Army National Guard

{{short description|Organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army}} {{confuse|text=the Army}} {{Use American English|date=December 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = Army National Guard | image = Seal of the Army National Guard.png | caption = Seal of the Army National Guard | dates = As state-funded militia under various names: 1636–1903 As federal reserve forces called the Army National Guard: 1903–present | type = Reserve force Militia | country = {{flagu|United States|size=23px}} | branch = {{flag|United States Army}} | role = Provide the Army with combat-ready reserve Army (Title 10) as well as protecting and supporting their respective states (Title 32) | size = 325,066 personnel (authorized end strength for Fiscal Year 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 Demographics Profile of the US Military |url=https://download.militaryonesource.mil/12038/MOS/Reports/2023-demographics-report.pdf |website=Department of Defense |access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref> | command_structure = 23px National Guard 23px National Guard Bureau Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces | garrison = Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington Hall Arlington County, Virginia | nickname = "Army Guard", "The Guard" | march = Always Ready, Always There | mascot = | equipment = List of equipment of the United States Army | battles = | anniversaries = 13 December 1636 (founding) | website = {{URL|https://www.army.mil/nationalguard|army.mil/nationalguard}} {{URL|https://www.nationalguard.com/|nationalguard.com}} | commander1 = LTG Jonathan Stubbs | commander1_label = Director | commander2 = MG Joseph R. Baldwin | commander2_label = Deputy Director | commander3 = CW5 Brian Searcy | commander3_label = Command Chief Warrant Officer | commander4 = CSM James B. Kendrick | commander4_label = Command Sergeant Major | notable_commanders = }} The '''Army National Guard''' ('''ARNG''') is an organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army. It is simultaneously part of two different organizations: the Militia of the United States (consisting of the ARNG of each state, most territories, and Washington D.C.), as well as the federal ARNG, as part of the National Guard as a whole (which includes the Air National Guard). It is divided into subordinate units stationed in each state or insular area, responsible to their respective governors or other head-of-government.<ref name="Call up">{{Cite web |url=http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/guardandreserve/a/reservecallup.htm |title=Military Reserves Federal Call Up Authority |access-date=14 August 2008 |archive-date=12 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512223558/http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/guardandreserve/a/reservecallup.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Guard's origins are usually<ref>{{Cite web |last=Veitch |first=Donald |date=2010-08-20 |title=Salem designated as National Guard birthplace |url=https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/583831/salem-designated-as-national-guard-birthplace/ |website=www.nationalguard.mil}}</ref> traced to the city of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1636. That year a regiment of militia drilled for the first time to defend a multi-community area within what is now the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last=Soucy |first=Jon |date=January 8, 2013 |title=Obama recognizes Salem, Mass., as birthplace of the National Guard |url=https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/574221/obama-recognizes-salem-mass-as-birthplace-of-the-national-guard/ |website=National Guard.mil |location=Arlington, Virginia |publisher=National Guard Bureau |access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Salem, Mass., declared National Guard's birthplace |date= August 19, 2010 |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/08/19/salem_mass_declared_national_guards_birthplace/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521234820/http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/08/19/salem_mass_declared_national_guards_birthplace/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 May 2018 |work=The Boston Globe |location=Boston |access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref>{{efn|name= |1= The 181st Infantry, the 182nd Infantry, the 101st Field Artillery and the 101st Engineer Battalion of the Massachusetts Army National Guard stem from the 1636 unit.<ref name= ng1stUnit >Maj. Avery Schneider, New York National Guard [https://www.army.mil/article/262718/deployed_guardsmen_celebrate_national_guards_386th_birthday (13 December 2022) Deployed Guardsmen celebrate National Guard's 386th birthday]</ref>}}

==Activation==

The ARNG operates under Title 10 of the United States Code when under federal control, and Title 32 of the United States Code and applicable state laws when under state control. It may be called up for active duty by the state or territorial governors to help respond to domestic emergencies and disasters, such as those caused by hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes, as well as civil disorder.<ref name="Call up" /> The District of Columbia Army National Guard is a federal militia, controlled by the president of the United States with authority delegated to the secretary of defense, and through him to the secretary of the Army.<ref>National Archives and Records Administration, [https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/11485.html Executive Order 11485—Supervision and control of the National Guard of the District of Columbia], 1 October 1969</ref>

Members or units of the ARNG may be ordered, temporarily or indefinitely, into United States service.<ref name="recognized officers">[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12211- 10 USC 12211. Officers: Army National Guard of the United States]</ref><ref name="recognized enlisted">[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12107- 10 USC 12107. Army National Guard of United States; Air National Guard of the United States: enlistment in]</ref> If mobilized for federal service, the member or unit becomes part of the U.S. ARNG, which is a reserve component of the U.S. Army.<ref name="National Guard">[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/32/101- 32 USC 101. Definitions (NATIONAL GUARD)]</ref><ref>[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12401- 10 USC 12401. Army and Air National Guard of the United States: status]</ref><ref>[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/10105- 10 USC 10105. Army National Guard of the United States: composition]</ref> Individuals volunteering for active federal service may do so subject to the consent of their governors.<ref>North Atlantic Treaty organization, [http://www.nato.int/nrfc/database/usa.pdf Fact Sheet, National Reserve Forces Status: United States of America], 2006, p. 1</ref> Largely on the basis of a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court decision, governors generally cannot veto involuntary activations of individuals or units for federal service, either for training or national emergency.<ref>National Guard Bureau, Today in Guard History (June), [http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/todayinhistory/june.aspx 11 June 1990], 2013</ref>

The president may also call up members and units of the ARNG, in its status as the militia of the several states, to repel invasion, suppress rebellion, or enforce federal laws.<ref>[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12406- 10 USC 12406. National Guard in Federal service: call]</ref> The Army National Guard is one of two organizations administered by the National Guard Bureau, the other being the Air National Guard. The director of the ARNG is the head of the organization, and reports to the chief of the National Guard Bureau. Because the ARNG is both the militia of the several states and a federal reserve component of the Army, neither the chief of the National Guard Bureau nor the director of the ARNG "commands" it. This operational command authority is performed in each state or territory by the state adjutant general, and in the District of Columbia by the commanding general of the D.C. National Guard when a unit is in its militia status. While under federal activation, the operational command authority is transferred to the commanders of the unified combatant commands, who command all U.S. forces within their area of responsibility. The chief of the National Guard Bureau and the director of the ARNG serve as the channel of communications between the Department of the Army and the ARNG in each state and territory, and administer federal programs, policies, and resources for the National Guard.<ref>Cornell University, legal Information Institute, [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/10503 10 USC § 10503 – Functions of National Guard Bureau: Charter], accessed 20 June 2013</ref>

The ARNG's portion of the president's proposed federal budget for the 2018 fiscal year is approximately $16.2 billion to support an end strength of 343,000, including appropriations for personnel pay and allowance, facilities maintenance, construction, equipment maintenance and other activities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Matthews |first=William |date=1 July 2017 |title=Busting The Caps |url=http://nationalguardmagazine.com/article/Busting+The+Caps/2834586/424409/article.html |work=National Guard |location=Arlington, VA}}</ref>

