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A controversy arose when the regular Army attempted to reduce the number of planned National Guard divisions to 21, which was resolved when Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy decided on 27 for the Army National Guard. [174] By September 1959 the Army National Guard had reorganized into twenty-one infantry and six armored divisions. [175]
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The Army National Guard (ARNG) is an organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army.It is simultaneously part of two different organizations: the Militia of the United States (consisting of the ARNG of each state, most territories, and the District of Columbia), as well as the federal ARNG, as part of the National Guard as a whole (which includes the Air ...
The Army National Guard fielded six infantry, two mechanized, and two armored divisions for a total of ten National Guard divisions, as well as 18 separate combat brigades (11x infantry, 3x armored, 4x mechanized) and three armored cavalry regiments. [49] [50] The Army Reserve fielded one mechanized and two infantry brigades. [50]
The National Guard Bureau also provides policies and requirements for training and funds for state Army National Guard and state Air National Guard units, [19] the allocation of federal funds to the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard, [19] and other administrative responsibilities prescribed under 10 U.S.C. § 10503.
The 23rd Cavalry Division was a cavalry formation of the United States Army National Guard during the interwar period.. It was created in the early 1920s due to the perceived need for additional cavalry units along with three other National Guard cavalry divisions, but its headquarters was not activated until 1939 as a result of funding shortages.
The 36th Infantry Division is the first National Guard Division to command an active duty brigade as part of the Army's total force policy. This allows the active and reserve units to train together as they are preparing to fight together.
The 155th Infantry is one of only twenty-four currently active Army National Guard units with campaign credits for the War of 1812, and one of only two from a state west of the Appalachians. [2] [circular reference] It has credit for the Florida (1814) and New Orleans Campaigns. 155th Infantry Regiment fighting in Buena Vista, Mexico, 23 ...