Washington Army National Guard
| Headquarters, State Area Command Washington Army National Guard | |
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| Active | 1854–Present |
| Country |  United States |
| Allegiance |  Washington |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Type | ARNG Headquarters Command |
| Part of | Washington National Guard |
| Garrison/HQ | Camp Murray, Washington |
| Engagements | World War I World War II Korean War Persian Gulf War Kosovo War War in Afghanistan Iraq War |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Bret D. Daugherty |
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| Distinctive unit insignia |  |
The Washington Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the Washington National Guard based in Washington. The history of the Washington Army National Guard dates back to 1854 with formation of the Washington Territorial Militia.[1] The command is headquartered at Camp Murray in Pierce County. It consists of 6,200 soldiers in two brigades and various smaller units located throughout the state.
Units
- Joint Forces Headquarters
- 96th Aviation Troop Command
1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion [GSAB])[2]
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-168th GSAB
- Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th GSAB
- Detachment 2, Company C, 1st Battalion, 168th GSAB
- Company D, 1st Battalion, 168th GSAB
- Company E, 1st Battalion, 168th GSAB
- Company C, 140th
- Detachment 1, Company B, 351st
- Company C, 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation[3]
- Detachment 7, 2nd Battalion, 245th Aviation Regiment
- Detachment 51, Washington Army National Guard Operational Support Air Lift Command
81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- Special Troops Battalion[4]
1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment- 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment
- 181st Support Battalion[5]
- 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion
96th Troop Command[6]
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment- 144th Army Liaison Team (United States Army Forces Command)
- 122nd Theater Public Affairs Support Element
- 133rd Army National Guard Band
- 420th Chemical Battalion[7]
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- 506th Military Police Company
- 540th Chemical Detachment
- 176th Engineer Company
- 792nd Chemical Company
- 1041st Transportation Company
- 741st Ordnance Battalion[8]
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- 319th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company (EOD)
- 741st Explosive Ordnance Battalion
- 56th Theater Information Operations Group[9]
- 156th Information Operations Battalion
341st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist)
- Company A, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion
- Company B, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion
Company A, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne)- Special Operations Detachment - Pacific Command
- 205th Regiment (Regional Training Institute)[10][11]
- Headquarters Company
- 1st Battalion, 205th Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, 205th Regiment
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The WA Guard also maintains the 10th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD-CST).[12]
History
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Activations
- 1917 — World War I
- 1940 — World War II
- 1948 — Flood relief in Ellensburg
- 1950 — Korean War
- 1980 — Mount St. Helens eruption
- 1990/91 — Persian Gulf War
- 1990's — Bosnia-Herzegovina
- 1994 — Central Washington forest fires
- 1999 — Seattle WTO riots
- 2000 — Kosovo
- 2000 — North Macedonia
- 2002–present — Operation Enduring Freedom
- 2003–present — Operation Iraqi Freedom
- 2006 — Eastern Washington forest fires
- 2007 — Flood relief for five western counties
- 2014 — Oso landslide
- 2014 — 2014 Wildfires
- 2015 — 2015 Wildfires
- 2017 — 2017 Wildfires
- 2018 — 2018 Wildfires
Historic units
161st Infantry Regiment- 1444th and 241st TC Detachment[13]
146th Field Artillery Regiment
205th Air Defense Artillery Regiment- 303d Armor - The regiment traces its history from the 803d Tank Battalion, redesignated from 803d Tank Destroyer Battalion on 13 September 1946. Reorganized and federally recognized 18 March 1947 with HQ at Centralia. Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1959 as the 303d Armor, with one battalion (1959-1963), two battalions (1963-1968), and one battalion from that date. Consolidated with 803d Armor (constituted 1 January 1974) between 15 April and 1 September 1993.
- 303d Cavalry Regiment - The Regiment was constituted on 1 January 1968 as the 303d Cavalry, a parent regiment under CARS, and on the same day ('concurrently') organized to consist of Troop E, a component of the 81st Infantry Brigade. Transferred from CARS to USARS 1 June 1989 with headquarters at Camp Murray. Reorganized, redesignated, and consolidated 1 May 1992, consisting (unchanged) as Troop E, a component of the 81st Infantry Brigade, at Puyallup.[14]
See also
- Troop B, Washington Cavalry
- Washington Air National Guard
- Washington State Guard
- Washington Military Department
References
- ^ "History - Washington National Guard: 248th SC". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
- ^ "1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion | Washington State Military Department, Citizens Serving Citizens with Pride & Tradition". mil.wa.gov. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "96th Aviation Troop Command | Washington State Military Department, Citizens Serving Citizens with Pride & Tradition". mil.wa.gov. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Coat of Arms". Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "Coat of Arms". Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "96th Troop Command | Washington State Military Department, Citizens Serving Citizens with Pride & Tradition". mil.wa.gov. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "420th Chemical Battalion".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "741st Ordnance Battalion | Washington State Military Department, Citizens Serving Citizens with Pride & Tradition". mil.wa.gov. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "56th Information Operations Brigade | Washington State Military Department". mil.wa.gov.
- ^ "205th Regiment Regional Training Institute".
- ^ "Coat of Arms". Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "10th Civil Support Team | Washington State Military Department, Citizens Serving Citizens with Pride & Tradition". mil.wa.gov.
- ^ "U.S. Army Transportation Corps - Fort Lee, Virginia". www.transportation.army.mil. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ Jeffrey Lynn Pope, Leonid E. Kondratiuk, Army National Guard Lineage Series: Armor-Cavalry Regiments, National Guards Bureau, Historical Services Division, Washington DC 20310-2500, April 1995. DIANE Publishing edition ISBN 0788182064, 9780788182068
Further reading
- McLatchy, Patrick H., The Development of the National Guard of Washington as an Instrument of Social Control, 1854-1916. Unpub. Ph.D dissertation, University of Washington, 1973.
- Carey, Daniel C., The Washington State National Guard, 1901-1917. Unpub. MA thesis, Washington State University, 1993.
- Washington State, Military Department, Office of the Adjutant General. Washington National Guard Pamphlet: The Official History of the Washington National Guard. 7 vols. Compiled by Virgil F. Field. Camp Murray, WA, 1959.
- Washington State, Military Department, Office of the Adjutant General. A Brief History of the Washington Territorial Militia, 1855–1889 and the National Guard of the State of Washington, 1889-1957. Compiled by Virgil F. Field. Mimeographed, 1957.
External links
- Wash. Military Dept. - Army National Guard
- Bibliography of Washington Army National Guard History compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History
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