==History== {{Main|History of the United States Army National Guard}} {{Main|Militia (United States)}} {{summarize|from|History of the United States Army National Guard|date=September 2024}} The Army National Guard is constantly reorganizing. After the end of World War II, a large new land force for the National Guard was planned, to become the '''Army''' National Guard for the first time, as the new '''Air''' National Guard was just being established.{{sfn|Wilson|1998}}

From November 1945, the Army Staff prepared a provisional postwar National Guard force list, including 24 divisions. It reached that total by counting the prewar 18 National Guard infantry and four National Guard cavalry divisions, the Americal Division (which had been largely composed of Guard units), and the 42nd Infantry Division. Most soldiers considered the 42nd Division, initially organized with state troops in 1917, as a Guard unit. The fact that the new plan allowed each of the forty-eight states to have at least one general officer also helped earn its acceptance. In the end it was necessary to approve a 27-division structure with 25 infantry divisions and 2 armored divisions to accommodate the desires of all the states. During this process New York, for example, successfully petitioned the War Department for the 42d Infantry Division. When the allotment was completed, the Guard contained the 26th through 48th and the 51st and 52d Infantry Divisions and the 49th and 50th Armored Divisions.{{sfn|Wilson|1998|page=214}} The number 39 was used for the first time since 1923. Although a 44th Infantry Division had existed during the interwar years, the postwar 44th in Illinois was a new unit, as were the 46th, 47th, 48th, 51st, and 52d Infantry Divisions and 49th Armored Division. The 50th Armored Division replaced the 44th Infantry Division in New Jersey.{{sfn|Wilson|1998|p=214}}

To prepare for challenges in Western Europe, the new troop basis of 1952 authorized the conversion of four National Guard infantry divisions to armored divisions. New York, California, Georgia, and Florida agreed to convert the 27th, 40th, and 48th Infantry Divisions.{{sfn|Wilson|1998|page=255}} Later, Tennessee split off the 30th Armored Division from the existing 30th Infantry Division it had previously shared with North Carolina.

The 44th Division was disbanded in late 1954.

The 34th and 51st Divisions were disbanded in 1963. They both became Command Headquarters, Divisional, retaining a National Guard general officer position, to supervise training of combat and support units in the former division area. The 34th Division became a Command Headquarters (Divisional) on 1 MArch 1963.<ref>Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades, p. 336.</ref> The 35th and 43rd Infantry Divisions also disappeared at the same time.

After the ROAD reorganisation, on 1 July 1965, the National Guard had 23 divisions.

The Department of Defense continued to scrutinize reserve forces. It questioned the number of divisions and brigades, as well as the need for maintaining two reserve components, the National Guard and the Army Reserve. In 1967, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara decided that 15 combat divisions in the Army National Guard were unnecessary. He cut the number to eight divisions (one mechanized infantry, two armored, and five infantry), but increased the number of brigades from seven to 18 (one airborne, one armored, two mechanized infantry, and 14 infantry). Among the divisions inactivated were the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 37th, 39th, 41st, 43rd, 45th, and 46th Infantry Divisions, and the 27th and 48th Armored Divisions. The loss of the divisions did not set well with the states. Their objections included the inadequate maneuver element mix for those that remained and the end to the practice of rotating divisional commands among the states that supported them. Under the proposal, the remaining division commanders were to reside in the state of the division base. No reduction, however, in total Army National Guard strength was to take place, which convinced the governors to accept the plan.<ref>DA, Why Merge (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1965); Ltr, TAG to CinC, USAREUR, and other addresses, 14 June 67, sub: Reserve Component Reorganization, AGAM-P (M) (13 June 67) ORC-OPT-OP, Ltr, TAG to CinC, USAREUR, and other addresses, 20 July 67, same subject, AGAM-P (M) (20 July 67) ORC-OPT-OP, and News Release, 27 November 67, Anny Reserve Components Will Commence Reorganization, all Army Reserve file, DAMHHSO; "The President Reports to the 89th General Conference," National Guardsman, 21 (Oct 1967): inside front cover and pp. 36–39; "Division Command Rotation Plan Set Aside," National Guardsman, 22 (Mar 1968): 16; James F. Cantwell, "A Salute to the Lost' Divisions," National Guardsman, 22 (Feb 1968):</ref> The states reorganized their forces accordingly between 1 December 1967 and 1 May 1968.{{sfn|Wilson|1998|page=340}}

The 31st Infantry and 30th Armored Divisions were inactivated in 1973-74.{{sfn|Wilson|1998|page=361}} 125px|right|thumb|Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 47th Infantry Division, inactivated in 1991 125px|right|thumb|Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 50th Armored Division, inactivated in 1993 In the early 1990s, after the end of the Cold War, the force was cut once again. In the Northeast, the 26th Infantry Division and the 50th Armored Division were both inactivated on 1 September 1993.<ref>National Guard Educational Foundation, [https://archive.today/20130624234544/http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=94 26th Infantry Division], 2011; U.S. House Appropriations Committee, [https://archive.org/details/departmentofdefe03unit Hearing Record], Department of Defense Appropriations for 1995, Volume 1, 1994, p. 296</ref> Several parts of both divisions were incorporated into a reorganized 42nd Infantry Division. The Northeast had frequently struggled to maintain three full Army National Guard divisions at a reasonable strength.

Many storied formations with valiant battle histories have obscure descendants in the mid-2020s. Some have been renamed or inactivated. Some have had subordinate units reallocated to other commands. A partial list of inactivated major formations includes:

