The Washington Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the Washington National Guard based in Washington. The history of the Washington Army National Guard dates back to 1854 with formation of the Washington Territorial Militia. The command is headquartered at Camp Murray in Pierce County. It consists of 6,200 soldiers in two brigades and various smaller units located throughout the state.
Units
Washington Army/Air National Guard joint training - Members of both the Washington Army and Air National Guard conducted joint training at Yakima Training Center recently. The 116th Air Support Operations Squadron routinely supports Army maneuver...
- Joint Forces Headquarters
- 66th Theater Aviation Command
- 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment (General Support)
- 81st Armored Brigade Combat Team (40th Infantry Division)
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- Special Troops Battalion [1]
- 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment
- 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment
- 2d Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment
- 181st Support Battalion [2]
- 96th Troop Command
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- 144th Army Liaison Team (United States Army Forces Command)
- 116th Rear Operations Center
- 122d Public Affairs Operations Center
- 141st Military History Detachment
- 133d Army Band
- 420th Chemical Battalion [3]
- 506th Military Police Detachment
- 540th Chemical Detachment
- 790th Chemical Company (MVR Support)
- 792nd Chemical Company (Heavy)
- 1041st Transportation Company (Light/Medium)
- 1161st Transportation Company (PLS)
- 741st Ordnance Battalion
- 319th Ordnance Company (EOD)
- 176th Engineer Company (Vertical)
- 951st Maintenance Company
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- 56th Theater Information Operations Group
- 156th Information Operations Battalion
- 341st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist)
- Company A, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion
- Company B, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion
- Company A, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
- Special Operations Detachment - Pacific Command
- 205th Training Regiment (Leadership)[4]
- Headquarters Company
- 1st Battalion, 205th Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, 205th Regiment
History
Activations
- 1917 â€" World War I
- 1940 â€" World War II
- 1948 â€" Flood relief in Ellensburg
- 1950 â€" Korean War
- 1980 â€" Mount St. Helens eruption
- 1990/91 â€" Persian Gulf War
- 1990's â€" Bosnia-Herzegovina
- 1994 â€" Central Washington forest fires
- 1999 â€" Seattle WTO riots
- 2000 â€" Kosovo
- 2000 â€" Macedonia
- 2002â€"present â€" Operation Enduring Freedom
- 2003â€"present â€" Operation Iraqi Freedom
- 2006 â€" Eastern Washington forest fires
- 2007 â€" Flood relief for five western counties
- 2014 â€" Oso landslide
- 2014 â€" 2014 Wildfires
- 2015 â€" 2015 Wildfires
Historic units
- 161st Infantry Regiment
- 1444th and 241st TC Detachment
- 146th Field Artillery Regiment
- 205th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
- 303d Armor - The regiment traces its history from the 803d Tank Battalion, redesignated from 803d Tank Destroyer Battalion on 13 September 1946. Reorganized and federally recognized 18 March 1947 with HQ at Centralia. Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1959 as the 303d Armor, with one battalion (1959-1963), two battalions (1963-1968), and one battalion from that date. Consolidated with 803d Armor (constituted 1 January 1974) between 15 April and 1 September 1993.
- 303d Cavalry Regiment - The Regiment was constituted on 1 January 1968 as the 303d Cavalry, a parent regiment under CARS, and on the same day ('concurrently') organized to consist of Troop E, a component of the 81st Infantry Brigade. Transferred from CARS to USARS 1 June 1989 with headquarters at Camp Murray. Reorganized, redesignated, and consolidated 1 May 1992, consisting (unchanged) as Troop E, a component of the 81st Infantry Brigade, at Puyallup.
See also
- Washington Air National Guard
- Washington State Guard
- Washington Military Department
References
Further reading
- McLatchy, Patrick H., The Development of the National Guard of Washington as an Instrument of Social Control, 1854-1916. Unpub. Ph.D dissertation, University of Washington, 1973.
- Carey, Daniel C., The Washington State National Guard, 1901-1917. Unpub. MA thesis, Washington State University, 1993.
- Washington State, Military Department, Office of the Adjutant General. Washington National Guard Pamphlet: The Official History of the Washington National Guard. 7 vols. Compiled by Virgil F. Field. Camp Murray, WA, 1959.
- Washington State, Military Department, Office of the Adjutant General. A Brief History of the Washington Territorial Militia, 1855â€"1889 and the National Guard of the State of Washington, 1889-1957. Compiled by Virgil F. Field. Mimeographed, 1957.
External links
- Wash. Military Dept. - Army National Guard
- Bibliography of Washington Army National Guard History compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History
