Georgia Army National Guard

The Georgia Army National Guard is the Army National Guard component of the Georgia National Guard, administratively part of the Georgia Department of Defense. It consists of more than 11,100 citizen-soldiers training in more than 79 hometown armories and regional facilities across the state. Georgia’s Army Guard is the eighth largest in the nation and includes combat, combat support and combat service support units.

When activated under Title 10, the Georgia Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and is absorbed into the National Guard of the United States. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the US Army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau. When activated under Title 32, the Georgia Army National Guard remains under state command as it fulfills a federally assigned mission.

Units

 * 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team consisting of:
 * 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry
 * 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry
 * 1st Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment
 * 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery
 * 148th Support Battalion (Brigade)
 * Special Troops Battalion


 * 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade consisting of
 * 348th Brigade Support Battalion consisting of
 * HHC, 348th
 * Co A, 348th BSB
 * Co B, 348th BSB
 * Co C, 348th BSB
 * 781st Homeland Reaction Force, (HRF) consisting of
 * 202nd EOD
 * 138th CHEM (Heavy)
 * 248th MED
 * 877th EN
 * 4th CST (CBRNE)
 * 878th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy)consisting of
 * HSC, 878th EN
 * FSC, 878th EN
 * 876th EN Co
 * 810th EN Co
 * 848th EN Co
 * 175th EN Co
 * 874th EN Co
 * 170th Military Police Battalion consisting of
 * HHC, 170th MP BN
 * 190th MP Co
 * 178th MP Co
 * 179th MP Co
 * 278th MP Co
 * 214th Field Artillery Battalion consisting of
 * HHB, 214th FA
 * FSC, 214th FA
 * A Battery, 214th FA
 * B Battery, 214th FA
 * C Battery, 214th FA


 * 116th Army Band
 * 118th PSD
 * 185th Aviation Regiment (part of the unit was activated in July 2006 for training; in November 2006 that unit was deployed to Kosovo as a part of Task Force Eagle)


 * 560th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
 * 221st Military Intelligence Battalion-(Tactical Exploitation)
 * 3rd Squadron (R&S), 108th Cavalry Regiment
 * Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3-108th CAV
 * Troop A, 3-108th CAV
 * Troop B, 3-108th CAV
 * Troop C (LRS), 3-108th CAV (formerly Company H (LRS), 121st Infantry Regiment)
 * 420th Network Signal Company
 * 230th Brigade Support Company


 * 82nd Maintenance Company


 * 124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment - returned from Iraq (October 2006)

Duties
National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by presidential order to supplement regular armed forces, and upon declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of the state in which they serve. Unlike Army Reserve members, National Guard members cannot be mobilized individually (except through voluntary transfers and Temporary Duty Assignments TDY), but only as part of their respective units. However, there has been a significant amount of individual activations to support military operations.

Active duty call-ups
For much of the final decades of the twentieth century, National Guard personnel typically served "one weekend a month, two weeks a year", with a portion working for the Guard in a full-time capacity. The current forces formation plans of the US Army call for the typical National Guard unit (or national guardsman) to serve one year of active duty for every three years of service. More specifically, current Department of Defense policy is that no guardsman will be involuntarily activated for a total of more than 24 months (cumulative) in one six year enlistment period (this policy is due to change 1 August 2007, the new policy states that soldiers will be given 24 months between deployments of no more than 24 months, individual states have differing policies).

History
The Georgia Army National Guard was originally formed in 1751. The Militia Act of 1903 organized the various state militias into the present National Guard system. After World War II, the 48th Infantry Division was organized in the state, but on 1 November 1955, was reorganized as the 48th Armored Division. The division was commanded before and immediately after its change of name by Maj. Gen. Joseph Frazer of Hinesville. The new armored division’s authorized strength was 7,727, a drop of more than 2,000 from the Infantry Division; however a non-divisional group of more than 2,000 was also formed during the 1955 reorganization and re-designation of Georgia’s Army Guard units. The 48th Armored Division was disbanded on 1 January 1968.

Historic units
The 118th Field Artillery (ARNG GA), which traces its lineage to milita units from Savannah and surrounding Chatham County that served in the War of 1812, is one of only nineteen Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812.
 * 121InfRegCOA.jpg 121st Infantry Regiment (United States)
 * 122RegimentCOA.jpg 122nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
 * 118FARegtCOA.jpg 118th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
 * 214FARegtCOA.jpg 214th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
 * 171AvnRgtCOA.gif 171st Aviation Regiment (United States)