Army National Guard
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The Army National Guard consists of the "land force" of the United States National Guard, or organized militia, of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, as defined in Title 32, USC Section 101. The Army National Guard of the United States is a component of the United States Army. Maintained by the National Guard Bureau, units are under command of the state's governor. When the unit is federalized, the unit falls under the command of the President of the United States.
Like the United States Army Reserve, many members usually serve "One weekend a month, two weeks a year", although many members also serve full-time in order to maintain units, and many units have become more active in military operations in recent years.
The Army National Guard is the oldest branch of the U.S. military, tracing its origins back into American colonies as far back as 1636. English colonists needed to protect themselves and drew civilians into organized militias, from which are descended some units of the Massachusetts Army National Guard. The Army National Guard officially received its title in 1798.
During World War I, the National Guard provided 40% of the US Army's combat forces. Guard membership doubled in 1940, and provided 19 divisions during World War II. Later, 138,000 guardsmen were deployed for Korea, and many other smaller deployments. After September 11, the Army National Guard has been used extensively in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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[edit] Twenty-first Century Reorganization
The Army National Guard is reorganizing into 28 brigade combat teams and 78 support brigades as a part of the Army's transformation plan. When the reorganization is complete, brigades will have 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers whereas the former Army organization was principally organized around large, mostly armored divisions of around 15,000 soldiers each.
There are currently (Nov 2006) eight National Guard divisions. [1]
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[edit] List of Units Undergoing Transformation
The following is a partial list of the planned end-state organization of the Army National Guard, and includes those brigade and division-level units undergoing transformation as part of the US Army plan.
[edit] Divisions
- U.S. 28th Infantry Division, (PA NG and FL NG)
- U.S. 29th Infantry Division, Virginia Army National Guard and Maryland Army National Guard
- 1st Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Virginia
- 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Maryland
- 3rd Brigade Combat Team (Heavy), West Virginia
- 4th Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Puerto Rico
- 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, (MD NG)
- 34th Infantry Division, (MN NG and IA NG)
- U.S. 35th Infantry Division, (KS NG and NE NG)
- U.S. 36th Infantry Division, (TX NG)
- 1st Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Texas
- 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Texas
- 3rd Brigade Combat Team (Heavy), Louisiana
- 4th Brigade Combat Team (Heavy), Mississippi
- 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, (TX NG, CO NG, AL NG and KS NG)
- 38th Infantry Division. (IN NG, MI NG, and OH NG)
- 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Ohio/Michigan
- 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Indiana
- 3rd Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Kentucky/Alabama
- 4th Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Tennessee
- 38th Combat Aviation Brigade, (IN NG)
- 40th Infantry Division. (CA NG)
- 1st Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), California
- 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Oregon
- 3rd Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Hawaii/Arizona
- 4th Brigade Combat Team (Heavy), Washington/California
- 5th Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Alaska/Arizona/California/New Mexico/Guam/Indiana/Nebraska
- 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, (CA NG)
- 42nd Infantry Division. (NY NG)
- 1st Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), New York
- 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Vermont/Connecticut/Maine
- 3rd Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), New Jersey
- 4th Brigade Combat Team (Infantry), Massachusetts/New Mexico/Rhode Island
- 42d Aviation Brigade, New York
[edit] Theater Level Support Organizations
- 167th Sustainment Command (Theater)
- 135th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
- 184th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
[edit] Combat Support Brigades
These carry the designation (ME) which means Maneuver Enhancement.
- 110th Combat Support Brigade (ME), Missouri
- 111th Combat Support Brigade (ME), New Mexico
- 130th Combat Support Brigade (ME), North Carolina
- 225th Combat Support Brigade (ME), Louisiana
- 164th Combat Support Brigade (ME), North Dakota
- 157th Combat Support Brigade (ME), Wisconsin
- 136th Combat Support Brigade (ME), Texas
The Army National Guard also plans three additional combat support brigades, but these have not yet been assigned.
[edit] Sustainment Brigades
108th Sustainment Brigade, Illinois
371st Sustainment Brigade, Ohio
[there are nine additional sustainment brigades to enter here)
[edit] Field Artillery (Fires) Brigades
- 45th Fires Brigade, Oklahoma
- 138th Fires Brigade, Kentucky
- 142nd Fires Brigade, Arkansas
- 169th Fires Brigade, Colorado
- 197th Fires Brigade, New Hampshire
- 65th Fires Brigade, Utah
[edit] Functional Brigades
(there are twelve brigades to add here)
[edit] Theater Aviation Assets
(there are five aviation units to add here)
[edit] Brigades
- 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (NY NG)
- 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (HI NG)
- 30th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (NC NG)
- 31st 'Old Dixie' Armored Brigade Combat Team, (AL NG)
- 32nd 'Red Arrow' Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (WI NG)
- 33d Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (IL NG)
- 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (OH NG, MI NG)
- 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (AR NG)
- 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (OR NG)
- 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (OK NG)
- 48th 'Old Gray Bonnet' Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (GA NG)
- 53d Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (FL NG)
- 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (TX NG) -- returned from Iraq Dec 2005.
- 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (IN NG)
- 81st Armored Brigade Combat Team, (WA NG)
- 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mtn.), (VT NG)
- 116th 'Stonewall' Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (VA NG)
- 116th Armored Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, (ID NG)
- 155th 'Dixie Thunder' Armored Brigade Combat Team, (MS NG)
- 207th 'Artic Warriors' Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (AK NG)
- 218th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (SC NG)
- 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (LA NG)
- 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment Combat Team, (TN NG)
- U.S.92nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team(PR ANG)
- please add additional support brigades here
- please add additional support brigades here
[edit] Legacy Units and Formations
The following units were affected by the Army National Guard transformation, but are no longer active.
- U.S. 49th Armored Division (inactivated 1 May 2004; reflagged as the 36th Infantry Division)
[edit] See also
- List of state-level Army National Guard pages in Wikipedia
- Military units and formations of the United States National Guard
[edit] References
- National Guard Web Site
- Army National Guard Web Site
- Army National Guard Recruiting
- Unit Designations in the Army Modular Force, accessed 23 Nov 2006
- United States National Guard, accessed 4 Nov 2006
- ^ 34th Infantry Division, accessed 21 Nov 2006.
