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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 [1] [4] The 79th Infantry Brigade was originally made up of the 157th and 158th Infantry Regiments (CO, AZ Army National Guard) and served as part of the 40th Division from Aug 1917-Apr 1919.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 ...
At the same time Los Angeles County formed two companies, Los Angeles Rangers [14] and the Los Angeles Guard. [15] In 1854 the Monte Rangers [16] were formed. During 1855 in San Bernardino County the San Bernardino Rough and Ready Cavalry [17] was formed, replaced in 1856 by the San Bernardino Rangers. [18]
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 unit was expanded, reorganized, and redesignated on 21 February 1888 as the 6th Infantry Regiment. It was mustered into federal service on 11 May 1898 at San Francisco as the 6th California Volunteer Infantry; and mustered out on 15 December 1898 at Fort Point, CA. It was reduced and consolidated on 11 May 1907 with the 2nd Infantry ...
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.
Constituted on 18 July 1917 following the American entry into World War I, the 40th Infantry Division was organized at Camp Kearny, near San Diego, California, on 16 September, originally designated as the 19th Division. It was composed of National Guard units from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. [3]