*25x25px 27th Infantry Division, reorganized as 27th Armored Division, 1 February 1955. (See below.)<ref>National Guard Educational Foundation, [https://archive.today/20130624234537/http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=95 27th Infantry Division], 2011</ref> *25x25px 27th Armored Division, inactivated 1 February 1968.<ref>National Guard Educational Foundation, [https://archive.today/20130415125121/http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=96 27th Armored Division], 2011</ref> *25x25px 30th Armored Division, inactivated 1 December 1973. (See below.)<ref>{{cite news |date=28 October 1973 |title=Ceremonies Today for 30th Armored |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-ceremonies-today-for-30th/182405228/ |via=Newspapers.com |newspaper=The Tennessean |location=Nashville, Tennessee |page=11 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> *30x30px 30th Infantry Division, inactivated 4 January 1974.<ref>National Guard Educational Foundation, [https://archive.today/20130624234539/http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=101 30th Infantry Division], 2011</ref> *25x25px 31st Infantry Division, inactivated 14 January 1968. Units allocated to 30th Armored Division.<ref>Tuscaloosa News, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ow4fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LZsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4803,2776561&dq=31st+infantry+division&hl=en 31st Dixie Division Turning to Armor], 19 January 1968.</ref> *40x40px 32nd Infantry Division, inactivated 1 December 1967.<ref>Wisconsin Historical Society, Dictionary of Wisconsin History, [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=11718&term_type_id=3&term_type_text=things&letter=R Red Arrow Division] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222164340/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=11718&term_type_id=3&term_type_text=things&letter=R |date=22 December 2015 }}, accessed 19 June 2013</ref> *25x25px 33rd Infantry Division, inactivated 1 February 1968.<ref>New York Times, [https://www.nytimes.com/1968/03/04/archives/illinois-commander-of-guard-replaced.html Illinois Commander of Guard Replaced], 4 March 1968</ref> *25x25px 37th Infantry Division, inactivated 15 February 1968.<ref>Al Goldberg, Toledo Blade, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5MROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mAEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5002,2825191&dq=37th+division+national+guard&hl=en Taps Sounds for Ohio Guard's Famed 37th], 18 February 1968</ref> *29x29px 39th Infantry Division, inactivated 1 December 1967.<ref>National Guard Education Foundation, [http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=110 39th Infantry Division] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229005754/http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=110 |date=29 February 2012 }}, 2011</ref> Reorganized and redesignated as 39th Infantry Brigade in Arkansas. *25x25px 40th Armored Division, inactivated 29 January 1968.<ref>California State Military Museum, [http://www.militarymuseum.org/LH40thAB.html Lineages and Honors of the California National Guard: 40th Armored Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company], accessed 19 June 2013</ref> *25x25px 41st Infantry Division, inactivated 1 January 1968.<ref>Tri-City Herald, Taps for the 41st, 8 June 1967</ref><ref>Washington Army National Guard, [http://washingtonarmyguard.org/81st/lineage_81st.shtml Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 81st Brigade Combat Team] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513103829/http://washingtonarmyguard.org/81st/lineage_81st.shtml |date=13 May 2014 }}, 2007</ref> Reorganized and redesignated as 41st Infantry Brigade in Oregon. *25x25px 43rd Infantry Division, inactivated 16 December 1967.<ref>Associated Press, The Telegraph, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sa4rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m_0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7057,3624437&dq=43rd+division&hl=en Yankee Infantry Division is Facing Reorganization], 30 November 1967</ref> *25x25px 44th Infantry Division, inactivated 10 October 1954.<ref>Eugene Register-Standard, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BHYRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5461,53662&dq=44th+division&hl=en Army Disbands 44th Division], 18 September 1954</ref> *25x25px 45th Infantry Division, inactivated 1 February 1968.<ref>National Guard Education Foundation, [https://archive.today/20130624234548/http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=118 45th Infantry Division], 2011</ref> Reorganized and redesignated as 45th Infantry Brigade in Oklahoma. *32x32px 46th Infantry Division, inactivated 1 February 1968.<ref>National Guard Educational Foundation, [https://archive.today/20130624234528/http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=120 46th Infantry Division], 2011</ref> *25x25px 47th Infantry Division, inactivated 10 February 1991.<ref>Minnesota Military Museum, [http://www.mnmilitarymuseum.org/files/6013/2249/8759/47th_Infantry_Division_Viking.pdf The 47th "Viking" Infantry Division], 1991</ref> *25x25px 48th Armored Division, inactivated 29 January 1968.<ref>National Guard Educational Foundation, [http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=123 48th Armored Division] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727123125/http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=123 |date=27 July 2011 }}, 2011</ref> *25x25px 49th Armored Division, inactivated 1 May 2004; reflagged as the 36th Infantry Division.<ref>Texas Army National Guard, [http://www.agd.state.tx.us/36id/Sections/history/ History of the 36th Infantry Division] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405065015/http://www.agd.state.tx.us/36ID/Sections/history/ |date=5 April 2013 }}, accessed 19 June 2013; Texas Military Forces Museum, [http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/texas.htm 36th Infantry Division, The "Texas" Division], accessed 19 June 2013</ref>

==Units and formations== thumb|ARNG recruits arriving at Fort Jackson for BCT

Deployable Army units are organized as Table of organization and equipment (TOE) organizations or modified table of organization and equipment (MTOE) organizations. Non-deployable units, such as a state's joint force headquarters or regional training institutes are administered as Table of distribution and allowance (TDA) units.<ref>U.S. Army Center of Military History, [https://web.archive.org/web/20071213203257/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/tda-ip.html History of Table of Distribution and Allowances (TDA) Units], 30 May 1995, updated 20 May 2011.</ref>

=== Commands === * 31x31px 46th Military Police Command (MI ARNG) * 33x33px 135th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) (AL ARNG) * 37x37px 167th Sustainment Command (Theater) (AL ARNG) * frameless|30x30px 184th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) (MS ARNG) * 37x37px 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command (SC ARNG)

=== Divisions === In addition to many deployable units which are non-divisional, the Army National Guard's deployable units include eight infantry divisions.<ref>Richard Goldenberg, U.S. Army, [https://www.army.mil/article/40568/ National Guard Division Leaders Gather to Face Challenges for Missions at Home, Overseas], 9 June 2010.</ref> These divisions, their subordinate brigades or brigades with which the divisions have a training oversight relationship, and the states represented by the largest units include:<ref>University of North Texas, [http://armyrotc.unt.edu/us-army-components/us-army-national-guard U.S. Army National Guard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403131551/http://armyrotc.unt.edu/us-army-components/us-army-national-guard |date=3 April 2015 }}, 17 January 2013</ref>

''Army Aviation'' Magazine wrote on 31 March 2021 that "The ARNG is pressing forward with the Division Alignment for Training (DIV AFT) effort. The DIV AFT intent is to enhance leader development and training readiness through codified relationships across echelons and states to develop combat capable division formations for large scale combat operations. The Director, ARNG. recently convened a DIV AFT Initial Planning Conference to clarify unit alignments for all eight ARNG Division Headquarters and synchronize activities that will facilitate unity of effort between Division Headquarters and aligned for training States."<ref>{{cite web|author=BG David L. Hall|title=Army National Guard Aviation-Continuing to Change, Adapt and Modernize|url=https://5abe1488a536b7d66554-40ebbf4e472cfd77f5021bc42c60f8a3.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/shvwmuvlrvzt54th7c5vkprmuoveog-optimized-pub.pdf}}</ref>

* 35px '''28th Infantry Division''' (PA ARNG) ** 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (PA ARNG) ** 56th Mobile Brigade Combat Team (PA ARNG) ** 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (LA ARNG) ** 28th Combat Aviation Brigade (PA ARNG) ** 28th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade (OH ARNG)

* 40px '''29th Infantry Division''' (VA ARNG) ** 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (GA NG) ** 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (FL ARNG) ** 116th Mobile Brigade Combat Team (VA ARNG)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Puryear |first1=Cotton |title=116th IBCT officially converted to mobile brigade combat team |url=https://va.ng.mil/News/Article/4326630/116th-ibct-officially-converted-to-mobile-brigade-combat-team/ |publisher=Virginia National Guard Public Affairs |access-date=16 February 2026}}</ref> ** 29th Combat Aviation Brigade (MD ARNG) ** 29th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade (NC ARNG)

* 40px '''34th Infantry Division''' (MN ARNG) ** 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (MN ARNG) ** 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IA ARNG) ** 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (NC ARNG) — will convert to a Mobile Brigade Combat Team<ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Jay |title=The N.C. National Guard is becoming more nimble - both for fighting wars and responding to disasters |url=https://www.wunc.org/term/news/2025-09-24/nc-national-guard-nimble-fighting-wars-disasters |publisher=WUNC News |access-date=16 February 2026}}</ref> ** 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (ID ARNG) — will convert to a Mobile Brigade Combat Team<ref>{{cite web |title=Idaho Army National Guard's 116th to transition from armored to mobile combat team |url=https://idahonews.com/news/local/idaho-army-national-guards-116th-to-transition-from-armored-to-mobile-combat-team |publisher=Idaho News |access-date=16 February 2026}}</ref> ** 34th Combat Aviation Brigade (MN ARNG) ** 34th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade (IL ARNG)

