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The Illinois Army National Guard was originally formed in 1712 as a colonial French militia.The militia worked under British sovereignty in the mid-eighteenth century, until the American Revolutionary War, when in 1779 Colonel George Rogers Clark, with 200 frontiersmen, of the Illinois Regiment, Virginia State Forces, from Kaskaskia, captured Fort Sackville from British Colonel Henry Hamilton ...
Peoria, Illinois: 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Illinois Army National Guard: Illinois ANG: 169th Air Support Operations Squadron: Peoria, Illinois: 34th Infantry Division Iowa Army National Guard: Illinois ANG: 227th Air Support Operations Squadron: Atlantic City, New Jersey: 28th Infantry Division Pennsylvania Army National Guard: New ...
List of United States military bases in Illinois is a listing of current and former United States military bases located in the US State of Illinois. Air Force
New York Army National Guard / 53rd Troop Command: National Guard 104th Military Police Battalion - Kingston, NY. 442nd Military Police Company; 727th Military Police Detachment; New York Army National Guard / 53rd Troop Command: National Guard 437th Military Police Battalion - Columbus, OH. 324th Military Police Company - Middletown, OH
The Illinois National Guard provided a total of 1,371 soldiers and airmen from both Army and Air National Guard units. The Illinois Air National Guard's 126th Air Refueling Wing and 108th Air Refueling Squadron were also mobilized and actively participated in the "Air Bridge" between the United States and the Persian Gulf.
The Illinois National Guard Armory in Rockford, Illinois, is located at 605 Main St. and served as the headquarters for Illinois National Guard units of various designations for nearly 60 years. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The armory also was used as a music venue [2] throughout the 1970s.
The post-World War II reorganization of the Army National Guard included the 33rd and 44th Infantry Divisions as Illinois-based units.[1]The 44th Infantry Division was inactivated in 1954, following its return from its mobilization for the Korean War.
Virginia Army National Guard: Gate City (VA) 1050th Transportation Battalion: South Carolina Army National Guard: Newberry (SC) 1120th Transportation Battalion: Arizona Army National Guard: Glendale (AZ) [7] 1144th Transportation Battalion: Illinois Army National Guard: Inactive: 1173th Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion: 1189th ...