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10 unusual facts about Army National Guard


530th Air Force Band

Along with all other Army and Air National Guard units, we are proud to be known as "America's Citizen Soldiers."

Battle for Henderson Field

Thus on 13 October, a naval convoy delivered the 2,837-strong 164th U.S. Infantry Regiment, a North Dakota Army National Guard formation from the U.S. Army's Americal Division, commanded by Colonel Robert Hall, to Guadalcanal.

Koli Point action

Thus on 13 October, a naval convoy delivered the 2,837-strong 164th U.S. Infantry Regiment, a North Dakota Army National Guard formation from the U.S. Army's Americal Division, to Guadalcanal.

Matanikau Offensive

Thus on October 13, a naval convoy delivered the 2,837-strong 164th U.S. Infantry Regiment, a North Dakota Army National Guard formation from the U.S. Army's Americal Division, to Guadalcanal.

Milblogging.com

Prior to Milblogging, Borda ran a military blog from Afghanistan while deployed with the Army National Guard during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Missouri Air National Guard

It is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.

Pretoria Highlanders

As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit.

Quonset State Airport

The Rhode Island Army National Guard also maintains an Army Aviation Support Facility adjacent to the Air National Guard Station for the 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, flying the UH-60 Blackhawk.

Springfield Model 1892-99

The Krag was completely phased out of service in the Regular Army by 1907, as M1903 Springfields became available, however, the Krag was issued for many more years with the National Guard and the Army Reserve, including service in World War I with rear-echelon U.S. troops in France and as training arms at various Stateside bases.

Trial Farm

Operation New Horizons 2007 commanded by the Louisiana Army National Guard built two additional rooms on to the school at Trial Farm between 17 March - 12 May 2007.


Boise Airport

Gowen Field Air National Guard Base primarily refers to the military facilities on the south side of the runways, which includes Air National Guard, Army National Guard, and reserve units of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.

Charles E. Saltzman

Saltzman left the army in 1930, joining the New York Telephone Company as an engineer and manager, though he remained a member of the United States Army Reserve, later transferring to the Army National Guard.

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove

Following WWII and into the Cold War, it became an operational and training base for aviation activities of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Army National Guard.

Patrick Sarsfield

A part of the California Army National Guard, Bravo Company, 184th Infantry Regiment out of Dublin, California was once called the "Sarsfield Grenadier Guards" after the Irish leader when the unit was only composed of soldiers of either Irish birth or descent.