* 40px '''35th Infantry Division''' (KS ARNG) ** 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (AR ARNG) ** 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (OK ARNG) ** 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (TX ARNG) ** 35th Combat Aviation Brigade (MO ARNG) ** 35th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade (TN ARNG)

* 35px '''36th Infantry Division''' (TX ARNG) ** 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (TX ARNG) ** 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team (WA ARNG) — will convert to a Mobile Brigade Combat Team by 2028<ref>{{cite web |last1=Servaes |first1=Alain |title=U.S. Army Transforms Washington-Based 81st Stryker Brigade Into New Mobile Combat Team. |url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/u-s-army-transforms-washington-based-81st-stryker-brigade-into-new-mobile-combat-team |publisher=Army Recognition Group |access-date=16 February 2026}}</ref> ** 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team (MS ARNG) ** 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment (TN ARNG) — will convert to a Mobile Brigade Combat Team<ref>{{cite web |title=278th Armored Cavalry Regiment Selected for Army’s Force Structure Transformation |url=https://www.tn.gov/military/news/2025/5/23/278th-armored-cavalry-regiment-selected-for-army-s-force-structure-transformation.html |publisher=Tennessee Department of Military |access-date=16 February 2026}}</ref> ** 36th Combat Aviation Brigade (TX ARNG) ** 36th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade (TX ARNG)

* 35px '''38th Infantry Division''' (IN ARNG) ** 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (WI ARNG) ** 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IL ARNG) ** 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (OH ARNG) ** 76th Mobile Brigade Combat Team (IN ARNG) ** 38th Combat Aviation Brigade (IN ARNG) ** 38th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade (IN ARNG)

* 40px '''40th Infantry Division''' (CA ARNG) ** 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (HI ARNG) ** 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (OR ARNG) ** 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (CA ARNG) ** 40th Combat Aviation Brigade (CA ARNG) ** 40th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade (CA ARNG)

* 40px '''42nd Infantry Division''' (NY ARNG) ** 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (NY ARNG) ** 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (NJ ARNG) ** 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (VT ARNG) ** 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade (NY ARNG) ** 42nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade (NY ARNG)

=== Multifunctional Support Brigades === The Army National Guard fields 37 multifunctional support brigades.

==== Field Artillery Brigades ==== * 37x37px 45th Field Artillery Brigade (OK ARNG) * 32x32px 65th Field Artillery Brigade (UT ARNG) * 25x25px 115th Field Artillery Brigade (WY ARNG) * 38x38px 130th Field Artillery Brigade (KS ARNG) * 38x38px 138th Field Artillery Brigade (KY ARNG) * 25x25px 142nd Field Artillery Brigade (AR ARNG) * 34x34px 169th Field Artillery Brigade (CO ARNG) * 37x37px 197th Field Artillery Brigade (NH ARNG)

==== Sustainment Brigades ==== * 42x42px 17th Sustainment Brigade (NV ARNG) * 35px 111th Sustainment Brigade (NM ARNG)

==== Military Intelligence Brigades ==== * 33x33px 58th Military Intelligence Brigade (Expeditionary) (MD ARNG) * 30x30px 71st Military Intelligence Brigade (Expeditionary) (TX ARNG) * 38x38px 300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist) (UT ARNG) (TDA organization)

=== Functional Support Brigades and Groups === ==== Engineer Brigades ==== * 25x25px 16th Engineer Brigade (OH ARNG) * 25x25px 35th Engineer Brigade (MO ARNG) * 36x36px 111th Engineer Brigade (WV ARNG) * 25x25px 117th Engineer Brigade (SC ARNG) * 36x36px 168th Engineer Brigade (MS ARNG) * 32x32px 176th Engineer Brigade (TX ARNG) * 38x38px 194th Engineer Brigade (TN ARNG) * 28x28px 219th Engineer Brigade (IN ARNG) * 36x36px 225th Engineer Brigade (LA ARNG)

==== Air Defense Artillery Brigades ==== * 38x38px 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (FL ARNG) * 38x38px 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (OH ARNG) * 37x37px 678th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (SC ARNG)

==== Theater Tactical Signal Brigades ==== * 40x40px 228th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade (SC ARNG) * 25x25px 261st Theater Tactical Signal Brigade (DE ARNG)

==== Military Police Brigades ==== * 37x37px 35th Military Police Brigade (MO ARNG) *30x30px 43rd Military Police Brigade (RI ARNG) * 38x38px 49th Military Police Brigade (CA ARNG) * 37x37px 92nd Military Police Brigade (PR ARNG) *33x33px 142nd Military Police Brigade (AL ARNG) * 25x25px 177th Military Police Brigade (MI ARNG)

==== Theater and Combat Aviation Brigades ==== * 33x33px 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade (KY ARNG) * 25x25px 77th Combat Aviation Brigade (AR ARNG) * 35x35px 185th Theater Aviation Brigade (MS ARNG) * 33x33px 449th Combat Aviation Brigade (NC ARNG)

==== Other brigades ==== * 25x25px 31st Chemical Brigade (AL ARNG) * 30x30px 91st Cyber Brigade (VA ARNG)<ref>Cotton Puryear (29 September 2017). "91st Cyber Brigade activated as Army National Guard's first cyber brigade". army.mil. Retrieved 30 May 2020.</ref> (TDA organization) * 36x36px 100th Missile Defense Brigade (CO ARNG)

==== Other Groups ==== * 39x39px 19th Special Forces Group (UT ARNG) * 39x39px 20th Special Forces Group (AL ARNG) * frameless|36x36px 111th Explosive Ordnance Group (AL ARNG) * 25x25px 56th Theater Information Operations Group (WA ARNG) * 71st Theater Information Operations Group (TX ARNG) * 204th Theater Aviation Operations Group (LA ARNG) * 1100th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (MD ARNG) * 1106th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (CA ARNG) * 1107th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (MO ARNG) * 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (MS ARNG) * 1109th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (CT ARNG) * 36x36px 42nd Regional Support Group (NJ ARNG) * 28x28px 50th Regional Support Group (FL ARNG) * 109th Regional Support Group (SD ARNG) * 25x25px115th Regional Support Group (CA ARNG) * 120th Regional Support Group (ME ARNG) * 139th Regional Support Group (LA ARNG) * frameless|25x25px 143rd Regional Support Group (CT ARNG) * 25x25px 151st Regional Support Group (MA ARNG) * frameless|33x33px 191st Regional Support Group (PR ARNG) * 25x25px198th Regional Support Group (AZ ARNG) * 25x25px201st Regional Support Group (GA ARNG) * frameless|26x26px 213th Regional Support Group (PA ARNG) * 35x35px 272nd Regional Support Group (MI ARNG) * 297th Regional Support Group (AK ARNG) * 329th Regional Support Group (VA ARNG) * 33x33px 347th Regional Support Group (MN ARNG) * 31x31px 635th Regional Support Group (KS ARNG) * 30x30px 734th Regional Support Group (IA ARNG) * 38x38px 1889th Regional Support Group (MT ARNG)

