{"id":64857,"date":"2023-12-12T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=64857"},"modified":"2023-12-13T18:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T18:11:38","slug":"georgia-guard-field-artillery-unit-conducts-deployment-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=64857","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Guard Field Artillery Unit Conducts Deployment Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment conduct a colors casing ceremony Dec. 12, 2023, in Fort Stewart, Ga., before deploying overseas.
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FORT STEWART, Ga. \u2013 The Savannah-based 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment \u201ccased\u201d their unit colors in Fort Stewart Dec. 12 in a symbolic ceremony before mobilizing overseas.<\/p>\n

The 1-118th FAR\u2019s upcoming planned deployment will support operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are incredibly proud of the Soldiers who have volunteered to tackle this challenging mission,\u201d said Lt. Col Russell Dasher, 1-118th FAR battalion commander. \u201cWe are honored to serve with them all.\u201d<\/p>\n

The unit has prepared and developed leaders for this challenging mission for several years through individual weapon systems qualification and large-scale training exercises domestically and abroad. The learning curve will increase as Soldiers of the unit now work to become proficient with air defense artillery weapon systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the coming 12 months, the 1-118th FAR will conduct in-depth training in counter rocket artillery mortar and counter unmanned aircraft systems,\u201d said Sgt. Maj. Christopher Poole, 1-118th FAR battalion command sergeant major.<\/p>\n

The Soldiers\u2019 families and employers have supported them throughout the battery of training requirements and preparations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank our family, friends and employers for the overwhelming support we have received as we go forward to complete our mission,\u201d said Poole.<\/p>\n

Members of the 1-118th Field Artillery Regiment have answered the call to service as far as the late 1700s. They have activated in response to World War I, World War II and, in recent decades, multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

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Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment conduct a colors casing ceremony Dec. 12, 2023, in Fort Stewart, Ga., before deploying overseas. (Photo Credit: Capt. Amanda Russell) VIEW ORIGINAL FORT STEWART, Ga. \u2013 The Savannah-based 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment \u201ccased\u201d their unit colors in Fort Stewart Dec. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64859,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64860,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64857\/revisions\/64860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}