Tennessee Military Department
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Jurisdiction | Tennessee |
Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee 36°05′57″N 86°45′25″W / 36.099207°N 86.756892°W |
Motto | "Always there when you need us." |
Employees | 2,800+ full-time federal employees 390+ state employees |
Annual budget | $114,796,200 |
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The Tennessee Military Department is a department within the Executive Branch of Tennessee State Government with four major components. The Tennessee Army National Guard and the Tennessee Air National Guard constitute the National Guard in Tennessee. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA), and the Tennessee State Guard are the other major components of the Military Department.
The
The Tennessee Air National Guard includes the 118th Wing, the 134th Air Refueling Wing, the 164th Airlift Wing and the 119th Command and Control Squadron.
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) provides state-level emergency management, coordinating federal assistance through FEMA, tasking state agencies for resources, and supporting local government emergency management agencies.
The Tennessee State Guard is a state defense force, a volunteer reserve force which may be activated whenever any part of the Tennessee National Guard is in active federal service.[1]
The department has over 550
The Military Department headquarters is located in
The military department, through the National Guard, runs the Tennessee National Guard Volunteer ChalleNGe Academy.[2]
References
- ^ "Tennessee Military Department". Retrieved 2013-05-10.
- ^ "Tennessee National Guard Volunteer ChalleNGe Academy". www.tn.gov. Retrieved 5 May 2018.