=== Regular Army – Army National Guard Partnership === In 2016, the Army and the Army National Guard began a training and readiness initiative that aligned some Army brigades with National Guard division headquarters, and some National Guard brigades with Army division headquarters. Among others, this program included the National Guard's 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team becoming affiliated with the Army's 10th Mountain Division<ref>{{cite news |last=Dwyer |first=Brian |date=17 October 2016 |title=Patching Ceremony Unites 10th Mountain Division and Vermont Army National Guard Unit |url=http://www.twcnews.com/nys/watertown/north-country-blog/2016/10/17/patching-ceremony-unites-10th-mountain-division-and-vermont-army-national-guard-unit.html |newspaper=TCW News |location=Watertown, NY}}</ref> and the National Guard's 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment affiliating with the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tan |first=Michelle |date=19 August 2016 |title=Army units change patches as part of active, Guard and Reserve pilot program |url=https://www.armytimes.com/articles/army-units-change-patches-as-part-of-active-guard-and-reserve-pilot-program |newspaper=Army Times |location=Springfield, VA}}</ref> In addition, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division began an affiliation with the National Guard's 36th Infantry Division.<ref>{{cite news |last=Block |first=Gordon |date=20 October 2016 |title=Programs link Fort Drum soldiers with Army Guard, Reserve personnel |url=http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news03/programs-link-fort-drum-soldiers-with-army-guard-reserve-personnel-20161020 |newspaper=Watertown Daily Times |location=Watertown, NY}}</ref>

* 34x34px'''48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team''' (GA ARNG), associated with 25x25px 3rd Infantry Division * 30x30px1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment (TX ARNG), associated with 37x37px 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team * 32x32px1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment (IN ARNG), associated with 29x29px2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division * 840th Engineer Company (TX ARNG), associated with 29x29px 36th Engineer Brigade * 249th Transportation Company (TX ARNG), associated with 32x32px1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade * 1176th Transportation Company (TN ARNG), associated with 36x36px 101st Sustainment Brigade * 1245th Transportation Company (OK ARNG), associated with 32x32px 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade * 2123rd Transportation Company (KY ARNG), associated with 36x36px 101st Sustainment Brigade

Army units partnering with Army National Guard headquarters include:

*25x25px5th Engineer Battalion, associated with 25x25px 35th Engineer Brigade (MO ARNG).

==By state== {{Main|State Adjutant General}}

The Army and Air National Guard in each state are headed by the state adjutant general. The adjutant general (TAG) is the de facto commander of a state's military forces, and reports to the state governor.<ref>Bowling Green Daily News, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hPIaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4UcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1932,4012280&dq=adjutant+general+national+command+military+forces+state&hl=en Guard's Command Structure Unique in the Armed Forces], 27 June 1999</ref>

{{col-begin}} {{col-break}} {|class="wikitable" |- ! style="width: 10%;" |State Abbr. ! State |- ||AL ||Alabama |- ||AK ||Alaska |- ||AZ ||Arizona |- ||AR ||Arkansas |- ||CA ||California |- ||CO ||Colorado |- ||CT ||Connecticut |- ||DE ||Delaware |- ||DC ||District of Columbia |- ||FL ||Florida |- ||GA ||Georgia |- ||GU ||Guam |- ||HI ||Hawaii |- ||ID ||Idaho |- ||IL ||Illinois |- ||IN ||Indiana |- ||IA ||Iowa |- ||KS ||Kansas |} {{col-break}} {|class="wikitable" |- ! style="width: 10%;" |State Abbr. ! State |- ||KY ||Kentucky |- ||LA ||Louisiana |- ||ME ||Maine |- ||MD ||Maryland |- ||MA ||Massachusetts |- ||MI ||Michigan |- ||MN ||Minnesota |- ||MS ||Mississippi |- ||MO ||Missouri |- ||MT ||Montana |- ||NE ||Nebraska |- ||NV ||Nevada |- ||NH ||New Hampshire |- ||NJ ||New Jersey |- ||NM ||New Mexico |- ||NY ||New York |- ||NC ||North Carolina |- ||ND ||North Dakota |} {{col-break}} {|class="wikitable" |- ! style="width: 10%;" |State Abbr. ! State |- ||OH ||Ohio |- ||OK ||Oklahoma |- ||OR ||Oregon |- ||PA ||Pennsylvania |- ||PR ||Puerto Rico |- ||RI ||Rhode Island |- ||SC ||South Carolina |- ||SD ||South Dakota |- ||TN ||Tennessee |- ||TX ||Texas |- ||UT ||Utah |- ||VT ||Vermont |- ||VA ||Virginia |- ||VI ||U.S. Virgin Islands |- ||WA ||Washington |- ||WV ||West Virginia |- ||WI ||Wisconsin |- ||WY ||Wyoming |} {{col-end}}

== Leadership == right|thumb|upright|National Guard Bureau organizational chart depicting command and reporting relationships right|thumb|upright|Army National Guard staff organizational chart thumb|upright|Chief of the National Guard Bureau Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson administers the oath of office to Lt. Gen. Jon A. Jensen as the 22nd director of the Army National Guard on Monday, 10 August 2020 at the Temple Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Virginia.

Upon the creation of the United States Air Force in 1947, the National Guard Bureau was organized into two divisions; Army National Guard and Air National Guard. Each were headed by a major general who reported to the chief of the National Guard Bureau. The head of the Army National Guard was originally established as the '''chief of the Army Division at the National Guard Bureau'''. The position was downgraded to brigadier general in 1962 due to force reduction. It was renamed to '''Director of the Army National Guard''' and elevated back to major general in 1970. The position was later elevated to the rank of lieutenant general in 2001. The Army National Guard is also authorized a deputy director which was originally established as a brigadier general office in 1970. It was elevated to the rank of major general in 2006.

The director of the Army National Guard oversees a staff which aids in planning and day-to-day organization and management. In addition to a chief of staff, the director's staff includes several special staff members, including a chaplain and protocol and awards specialists. It also includes a primary staff, which is organized as directorates, divisions, and branches. The directorates of the Army National Guard staff are arranged along the lines of a typical American military staff: G-1 for personnel; G-2 for intelligence; G-3 for plans, operations and training; G-4 for logistics; G-5 for strategic plans, policy and communications; G-6 for communications; and G-8 for budgets and financial management.

