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Florida Army National Guard
Command Sergeant Major
Jasen A. Pask

The Florida Army National Guard is

United States National Guard. In the United States, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the federal army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization. Federal coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau. The Florida Army National Guard was composed of approximately 10,000 soldiers (as of March 2009).[1] The main state training grounds is Camp Blanding
.

Florida Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army. The same

state awards for local services rendered in or to the state of Florida
.

History

See also: History of Florida and Florida in the American Civil War

The predecessor of the Florida Army National Guard was a

St. Augustine. On September 20, 1565, Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, attacked and defended Florida from an attempted French settlement at Fort Caroline, in what is now Jacksonville.[2] The subsequent Florida militia served with the Spanish crown for 236 years, Great Britain for a 20 years, and the Confederate States of America
for 5 years.

In 1702–1704, an inter-Indian Native American conflict started as part of

First Seminole War in 1821, the Florida provinces joined the United States, a process finalized in the ratification of the Adams–Onís Treaty
. From 1835 to 1842 the Second Seminole War resulted in the elimination by force of most of the Native Americans from the territory. Florida was incorporated into the United States as a state in 1845. After Florida's incorporation into the United States problems with Seminoles continued until almost 1860.

Some of the immediate origins of the Florida ARNG today can be traced to the Florida State Troops. Today's 124th Infantry Regiment was reorganized and established in the Florida State Troops as five battalions between 1888 and 1892.

The

48th Armored Division
from 1954 to 1968.

In 1986, the 1st Battalion,

NAS Cecil Field
, in 2000.

The Florida Army National Guard was composed of approximately 9,950 soldiers in January 2001,[1] subsequently increasing to its current size

Historic units

Units

53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team

  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  • 1st Battalion 167th Infantry Regiment
  • 1st Battalion 124th Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Battalion 124th Infantry Regiment
  • 1st Squadron 153rd Cavalry Regiment
  • 753rd Brigade Engineer Battalion

83rd Troop Command

50th Regional Support Group

  • 927th Combat Service Support Battalion
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company
    • 631st Maintenance Company
    • 256th Medical Company
    • 144th Transportation Company
  • Detachment 1,
    32nd Army Air & Missile Defense Command
  • 211th Infantry Regiment (Regional Training Institute)
  • 260th Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist)
    • A Military Intelligence Company
    • B Military Intelligence Company
    • C Military Intelligence Company
    • 356th Quartermaster Company
    • 856th Quartermaster Company
    • 13th Army Band

164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade

Duties

National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by

units
.

Active Duty Callups

Army National Guard personnel who are "Traditional Guardsmen" (TG) typically serve "

Special Forces
, will often perform additional military duty beyond the standard 48 weekend drills and 17 days on active duty annual training, with such periods of duty often totaling in excess of 100 days per year.

Current Department of Defense policy is that no Guardsman will be involuntarily activated for a total of more than 24 months (cumulative) in one six-year enlistment period (this policy has changed 1 August 2007, the new policy states that soldiers will be given 24 months between deployments of no more than 24 months, individual states have differing policies). The largest mobilization in state history began in mid-2009. More than 4,000 FLARNG soldiers were called to active duty and most were to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Florida Army National Guard". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Four-and-a-half centuries of militia tradition – Department of Military of Affairs". Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
  3. ^ Wilson, John B. (1997). Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History.
  4. Jacksonville. Expanded, reorganized and redesignated 2 October 1986 as the 419th Aviation Battalion. Redesignated 1 October 1987 as the 111th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battalion at Jacksonville. See http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-111avn.htm
  5. ^ Captain Harrison G. Carmody, 166th AV trains 2-111th on airfield operations, August 19, 2013.
  6. ^ "Capital Soup » Blog Archive » Fla. Army National Guard's 2-111th Aviation Battalion Returns Home". capitalsoup.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-14.
  7. ^ Miami Herald [dead link]

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