The North Carolina Army National Guard is North Carolina's principle military force. The force is equipped by the federal government and jointly maintained subject to the call of either. The professional head of the North Carolina Army National Guard is the Adjutant General.
Organization
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Direct reporting units
The North Carolina Army National Guard is organized into six major commands. The units come under supervision of the Adjutant General in time of peace, and automatically become part of his command when they are first ordered into active the active military service of the United States in case of emergency:
- 30th Armored Brigade (Old Hickory)
- 449th Theater Aviation Brigade
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance), 130th Aviation Regiment
- 2d Battalion (Aviation Operations), 130th Aviation Regiment
- 1st Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment
- Company C
- Detachment 17 Operational Support A?
- 2d Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment
- Company B
- Detachment 1
- Company B
- 638th Support Battalion
- Company B
- Detachment 1
- Company B
- 677th Engineering Detachment (FFTG)
- 430th Engineering Detachment (FFTG)
- 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
- 113th Sustainment Brigade
- 60th Troop Command
- 139th Regiment
Regimental affiliations
Regiments of the North Carolina Army National Guard are listed in order of precedence according to the U.S. Army Regimental System -- Army National Guard where seniority does not always bring priority:
See also
- North Carolina Air National Guard
- 1969_Greensboro_uprising
Notes
References
- North Carolina. National Guard. (2015). "Our Organization". North Carolina National Guard. United States. National Guard Bureau. Retrieved July 28, 2015.Â
- United States. Department of the Army (1953). The Army Lineage Book. Volume II: Infantry. Washington: GPO.Â
- United States. Department of the Army (October 11, 1993). U.S. Army Regimental System â" Army National Guard. (PDF) (Report). National Guard Regulation (AR) 600-82. Washington: GPO. Retrieved July 27, 2015.Â
- Woolf, Henry Bosley, ed. (1976). "National Guard". Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary. Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam. ISBNÂ 0-87779-338-7.Â
Further reading
- Doubler, Michael D. (2001). I Am The Guard: A History of the Army National Guard, 1636-2000. Department of the Army Pamhlet No. 130-1. Washington: GPO. ISBNÂ 0-16-066449-7.Â
- Hill, Jim Dan (1964). The Minute Man in Peace and War: A History of the National Guard. Harrisburg, Penn.: Stackpole Books. LCCNÂ 63-22141.Â
- North Carolina. Militia. (1851). Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812: Detached from the Militia of North Carolina, in 1812 and 1814 (Report). Raleigh: Ch. C. Raboteau. Retrieved July 27, 2015.Â
External links
- Official website
- North Carolina Army National Guard on Facebook
- Bibliography of North Carolina Army National Guard History compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History
- GlobalSecurity.org North Carolina Army National Guard, accessed 25 Nov 2006
- Unit Designations in the Army Modular Force, accessed 23 Nov 2006