Serving the Best by Being the Best

1. Georgia Garrison Training Center GGTC Serving the Best by Being the Best V.8

2. Georgia Garrison Training Center Table of Contents • 1. Soldiers Matter • 2. Commander’s Welcome • 3. Transformation & Vision • 4. Organization & Mission • 5. Map • 6. History • 9. Office of Director • 10. Training Center Command • 11. Directorate of Logistics • 12. Directorate of Public Works • 14. Directorate of Information Management • 15. Lodging & Protocol • 18. Procurement and Supply Office • 19. Minuteman Chapel

3. Georgia Garrison Training Center “Soldiers Matter” The motto of the Georgia Army National Guard is “Soldiers Matter.” Here at the Georgia Garrison Training Center (GGTC) we implement that motto by being the best we can be and we value you as our customer. To that end, the GGTC is dedicated to you. We do that by “Serving the Best by Being the Best.” We never forget that you are here to train. We never forget that you need to be able to focus on your mission while we ensure that your Quality of Life issues, as they relate to your facilities, barracks, classrooms, and other GGTC assets, are at your disposal. Our service to you will be the standard that all others will emulate. We believe in southern hospitality and it will show during your stay with us. We are the GGTC and while you are here with us you and your Family can know that we are doing our part to care for you because “Soldiers Matter!” Our facilities (administrative buildings, quarters, latrines, mess halls, etc.), when coupled with Fort Stewart’s resources (maneuver areas and firing ranges), makes us ideally situated to support the training of any unit or agency during their Inactive Duty for Training (IDT), Annual Training (AT), mobilization/demobilization, classes, or conferences. An additional resource available to GGTC is an experienced and dedicated civilian workforce representing men and women of all backgrounds. Together with their military counterparts, they are devoted to achieving excellence in those services we provide to ensure that all who come here to train are supported with the highest level of efficiency. Each one of us here at the GGTC is committed to our mission and look forward to supporting you now and well into the future. Please visit our website at: http://ga.ng.mil/ggtc/Pages/default.aspx 1.

4. Georgia Garrison Training Center Commander’s Welcome On behalf of our Soldiers and civilian employees, we extend to you our warmest welcome. We at the GGTC have dedicated ourselves to making your time here both productive and pleasant. Command Sergeant Major Jimmerson and I have placed complete confidence in the GGTC family. The members of the GGTC will strive to ensure that the quality of life here is the best! Our Garrison motto is: “Serving the best by being the best” I believe that we are the very best Garrison in the Army National Guard. And I am confident you will agree with me! COL Perry A. Carter Garrison Commander CSM Joe Jimmerson Garrison Command Sergeant Major 2.

5. Georgia Garrison Training Center Our Transformation The GGTC is 1 of 109 Army National Guard Garrison Training Centers spread throughout the nation and territories. Since our inception, we were known primarily as the National Guard Training Center (NGTC) at Fort Stewart, GA. Since most sites were called National Guard Training Centers, each location was given its own identity and our name was changed to the Georgia Garrison Training Center on 1 October 2008. Until 1 August 2011 the Unit was still designated as the Training Site Detachment so its name changed to Georgia Garrison Training Center to align with the name of the Garrison. In 2007, our training center classification increased from a Collective Garrison Training Center (CTC) to a Maneuver Garrison Training Center– Light (MTC-L) by allowing Fort Stewart training resources to be factored into our capabilities. In 2015, our classification name changed to a Level III Training Center. This new designation by the National Guard Bureau standardized all Training Centers by capacity, capability and size from Level I-V. The role of our Garrison Command is to do what we do best; supporting Soldiers as they train in their mission to protect and defend our great nation. Besides being more responsive to these modern mission requirements, the GGTC is here to serve and support local communities. For instance, our classrooms, lodging facilities, Minuteman Chapel, and the Command Conference Center are all available to the public and to private organizations. We are a premier support organization, capable of interoperability with other branches of the military, state/ local governments, and the public. It is our commitment to you that while at the GGTC you will have the facilities, supplies, and logistical support you need to accomplish your mission and satisfy all of the important objectives of your visit. Our Vision Provide the best support, facilities and resources enabling customers to train in a realistic and cost effective environment. 3.

