The Mississippi Army National Guard is the

Army National Guard The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army. They are simultaneously part of two different organizations: the Army N ...

component of the Mississippi National Guard. It was originally formed in 1798. It is a component of the

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and the

United States National Guard The National Guard is a state-based military force that becomes part of the reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force when activated for federal missions.Mississippi Military Department. The Mississippi Army National Guard maintains 97 armories in 93 communities. Mississippi Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army. The same

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and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards. The Mississippi Guard also bestows a number of state awards for local services rendered in or to the state of

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History

The Mississippi Army National Guard came into existence under

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, the first Governor of the

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, with the issuance of an order on 8 September 1798 organizing the Militia of the Territory. On 28 February 1799, Governor Sargent was able to get his legislative body together and the first law was passed for the permanent establishment of the Militia in Mississippi. This law constituted the beginning of the lineage of the 155th Infantry Regiment in Mississippi. The 155th Infantry Regiment is one of only nineteen

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, and the only one from west of the Appalachians. Through the years the laws governing the Militia changed in various ways. Establishment of units varied from year to year, and ways of obtaining strength for the units also varied. There were periods of lack and little Militia at all. At other times the Militia forces were well organized. Although the Mississippi Militia participated in every war and fight of any consequence from the Sabine Expedition of 1806 through the

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in 1953, it was not until 1916 the Mississippi National Guard was called for active duty. In 1916 the War Department called three infantry battalions for service on the Mexican Border. These battalions formed the First Infantry Regiment which went on active duty on 24 June 1916. In September 1917 this unit was redesignated the 155th Infantry Regiment and served in the 39th Division in France. Also created during World War I, largely from

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units, was the

154th Infantry Regiment The 154th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) ("Third Arkansas") is a training regiment/institute of the Army National Guard. Most of its history before the 1990s can be traced to the 154th Infantry Regiment which was created from the 1st and ...

, which continued its service after the war with the Mississippi Army National Guard. Again in 1940 all units of the Mississippi National Guard were inducted into Federal service. Between 1950 and 1951, 77 of 81 units were called into service during the

. A total of 6,515 Mississippi Guardsmen served during this period. Around the early 1960s, the Mississippi Army National Guard had 151 units located throughout the State. 51 of these units were part of the 31st (Dixie) Division and the remainder were non-divisional units. Among units formed within the MS ARNG since World War II are the 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the 198th Armor Regiment, the 114th Field Artillery Regiment, the 185th Aviation Regiment, and the 204th Air Defense Artillery Regiment. For much of the final decades of the twentieth century, National Guard personnel typically served "

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", with a portion working for the Guard in a full-time capacity. The current forces formation plans of the US Army call for the typical National Guard unit (or National Guardsman) to serve one year of active duty for every three years of service. More specifically, current

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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 is due to change 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 1st Battalion, 198th Armor Regiment (HQ Senatobia) used to serve as part of the 155th Armoured Brigade, but was disbanded as part of the c.2010 modular ('Army Transformation') reorganization.

Structure

In 2016, the Mississippi Army National Guard included the following units: * Joint Forces Headquarters **154th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) ***1st Battalion (Armor) ***2nd Battalion (Infantry) ***3rd Battalion (Non Commissioned Officers Academy) ***4th Battalion (Medical) ** 972nd JAG Detachment ** Detachment 16, Operational Support Airlift Command (OSA) *

155th Armored Brigade Combat Team The 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team is a brigade combat team of the Mississippi Army National Guard. The brigade was formed in 1973 as the separate 155th Armored Brigade from the 1st Brigade, 30th Armored Division during a National Guard reor ...

(HQ Tupelo) ** 98 Cav Rgt DUI

1st Squadron, 98th Cavalry Regiment (HQ Amory) ** 155 Infantry Regiment DUI

1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment (HQ McComb) ** 198 ARMOR DUI

2nd Battalion,

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(HQ Senatobia) ** 114 FA Rgt DUI

2nd Battalion, 114th Field Artillery Regiment (HQ Starkville) ** 106 SUPPORT BN-DUI

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(HQ Hattiesburg) ** 150th Brigade Engineer Battalion (HQ Meridian) *

184th Sustainment Command The Mississippi Army National Guard is the Army National Guard component of the Mississippi National Guard. It was originally formed in 1798. It is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. It is managed by the ...

(HQ Laurel) ** 168EngineerBdeSSI

168th Engineer Brigade *** 223 Eng Bn DUI

223rd Engineer Battalion *** 890 Eng Bn DUI

890th Engineer Battalion ** 298th Support Battalion *** 367th Maintenance Company *** 3656th Maintenance Company *** 1387th Quartermaster Company (Water) *** 1687th Transportation Company (Medium Truck) ** 31st Support Detachment (Rear Operations Center) ** 114th Support Detachment (Army Liaison Team) * 66th Troop Command SSI - Mississippi ARNG

66th Troop Command SSI - Mississippi ARNG

66th Troop Command ** 185avnbdessi

185th Aviation Brigade ** United States Army Special Forces SSI (1958-2015)

2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group ** Army National Guard Special Operations Detachment South (HQ

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) ** 47th Civil Support Team (HQ Flowood) ** 102d Public Affairs Detachment ** 41st Army Band ** 1st Battalion, 204th Air Defense Artillery Regiment

References

External links

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Bibliography of Mississippi Army National Guard History
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Military units and formations established in 1798

Organizations based in Mississippi

History

Structure

See also

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