A Global Presence The Georgia National Guard deployed more than 1,500 Guardsmen overseas in 2013 in furtherance of its mission to provide military forces to combatant commanders. On the ground and in the air, the Georgia National Guard has been a vital part of overseas combat operations contributing more than 16,000 Army and Air Guardsmen to the war fight since the opening months of the War on Terror. Among the Georgia Army National Guard units that supported operations in Afghanistan in 2013 were the 214th Field Artillery Battalion of Elberton,
278th MP Company and 878th Engineers Battalion of Augusta and the 848th Engineer Company of Douglas. Georgia’s Agribusiness Development Team III also contributed military and agricultural capability to assist the Afghan people in 2013. Meanwhile, units of the 116th Air Control Wing and 165th Airlift Wing continued to support missions in multiple combat commands overseas. The Georgia Air National Guard has maintained a constant rate of deployment overseas of personnel and resources. The Georgia Guard also supports overseas training missions designed to build good will and interoperability among partner nations. In 2013, the Georgia Guard supported overseas training missions in Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, El Salvador,
Germany and South Korea. In 2014, the Georgia National Guard’s State Partnership with the country of Georgia will enter its second decade. The Georgia National Guard’s support for overseas contingency operations will continue in 2014. The 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team departed on its second Afghanistan deployment in December and the 1230th Transportation Company participated in some of the last missions conducted in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Missions of the Georgia Air National Guard will span the globe from the north Pacific to the South Atlantic. At any given time in the coming year there might well be a Georgia National Guardsman on five continents supporting contingency and training missions.
2013 Deployments at a Glance Burundi
State Partnership - Georgia
Alberta, Canada Afghanistan
El Salvador
Cameroon
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South Korea