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Indiana National Guard

Logo of the Indiana National Guard

Alternate Logo
Country United States
TypeArmed Forces
Part ofUnited States Armed Forces
United States Department of Defense
National Guard Bureau
Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ)Stout Army Air Field
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Websitewww.in.gov/indiana-national-guard/
Commanders
Governor of IndianaGovernor Eric Holcomb
The Adjutant General of IndianaMG R. Dale Lyles
State Command Sergeant MajorCSM Dale A. Shetler

The Indiana National Guard (INNG) is a component of the United States Armed Forces, the United States National Guard and the Military Department of Indiana (MDI). It consists of the Indiana Army National Guard, the Indiana Air National Guard, and the Adjutant General's Office.

Indiana National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army and Air Force. The same ranks and insignia are used, and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards. The INNG also awards a number of state awards for local services rendered in or to the state of Indiana.

The Indiana National Guard is comprised of 14,000 Soldiers and Airmen, and maintains Army National Guard armories across the state, training facilities at Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck, and Air National Guard wings at Fort Wayne and Terre Haute. During peacetime, the National Guard is commanded by the Governor. In its state role, the National Guard assists local law enforcement agencies during emergencies at the direction of the governor. The distribution of soldiers, equipment and facilities across the state allows the National Guard to respond quickly and efficiently to emergencies statewide.

During times of national emergency, National Guard members may be called into active federal service by the President of the United States. The National Guard's dual federal-state mission is unique to the U.S. military and sets the National Guard apart from any other reserve component.

The Indiana National Guard is supported by the state's military defense force,[1] the Indiana Guard Reserve, a supplemental military force authorized by both the State Code of Indiana and Executive Order.[2] The IGR assumes the state mission of the Indiana National Guard in the event the Guard is federally mobilized.

Indiana Army National Guard

Headquarters, State Area Command
Indiana Army National Guard
Indiana Army National Guard DUI
CountryUnited States
AllegianceIndiana
BranchArmy National Guard
TypeARNG Headquarters Command
Part ofIndiana National Guard
Garrison/HQStout Army Air Field, Indianapolis, Indiana
Commanders
Current
commander		MG R. Dale Lyles[3][4]
Adjutant General
Notable
commanders		William G. Everson

38th Infantry Division

  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  • 38th Infantry Division Band

38th Sustainment Brigade ("Avengers")[5]

  • Special Troops Battalion
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  • 138th Financial Management Company
  • 176th Financial Management Detachment
  • 177th Financial Management Detachment
  • 178th Financial Management Detachment
  • 338th Signal Company

38th Combat Aviation Brigade ("Falcons")

76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team ("Nighthawk Brigade")[6]

  • 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment
  • 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry Regiment
  • 1st Squadron, 152nd Cavalry Regiment
  • 1st Battalion, 163rd Field Artillery Regiment
  • 113th Brigade Support Battalion
  • 776th Brigade Engineer Battalion

54th Security Force Assistance Brigade ("To the Very End")

219th Engineer Brigade ("Steel Soldiers - Anytime, Anywhere")

81st Troop Command ("War Eagles")

  • A Company, 2-20 Special Forces
  • 19th CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package Battalion
  • 38th Military Police Company
  • 381st Military Police Company
  • 384th Military Police Company
  • 387th Military Police Company
  • 938th Military Police Detachment
  • 939th Military Police Detachment
  • 438th Chemical Company
  • 127th Cyber Protection Battalion
  • 137th Cyber Security Company
  • 147th Cyber Warfare Company
  • 53rd Civil Support Team
  • 120th Public Affairs Detachment
  • 135th Chaplain Detachment
  • 138th Military History Detachment
  • 1938th Acquisition Team
  • 1976th Acquisition Team

138th Regiment - Combat Arms ("Seek and Destroy")

  • Headquarters, 138th Regiment (Combat Arms) Indiana Regional Training Institute

Indiana Air National Guard

122nd Fighter Wing ("Conquer Above")

