http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war en-us pgast@ajc.com 2006-07-01T19:37:12-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/07/01/noors_american.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war Only the women were home when Charlie Company soldiers began to search the house in Abu Ghraib, a town just west of Baghdad where gunfire and bombs are commonplace. The family matriarch, Soad, answered their questions. Do you know anyone... 79789@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-07-01T19:37:12-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/06/28/baby_noor_retur.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war The Iraqi baby who was rescued by Georgia soldiers and then melted hearts around the world returned home from Atlanta on Wednesday. Baby Noor, discovered by soldiers of the Georgia Army National Guard’s 48th Brigade Combat Team and brought here... 79104@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-06-28T15:55:45-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/06/19/special_day_for.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war It was a very special Father’s Day for 1st Lt. Jeff Morgan of Douglasville. The Georgia Army National Guard soldier, back from Iraq just last month, spent the day with his children attending church and opening gifts of clothing —... 76529@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-06-19T06:37:25-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/06/14/fathers_day_has.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war Two days after his second child, Lilian, was born, National Guardsman Jeremy Mays landed not far from Fallujah with the rest of the 48th Brigade Combat Team. As he entered the so-called Triangle of Death in central Iraq, his wife,... 75626@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-06-14T13:34:48-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/06/05/families_bid_fa.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war Tears flowed and the apprehension was evident on the faces of family members and friends who gathered Monday at Fort Gillem for a send-off ceremony for Georgia Army National Guard soldiers. On the heels of the 48th Brigade Combat Team’s... 73238@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-06-05T20:34:49-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/05/21/mission_makeup.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war When the Georgia Army National Guard’s 48th Brigade Combat Team returned home from Iraq this spring, it was just the beginning of major changes for the unit. The brigade is transitioning from a mechanized to a light infantry unit, losing... 69113@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-05-21T21:36:19-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/05/15/remembering_the.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war For Memorial Day, we’re asking readers to share their tributes to the 26 men who died while serving with the 48th Brigade in its deployment to Iraq. You may remember them as a group or individually. Some responses may appear... 67512@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-05-15T10:58:02-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/05/13/home_at_last_ri.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war Fort Stewart — Belinda Stanley rubs her arms against the chill of a misty morning and pulls a green blanket up to her chin. She’s sitting in a grandstand with her daughters, the three of them looking like fans at... 67232@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-05-13T19:18:24-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/05/12/final_48th_brig.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war Fort Stewart, Ga. — When they spotted their father amid the formation of uniformed troops standing at attention, Amanda and Lyndsay Fisher couldn’t wait — even for 10 minutes of pomp and ceremony. Amanda, 16, and 10-year-old Lyndsay bolted from... 66939@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-05-12T05:35:16-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/05/08/48ths_deploymen.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war Fort Stewart — By this weekend, Iraq will become another page in the history of the 48th Infantry Brigade as a chartered jet carrying the last remaining soldiers lands on Georgia soil. That the end was near was apparent at... 65957@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-05-08T20:11:44-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/05/04/share_your_stor.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war Members of the 48th BCT have been returning from Iraq the past couple weeks. What have the homecomings been like, or the last couple weeks? Any events or activities you are anticipating? What has been the biggest adjustment?... 64962@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-05-04T10:33:22-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/04/28/baby_noor_soldi.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust on Friday honored the Gainesville-based infantry company that rescued Noor al-Zahra, the Iraqi baby born with spina bifida. Soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, returned from a yearlong deployment in Iraq... 63254@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-04-28T14:08:53-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/04/28/changes_sought.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war Washington — Concerned over the mishandling of a Georgia soldier’s body last year, the state’s two U.S. senators on Thursday introduced a measure that would require the Pentagon to reevaluate the way it treats military war dead and their families... 62970@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-04-28T06:47:35-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/04/24/reflections_on.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war 61527@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-04-24T05:54:56-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/entries/2006/04/20/hes_really_not.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_48th_goes_to_war Fort Stewart — For Heidi Shelley, the reality of her husband’s death in Iraq last summer was finalized Thursday as she watched soldiers from Sgt. Ronnie Shelley’s unit reunited with their loved ones here. Shelley sat in the shade of... 60966@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/guard/ 2006-04-20T15:49:33-05:00