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The 55th Sustainment Brigade is a sustainment brigade of the United States Army Reserve. It is located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Activated in March 2006, the unit has served at least one tour in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 55th Sustainment Brigade was established in September 2006 from the 55th Theater Material Management Center. The mission of ...
The United States Army Military Intelligence Readiness Command (MIRC, The MIRC, formally USAMIRC [1]) was stood up as the first Army Reserve functional command in 2005. . Headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, MIRC is composed mostly of reserve soldiers in units throughout the United States, and encompasses the bulk of Army Military Intelligence reserve units, consisting of over 40 strategic ...
Virginia Army National Guard-VAARNG Virginia Air National Guard-VAANG. While many of the pre-war units, such as the 116th Infantry and 111th Field Artillery, were reorganized in the VAARNG in the mid to late 1940s, new units were organized into the force to meet the new threats posed by the Soviets.
The Cold War (1946–1989): During the 43 years of the Cold War, many changes occurred in the Virginia Guard including the addition of the 149th Fighter Squadron, the Commonwealth's first Air National Guard unit. No Virginia Guard unit fought in the Korean War or in Viet Nam but some units were activated during the Berlin Wall crisis in 1961.
The 335th Signal Command (Theater) is an operational and functional U.S. Army Reserve command of more than 4,000 Active and Reserve Soldiers, providing Signal and Cyber units in direct support of the U.S. Army, Army Reserve exercises, and Homeland Defense missions throughout the United States.
Henry Lee, a Virginia militia Captain, was commissioned by Congress in 1776 to form 5th Troop. 5th Troop took over 6th Troop and evolved over the years into Lee's Legion and later into the 2nd Partisan Corps; it was the primary cavalry force in the Southern Campaign and was on active duty until its colors were retired in 1783, again at ...
116th Infantry Regiment (United States) 149th Fighter Squadron; 183rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 192nd Wing; 222d Command and Control Squadron; 229th Engineer Battalion (United States) 429th Brigade Support Battalion; 246th Field Artillery (United States) 249th Engineer Battalion (United States) 307th Cavalry Regiment (United States)
The 276th Engineer Battalion ("First Virginia") [1] is an engineer battalion of the Virginia Army National Guard. Headquartered in Petersburg, Virginia, it is one of several Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812.