North Carolina Army National Guard | |
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Active | 1663–present |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | North Carolina |
Branch | Army |
Type | |
Role | Organized militia Armed forces reserve |
Part of | |
Headquarters | Raleigh, North Carolina |
Commanders | |
Commander in Chief | Governor Roy Cooper |
Adjutant General of North Carolina | Major General M. Todd Hunt |
Insignia | |
Distinctive insignia | |
Abbreviation | NCARNG |
The North Carolina Army National Guard (NCARNG) is North Carolina's principal military force. The force is equipped by the federal government and jointly maintained subject to the call of either.[1] The professional head of the North Carolina Army National Guard is the Adjutant General.
History
The North Carolina National Guard, or Carolina militia as it was originally known, was born from the Carolina Charter of 1663. The charter gave to the Proprietors the right "to Leavy Mufter and Trayne all sortes of men of what Conditon or wherefoever borne in the said Province for the tyme being".[2]
Structure
The North Carolina Army National Guard is organized into six major commands. These 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 service in the active military services of the United States in case of emergency:[3]
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) (HQ at Clinton)
- Troop D in Sanford, North Carolina, remainder of 1st Squadron in West Virginia
- 236th Brigade Engineer Battalion (HQ in Durham, NC)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- Company C
- Detachment 17 (Joint Operational Support Airlift Center)
- Company B
- Detachment 1
- Company B
- Company B
- Detachment 1
- Company B
- 677th Engineer Detachment (FFTG)
- 430th Engineer Detachment (FFTG)
- 105th Military Police Battalion (HQ at Asheville)
- 105th Engineer Battalion (HQ at Raeford)
- 505th Engineer Battalion (HQ at Gastonia)
- 109th Military Police Battalion (HQ at Kinston)
- Headquarters Sustainment Company (HQ at Charlotte)
- 295th Signal Support Company (HQ at Mooresville)
- 578th FEST (HQ at Charlotte)
- MCPOD (HQ at Charlotte)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HQ at Greensboro)
- 113th Special Troops Battalion (HQ at Asheboro)
- 630th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (HQ at Lenoir)
- Recruiting and Retention Command (HQ at Raleigh)
- 382d Public Affairs Detachment (HQ at Raleigh)
- 130th Military History Detachment (HQ at Raleigh)
- 440th Army Band (HQ at Raleigh)
- Medical Detachment (HQ at Stem)
- 42d Civil Support Detachment (HQ at Greenville)
- 403d Rigger Support Team
- 430th Ordnance Company (EOD) (HQ at Washington)[9]
- Special Operations Detachment-X-JSOC
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:[11][12]
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130th Aviation Regiment
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139th Infantry Regiment
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196th Armor Regiment
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196th Cavalry Regiment
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See also
References
Citations
- ^ Woolf, 1976, p. 765.
- ^ Powell, William Stevens (1954). The Carolina Charter of 1663: How It Came to North Carolina and Its Place in History, with Biographical Sketches of the Proprietors. Raleigh: The State Department op Archives and History. p. 34 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ NCNG, Our Organization.
- ^ "30th Armored Brigade Combat Team". North Carolina National Guard. November 13, 2019.
- ^ "449th Theater Aviation Brigade (TAB)". North Carolina National Guard. November 13, 2019.
- ^ "130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB)". North Carolina National Guard. November 13, 2019.
- ^ "113th Sustainment Brigade (SB)". North Carolina National Guard. November 13, 2019.
- ^ "60th Troop Command (TC)". North Carolina National Guard. November 13, 2019.
- ^ "After soldier's death, Army Guard investigates training, equipment provided to deploying EOD unit". 10 December 2018.
- ^ "139th Regional Training Institute (RTI)". North Carolina National Guard. November 13, 2019.
- ^ The Army Lineage Book, 1953, pp. 340–347.
- ^ USARS-ARNG, 1993, p. 6.
Bibliography
- North Carolina. National Guard. (2015). "Our Organization". North Carolina National Guard. United States. National Guard Bureau. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- United States. Department of the Army (1953). The Army Lineage Book. Vol. II: Infantry. Washington: GPO.
- United States. Department of the Army (October 11, 1993). U.S. Army Regimental System — Army National Guard (PDF) (Report). National Guard Regulation (AR) 600-82. Washington: GPO. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- Woolf, Henry Bosley, ed. (1976). "National Guard". Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary. Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam. ISBN 0-87779-338-7.
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. ISBN 0-16-066449-7.
- Gobbel, Luther Lafayette (1919). "Militia in North Carolina in Colonial and Revolutionary Times". Historical Papers. XIII. Durham, N. C.: Trinity College Historical Society. pp. 35–61. OCLC 1046044741 – via Internet Archive.
- Hill, Jim Dan (1964). The Minute Man in Peace and War: A History of the National Guard. Harrisburg, Penn.: Stackpole Books. LCCN 63-22141.
- 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 – via Internet Archive.
External links
- Official website
- 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
- Unit Designations in the Army Modular Force