IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1304 
Honoring the members of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the 
State of Georgia’s Army National Guard for their service and sacrifice 
on behalf of the United States from 2009 to 2010. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2010 
Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 
Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LINDER, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. GINGREY of 
Georgia, Mr. BARROW, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, and Mr. BROUN of Georgia) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the members of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat 
Team of the State of Georgia’s Army National Guard 
for their service and sacrifice on behalf of the United 
States from 2009 to 2010. 
Whereas the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team was alert-
ed for mobilization and deployment as Task Force Phoe-
nix IX on November 14, 2007; 
Whereas during the next 18 months, the unit completed in-
tensive training, manning, and equipping reset in order 
to prepare for and adapt to the ever-changing Afghani-
stan mission; 
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•HRES 1304 IH 
Whereas the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed 
over 3,000 members of the Army National Guard from 
the State of Georgia to Afghanistan to conduct combat 
operations in 2009 as part of Combined Joint Task 
Force 82 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom; 
Whereas the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team ultimately 
deployed at over 118 percent strength, the highest of any 
Army National Guard unit to date; 
Whereas the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team trained 
and mentored over 50,000 Afghan National Security 
Forces as their primary mission, conducting 11,315 com-
bat missions while embedded with either the Afghan Na-
tional Army or Afghan National Police; 
Whereas the 1st Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment con-
ducted combined action as part of Task Force Mountain 
Warrior in the Nangarhar province, living and conducting 
operations with the Afghan Border Police and Afghan 
National Police from Jalalabad City to Torkum Gate at 
the mouth of the Kyber Pass in Pakistan, producing the 
first-ever comprehensive Shinwar Tribal Leadership 
agreement, which over 170 tribal leaders signed, to com-
bat the Taliban and support the Government of the Is-
lamic Republic of Afghanistan; 
Whereas the 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment con-
ducted combined action under Task Force Yukon with re-
sponsibility for all Afghan National Security Force devel-
opment in Paktya province, living and conducting oper-
ations with the Afghan National Army, Police, and Bor-
der Police and setting up the first United States presence 
in that region; 
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•HRES 1304 IH 
Whereas Task Force 1–121 also had a company working di-
rectly for the Polish Battle Group, Task Force White 
Eagle, conducting combined action in Ghazni province 
with a second company working in Paktika province con-
ducting combined operations with the Afghan National 
Army; 
Whereas the 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment con-
ducted combined action as the United States battle space 
owners under Regional Command North and the German 
Task Force with responsibility for all Afghan National 
Security Force Development in nine northern Afghan 
provinces, living and conducting operations with the Af-
ghan National Police and Border Police, establishing and 
mentoring nine Operational Coordination Cells for the 
Afghan National Security Force, resulting in increased 
synchronization and improved responsiveness of all Af-
ghan National Security Forces in Regional Command 
North; 
Whereas the 1st Battalion, 118th Artillery Regiment as-
sumed responsibility for Kabul province, with one firing 
battery and an attached company of infantry, and were 
fully incorporated into mentoring operations for the Af-
ghan National Army and Afghan National Police, 
through which all districts in Kabul province were ac-
tively partnered with a United States training team, in-
cluding 31 individual police departments, 4 zone head-
quarters, and the Kabul City Police Command, totaling 
over 11,000 assigned personnel; 
Whereas the 148th Brigade Support Battalion Logistics Task 
Force provided theater-wide support for all classes of 
supply for over 10,000 assigned and attached members of 
the United States Armed Forces, conducting over 728 
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