===List of chiefs and directors===

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! rowspan=2| {{abbr|No.|Number}} ! colspan=2| Commander ! colspan=3| Term |- ! Portrait ! Name ! Took office ! Left office ! Term length |- ! colspan=6 | Chiefs of the Army Division at the National Guard Bureau {{Officeholder table | order = 1 | military_rank = Major General | image = Major General Raymond H. Fleming.jpg | officeholder = Raymond H. Fleming | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1948 | term_end = 1950 | timeinoffice = 2 years }} {{Officeholder table | order = 2 | military_rank = Major General | image = William H. Abendroth.jpg | officeholder = William H. Abendroth | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1951 | term_end = 1955 | timeinoffice = 4 years }} {{Officeholder table | order = 3 | military_rank = Major General | image = Mcgowan dw.jpg | officeholder = Donald W. McGowan | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1955 | term_end = 1959 | timeinoffice = 4 years }} {{Officeholder table | order = 4 | military_rank = Major General | image = Clayton P. Kerr.jpg | officeholder = Clayton P. Kerr | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1959 | term_end = 1962 | timeinoffice = 3 years }} {{Officeholder table | order = 5 | military_rank = Brigadier General | image = S-Greenlief.jpg | officeholder = Francis Greenlief | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1962 | term_end = 1963 | timeinoffice = 1 year }} {{Officeholder table | order = 6 | military_rank = Brigadier General | image = Charles Southward.jpg | officeholder = Charles L. Southward | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1964 | term_end = 1966 | timeinoffice = 2 years }} {{Officeholder table | order = 7 | military_rank = Brigadier General | image = Leonard C. Ward.jpg | officeholder = Leonard C. Ward | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1968 | term_end = 1970 | timeinoffice = 2 years }} |- ! colspan=6| Directors of the Army National Guard {{Officeholder table | order = 8 | military_rank = Major General | image = S-Greenlief.jpg | officeholder = Francis Greenlief | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1970 | term_end = 1971 | timeinoffice = 1 year }} {{Officeholder table | order = 9 | military_rank = Major General | image = Weber le.jpg | officeholder = La Vern E. Weber | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1971 | term_end = 1974 | timeinoffice = 3 years }} {{Officeholder table | order = 10 | military_rank = Major General | image = Charles A. Ott, Jr..jpg | officeholder = Charles A. Ott Jr. | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1974 | term_end = 1978 | timeinoffice = 4 years }} {{Officeholder table | order = 11 | military_rank = Major General | image = Walker eh.jpg | officeholder = Emmett H. Walker Jr. | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1978 | term_end = 1982 | timeinoffice = 4 years }} {{Officeholder table | order = 12 | military_rank = Major General | image = Herbert R. Temple, Jr. (1).jpg | officeholder = Herbert R. Temple Jr. | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1982 | term_end = 1986 | timeinoffice = 4 years }} {{Officeholder table | order = 13 | military_rank = Major General | image = MG Donald Burdick.jpg | officeholder = Donald Burdick | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1986 | term_end = 1991 | timeinoffice = 5 years }} {{Officeholder table | order = 14 | military_rank = Major General | image = Army Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees (35862980775).jpg | officeholder = Raymond F. Rees | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1991 | term_end = 1992 | timeinoffice = 1 year }} {{Officeholder table | order = 15 | military_rank = Major General | image = Army Maj. Gen. John R. D'Araujo, Jr. (35822233606).jpg | officeholder = John R. D'Araujo Jr. | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1993 | term_end = 1995 | timeinoffice = 2 years }} {{Officeholder table | order = 16 | military_rank = Major General | image = Portrait of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William A. Navas, Jr. (2).jpg | officeholder = William A. Navas Jr. | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = October 1995 | term_end = May 1998 | timeinoffice = 3 years }} {{Officeholder table | order = 17 | military_rank = Lieutenant General | image = Roger C. Schultz.jpg | officeholder = Roger C. Schultz | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1 June 1998 | term_end = 15 June 2004 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1998|06|1|2004|06|15}}<ref>Served as director in the rank of major general from 1998 to 2001. The 2001 National Defense Authorization Act, elevated the position to lieutenant general. Schultz was appointed another term as director and was promoted.</ref> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 18 | military_rank = Lieutenant General | image = Clyde A. Vaughn (2).jpg | officeholder = Clyde A. Vaughn | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 15 June 2004 | term_end = 9 May 2009 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2004|06|15|2009|05|09}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = − | military_rank = Major General | image = Raymond W. Carpenter.jpg | officeholder = Raymond W. Carpenter | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 9 May 2009 | term_end = 28 November 2011 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2009|05|09|2011|11|28}} | acting = y }} {{Officeholder table | order = 19 | military_rank = Lieutenant General | image = Lieutenant General William E. Ingram, Jr. is the Director, Army National Guard.jpg | officeholder = William E. Ingram Jr. | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 28 November 2011 | term_end = 14 January 2014 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2011|11|28|2014|01|14}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = − | military_rank = Major General | image = Judd H. Lyons (2).jpg | officeholder = Judd H. Lyons | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 14 January 2014 | term_end = 27 March 2015 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2014|01|14|2015|03|27}} | acting = y }} {{Officeholder table | order = 20 | military_rank = Lieutenant General | image = Lieutenant General Timothy J. Kadavy (DARNG).jpg | officeholder = Timothy J. Kadavy | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 27 March 2015 | term_end = 25 March 2019 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2015|03|27|2019|03|25}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 21 | military_rank = Lieutenant General | image = Lt. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson.jpg | officeholder = Daniel R. Hokanson | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 20 June 2019 | term_end = 3 August 2020 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2019|06|20|2020|08|03}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 22 | military_rank = Lieutenant General | image = Lt. Gen. Jon A. Jensen (3).jpg | officeholder = Jon A. Jensen | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 10 August 2020 | term_end = 5 August 2024 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2020|08|10|2024|08|05}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 23 | military_rank = Lieutenant General | image = LTG Jonathan M. Stubbs (2).jpg | officeholder = Jonathan M. Stubbs | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 5 August 2024 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2024|08|05}} }} |}

==Prominent members== {{Main|Prominent members of the US Army National Guard}}

=== U.S. presidents === {{Main|List of presidents of the United States by military service}} Of the 45{{efn|{{As of|2025}}. While there have been 47 presidencies, only 45 individuals have served as president. Two presidents have served non-consecutive terms: and thus, Grover Cleveland is numbered as both the 22nd and 24th U.S. president, and Donald Trump is numbered as both the 45th and 47th U.S. president.}} individuals to serve as president of the United States {{as of|2025|lc=y}}, 33 had military experience. Of those 33, 21 served in the militia or ARNG.