6. Georgia Garrison Training Center Our Organization Georgia Garrison Training Center (GGTC) Organization Garrison Commander Garrison CSM Director Lodging and Protocol Office Directorate of Information Management (DOIM) Training Center Command (GGTCC) Directorate of Logistics (DOL) Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Procurement and Supply Office Safety Supply (State) Work Orders Billeting Physical Property Supply (Federal) Utilities Structures Roads & Grounds The GGTC Mission General Mission Statement: Command, operate, manage and administer the use of infrastructure resources of a level III Garrison Training Center. Provide resourced baseline levels of support and services for administration, engineering, logistics, training and operational support to assigned, attached, transient and tenant units, as well as joint forces activities. On order, conduct operations in support of state and/or federal missions. 4.

7. Georgia Garrison Training Center Fort Stewart cantonment area is “V” or chevron shaped and the Georgia Garrison Training Center is the right half of the chevron. 5.

8. History Georgia Garrison Training Center The National Guard keeps coming Responding to the challenge of change and war makes the National Guard America’s most enduring organization. In the past, like today, Fort Stewart has been subject to changes brought on by different missions and the cycles of war and relative peace, but the National Guard has always provided a constant and reliable presence here. One constant element of the local history here is the National Guard. Like our country, the National Guard has always had a presence here. The active Army comes and goes. Like the tide, they come in big and when they are here there is no mistaking their presence. But as the history shows, after they leave, the National Guard has remained. It is a known fact that the Guard can be counted on to keep on coming. In June 1940, Congress authorized the purchase of this coastal Georgia property and by November 1940, this Georgia Training Center was officially designated “Camp Stewart,” in honor of General Daniel Stewart, who had fought with General Francis Marion and his citizen soldier militia during the Revolutionary War. 6.

9. Georgia Garrison Training Center History In 1941, the Carolina National Guard was conducting their Annual Training here. They were looking forward to their impending release to go home when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Active duty and National Guard units were shipped out and new Soldiers came to take their place. By 1944 more than 55,000 soldiers occupied Camp Stewart for the D-Day invasion and from here those units shipped out for England. The National Guard units departed and new units came in for training. Facilities were expanded and improved. In 1960, the Army leased to the National Guard what was then known as the National Guard Training Area (NGTA) which consisted of the “eastern chevron” of the Fort Stewart Garrison Complex. The construction of semi-permanent National Guard quarters was planned out as early as 1957. From 1959 to 1962, we built (out of concrete-masonry) mess halls, latrine and some administration buildings. What also remains to this day are the original World War II buildings built with wood sidings which are now covered in vinyl siding. In 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy came to Fort Stewart and addressed the 1st Armored Division (the only divisional-sized Army ground unit actually deployed as a response to the Crisis) from the Georgia Garrison Training Center‘s Donovan Parade Field. It was only after the Cuban Missile Crisis ended that construction began on the barracks, which were not completely built out until the late 1970’s. President John F. Kennedy at GGTC Donovan Field (1963) 7.

10. History Georgia Garrison Training Center In 1974 the Georgia National Guard was here to welcome the 24th Infantry Division and the active Army back to Fort Stewart. The 24th Infantry Division began their training on many of the same anti-aircraft ranges used by the Carolina Guard in 1941. In 1990-1991, more than 5,000 Georgia Army and Air National Guardsmen were mobilized to serve during the Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. It has been said that 9/11 started a transformation for the National Guard. That transformation continues to this day and will continue for the foreseeable future. The Guard has seen tremendous growth in its capabilities and missions, both at home and overseas, changing its role from a strategic reserve force to an operational force. The GGTC has served this country since 1960. It has a rich past and a bright future. It has distinguished itself with the hard work and patriotism of the Soldiers and dedicated civilians that work here and abide by this simple creed- “Serving the Best by Being the Best.” 8.