  • 122nd Operations Group
  • 163rd Fighter Squadron
  • 122nd Maintenance Group
  • 122nd Mission Support Group
  • 122nd Medical Group

181st Intelligence Wing ("Racers")

History

Crest of the Harrison family, used for Indiana Army National Guard Regiments, depicting a wreath of colors, a demi-lion rampant Argent, holding in dexter paw a laurel branch Vert[7]

The earliest warriors from Indiana pre-date European contact. French explorers did not reach Indiana until the end of the Beaver Wars in the 17th century. The French soon established trading posts and villages. These remote outposts were defended by local militia and Native American alliances. In 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, the militia of Vincennes, Indiana declared for the United States, and local militia Captain François Riday Busseron commissioned the first American flag in Indiana.[8] The Vincennes militia and Piankeshaw warriors resisted Lt-Governor Henry Hamilton, and in 1779 they supplied and supported United States forces under George Rogers Clark. These militias officially became associated with the United States on 25 July 1788, when Northwest Territory governor Arthur St. Clair published a law organizing the territory's militias.[9]

The Indiana Army National Guard traces its unbroken history to 1801, when William Henry Harrison, Governor of the Indiana Territory, formed a voluntary militia to defend against the aggressive actions of some of the Native American tribes in the vast territory. The Indiana Rangers were formed in 1807. The militia and rangers participated in a major action in the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, and many participated in the invasion of Canada in the War of 1812. Many documents regarding the Indiana Territory's militia have been lost, especially during the capitol moved from Vincennes to Corydon and then to Indianapolis. In one unfortunate incident, a janitor sold a wagon load of official militia papers as "waste paper."[10]

Indiana units were first officially called to national action in 1840s to serve as part of the army for the invasion of Mexico during the Mexican–American War. An Indiana regiment played a critical role in the Battle of Buena Vista, a critical battle that routed the entire Mexican Army and open the way for a rapid occupation of the country.[11]

Indiana regiments were again called to national action in support of the Union in the American Civil War, the costliest engagement in terms of lives the state was ever involved in. Indiana in the war committed over 200,000 soldiers and casualties topped 35% among the men. During the war several regiments where mustered for duty on the home front creating the Indiana Legion which officially separated the militia from the army regiments. Today's 152nd Infantry Regiment traces part of its history to the 6th and 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiments which fought in the Civil War. The state's regiments were renamed the Indiana National Guard in 1895.[11]

Regiments from the guard first went overseas in the 1898 Spanish–American War, serving in the initial occupation of the Philippines. The Militia Act of 1903 organized the various state militias into the present National Guard system. In 1916 units were mobilized to patrol the Mexican border in response to aggressive actions by the Mexican Government, but no action occurred. The next year the entire guard was mobilized and many sent into action as part of World War I, most men being deployed to France.[11]

The guard was again called on during the Great Depression to suppress worker strikes and riots in Northern and Central Indiana, and was sent overseas again during World War II. The guard continued to see action in the second half of the 20th century, serving in the Korean War, Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the Iraq War.

Well-known Indiana guardsmen include former Vice President Dan Quayle, who served as a sergeant during the Vietnam War time period.

Historic units

See also

References

Sources

Notes

  1. ^ https://sgaus.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/INDIANA-SRP.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "AGO". 4 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Press Release". Indiana Adjutant General’s Office. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. R. Dale Lyles". Indiana National Guard. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. ^ "38th Sustainment Brigade". Indiana National Guard. 30 October 2019.
  6. ^ "76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team". Indiana National Guard. 30 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Indiana Army National Guard Element, Joint Force Headquarters". The Institute of Heraldry. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  8. ^ Indiana Society SAR Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Website accessed 24 April 2009
  9. ^ A History of the National Guard of Indiana. Indianapolis: W.D. Pratt. 1901. p. 6.
  10. ^ A History of the National Guard of Indiana. Indianapolis: W.D. Pratt. 1901. p. 3.
  11. ^ a b c "Indiana Army National Guard History". Indiana National Guard. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
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