,200 48th IBCT Soldiers returned home in 2010.
190th MPs deploy to Afghanistan Jan. 17, 2010 – Kennesaw’s 190th Military Police Company deploys for a yearlong security mission at Bagram Air Base in northeastern Afghanistan.
Georgia Guard Engineer killed in Afghanistan June 26, 2010 - Sergeant David Alexander Holmes, a Georgia Army Guardsman with the 810th Engineering Company, is killed in action by an IED while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
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Guardsmen open radio stations to give Afghans their own voice Feb. 4, 2010 – Calhoun’s 1/108th Cavalry Regiment sets up two radio stations for Afghan villagers, located in the Shinwar and Muhmand Dara provinces, to counter Taliban propaganda.
May 12, 2010 – Nine CitizenAirmen of Savannah’s 165th Force Sustainment Squadron, 165th Airlift Wing, work as part of the official United States response to the devastating earthquake that ravaged Haiti by establishing a food kitchen for the military members based at Port Au Prince’s international airport.
TAG hosts first-ever Georgia Commander’s Summit Georgia Air Guard teams up with 48th IBCT in Afghanistan Jan. 1, 2010 – Airmen from the Georgia Guard’s 165th Air Support Operations Squadron serve alongside advancing infantry Soldiers from Georgia’s 48th Brigade in eastern Afghanistan to call in combat air support if the situation presents itself.
Jan. 26, 2010 – Major Gen. William T. Nesbitt, Georgia’s Adjutant General, calls together commanding officers from every military and defense installation in the state for the first ever Commander’s Summit. This gathering is the first of several in 2010 aimed at strengthening each organization’s ability to prepare and support state and emergency operations through unprecedented collaboration, information sharing, and effort coordination.
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Georgia National Guard opens Language Center June 1, 2010 – The Georgia National Guard Language Center opens its doors as the first center of its kind, housing language training classes for Guardsmen from all over the country.
Georgia Senate honors 48th Brigade April 14, 2010 – The Georgia Legislature formally recognizes the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team for its excellent work in Afghanistan and mourns the loss of the eight Brigade Soldiers who were killed in action during combat in 2010.