Delaware National Guard

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The Delaware National Guard of the US state of Delaware is part of the United States National Guard ( acronymized USNG ) established in 1903 and thus also part of the second level 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 of Delaware John C. Carney are subject. The President of the United States is the commander-in-chief for federal missions . Adjutant General of Delaware has been Major General Michael R. Berry since 2019.

The Delaware National Guard consists of the two branches of the Army and Air Force , namely the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard . Separate from this is the state guard , the Delaware State Guard (active 1917-1919 and 1941-1947), which is only obliged to the state.

In 2017, the Delaware Army National Guard had 1,513 personnel, the Delaware Air National Guard 1,094, which results in a total personnel strength of 2607.

history

The Delaware National Guard traces its roots back to militia associations of Swedish settlers from 1655. The then three southern counties of the Province of Pennsylvania broke away from Pennsylvania in 1776 and formed a state of their own, whose well-organized and run militia numbered 3,000 volunteers at the beginning of the Revolutionary War . Although Delaware was a slave-holding state, the state and its militia were on the side of the northern states during the Civil War . The national guards of the states have been federally and institutionally closely linked to the regular army and air force since 1903 , so that the federal level can fall back on them under certain circumstances with the consent of Congress . The National Guard has been used in every major conflict below, as in the First and Second World War and the Korean War . After the attacks of September 11, 2001 , the National Guard was involved in the war on terror . a. also used in Iraq and Afghanistan . In 2005 the National Guard was called in as a result of Hurricane Katrina and 125,000 National Guardsmen from all states were deployed. In 2020, the National Guard will also be deployed to support the health system against COVID-19 .

units

Delaware Army National Guard units

  • 261st Signal Brigade (TTSB)
  • 72nd Troop Command
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (HHD)
    • 721st Troop Command (Battalion)
    • 722d Troop Command (Battalion)

Delaware Air National Guard units

  • 166th Airlift Wing on New Castle Air National Guard Base

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brigadier General Michael R. Berry . Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  2. ^ DoD Personnel, Workforce Reports & Publications . DoD. Retrieved September 25, 2017.