U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Theodore Scott, commander of the Marietta-based 78th Troop Command, Georgia Army National Guard, shares insights on the importance of taking the first step towards becoming the best version of ourselves. This is episode six of the "Tone From The Top" series. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Sgt. 1st Class James Braswell)
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.
After nearly two decades of service in the Georgia Air National Guard, Master Sgt. Jason Hester is set to take on a new challenge. Hester, public health flight chief of the 165th Medical Group, is assuming the role of Public Health Functional Area and Component Field Manager (FAM) this summer, a position that will see him overseeing public health operations at a national level.