* George Washington, commissioned a major in the Virginia Militia in 1753. He attained the rank of colonel before resigning his commission at the end of the French and Indian War.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark Lardas|title=George Washington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N7HgSpYajy4C&pg=PT14|year=2011|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-84908-881-7|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Aaron Bancroft|title=The Life of George Washington ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTGvUCBFTGIC&pg=PA39|year=1855|publisher=Phillips, Sampson|page=39}}</ref> * Thomas Jefferson, colonel and commander of the Albemarle County Militia at the start of the American Revolution<ref>{{cite book|author=Fawn McKay Brodie|title=Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History|url=https://archive.org/details/thomasj_bro_1974_00_7057|url-access=registration|year=1974|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-31752-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/thomasj_bro_1974_00_7057/page/112 112]}}</ref> * James Madison, colonel in the Orange County Militia at the start of the American Revolution and aide to his father, James Madison, Sr., who was the commander.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ralph Louis Ketcham|title=James Madison: A Biography|url=https://archive.org/details/jamesma_ket_1990_00_4552|url-access=registration|year=1990|publisher=University of Virginia Press|isbn=978-0-8139-1265-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/jamesma_ket_1990_00_4552/page/64 64]}}</ref> * James Monroe, served in the militia while attending the College of William and Mary. After being wounded at the Battle of Trenton while serving in the Continental Army, he returned to Virginia to recruit and lead a regiment as a militia lieutenant colonel, but the regiment was never raised. In 1780 the British invaded Richmond, Virginia, and Jefferson commissioned Monroe as a colonel to command the militia raised in response and act as liaison to the Continental Army in North Carolina.<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Teitelbaum|title=James Monroe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcXsTG1oEUUC&pg=PA14|year=2002|publisher=Capstone|isbn=978-0-7565-0253-9|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Carl Cavanagh Hodge|author2=Cathal J. Nolan|title=U.S. Presidents and Foreign Policy: From 1789 to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qXeRALIwozgC&pg=PA45|year=2007|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-790-6|page=45}}</ref> * Andrew Jackson, commander of the Tennessee Militia as a major general prior to the War of 1812.<ref>{{cite book|author=H. W. Brands|title=Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I4a7hMqBKFMC&pg=PA105|year=2006|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-27854-8|page=90}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Samuel Putnam Waldo|title=Memoirs of Andrew Jackson: Major-general in the Army of the United States; and Commander in Chief of the Division of the South|url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsandrewja00waldgoog|year=1819|publisher=J. & W. Russell|pages=[https://archive.org/details/memoirsandrewja00waldgoog/page/n48 41]–42}}</ref> * William Henry Harrison, commander of Indiana Territory's militia and Major General of the Kentucky Militia at the start of the War of 1812.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Spencer Tucker|author2=James R. Arnold|author3=Roberta Wiener|author4=Paul G. Pierpaoli|author5=John C. Fredriksen|title=The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812: A Political, Social, and Military History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hVSrJBQYAk8C&pg=PA365|year=2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-956-6|pages=331}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=James Hall|title=A Memoir of the Public Services of William Henry Harrison, of Ohio|url=https://archive.org/details/amemoirpublicse00hallgoog|year=1836|publisher=Key & Biddle|page=[https://archive.org/details/amemoirpublicse00hallgoog/page/n314 310]}}</ref> * John Tyler, commanded a company called the Charles City Rifles, part of Virginia's 52nd Regiment, in the War of 1812.<ref>{{cite book|author=Stuart L. Butler|title=Defending the Old Dominion: Virginia and Its Militia in the War of 1812|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcGHZfcKC8C&pg=PA282|year=2012|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=978-0-7618-6040-2|page=282}}</ref> * James Polk, joined the Tennessee Militia as a captain in a cavalry regiment in 1821. He was subsequently appointed a colonel on the staff of Governor William Carroll.<ref>{{cite book|author=Louise A. Mayo|title=President James K. Polk: The Dark Horse President|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYSs5yfHZCIC&pg=PA14|year=2006|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-59454-718-8|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Soldiers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZlARhqdLa4C|year=1980|publisher=Department of the Army|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Barbara Bennett Peterson|title=Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of Tennessee and Washington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hmx5cMwRQhsC&pg=PA5|year=2002|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-59033-145-3|page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=John Seigenthaler|author-link=John Seigenthaler|title=James K. Polk: The American Presidents Series: The 11th President, 1845-1849|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzi6Ux3L934C&pg=PA30|year=2004|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-0-8050-6942-6|page=34}}</ref> * Millard Fillmore, served as inspector of New York's 47th Brigade with the rank of major.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Roger Sherman Skinner|title=The New-York State Register for 1830–1831|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6o0UAAAAYAAJ|year=1830|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6o0UAAAAYAAJ/page/n365 361]|publisher=New York }}</ref> Commanded the Union Continentals, a militia unit raised to perform local service in Buffalo, New York, during the American Civil War.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Buffalo Historical Society|author2=Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.)|title=Publications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNYwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR32|year=1907|publisher=The Society.|page=xxxii}}</ref> * Franklin Pierce, appointed aide de camp to Governor Samuel Dinsmoor in 1831. He remained in the militia until 1847 and attained the rank of colonel before becoming a brigadier general in the Army during the Mexican–American War.<ref>{{cite book|editor1=John Farmer|editor2=G. Parker Lyon|title=The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0JEBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA53|year=1832|page=53}}</ref> * James Buchanan, a member of the Pennsylvania Militia. His dragoon unit took part in the defense of Baltimore, Maryland, during the War of 1812.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ralph E. Eshelman|title=A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: Eighteen Tours in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia|url=https://archive.org/details/travelguidetowar0000eshe|url-access=registration|year=2011|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-9837-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/travelguidetowar0000eshe/page/114 114]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Shriver Klein|title=President James Buchanan, a biography|url=https://archive.org/details/presidentjamesbu007671mbp|year=1962|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/presidentjamesbu007671mbp/page/n59 18]}}</ref> * Abraham Lincoln, served in the Illinois Militia during the Black Hawk War. He commanded a company in the 4th Illinois Regiment with the rank of captain from April to May 1832. He was a private in Captain Alexander White's Company from May to June 1832. He served as a private in Captain Jacob Earley's company from June to July 1832.<ref>{{cite book|author=Illinois Adjutant General's Office|title=Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831–32, and in the Mexican War, 1846-8|url=https://archive.org/details/recordofservices6217illi|year=1882|publisher=H. W. Rokker, state printer|pages=[https://archive.org/details/recordofservices6217illi/page/100 100], 176, 183}}</ref> * Andrew Johnson, served in the Tennessee Militia in the 1830s, and attained the rank of colonel.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hans L. Trefousse|title=Andrew Johnson: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=blkUcM2B3dgC|year=1997|publisher=W. W. Norton, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-393-31742-8|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=James Knox Polk|editor1=Wayne Cutler|editor2=Herbert Weaver|title=Correspondence of James K. Polk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vu99nZ2h7cC&pg=PA439|volume=7|year=1989|publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press|isbn=978-0-8265-1225-3|page=439}}</ref> During the American Civil War he remained loyal to the Union and was appointed Military Governor of Tennessee with the rank of brigadier general.