STARBASE The Georgia Department of Defense’s STARBASE program seeks to build interest in science, technology, engineering and math amongst Georgia’s at-risk youth. The program exposes students and their teachers to real-world applications of math and science, through experiential learning, simulations and experiments in aviation and space-related fields. Georgia’s STARBASE serves approximately 800 fifth graders annually, with quantifiable improvement. Before participation in the program, students averaged 54.68% on a standardized science,
122nd Regiment Regional Training Institute The 122nd Regiment Regional Training Institute provides regionalized combat arms, leadership, military occupational specialty, additional skill identifier,
Language Training Center The Georgia National Guard Language Training Center (LTC) opened its doors in June 2010 at the Clay National Guard Center to provide the resources necessary for military intelligence linguists to hone their language skills. This costeffective facility boasts four large classrooms, a state-of-the art testing center, and a language library. Class 41 | Georgia Department of Defense
technology, engineering and math test. After participation in Georgia’s STARBASE, average student scores improved by over 20 percentage points to 79.95% At STARBASE, students participate in challenging “handson, mind-on” activities in aviation, science, technology, engineering, math, and space exploration. They interact with military personnel to explore careers and make connections with the “real world.” The program
provides students with 20-25 hours of stimulating experiences by exposing youth to the technological environments and positive role models found within the Georgia National Guard.
noncommissioned officer education system, and general studies training for the Army National Guard, United States Army Reserve, and the Active Component. The RTI plans and programs training within its region based on requirements identified by the individual training branch, the Army Program for Individual Training and the Training Requirements Arbitration Plan. The 122nd trains
and educates the region’s allvolunteer forces to be technically current and tactically proficient as an expeditionary Army. The RTI teaches Soldiers to operate in a joint interagency, intergovernmental and multinational environment and to conduct fullspectrum operations protecting national security and national defense strategies domestically and abroad.
sizes are limited to eight students to both ensure quality of training and to comply with the Defense Language Institute’s guidelines. As part of a national partnership with the Defense Language Institute, the Georgia LTC’s primary mission is to give refresher courses to Guardsmen from all over the country who have already learned a foreign language as part of their military careers. These courses enhance their language proficiency and add a degree of cultural awareness. The Georgia LTC expanded
its mission last year to assist premobilization activities for deploying units by providing Language and Cultural Awareness training to deploying Soldiers. So far, over 300 Soldiers have received Language and Cultural training at the Georgia LTC in languages ranging from Pashto to Albanian. The new lab serves as a unique asset to the region, and the nation as a whole, as it is the only National Guard Language Training Center on the East Coast and the first of its kind for the National Guard.