Alabama National Guard

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The Alabama National Guard of the US state of Alabama traces its formation back to the year 1807 and is part of the National Guard of the United States ( acronymized USNG ) established in 1903 ; thus also part of the second tier of the military reserve of the United States Armed Forces .

organization

The members of the National Guard are voluntary service payable militiamen that the Governor subject to Alabama. Adjutant General of Alabama has been Major General Sheryl E. Gordon since 2017.

The national guards of the states have been federally and institutionally closely linked to the regular army and air force since 1903 . The units are controlled for equipment and training by the National Guard Bureau (Arlington, VA) , a semi-independent organizational unit of the Department of Defense . Current commander of the National Guard Bureau ( Chief of the National Guard Bureau ) is General Joseph L. Lengyel . In certain circumstances, with the approval of Congress, the federal level may resort to the state national guard. The President of the United States is the commander-in-chief for federal missions .

Separate from this is the state guard , the Alabama State Defense Force (currently inactive), which is solely obliged to the state.

Human resources and units

The Alabama National Guard consists of the two branches of the Army and Air Force , namely the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard . In 2017, the Alabama Army National Guard had 9,766 and the Alabama Air National Guard 2,224, for a total of 11,990.

Alabama Army National Guard units

The main units of the Alabama Army National Guard are:

  • 167th Theater Sutainment Command
  • 135th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
  • 62nd Troop Command
  • 31st Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Brigade
  • 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
  • 111th Ordnance Group
  • 226th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
  • 122nd Troop Command

Alabama Air National Guard units

The Alabama Air National Guard consists of the following active units:

  • 117th Air Refueling Wing , Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base, Birmingham , Alabama
  • 187th Fighter Wing , Dannelly Field Air National Guard Base, Montgomery , Alabama
  • 226th Combat Communications Group , Dannelly Field Air National Guard Base, Montgomery, Alabama
  • 280th Special Operations Communications Squadron , Dannelly Field Air National Guard Base, Montgomery, Alabama

history

The Alabama National Guard traces its roots back to the Alabama Militia Association of 1807. With the "Alabama Militia Law of 1820" emerged u. a. the forerunner of the later 31st Cavalry Regiment . Alabama left the Union before the start of the Civil War and joined the Confederate States of America . After its defeat in the Civil War, the Reconstruction process for Alabama ended on July 13, 1868. Since the Militia Act (1903) , the state's militia associations have been federally and institutionally closely linked to the regular Army and Air Force and served in both the First and Second World War and the Korean War . At the Booth in the Schoolhouse Door in 1961, when Governor George Wallace tried to block the entrance to the Foster Auditorium for African American students, the Alabama National Guard was appointed by John F. Kennedy to secure their rights. Since then, the Alabama National Guard has been formally under the orders of the US President , as the corresponding Executive Order 1111 of the President has never been repealed.

Web links

Commons : Alabama National Guard  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adjutant General . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ GENERAL JOSEPH L. LENGYEL .
  3. ↑ Code of Alabama Section 31-2-8 . Justia . 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  4. ^ DoD Personnel, Workforce Reports & Publications . DoD. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ https://al.ng.mil/ALABAMA/Units/Pages/Units_Page.aspx , accessed on June 2, 2020.
  6. ^ Kennedy federalized National Guard to integrate Alabama public schools (Sept. 10, 1963) . AL.com. September 10, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  7. ↑ United States General Accounting Office: Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States , Volume 43. US Government Printing Office, 1965, p. 296.