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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 [1] [4] The 79th Infantry Brigade was originally made up of the 157th and 158th Infantry Regiments (CO, AZ Army National Guard) and served as part of the 40th Division from Aug 1917-Apr 1919.
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]
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]
The Mormon Battalion Historic Site is a historic site in Old Town, San Diego, California, built in honor of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who served in the United States Army's Mormon Battalion during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848. [1]
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.
From 1942 through July 1944, during World War II, the airfield at Twentynine Palms was utilized by the U.S. Army Air Force for primary flight training. What is now the "Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center" was taken over by the Eleventh Naval District, headquartered in San Diego, as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Twentynine Palms, in July 1944.