11. Georgia Garrison Training Center Office of the Director Georgia Garrison Training Center Office of the Director and Operations GGTC is home to many tenant units and other activities to include the 265th RSG, 179th MP, MATES, CSMS- South, RTI / RTS-M, FMS Ft. Stewart, RSP, and Youth Challenge Academy. The mission of the Garrison staff is to support all visiting and tenant unitsby providing quality facilities, services and logistical support to ensure an optimum training experience during annual training periods, inactive duty training, schools, conferences, and other community/ installation activities. We constantly strive to improve our training facilities to meet the needs of our customers and improve the overall training experience. The Training Center full-time members We consistently exceed one million training man-days annually, making us one of the widely used training centers in the nation. LTC Edwin Laster (Director) MAJWesley Eminger (Command AO) Operations Though the GGTC is no longer designated as a mobilization platform, we have assisted the post-mobilization training of numerous units ranging from detachment-size elements up to Brigade Combat Teams. Addition to the Ft. Stewart Georgia Training Enablers, the operations section can assist units with marksmanship training, event planning and execution. MSGPeter Amis (Ops NCO) 9.

12. Georgia Garrison Training Center Training Center Command (TCC) The Training Center Command is the headquarters element of the Georgia Garrison Training Center. The TCC Missionis to support the training and development of our Soldiers to ensure the readiness of our unit. Our training goal is to provide the best individual and collective training to our Soldiers who will in turn be in a better position to support all Garrison missions and activities. The Training Center Command full-time members. SFC Jakob Raven (Readiness NCO) SSG Deborah Temmis (Admin NCO) SSG Crystal Reed (Supply SGT) 10.

13. Georgia Garrison Training Center Directorates Directorate of Logistics (DOL) The Directorate of Logistics mission is to provide world-class facility and billeting scheduling, installation property and consumable supply support, and limited GSA vehicle support. DOL is a committed to providing the most effective and innovative logistics support in the nation. DOL operates out of building 10528 near the intersection of 13th Street and Troupe Avenue. To schedule facilities for use go to our website at http://ga.ng.mil/ggtc/Pages/default.aspx or use RFMSS at https://ngga-rfmss.ngb.army.mil/georgiaguard/pages/login.aspx 1SG Stanley Posey (Billeting Manager), and SPC Tracie Meek (Billeting Assistant/RFMSS Chief) are responsible for pairing units with their required training facilities. LTC James Rush, Facility Manager 11.

14. Georgia Garrison Training Center Directorates Directorate of Public Works (DPW) The Directorate of Public Works (DPW) mission is to conduct maintenance and repairs on transient and tenant facilities, to include the physical structure, grounds and utilities. The DPW develops, coordinates, and oversees all construction projects undertaken by military units during their AT or IDT training periods. The DPW works with military units, state/federal agencies, and civilian contractors performing work within the Garrison area. We shape the DPW organization to provide state of the art services and facilities now and forward into the 21st Century. The DPW Vision is to provide a modern, well-maintained, and well-designed secure environment that fosters an improved quality of life for all whom we serve. We hold as our highest value the premise that serving is a privilege, demanding commitment to providing our most professional, courteous, efficient, and cost-effective service to all. It is our core belief that “Serving the Best by Being the Best” is how we will establish parameters of engineering excellence within the “four corners” of the GGTC. MAJ Chuck Carter Facility Engineer Mr. Joey Waters, Asst. Facility Engineer DPW Staff Work order calls on any installed property and utilities must be reported to GGTC Work Order Section at 678-569-9209. In an Emergency dial 911 for Police, Fire or Ambulance  12.

15. Georgia Garrison Training Center Barracks, dining facilities, classrooms, etc 13.

16. Georgia Garrison Training Center Directorates Directorate of Information Management (DOIM) Directorate of Information Management (DOIM) is responsible for assisting the G6 IDT South in providing baseline support to tenant and transient units using GGTC facilities. These services include Tier I support and some Tier II support where prior administrative access is planned or available. The G6 IDT South works to support units that cannot use the local National Guard Bureau (NGB) Domain who need access to another Domain. The DOIM also works closely with the Army Warrior Network (AWN) to provide Wireless Internet for a nominal fee throughout our entire Garrison. The G6 IDT South is your first line of support for all Information Technology (IT) assets and questions for your stay whether its permanent or temporary. SFC Christian Brents (IT Specialist) 14.

