Don't know if you check the boards, but good luck to ya in Georgia. We'll miss your stinging blows here in Barad'dun. Don't worry I'll keep that big stick of yours safe until you decide to come back to the realm.
Checking online, I see there are Dagorhir and Belegarth realms in both Atlanta and Columbus. There are also several realms of each scattered through parts of Alabama and Tennesee. Don't know which part of Georgia you'll be in, but if ya get a car or talk someone into joining who has a car, you should be alright.
There is SCA all over Georgia. Half the state is in the kingdom of Meridies and half is in the kingdom of Atlantia. All kingdoms have different criteria some are more warlike than others, but all have fighter groups. You don't have to be someone's 'Squire' to fight. The ECS (empire of chivalry and steel) requires that someone vouches for you to join, not the SCA. You don't even have to be a paid member to fight at practices (SCA minimum membership is a yearly $20 or was) Though, of course, you do have to sign a waiver with the group's marshall. A marshall is like our group's herald's. You do need at least minimum armor but some realms have loaner gear and garb. However there are different rules than in Dagorhir to fighting and to the things you can say and act towards others especially the nobility. Yes in SCA they have knights, dukes and Kings and some have egos so you have to address them with the correct titles and you have to bow to the throne and you have to fight with chivalry at all times.
Anyhow, good luck to ya, keep fighting in whatever group you can reach and teach us a thing or two when you get back.
Konradr