The Wyoming Army National Guard is the Army National Guard of

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. It includes army aviation, construction engineers, field artillery and medical asset

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. It was reorganized in 1996, consolidating its two field

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s into a single battalion. A ribbon bridge company and rear operations center for an

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were added to the Guard. It is administered by the Wyoming Military Department, part of the Wyoming state government. The Wyoming Military Department's goal is to provide a trained, quality-based force, supported by appropriate equipment, facilities and real property, technology, and services to successfully execute state and federal missions.

History

The Wyoming Army National Guard was established in 1870, during the

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period, when territorial

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John A. Campbell authorized the division of the Wyoming Territory into three military districts. On December 31, 1871, a law passed by the Wyoming Territorial Assembly gave legal sanction to volunteer

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companies of not less than 40 men. The first federally recognized Wyoming unit was Company A, 1st Wyoming Regiment: The Laramie Grays, organized in 1888. The Laramie Grays were followed by the organization of Company B: The Cheyenne Guard the same year. Several other units including the Cheyenne Rangers, the 1st Regiment, the Wyoming Home Guard, and the Wyoming Rangers were formed because of concerns over conflicts with Native American tribes but were short-lived. When Wyoming became a state in 1890, constitutional provisions allowed for the formation of units in Buffalo, Evanston,

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, Rock Springs, Rawlins and Sheridan. Wyoming's first artillery unit, Battery A, and a regimental band were formed in May, 1894. The artillery unit was equipped with two three-inch Hotchkiss guns, drawn by horse. The Wyoming National Guard was first federally mobilized during the

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in 1898. Since then, the Guard has seen active service in the Mexican Punitive Campaign,

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, the Berlin Crisis and Korea. Wyoming Guard units have also served in

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, the Bosnia peacekeeping force, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and Hurricane Katrina response. The Wyoming National Guard 300th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was commemorated in 1983 as part of the National Guard Heritage Painting series at

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for their combat action during the Battle of Soyang during the

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.http://www.wy.ngb.army.mil/history/

Units

* Joint Forces Headquarters (JFHQ) ** WY ARNG Medical Detachment ** Recruiting and Retention Battalion ** Training Site Command ** Detachment 53, Operational Support Airlift Command * 94th Troop Command ** 67th Army Band ** 133rd Engineer Company ** 211_Avn_Rgt_DUI

G Company, 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment ** 297_Inf_Rgt_DUI

C Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment ** 197th Public Affairs Detachment (197th PAD) * 115FABdeSSI

115th Field Artillery Brigade (115th FAB) ** 2nd Battalion,

300th Field Artillery Regiment The 300th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army. Lineage Parent unit organized in the Wyoming National Guard during 1888 as the 1st Regiment, to consist of troop A. at Laramie and troop B. at Cheyenne. ...

(2-300th FAR) ** 148th Signal Company ** 920th Forward Support Company (920th FSC) ** 960th Brigade Support Battalion (960th BSB) * 213th Regional Training Institute (213th RTI)

References

External links

Official website
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