National Guard's Bernadette Doughty and other troops unload cots as the 153rd MP Company prepares to help with storm maintenance efforts, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing for higher ground, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/The Wilmington News-Journal, Emily Varisco)
About 20 Georgia guardsmen assigned to two Army Chinook helicopters were scheduled to deploy Tuesday afternoon from Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah. The citizen-soldiers belong to B Company of the 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment.
Officials say the Georgia guardsmen are headed to Raleigh, N.C., to stage with National Guard troops from other states in advance of disaster response operations. With flooding and snow from Sandy affecting much of the East Coast, it's unknown where they'll ultimately be sent to help with recovery efforts.
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