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Afghanistan
200 Georgian Troops Leave Afghanistan
2014-01-14
Thank you for all you did, and all you tried to do in the defence of civilization.
[Tolo News] More than 200 Georgian troops are returning home after completing their tours in Afghanistan.

A welcome home ceremony for troops in the 1st Battalion, 214th Field Artillery Regiment was scheduled Saturday in Elberton, where the unit is headquartered about 30 miles northeast of Athens.

The battalion's soldiers left their families and their day jobs last February to train for their overseas deployment. The soldiers served in western Afghanistan from May through December, conducting base security operations in an area covering more than 120 square miles.

Georgia has been the largest non-NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
troop contributor to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force since it almost doubled its presence in Afghanistan to more than 1,560 soldiers last fall.

Twenty-seven Georgian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since 2004.
Posted by:Fred

#4  I hope there's not some enclave in the Blakans called Mississipuh.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-01-14 17:35  

#3  Surely did, and I missed it compretely.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-01-14 14:48  

#2  I think they got a National Guard unit from the state of Georgia mixed up with the nation of Georgia's military.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-01-14 13:53  

#1  We'll definately miss those MRAPs with the mounted DShK machine guns. Thanks for your help and sacrifice.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-01-14 01:50  

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