17. Georgia Garrison Training Center Directorates Lodging and Protocol We welcome the opportunity to serve you and trust that our services and accommodations will make your stay pleasant, comfortable, and professionally rewarding. Our office is located in Building 9322 off of 7th Street between Bultman and Worcester. All of our quarters are conveniently located near the Fort Stewart Commissary, Main Post Exchange, Shoppettes, Woodruff Movie Theater, Marne Post Library, and Newman Gym, a state-of-the-art fitness facility. Mr. Jason Childers (Deployed) Chief, Billeting & Protocol Reservations and Cost Guests are encouraged to make advanced reservations. Quarters are assigned on first come, first serve basis and prioritized by protocol. A $2 surcharge is levied for those not on official travel orders. Payment for all rooms is required upon check- in. Payment is accepted in the form of cash or credit cards (Visa or Master Card). No personal checks are accepted. Reservations can be made by calling 912-767-3896 or 678-569-9237. Staff *Price difference in each is based on the amenities provided. HOURS OF OPERATION: Lodging Office: 0730-2100, Monday-Friday. (Open as needed during AT periods and other training.) Closed on Holidays CHECK OUT: 1200 hours. Housekeeping service are mandatory for all guest to ensure proper level of services are provided. 15.

18. Georgia Garrison Training Center Green Roof Inn Lodging and Protocol Availability and Reservations The Green Roof Inn is located off of Worcester Ave, between E. 10th and E. 11th street. Rooms in this facility are single or two person (shared) rooms with two rooms sharing a bathroom. Rooms include cable television, microwave, refrigerator, and coffee pot. Internet is provided at cost through AWN. Housekeeping services are preformed Monday through Friday until 4:00 p.m.  However, special request can be made to the Lodging Director. The Green Roof Inn is mainly used by National Guard and student Soldiers. This facility may also be used by single active duty, geographbachelors, families, and civilians on a space available basis and priority level. National Guard and student Soldiers have priority. Limited ADA compliant rooms are available. No orders are needed to make reservations or stay at the Green Roof Inn. 16.

19. Georgia Garrison Training Center Lodging and Protocol Distinguished Visitors Quarters The Georgia Garrison Training Center has five Distinguished Visitors Quarters (DVQs). They are the Victory House, The Independence House, The Oglethorpe House (Suite 1 and 2), The Minuteman House and Nathan House. Additionally, we offer other furnished quarters that provide more privacy then the Green Roof Inn for official or leisure travel. The Victory and the Independence House quarters are located on E. 16th Street off of Harmon Avenue overlooking Donovan Parade Field. Nestled among mature dogwoods, oaks, and loblolly pines, the charming, unassuming exterior of the these DVQs belies an interior that can only be described as plush. These DVQs share a screened-in picnic area with bathrooms, tables, and cooking facilities. The DVQs are furnished with fully equipped kitchens, microwaves, dishware, flatware, pots, pans, toasters, irons, ironing boards, hair dryers, and coffee makers. Daily housekeeping services, internet access, and televisions are also provided. 17.

20. Georgia Garrison Training Center Directorates Procurement and Supply Office The Procurement and Supply Office mission is to serve the GGTC by focusing our efforts on the Command’s most valuable assets, our employees. We do this through recruitment, hiring and retention of a qualified workforce. We also provide GGTC’s DPW with goods and services to accomplish daily work orders and fosters a work environment that is not only customer service driven but successful in its mission. The Georgia Garrison Training Center is one of the premier training centers within the National Guard inventory. It is with management of resources that makes us the training center that all others are benchmarked against. 18.

21. Georgia Garrison Training Center Minuteman Chapel Old charm with a new spirit is how the Georgia Garrison Training Center remodeled the Minutemen Chapel. As shown in the 1940’s lithograph, the Minuteman Chapel has retained much of the old style and clean, classic architecture . The Chapel today now has all of the modern 21st Century comforts. The Minuteman Chapel is used primarily for religious services and other activities related to the spiritual and moral welfare of the Soldiers training at the GGTC. Chapel facilities may also be used by families and civilians for religious purposes to include weddings, dedications, religious ordinances, and similar family oriented religious ceremonies. All military members and the religious groups of which they are a part of have equal claim to the use of these facilities. The GGTC encourages all to consider use of the Minuteman Chapel for appropriate events. Requests for the use of the Chapel are sent to the GGTC DOL. Include in the request your name, telephone number, type of event(s), date and time of event(s), number of persons expected, and any other particulars regarding the event. 19.

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