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The Washington National Guard is one of the four elements of the State of Washington's Washington Military Department and a component of the National Guard of the United States. It is headquartered at Camp Murray, Washington and is defined by its state and federal mission. At the call of the Governor, the Washington National Guard will mobilize ...
The Washington National Guard is trained to fight forest fires. The Washington State Military Department is a branch of the state government of Washington, United States. The Washington State Military Department has several major operational divisions: [1] Washington Emergency Management Division [2] Washington Army National Guard [3]
The Washington Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the Washington National Guard based in Washington. The history of the Washington Army National Guard dates back to 1854 with formation of the Washington Territorial Militia. [1] The command is headquartered at Camp Murray in Pierce County. It consists of 6,200 ...
The Washington Air National Guard took on an support operations mission with the formation of the 111th Air Support Operations Squadron at Camp Murray in 1988. [8] A KC-135 of the 116th Air Refueling Squadron over Mount Rainier. The 116th is the oldest unit in the Washington Air National Guard.
In 1903, with passage of the Militia Act of 1903, the predecessor to the modern-day National Guard was formed. It required the states to divide their militias into two sections. The law recommended the title "National Guard" for the first section, for federal administration, and "Reserve Militia" for the individual states. [10]
Gov. Jay Inslee has activated some Washington National Guard members to be on stand-by in the event they are asked to support local law enforcement and the Washington State Patrol during election ...
The 303rd Cavalry Regiment is a United States cavalry regiment, currently represented in the Washington Army National Guard (WA ARNG) by the 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry, headquartered at Vancouver, Washington, part of the 96th Troop Command. It incorporates the lineage of the 303rd Cavalry, 303rd Armor, and 803rd Armor Regiments of the ...
The 56th Theater Information Operations Group is a brigade-sized command of the United States Army National Guard based in Washington, and Maryland.In 2015 it took on the additional role as a major subordinate command in the Washington Army National Guard, aligning military intelligence and special operations forces under its command for administrative control.