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The Army National Guard of the United States consists of the "land force" of the United States National Guard, or organized militia, of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, as defined in Title 32, USC Section 101. The Army National Guard is a reserve component of the United States Army. Maintained by the National Guard Bureau, units are under command of the state's governor. An exception to this rule is the D.C Army National Guard; the D.C Army National Guard is under the direction of the President of the United States. 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, of which the National Guard units were among the first to deploy overseas and the first to fight. Later, 138,000 National Guardsmen were deployed for Korea, and many other smaller deployments. During the Vietnam war, almost 23,000 Army and Air Guardsmen were called up for a year of active duty; some 8,700 were deployed to Vietnam. Since 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
- 1.2 Legacy Units and Formations
2 Army National Guard Forces
3 See also
4 References

Twenty-first Century Reorganization

The Army National Guard is reorganizing into 32 brigade combat teams and 78 support brigades as a part of the Army's transformation plan. When the reorganization is complete, brigades will consist of 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers. Formerly, the Army was principally organized around large, mostly infantry, divisions of around 15,000 soldiers each.

As of November 2006, there were eight Army National Guard divisions. ^[1]

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.

Divisions

28th Infantry Division (PA ARNG and FL ARNG)
- 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania, Ohio
- 55th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania
- 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania
- 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Florida
- Combat Aviation Brigade, (PA ARNG and NJ ARNG)
29th Infantry Division (United States) (VA NG and MD ARNG)
- 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina, West Virginia
- 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Virginia
- Combat Aviation Brigade, (MD NG)
34th Infantry Division (MN ARNG and IA ARNG)
- 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, Idaho/Montana/Oregon
- 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Wisconsin
- 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, (MN ARNG)
- 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (IA ARNG and MN ARNG)
- Combat Aviation Brigade, (MN ARNG, ND NG and ID NG)
35th Infantry Division (KS ARNG and NE NG)
- 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia
- 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Illinois
- 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma
- Combat Aviation Brigade, (MO ARNG, NE ARNG and UT ARNG)
36th Infantry Division (TX ARNG)
- 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas
- 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas
- 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi
- 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Louisiana
- Combat Aviation Brigade, (TX ARNG, CO ARNG, AL NG and KS ARNG)
38th Infantry Division (IN NG, MI ARNG, and OH ARNG)
- 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Ohio/Michigan
- 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Indiana
- 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment (HBCT), Tennessee
- Combat Aviation Brigade (IN ARNG)
40th Infantry Division (CA ARNG)
- 40th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, California
- 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon
- 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Hawaii/Arizona
- 81st Armored Brigade Combat Team, Washington/California
- Combat Aviation Brigade (CA ARNG)
42nd Infantry Division (NY ARNG)
- 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York
- 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont/Connecticut/Maine
- 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey
- Combat Aviation Brigade, New York

Theater Level Support Organizations

167th Sustainment Command (Theater)
135th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
184th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)

HQ, Aviation Depot Maintenance Roundout Unit (MD)

1106th Theater Aviation Maintenance Sustainment Group (CA)
1107th Theater Aviation Maintenance Sustainment Group (MO)
1108th Theater Aviation Maintenance Sustainment Group (MS)
1109th Theater Aviation Maintenance Sustainment Group (CT)

Maneuver Enhancement Brigades

92nd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Puerto Rico
110th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Missouri
111th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, New Mexico
130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, North Carolina
136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Texas
157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Wisconsin
164th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, North Dakota
218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina

The Army National Guard is forming an additional seven ME brigades.

Sustainment Brigades

34th Sustainment Brigade
36th Sustainment Brigade
38th Sustainment Brigade
40th Sustainment Brigade
67th Sustainment Brigade
108th Sustainment Brigade, Illinois
230th Sustainment Brigade, Tennessee
287th Sustainment Brigade
369th Sustainment Brigade
371st Sustainment Brigade, Ohio
000th Sustainment Brigade

Field Artillery (Fires) Brigades

45th Fires Brigade, Oklahoma
65th Fires Brigade, Utah
138th Fires Brigade, Kentucky
142nd Fires Brigade, Arkansas
169th Fires Brigade, Colorado
197th Fires Brigade, New Hampshire

Functional Brigades

(there are twelve brigades to add here)

225th Engineer Brigade, LA ARNG

Theater Aviation Assets

66th Theater Aviation Command (WA)

185th Theater Aviation Brigade (MS), 66th TAC

3-136 TA Bn (MO, RI, PA, IN, VI, MS, CA, CT, OR, OK, WA, SD, Active duty units in Korea and Japan)
1-169th GSAB (CT, AL, GA, MD, PA, KY, Active Duty Unit in NC.)
1-171st GSAB (GA, HI, NM, KS)
1-214th GSAB (Active Duty and Reserve units in Germany)
351st ASB (SC, KY, WA, MI, OR)

449th Theater Aviation Brigade

1-126th GSAB (RI, CA, ME)
1-106th GSAB (IL, MO)
1-131st ASLT (AL, NC)
1-244th ASLT (LA, FL)
248th ASB (IA, WI, LA)

204th Theater Airfield Operations Group (LA, TN, MS, AR, FL)

77th Theater Aviation Brigade (AR), 11th Theater Aviation Command (Active Duty)

2-238th GSAB (IN, IL, SC, CO, Active Duty Unit)
1-147th ASLT (WI, MI)
1-207th ASLT (AK, HI)
2-285th ASLT (AZ, OK, ND, UT)
445th ASB (OK, HI, PR, VA, WY)

Units attached to Active Duty or Army Reserve Commands

F Co, 207th Aviation (AK), 244th TAB (Army Reserve), 11th TAC (Active Duty)

C Co (Air Ambulance) (WY, AZ) 5-159th GSAB, 244th TAB (Army Reserve), 11th TAC (Active Duty)

D and E Co Dets (WY, AZ) 5-159th GSAB, 244th TAB (Army Reserve), 11th TAC (Active Duty)

E Co, 164th Theater Airfield Operations Group (NC)

Brigade Combat Teams

27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (NY ARNG)
29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (HI ARNG)
30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, (NC ARNG)
32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (WI ARNG)
33d Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (IL ARNG)
37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (OH NG, MI ARNG)
39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (AR ARNG)
41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (OR ARNG)
45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (OK ARNG)
48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (GA ARNG)
53d Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (FL ARNG)
76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (IN ARNG)
81st Armored Brigade Combat Team, (WA ARNG)
86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), (VT ARNG)
116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (VA ARNG)
116th Armored Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, (ID ARNG)
155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, (MS ARNG)
256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (LA ARNG)
278th Armored Cavalry Regiment (HBCT), (TN ARNG)

Legacy Units and Formations

The following units were affected by the Army National Guard transformation, but are no longer active.

49th Armored Division inactivated 1 May 2004; reflagged as the 36th Infantry Division.