Georgia national guard units deploying. At this time over 170 service members are activated in response to the covid 19 pandemic. Georgia army national guard sgt. For most of the past year soldiers with the 48th infantry brigade combat team out of the georgia army national guard were spread around.
48 presidential unit citations were awarded to national guard units and national guard soldiers received 14 medals of honor 50 distinguished service crosses 48. Additionally about 45000 national guard members are supporting the covid 19 response across all 50 states three territories and dc bringing the total number of activated national guard. The georgia national guard deployed more than 2600 soldiers and airmen in support of military operations and training around the world in 2019.
The national guard announced friday that it is deploying 1000 troops across six states by the end of the day as part of the national response to the coronavirus pandemic. Harper has served in the army national guard for 12 years which includes three overseas deployments. Fort benning ga june 25 2020 the georgia army national guards 1st battalion 54th security force assistance brigade held a ceremony marking the official activation of the unit june 25 2020 at fort benning georgia.
Most of the unit left for the deployment in early. The 1 54th sfab mission is to assess advise liaise and support foreign security forces during peacetime contingency. May 30 2020 atlanta georgia national guard units deploy at lenox square as protests continued for a second day.
Protests over the death of george floyd in minneapolis police custody spread. National guard units participated in all combat theaters and took part in 34 separate campaigns and seven assault landings sustaining 175000 casualties killed and wounded.