U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Abiam Rivas, crew chief, 165th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 165th Airlift Wing (AW), Georgia Air National Guard, explains the effectiveness of Virtual Hangar training at the Savannah Air National Guard Base, Georgia, Dec. 14, 2024. This virtual reality training program has increased readiness and enhanced training processes during the 165 AW's aircraft conversion from the C-130 Hercules to the C-130J-30 Super Hercules. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Senior Airman Victoria Coursey)
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Soldiers of the Georgia National Guard’s Logistics Directorate conducted a staff ride of the New Orleans Battlefield October 24-27, 2024. The purpose of the staff ride was to consider lessons of logistics that confronted battlefield commanders of the past and how those lessons echo into the modern era of warfare.
For months prior to the staff ride, the Soldiers reviewed the War of 1812 from a strategic and tactical perspective. These months of study and preparation were synthesized during a walk on the original ground of the Battle of New Orleans fought January 8, 1815.
Each Soldier brought recent combat experience from previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan to the 130-year-old battlefield . Fresh in the Soldier’s...
As part of their staff ride in New Orleans, Soldiers of the Georgia National Guard visited the National World War II Museum October 26, 2024, where they viewed exhibits and learned about the Georgia National Guard’s mobilization for World War II in which more than 50 units were deployed to the European and Pacific Theaters.
The Georgia Air National Guard held its quarterly control grade board at the 165th Airlift Wing (AW), Savannah Air National Guard Base, on Oct. 25, led by Georgia Air National Guard Command U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Aaron Dent.
