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lbe Anng Guard belongs. be gou b to those l\lho prepare for it. tare ot the tu arc clong in the Guard. A Message from Mai. Gen. Joel B. Paris,lll My Fell ow Guardsmen: Our Nation's need for o strong National Guard and Reserves brings on o need for new and better equipment for our units. Recently the Georgia Army Guard's inventory has expanded to include the new "Gamma Go at'~ on all-terrain vehicle. The Georgia Air Guard also has received the first three of its 18 F-100D Supersabre fighter aircraft. Although not in current production, the tact ical fighter is new to the Georgia Guard ond is still o highly effective aircraft. New equipment is arriving to replace that which is out-dated and worn out. These new vehicles, aircraft, and weapons will enable us to increase our efficiency in performing our expanding role in defending the United States. When you are talking to prospective recruits, or ;ust discussing the Guard with your friends, don't forget to mention the great responsibility placed on us by the Defense Department. We in the Guard accept this challenge and ore proud to have this vital role in the defense of our country. 151ST AVIATION BATTALION IN FUND RAISING ROLE-- The men of Winder's 151st Aviation Battalion have been busy this spring participating in s everal fund raising activities. (Left) Sp6 Larry Wilburn helps out with the Easter Seals drive in Ap ril. (Right) Capt. James R. Howard, Hq Company commander, pre s~nts a check in May to Mrs. Pat Hardigree, a teacher at the Winder-Barrow Mental Retardation Center. which is housed in the Ri chard B. Russell Armory in Winder. The 950 dollars raised by the unit came from donations with a chance to win a boat, motor and trailer rig. F-!OO'S ARRIVE AT DOBBINS--The !28th T actical Fighter Squadron received its first three F -100 Supersobres on J un e 7. The aircraft were flown in from Arizona by pilots of the Arizona Ai r National Guard. T he !28th has been training in T-33's si nce December. (l eft) Lt. Col. Ben L . Patterson, Bose Detachment Commander at Dobbins greets one of the Arizon a pilots in the cockpit of hi s F-100. ( Right) Commanders of the Air Guard uni ts at Dob bins talk with Copt. Jim F iorelli (i n fl ight suit). T he other men ore (1-r) Lt. Col. Tom Saffold, I 28th Squadron Commander; Lt. Col. Bill Berry, ! 16th Fight er Group Commander; and Brig. Gen. Billy M. Jones, I 16th Toe Fighter Wing Comman der. ~----- Volume 23 -Number 3 - ----... Vhe {ieorgia {iuarJ3man May - June 1973 Mrs. Wagner is swom in by Gen. Paris. HONORABLE JIMMY CARTER GOVERNOR OF GEORGI A First Female Enlists MAl GEN JOEL B. PARIS, Ill THE ADJUTANT GENERAL In Ga. Army Guard COL DCJU(;LAS EMBRY (GANG, RET! INFORMATION OFFICER The all-male enlisted ranks of the Georgia Army 'ational Guard opened May 17 to welcome the first CAPT RUFUS R. BARBER, JR. female member in the State's history. EDITOR Mr . Gail Wagner of Lithonia, whose husband is al o a member of the Guard, was sworn-in by Major General Joel B. Paris, III, Adjutant General of Georgia, at 10 a.m. in his office on East Confederate OUR COVER A~enue , .E., Atlanta. A collage af Guard recruiting 51nd information brochures Mr . Wagner, 21, ha been married to p5 Robert forms the cover of this issue of the GUARDSMAN. In D. Wagner for two and one-half years. They have no creased emphasis on recruiting and retention has recently children. p5 Wagner and Gail live on Panola Road in brought into the Ga. Army Guard its first female en I i stee. Lithonia. He is a member of Atlanta's I 66th Light The first black female enlistee was also recently sworn Maintenance ompany and she will become a clerk in into the Ga. Air Guard at Savannah. To kel!p Guardsmen Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Georgia in the Guard, new incentives have been instituted or are under study. Recently, Guardsmen were allowed full PX Army ational Guard in Atlanta after her basic training privileges during drills crod a re-enlistment bonus is at Ft. Me lellan, Alabama. presently being looked into by the DOD. The Nation's A ked about her enlistment and future training, Governors' Conference recently endorsed an array of pro Gail remarked, "Actually, they are hoping more women posed new Federal enlistment/ re-enlistment incentives will join up so that we can all start basic training and suggested that the States consider various state-I eve I together." he added that her husband was "lukewarm" supplementary inducements such as educational assistance and tax rel i ef. In a portion of the Governors' policy state to the idea, "I guess