<ref>{{cite book|author=Kate Havelin|title=Andrew Johnson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_k8KQ0_45YC&pg=PA23|year=2004|publisher=Twenty-First Century Books|isbn=978-0-8225-1000-0|page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Gary L. Donhardt|title=In the Shadow of the Great Rebellion: The Life of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States (1808-1875)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UW32n2HWwRIC&pg=PA6|year=2007|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-60021-086-0|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Clifton R. Hall|title=Andrew Johnson: Military Governor of Tennessee|url=https://archive.org/details/andrewjohnsonmil01hall|year=1916|page=[https://archive.org/details/andrewjohnsonmil01hall/page/19 19]}}</ref> * Ulysses S. Grant, having left the Army as a captain, at the start of the Civil War he served in the Illinois Militia as aide de camp and mustering officer for Governor Richard Yates.<ref>{{cite book|author=James S. Brisbin|title=The campaign lives of Ulysses S Grant and Schuyler Colfax|publisher=Gale Cengage Learning|url=https://archive.org/details/campaignlivesul01brisgoog|year=1868|pages=[https://archive.org/details/campaignlivesul01brisgoog/page/n63 58]–59}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Ulysses Simpson Grant|title=The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: April to September, 1861|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be-a9wVl1foC&pg=PA29|year=1969|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-0366-3|page=29}}</ref> He held these positions until being appointed commander of the 21st Illinois Infantry, which set him on the path to becoming a general and commander of all Union armies.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Farina|title=Ulysses S. Grant, 1861–1864: His Rise from Obscurity to Military Greatness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiXipzGjMxsC&pg=PA22|year=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8051-7|page=22}}</ref> * Rutherford B. Hayes, joined a militia company in 1846 intending to fight in the Mexican–American War, but resigned because of ill health.<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Dean Howells|author2=Rutherford Birchard Hayes|title=Sketch of the life and character of Rutherford B. Hayes. Also a biographical sketch of William A. Wheeler|publisher=Hurd and Houghton|url=https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifechar00howeuoft|year=1876|page=[https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifechar00howeuoft/page/29 29]}}</ref> Enlisted as a private in a Cincinnati militia company at the start of the Civil War in 1861, and was elected commander with the rank of captain. He was subsequently appointed a major in the 23rd Ohio Infantry, and ended the war as a brigade commander and brevet Major General.<ref>Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, [http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/civilwar/display.asp?id=1133&subj=civilwar ''Military and Personal Sketches of Ohio's Rank and File from Sandusky County in the War of the Rebellion''], 1885, republished on the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center web site</ref> * James A. Garfield, commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the Ohio Militia in 1861, he took part in recruiting and training the 42nd Ohio Infantry Regiment, which he commanded as a colonel.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Clark Ridpath|title=The Life and Work of James A. Garfield ...: Embracing an Account of the Scenes and Incidents of His Boyhood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2eTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA86|year=1881|publisher=Jones brothers|pages=91–92}}</ref> He later served as Chief of Staff for the Army of the Cumberland and received promotion to Major General.<ref>{{cite book|author=James T. Wall|title=Wall Street and the Fruited Plain: Money, Expansion, and Politics in the Gilded Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AuX--ARWAEC&pg=PA82|year=2008|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=978-0-7618-4124-1|page=82}}</ref> * Chester A. Arthur, became a member of the New York Militia soon after becoming a lawyer. During the Civil War he served on the staff of Governor Edwin D. Morgan as Quartermaster General with the rank of brigadier general. He later served as Morgan's inspector general, responsible for visiting New York's front line units, assessing conditions and recommending improvements.<ref>{{cite book|author=Emma Rogers|title=Chester A. Arthur: Man and President|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vs87AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA7|year=1921|publisher=University of Wisconsin—Madison|pages=7–9}}</ref> * Benjamin Harrison, commissioned in the Indiana Militia by Governor Oliver P. Morton to recruit a regiment during the Civil War, he was subsequently appointed a second lieutenant and captain in and then colonel and commander of the 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment. He received the brevet of brigadier general as a commendation of his service, and later commanded a brigade.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lew Wallace|author2=Murat Halstead|title=Life and Public Services of Hon. Benjamin Harrison, President of the U.S.: With a Concise Biographical Sketch of Hon. Whitelaw Reid|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UesLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA220-IA2|year=1892|publisher=Edgewood Publishing Company|pages=178–181}}</ref><ref>''Newburgh Daily Journal'', [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A45RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WjMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4213,1003999&dq=benjamin-harrison+brevet+general+civil+war&hl=en "Death of General Harrison"], 14 March 1901</ref><ref>Muncie Free Press, [http://www.munciefreepress.com/node/20065 Daniels adds President Benjamin Harrison to Hoosier Heritage Portrait Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102818/http://www.munciefreepress.com/node/20065 |date=24 December 2013 }}, 20 March 2009</ref> He also enrolled in the militia again during labor unrest in Indianapolis in 1877.<ref>{{cite book|author=Eric Foner|title=Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FhvA0S_op38C&pg=PA584|year=2002|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-093716-4|page=584}}</ref> * William McKinley, joined a volunteer militia company called the Poland Guards at the start of the Civil War. The company was subsequently mustered in as part of the 23rd Ohio Infantry, the same regiment in which President Hayes served. McKinley ended the war as a major and chief of staff for division commander Samuel S. Carroll.<ref>{{cite book|author=John W. Tyler|title=The Life of William McKinley|url=https://archive.org/details/lifewilliammcki00tylegoog|year=1901|publisher=P. W. Ziegler & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/lifewilliammcki00tylegoog/page/n27 37]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Kevin Phillips|title=William McKinley: The American Presidents Series: The 25th President, 1897–1901|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tqX0tZurehgC&pg=PA23|year=2003|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-0-8050-6953-2|page=23}}</ref> * Theodore Roosevelt, commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 8th New York Infantry Regiment in 1884, he served until 1888 and attained the rank of captain. During the Spanish–American War he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, which he later commanded as a colonel. In 2001 a review of his war record led to a posthumous award of the Medal of Honor.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Montgomery Clemens|title=The Ancestry of Theodore Roosevelt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SuoaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11|year=1914|publisher=W.M. Clemens|page=11}}</ref><ref>Bill Bleyer, ''Long Island Newsday'', [https://www.proquest.com/docview/279417972 "Roosevelt's Medal of Honor Coming to LI"], 21 February 2001</ref> * Harry S. Truman, served in the Missouri Army National Guard from 1905 to 1911, rising to the rank of corporal. During World War I he rejoined and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the 2nd Missouri Field Artillery. This regiment was federalized as the 129th Field Artillery, and Truman commanded Battery D as a captain. He continued to serve in the Army Reserve, retiring as a colonel in 1953.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gabriele Arnold|title=Harry S. Truman – his foreign policy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XWW8JmiCXmkC&pg=PA4|year=2006|publisher=GRIN Verlag|isbn=978-3-638-51025-7|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Michael J. Devine|title=Harry S. Truman, the State of Israel, and the Quest for Peace in the Middle East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5cK35spXUQC&pg=PA93|year=2009|publisher=Truman State Univ Press|isbn=978-1-935503-80-4|page=93}}</ref><ref name="Truman_DearBess">{{cite book|last=Truman|first=Harry S.|author-link=Harry S. Truman |editor-last=Ferrell|editor-first=Robert H.|editor-link=Robert Hugh Ferrell|title=Dear Bess: The Letters From Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959|year=1983|publisher=Norton|isbn=978-0-8262-1203-0|oclc= 9440945|page=306}}</ref>

(Note: President George W. Bush served in the National Guard in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and he was the first Air National Guard member to attain the presidency.)<ref>{{cite book|author=Clarke Rountree|title=George W. Bush: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-kcaI-XTL4kC&pg=PA34|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-38500-1|pages=xviii–xix}}</ref>

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==Sources== * {{cite book |last=Wilson |first=John B. |title=Maneuver and Firepower, the Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades |series=Army Lineage Series (CMH Pub 60-14) | publisher=Center of Military History, United States Army |url=https://history.army.mil/Publications/Publications-Catalog/Maneuver-and-Firepower/ |place=Washington, D. C. |date=1998 }} {{source-attribution}}

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