North Carolina Army National Guard

North Carolina Army National Guard
Army National Guard Element, Joint Force Headquarters North Carolina Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active1663–present
Country United States
AllegianceNorth Carolina North Carolina
Branch United States Army
Type Army National Guard
RoleOrganized militia
Armed forces reserve
Part of North Carolina National Guard
HeadquartersRaleigh, North Carolina
Commanders
Commander in ChiefGovernor Josh Stein
Adjutant General of North CarolinaMajor General M. Todd Hunt
Insignia
Distinctive insignia
North Carolina Army National Guard Headquarters Flag
North Carolina Army National Guard Crest
North Carolina Army National Guard 60th Troop Command Flag
AbbreviationNCARNG

The North Carolina Army National Guard (NCARNG) is North Carolina's principal military force. The force is equipped by the federal government and jointly maintained subject to the call of either.[1] The professional head of the North Carolina Army National Guard is the Adjutant General.

History

The North Carolina National Guard, or Carolina militia as it was originally known, was born from the Carolina Charter of 1663. The charter gave to the Proprietors the right "to Leavy Mufter and Trayne all sortes of men of what Conditon or wherefoever borne in the said Province for the tyme being".[2]

The Militia Act of 1903 created what would become the modern National Guard from a subset of the militia, including for North Carolina. North Carolina troops, notably including the 30th Infantry Division (United States) fought in the Second World War. The division landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy in June 1944, only four days after the original assault landings. It then took part in every major European campaign, including at Normandy, then in Northern France, the Rhineland, Ardennes – Alsace and Central Europe.

The 48th "Hurricane" Infantry Division was formed on 15 September 1946 by Florida and Georgia National Guardsmen. The division conducted its first annual training from 18 July to 1 August 1948 at Fort Jackson.[3]

To prepare for challenges in Western Europe, the new Army troop basis of 1952 authorized the conversion of four National Guard infantry divisions to armoured divisions.[4] Among them, Georgia agreed to convert the 48th Infantry Division to an armoured formation.

The 118th Artillery, with three battalions part of the 48th Armored Division, was broken up on 1 January 1968 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Battalion, consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 48th Armoured Division Artillery, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 118th Artillery Group.[5] Redesignated 1 May 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 118th Field Artillery Group. Redesignated 9 May 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 118th Field Artillery Brigade.

The 118th FAB was consolidated 1 September 1992 with the 230th Field Artillery to form the 118th Field Artillery, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 48th Infantry Brigade.

Structure

The North Carolina Army National Guard is organized into six major commands. These units come under supervision of the Adjutant General in time of peace, and automatically become part of his command when they are first ordered into active service in the active military services of the United States in case of emergency:[6]

Regimental affiliations

Regiments of the North Carolina Army National Guard are listed in order of precedence according to the U.S. Army Regimental System -- Army National Guard where seniority does not always bring priority:[15][16]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Woolf, 1976, p. 765.
  2. ↑ Powell, William Stevens (1954). The Carolina Charter of 1663: How It Came to North Carolina and Its Place in History, with Biographical Sketches of the Proprietors. Raleigh: The State Department op Archives and History. p. 34 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ Lance 1948, p. 9.
  4. ↑ Wilson 1998, p. 255.
  5. ↑ McKenney, Janice E (2012). Field Artillery, Part 2. U S Army Center for Military History. p. 1089–1090.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ↑ NCNG, Our Organization.
  7. ↑ "30th Armored Brigade Combat Team". North Carolina National Guard. November 13, 2019. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  8. ↑ "449th Theater Aviation Brigade (TAB)". North Carolina National Guard. November 13, 2019. Archived from the original on January 1, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  9. ↑ "130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB)". North Carolina National Guard. November 13, 2019. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  10. ↑ "The patch changed. The mission didn't". North Carolina National Guard. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "113th Sustainment Brigade (SB)". North Carolina National Guard. November 13, 2019.
  12. ↑ "60th Troop Command (TC)". North Carolina National Guard. November 13, 2019.
  13. ↑ "After soldier's death, Army Guard investigates training, equipment provided to deploying EOD unit". 10 December 2018.
  14. ↑ "139th Regional Training Institute (RTI)". North Carolina National Guard. November 13, 2019.
  15. ↑ The Army Lineage Book, 1953, pp. 340–347.
  16. ↑ USARS-ARNG, 1993, p. 6.

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