That’s the Georgia National Guard, then, plus the Canadian Highlanders. Georgia’s militia used to have Highlanders, in the early days. Sir James Edward Oglethorpe brought a great number of McIntosh Jacobites and resettled them at Darien, south of Savannah, as a hedge against the Spanish in Florida. They were important in early battles including the Battle of Bloody Marsh and the revolutionary invasion of Florida.
I was OPCON to the 30th for a while during their last Iraq deployment. At that time they were NC and WV (the armored recon unit was from WV, the rest of the BCT from NC). I gather they've retasked from a Heavy Brigade Combat Team to an Armored Brigade Combat Team since then, but I'm not sure what changes that presented to their order of battle. At that time my radio callsign was "Hickory 77 Charlie."
I'm a lifelong civilian (armchair warrior, wargamer, milhist tourist) and try to keep up a bit with the jargon and acronyms. I knew quite a few Old Hickories from both world wars, if only by way of personal papers and letters in some cases. They were a good formation.
You have the advantage of me with OPCON (and much else I'm sure!)
That’s the Georgia National Guard, then, plus the Canadian Highlanders. Georgia’s militia used to have Highlanders, in the early days. Sir James Edward Oglethorpe brought a great number of McIntosh Jacobites and resettled them at Darien, south of Savannah, as a hedge against the Spanish in Florida. They were important in early battles including the Battle of Bloody Marsh and the revolutionary invasion of Florida.
ReplyDeleteVery cool. I had to goggle the unit designation.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that they trace back to the 42nd Div in WWI, and the 30th (Old Hickory) in WWII-- the 30th was TN and Carolina NG mostly.
Robert Graves, writing about his experiences in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in WWI, said that "the Jocks run like hell both ways."
Cousin Eddie
I was OPCON to the 30th for a while during their last Iraq deployment. At that time they were NC and WV (the armored recon unit was from WV, the rest of the BCT from NC). I gather they've retasked from a Heavy Brigade Combat Team to an Armored Brigade Combat Team since then, but I'm not sure what changes that presented to their order of battle. At that time my radio callsign was "Hickory 77 Charlie."
ReplyDeleteI'm a lifelong civilian (armchair warrior, wargamer, milhist tourist) and try to keep up a bit with the jargon and acronyms. I knew quite a few Old Hickories from both world wars, if only by way of personal papers and letters in some cases. They were a good formation.
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Cousin Eddie
Looks like that ground had a few airbursts. Look at the trees.
ReplyDeleteSure it has. That's either Stewart or Benning. Either way, a real training range.
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