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The Rhode Island National Guard traces it origins to the earliest known colonial defensive force which was formed on May 13, 1638, and called the "Traine Band", in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The new force was founded as, “Freemen as a militia subject to call and expected to perform certain military duties in the protection of the people.” [ 6 ]
The National Guard was created by the Militia Act of 1903 which provided federal funding for state militia units in exchange for the units being trained and equipped to federal standards. While some militia units declined to be governed by federal regulations, Battery A, along with most of the other Rhode Island Militia units, chose to become ...
The Rhode Island National Guard consists of the: Rhode Island Army National Guard; Rhode Island Air National Guard. 102nd Information Warfare Squadron; 143d Airlift Wing;
The May violence occurred just a week before more than 200 men and women of the 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, Rhode Island Army National Guard (Task Force Rogue) deployed to Kosovo in ...
The Rhode Island Air National Guard (RI ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Rhode Island, United States of America. It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the Rhode Island Army National Guard an element of the Rhode Island National Guard of the larger United States National Guard Bureau .
The preparations include vehicle inspections, updating of contact information and contingencies for protecting helicopters and other aircraft from storm damage.
The Rhode Island National Guard in Kosovo, the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall, and Adaptive summer sports for disabled veterans. Here's the veteran's news for RI
The 126th Aviation was constituted 1 October 1987 in the Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island Army National Guard as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System; concurrently organized from the 164th and 963rd Aviation Companies, the 1220th Transportation Company, and the 122d Aviation Battalion to consist of the ...