Army National Guard

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The Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army. The Army National Guard is part of the United States National Guard. 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.

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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 colonist 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 Amry'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.

1 Twenty-first Century Reorganization
- 1.1 List of Units Undergoing Transformation
  - 1.1.1 Divisions
  - 1.1.2 Brigades
- 1.2 Legacy Units and Formations
2 See also
3 References

[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.<ref>Transformation of the United States Army, accessed 21 Nov 2006</ref> 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. <ref>U.S. 34th Infantry Division, accessed 21 Nov 2006.</ref>

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[edit] List of Units Undergoing Transformation

The following is a partial list of Army National Guard brigade and division-level units undergoing transformation as part of the US Army plan.

[edit] Divisions

U.S. 28th Infantry Division
U.S. 29th Infantry Division
U.S. 34th Infantry Division, (MN NG and IA NG) - The 34th Infantry Division is the first National Guard Division to transform the Division Headquarters and to also transform the Brigade structure into Brigade Combat Teams. <ref>U.S. 34th Infantry Division, accessed 21 Nov 2006.</ref>
U.S. 35th Infantry Division, (KS NG and NE NG)
U.S. 36th Infantry Division, (TX NG) (formerly the 36th Brigade of the 49th Armored Division). 1 May 2006 elevated to division to form basis of a new, reorganized division).
U.S. 38th Infantry Division. (IN NG, MI NG, and OH NG)
U.S. 40th Infantry Division. (CA NG)
U.S. 42nd Infantry Division

[edit] Brigades

33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (IL NG)
41st Infantry Brigade Comabt Team, (Oregon Army National Guard)
45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (OK NG)
48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (GA NG))
56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (TX NG) -- returned from Iraq Dec 2005.
116th 'Stonewall' Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (VA NG)
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218th Armored Brigade Combat Team, (SC NG and KS NG)
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28th Combat Aviation Brigade, (PA NG and NJ NG)
34th Combat Aviation Brigade, (MN NG, ND NG and ID NG)
35th Combat Aviation Brigade, (MO NG, NE NG and UT NG)
36th Combat Aviation Brigade, (TX NG, CO NG, AL NG and KS NG) - The 36th CAB is the first National Guard Combat Aviation Brigade under the Army's transformation plan. The augmented brigade completed training and is currently deployed to LSA Anaconda, Iraq with 2700 soldiers as of Sep 2006. <ref>Task Force Mustang, accessed 21 Nov 2006.</ref>
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