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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 ...
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 Jersey ANG
The Illinois National Guard comprises both Army National Guard and Air National Guard components of Illinois. As of 2013, the Illinois National Guard has approximately 13,200 members. [ 1 ] The National Guard is the only United States military force empowered to function in a state status.
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.
The 178th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army, Illinois Army National Guard. It traces its history back to the Illinois state militia and has served in several American wars since its founding. The regiment is unique because its original members were part of a segregated "colored" unit.
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The Department also serves as the back-office military link between Illinois and the United States Department of Defense (USDOD), including coordination between USDOD and Guards units and their families when Illinois units and sub-units are on federal service. National Guard activities within Illinois include both the Illinois Army National ...
4th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 7th Illinois Infantry Regiment (National Guard) 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) 66th Fighter Wing; 73rd Airlift Squadron; 106th Cavalry Regiment; 108th Air Refueling Squadron; 126th Air Refueling Wing; 129th Infantry Regiment (United States) 130th Infantry Regiment (United States)