Tennessee National Guard’s response to September 11th
September 12, 2021
Nashville, TN – There are events throughout history that evoke powerful emotions: Pearl Harbor, President Kennedy’s assassination, the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia, and September 11th, 2001.
On that September morning in 2001, America watched in disbelief as terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center and attacked the Pentagon. The image of two passenger airliners slamming into the iconic New York City landmarks became seared into our collective memory. The deliberate brutality grounded air traffic across the country – with one exception.
Pentagon on September 11th, 2001.
Governor Bill Haslam Recognizes Tennessee Veterans
November 12, 2018
Five Military Veteran Tennessee State Employees Honored for Exemplary Service
Nashville, TN -Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam joined Tennessee Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder and Major General Terry “Max” Haston from the Tennessee Military Department to recognize five veteran state employees and more than 470,000 Tennessee veterans of all ages and eras.
The Governor’s Veterans Day event was held on the second floor of the State Capitol in downtown Nashville.
(Top: L to R) John Briggs, Don Coleman, Angelo Giansante, (Bot: L to R) William Houser, and Paul Nielsen.
Paris and Camden Soldiers Return to Tennessee from Deployment
December 18, 2013
Smyrna, TN – More than 150 Tennesseans from the National Guard’s 212th Engineer Company, based in Paris and Camden, will return after a nearly one-year deployment to the Middle East supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Members of the unit will arrive at the Volunteer Training Site in Smyrna from Fort Bliss, Texas in two groups. The first group of personnel will arrive at roughly 1:30pm and the second at 2:30pm on December 21st, 2013, for out processing. Members will then proceed to their units in West Tennessee. [Read more]
West Tennessee Guard units leaving next week
August 13, 2011
Nashville, TN – National Guard units from Trenton and Union City leave next week on the first leg of a trip taking them first to Fort Bliss, Texas, then initially to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Both are part of the 194th Engineer Brigade commanded by Brig. Gen. Jeff Holmes. 175 soldiers of the 230th Engineer Battalion in Trenton will depart the Trenton National Guard Armory at 5:00am Wednesday, August 17th. The 164 soldiers of Union City’s 913th Engineer Company leave from the Union City Armory at 9:00am the following morning, August 18th. [Read more]
More National Guard units headed Overseas
July 28, 2011
Nashville, TN – Two more units of the Tennessee National Guard, totaling almost 350 soldiers, have received mobilization orders and will deploy in approximately two weeks. They are bound for Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Both are West Tennessee Engineer units.
The 175 soldiers of the 230th Engineer Battalion in Trenton and 164 soldiers of the 913th Engineer Company in Union City are scheduled to deploy in mid-August. [Read more]
