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The Mormon Battalion Historic Site is a historic site in Old Town, San Diego, California, built in honor of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who served in the United States Army's Mormon Battalion during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848. [1]
The 185th Armor Regiment was created on 1 July 1959 by combining several existing units. The 185th Armor Regiment shares the lineage of some of those existing units, which can be traced back to 1885 with the 7th Infantry Regiment (California).
Elements of the brigade can trace back their lineage to October 1881 when the San Diego City Guard was established, which later became the 251st Coast Artillery Regiment. [1] [4] The 79th Infantry Brigade was originally made up of the 157th and 158th Infantry Regiments (CO, AZ Army National Guard) and served as part of the 40th Division from Aug 1917-Apr 1919.
The 160th was assigned to the 40th Infantry Division, and was demobilized at Camp Kearny in San Diego on 7 May 1919. [ 2 ] Former southern California elements reorganized on 23 August-6 October 1921 in the California National Guard as the 160th Infantry and was assigned to the 40th Division; Headquarters was federally recognized on 31 January ...
Prior to that time, the California Army Guard originated from the state militia established by the Constitution of California in 1849. On 4 April 1850, the first California Legislature in San Jose adopted enabling legislation formally establishing a militia of volunteer or independent companies. The law required every free, white, able-bodied ...
With a total strength of over 24,000 troops, it is the largest National Guard in the United States. As of January 2012, California National Guardsmen have been deployed overseas more than 38,000 times since 2001, [1] during which time twenty-nine Guardsmen have been killed in Iraq and two have died in Afghanistan. [2]
The 40th Infantry Division ("Sunburst Division") [2] is a modular division of the California Army National Guard.Following the Army's modularization in the mid-2000s, the division has become a modular unit consisting of three brigade combat teams, with National Guardsmen from throughout the Pacific and Western United States and Oceania.
The Kansas Army National Guard armory in Concordia, Kansas is a typical building used for the National Guard programs in the United States.. A National Guard Armory, National Guard Armory Building, or National Guard Readiness Center [note 1] is any one of numerous buildings of the U.S. National Guard where a unit trains, meets, and parades.