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The State Defense Force (SDF) is the state’s authorized militia and assumes the state mission of the Connecticut National Guard in the event the Guard is mobilized. The SDF comprises retired active and reserve military personnel and selected professional persons who volunteer their time and talents in further service to their state.
The First Company Governor's Foot Guard [4] was organized in Hartford in October 1771 as the Connecticut Governor's Guard, and is the oldest military organization in continuous existence in the United States. Although other organizations may have been formed at an earlier date, the First Company is unique in its record of unbroken service.
The Connecticut State Militia is divided into two classes: the National Guard and the naval militia. [1]The organized militia consists of the Connecticut State Guard (the four units of the Governor's Guards are active), the Connecticut State Guard Reserve, and the Naval Militia.
As of April 2020, the Alaska State Defense Force, [26] the California State Guard, [27] the Governor's Guards of Connecticut, [28] the Georgia State Defense Force, [29] the Indiana Guard Reserve, [30] the Maryland Defense Force, [31] the New York Guard, [32] the Ohio Military Reserve, [33] the South Carolina State Guard, [34] the Tennessee ...
Air National Guard: Type: state militia, military reserve force: Role "To meet state and federal mission responsibilities." Size: Approximately 1,200 airmen: Part of: Connecticut National Guard United States National Guard Bureau National Guard: Garrison/HQ: Connecticut Air National Guard, Bradley Air National Guard Base, 206 Boston Post Road ...
A United States Uniformed Services Privilege and Identification Card (also known as U.S. military ID, Geneva Conventions Identification Card, or less commonly abbreviated USPIC) is an identity document issued by the United States Department of Defense to identify a person as a member of the Armed Forces or a member's dependent, such as a child ...
The division staff, composed of personnel from all four states, came together each summer to conduct joint training, usually held at the Connecticut State Camp military area near Niantic. The staff participated in the First Army command post exercises at Camp Dix, New Jersey, in 1931 and 1934, and at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, in 1936 and 1937.
The State Arsenal and Armory, formally the Governor William A. O'Neill State Armory and informally the Connecticut State Armory, is a historic military facility at 360 Broad Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1906, it is a distinctive example of Classical Revival architecture, built using then-innovative construction techniques involving ...