{{Use American English|date=August 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name= 30th Armored Division | image=30th US Armored Division SSI.svg | image_size = 200 |caption=Shoulder sleeve insignia |dates= 1954–73 |country= United States |allegiance= |branch= United States Army |type= Armored |role= |size= |command_structure= |garrison= |equipment= <!-- Commanders --> |current_commander= |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |notable_commanders=MG Hugh Mott <!-- Insignia --> |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_2= <!-- Culture and history --> |nickname=''Volunteers'' |patron= |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles= |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= }} {{Military unit sidebar|title=U.S. Armored Divisions|previous=27th Armored Division (''Inactive'')|next=40th Armored Division (''Inactive'')}} The '''30th Armored Division''' was a Tennessee-based unit of the Army National Guard from the 1950s to the 1970s.
==Activation and service== In 1954 the 30th Infantry Division was reorganized, with units in North Carolina and South Carolina constituting the 30th Infantry Division, and units in Tennessee forming the nucleus of the new 30th Armored Division.<ref>John B. Wilson, Center of Military History, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ByO5AAAAIAAJ&q=%2230th+armored+division%22+1954 Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades], 1988, page 604</ref> thumb|252x252px|Unauthorized Nickname SSI Though never federalized during wartime, the 30th Armored Division (called "Volunteers," for Tennessee's "Volunteer State" nickname) was activated for support to law enforcement, including responses to civil disturbances in Memphis and Nashville after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.<ref>{{cite news | first=Richard | last=Lentz | newspaper=Memphis Commercial Appeal | url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/1968/apr/06/dr-king-slain-sniper-looting-arson-touched-death/?print=1 | title=Dr. King Is Slain By Sniper: Looting, Arson Touched Off By Death | date=6 April 1968}}</ref>
In 1968 the headquarters of the Mississippi Army National Guard's 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment was reorganized as 1st Brigade, 30th Armored Division. (The brigade was subsequently designated the 155th Separate Armored Brigade.)<ref>Global Security, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/155ar-bde.htm 155th Armored Brigade (Separate) (Heavy)], 2011</ref> In addition, in 1968, units from the Florida Army National Guard and Alabama Army National Guard formerly part of the 31st Infantry Division also became part of the 30th Armored Division.<ref>Jeffrey Lynn Pope, Leonid E. Kondratiuk, editors, [https://books.google.com/books?id=SeqLBwskpZIC&dq=%2230th+armored+division%22&pg=PA27 Armor-Cavalry Regiments: Army National Guard Lineage], 1995, pages 41, 48</ref>
The 30th Armored Division was inactivated in December, 1973.<ref>Tennessee Secretary of State, [https://books.google.com/books?id=tYwuAAAAIAAJ&q=%2230th+armored+division%22+1973 Blue Book], 1980, page 312</ref>
==Commanders== right|thumb|125px|Hugh B. Mott as commander of 30th Armored Division.
The following officers served as commander of the 30th Armored Division:
*MG Paul H. Jordan, 1954-1957<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=Waverly News-Democrat | url=http://ndw.stparchive.com/Archive/NDW/NDW06101955P07.php | title=Guardsmen to Enter Camp on Sunday, June 18 | date=10 June 1955}}</ref><ref>Kingsport Times, Gen Paul Jordan to Speak Here, 10 February 1956</ref> *MG Robert E. Frankland, 1957-1959<ref>Kingsport News, Change of Command, 11 December 1959</ref> *MG Warren C. Giles, 1959-1962<ref>Tennessee Secretary of State, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vbU6AAAAMAAJ&q=warren+giles+%2230th+armored+division%22 Tennessee Blue Book], 1961, page 130</ref> *MG Clarence B. Johnson, 1962-1963<ref>National Guard Association of the United States, [https://books.google.com/books?ei=QFjIUbPjHZHa9ASz_YDoCg&id=WXvfAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22clarence+B.+Johnson%22+tennessee+national+guard&q=%22clarence+B.+Johnson%22 The National Guardsman], Volume 16, 1962, page 67</ref> *MG William R. Douglas, 1963-1966<ref>National Guard Association of the United States, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CnzfAAAAMAAJ&q=clarence+%2230th+armored+division%22 The National Guardsman], Volume 18, 1964, page 30</ref> *MG Thomas G. Wells Jr., 1966-1968<ref>U.S. Army, [https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/go6844.pdf General Orders Number 44], 22 August 1968, page 11</ref><ref>National Guard Association of the United States, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p4PfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22thomas+g+wells%22+%2230th+armored%22 The National Guardsman], Volume 21, 1967, page 38</ref><ref>{{cite news | publisher=NDC Blog, National Archives and Records Administration | url=http://blogs.archives.gov/ndc/page/4/ | title=Letter to Major General Thomas G. Wells, Jr. Commanding General, 30th Armored Division | date=8 April 1968 | page=1}}</ref> *MG Hugh B. Mott, 1968-1969<ref>{{cite news | author=United Press International | newspaper=Middleboro Daily News | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z29BAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XqkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7129,2223292&dq=30th-armored-division+commander&hl=en | title=Tennessee Adjutant General Will Resign | date=11 November 1968}}</ref> *MG Glynn C. Ellison, 1969-1971<ref>{{cite news | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=Florence Times | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e_wrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x8cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4401,4818181&dq=30th+armored+division+commander&hl=en | title=Guard May Get New Boss | date=29 July 1971}}</ref> *MG Carl M. Lay, 1971-1973<ref>{{cite news | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=Tuscaloosa News | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uQIdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KpwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1999,928075&dq=30th+armored+division+commander&hl=en | title=Tennessean to Head Guard Unit | date=4 August 1971}}</ref> *MG John M. Calhoun, 1973<ref>{{cite news | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=Gadsden Times | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19730601&id=cLsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s9cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4298,85262 | title=Guard Gets New Division Commander | date=1 June 1973}}</ref>
==Lineage== During its existence the 30th Armored Division was never deployed as an organization, and received no combat honors. Several members volunteered individually to join regular Army units during the Vietnam War.<ref>Tennessee National Guard, [http://www.tnmilitary.org/history.html History, Tennessee National Guard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305232706/http://tnmilitary.org/history.html |date=5 March 2016 }}, 2012</ref>
The 30th Armored Division's lineage was carried by the Tennessee Army National Guard's 30th Armored Brigade until the brigade's inactivation in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=100 |title=30th Armored Division |last=Listman |first=John |publisher=National Guard Education Foundation |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415103203/http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=100 |archive-date=15 April 2013 |access-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Timothy S Aumiller, [https://books.google.com/books?id=MY1bF20vJVUC&dq=%2230th+armored+brigade%22+tennessee&pg=PA25 United States Army Infantry, Artillery, Armor/Cavalry Battalions 1957-2011], 2007, page 25</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Army Divisions (United States)}}
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