I did it mostly out of curiosity, ment, the Governors reaffirmed their "strong belief in the the challenge of being first at something. " National Guard system as providing the most effective, Mr . Wagner, an employee of Ellmans, will serve economical and appropriate method of providing emergency a three-year initial enlist·!llent. he graduated from military support to both the States and Nation. Lithonia High chool in 1969 and attended Georgia uthern College. Her hu band is a 1970 graduate of eorgia Tech with a degree in electrical engineering and is employed by Fong's, Inc., the Ferrari dealer in A publication of the Department of Defense, Mil itary Atlanta. Di vision, State of Georgi a. Pub I i shed in the interest of An uncle of Mrs. Wagner's is a first- ergeant in the Georgia National Guard and distributed free to the Florida ational Guard. Sp5 Wagner's father, ~he members of the National Guard of Georgia. The "Guards late Lieutenant Colonel Lewis D. Wagner, retired in man uses AFPS material. 1961 from the Georgia Army Guard and once commanded the 1 9th Field Artillery Battalion in Atlanta. MAY- JUNE 1973 A young s cout gets help from Sp4 Mike King of At I onto. Capt. Clarence Hooker, officer-in-charge of the operation, gives directions o ver the PA system while Sp4 William A. Sikes of Atlanta watches the "sharpshooters" progress. ''Ready on the right! Ready on the left! Commence firing! ", shouted Capt. Clarence Hooker of the 11 Oth Maintenance Battalion. Young Riflemen Receive "Can we shoot at the coke cans instead?" a vo1ce cried out. ' o, just the paper targets," replied another llOth Training From Guardsmen Guardsman. "Aw, gee! He got to fire more times than I did? " whined another of the group. ''Young ma n. please, don't point that weapon in my face. Try to cock it while pointing toward the target. " Capt. Hooker said while arching his back to avoid a misdirected mu zzle. The Guardsman supervised 25 shooters and 25 loaders at The scene of this dialogue was a B-B rifle range the B-B rifle range. at the Bert Adams Boy Scout R eservation near Coving ton on Saturday, May 5. Four teen men of the Georgia Army Guard's llOth Maintenance Battalion in Atlanta gave instruction in rifle safety and supervised the rifle range for more than a thousand Boy Scouts gathered for a local 'Camporee". Working closely with Scout leaders, the Guardsmen set up an official B-B Rifle range with weapons, targets and safety handbooks furnished by the Daisy Heddon Manufacturing Company. The Guardsmen also furnished t wo water trailer at two points on the reservation to satisfy the thirsts of the hard-working Scouts. The llOth, commanded by Lt. Col. Charlie Ricketts, performs many communi ty action projects each year. Their activities range from taking ex ceptional children to see the "Circu " to projects s uch as this one at Covington. 2 THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN MP's Help Charity "Walk" Forty military policemen and several other Georgia Army Guardsmen aided the Decatur Kiwanis Club during the club's annual DeKalb County Walk for MSgt. Tom O'Kelly, 122nd Support Center in Mankind. In the "Walk", individ Decatur, supervises the "watering" area for the thirsty travelers. uals travel a prescribed route and are paid money by their sponsors for each mile walked. The money then goes to Project Concern, an international medical I dental relief program. The MP' s from the I 90th MP Company 1n Atlanta worked at various intersections and major cro sing point$ on the walk route. The MP's not only con trolled vehicle and pedestrian traffic, but they also chatted with the walkers and encouraged them to make it the entire distance. Mr. Ron Francisco of the DeKalb chool System and member PFC D.avid Russell halts the traffic to let three determined ''walkers" cross at a busy of the Decatur Kiwanis praised intersection. The three girls are Margie Fox the work of the MP's. He said and Linda Colquit of Atlanta, and Diane that the coordinators in the ''Walk" Mass of Decatur. were very pleased with the pro fessionalism shown by the Guards men and also the easy manner in Certificate of Commendation which they conducted their oper ations. ''I believe those of us who Would · you like to show appreciation to some helped coordinate the ''Walk" felt individual who has helped the Georgia ational Guard a real sense of partnership with in some outstanding way? 'Vell, now you have the the Guardsmen, and I believe we chance. There has been established in the Georgia have a greater understanding of Guard The Adjutant General's Certificate of Comm en the Guard mission," Mr.