Michigan Army National Guard Explained
The Michigan Army National Guard is the Army component of the Michigan National Guard and a reserve component of the United States Army.
During the Cold War, the 156th Signal Battalion was federalized on 1 October 1962 at its home stations in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. This marked the Michigan National Guard's last call to federal duty for service outside the state for almost 30 years.[1]
In February 2002, the 46th Engineer Group of the Michigan Army National Guard was reorganized and redesignated as the Engineer Brigade, 38th Infantry Division. Prior to the reorganization, the 46th Engineer Group consisted of a Group Headquarters and two battalions; the 107th Engineer Battalion and the 507th Engineer Battalion.[2]
Elements of the 107th Engineer Battalion and the 507th Engineer Battalion served with the 20th Engineer Brigade in Iraq from November 2004 to October 2005. These units also continued to serve in the War in Afghanistan, contributing combat engineer companies capable of route clearance patrols. In 2009 several soldiers of the 1431st Engineer Company were severely injured while in combat in east Afghanistan near the Khost-Gardez Pass. In 2012 a soldier of the 507th Engineer Battalion died in combat and several other were injured while conducting a route clearance patrol.[3]
Units
Michigan Army National Guard units include:[4]
- 177th Regional Training Institute - Augusta, MI
- 126th Press Camp Headquarters - Augusta
- Recruiting & Retention Battalion - Lansing, MI
- 51st Civil Support Team - Augusta
- State Medical Detachment - Detroit, MI
- Detachment 15 Operational Support Airlift - Lansing
- Fort Custer Training Center - Augusta
- Joint Maneuver Training Center (JMTC) - Grayling, MI
- 1208th Engineering Survey & Design Team - Lansing
- 1999th AQ Detachment
- 1146th Judge Advocate General Detachment - Lansing
- Detachment 1, 505th Judge Advocate General - Lansing
- 63rd Troop Command - Belmont, MI Organized in 2006 from the re-stationed 63rd Troop Command based at Jackson, Michigan; the 63rd Brigade in Wyoming assumed control of Michigan's Combat Arms Battalions on September 1. The units that make up the "Spartan" Brigade have individual unit history dating back to the American Civil War. The 63rd Brigade designation itself dates from the 63rd Brigade of the 32nd Infantry Division (United States), first formed during World War I.
- 272nd Regional Support Group
- 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment - Grand Ledge, MI
- Company B – Selfridge
- Company C - Grand Ledge
- Company D - Grand Ledge
- Company E - Grand Ledge
- 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment
- 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment
- HHC
- Detachment 1 at Grand Ledge
- Company B at Grand Ledge
- Company C at Grand Ledge
- Company D
- Detachment 1 at Grand Ledge
- Company E
- Detachment 1 at Grand Ledge
- 351 Aviation Support
- Company B
- Detachment 2 at Grand Ledge
- 46th Military Police Command - Lansing
- 177th Military Police Brigade – Taylor, MI
- 210th Military Police Battalion - Taylor
- 777th Military Police Detachment - Taylor
- 156th Expeditionary Signal Battalion
- Company A, 156 ESB, Wyoming, Michigan
- Company B, 156 ESB, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Company C, 156 ESB, Howell, Michigan
- HQ, 156 ESB, Howell, Michigan
- 631st Troop Command - Lansing
- Company D (MICO), 837th BEB, 37th BCT - Lansing
- 460th Chemical Company - Augusta
- 126th Army Band – Wyoming
- 107th Engineer Battalion - Ishpeming, MI
- 507th Engineer Battalion - Kalamazoo
- 1433rd Engineer Company (SAPPER) - Augusta
- 1434th Engineer Company - Ypsilanti
- 1436th Engineer Company - Montague, MI
- 1440th Engineer Detachment - Grayling
- 1439th Engineer Detachment - Grayling
- 1442nd Engineer Detachment - Grayling
- 745th Explosive Ordnance Disposal - Grayling
Notable former members
- Rosemarie Aquilina, judge of the 30th circuit court in Ingham County, Michigan
- Tom Barrett, member of the Michigan Senate
- Kerry Bentivolio, former United States Representative for Michigan's 11th congressional district, 2013 to 2015
- Jerry Cannon, retired Major General
- Louis Chapin Covell, United States army officer and businessman
- Valde Garcia, member of the Michigan Senate from 2003 to 2010
- Alvin H. Kukuk, member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1993 through 1998.
- Harry Lovejoy Rogers, Quartermaster General of the United States Army from 1918 to 1922.
- J. Sumner Rogers, founder and longtime superintendent of the Michigan Military Academy
- Paul D. Rogers, 34th adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard.
- John B. Sosnowski, politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
- Leonard C. Ward, Brigadier General, Chief of the Army Division (now Director of the Army National Guard) at the National Guard Bureau.
See also
References
- Web site: DMVA - The Tumultuous 1960s. www.michigan.gov. 21 April 2018.
- Globalsecurity.org
- Web site: Archived copy . 2014-08-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053355/http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?list=194550&id=784469 . 2014-08-08 .
- Web site: Units and Leadership. minationalguard.com. 21 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180316143225/http://minationalguard.com/units-and-leadership/. 16 March 2018. dead.
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