Washington Army National Guard

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = Headquarters, State Area Command Washington Army National Guard | image = US Washington Army National Guard SSI.png | caption = [[Shoulder sleeve insignia]] | dates = 1854–Present | country = {{flag|United States}} | allegiance = {{flag|Washington}} | branch = {{flag|United States Army}} | type = ARNG Headquarters Command | role = | size = | command_structure = [[Washington National Guard]] | current_commander = BG Paul T. Sellars | commander2 = CW5 Marc Brackett | commander2_label = Command Chief Warrant Officer | commander3 = CSM Eric D. Honeycutt | commander3_label = Command Sergeant Major | garrison = [[Camp Murray]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] | ceremonial_chief = | colonel_of_the_regiment = | nickname = | patron = | motto = | colors = | march = | mascot = | battles = [[World War I]] [[World War II]] [[Korean War]] [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]] [[Kosovo War]] [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]] [[Iraq War]] [[War against the Islamic State|War Against the Islamic State]] | notable_commanders = | anniversaries = | identification_symbol = [[File:US Washington Army National Guard DUI.png|100px]] | identification_symbol_label = [[Distinctive unit insignia]] | identification_symbol_2 = [[File:Washington National Guard Crest.svg|115px]] | identification_symbol_3 = [[File:WA ARNG Flag.jpg|150px]] | identification_symbol_4 = [[File:WA ARNG 96TH TROOP COMMANDS.png|150px]] | identification_symbol_2_label = Washington Army National Guard Crest | identification_symbol_3_label = Washington Army National Guard Headquarters Flag | identification_symbol_4_label = Washington Army National Guard 98th Troop Command Flag }}

The '''Washington Army National Guard''' is a component of the [[United States Army]] and the [[Washington National Guard]] based in [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. The history of the Washington Army National Guard dates back to 1854 with formation of the [[Washington Territory|Washington Territorial Militia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://96tc.washingtonarmyguard.org/248th/sponsor/historywng.htm |title=History - Washington National Guard: 248th SC |access-date=28 September 2008 |archive-date=6 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106205100/http://96tc.washingtonarmyguard.org/248th/sponsor/historywng.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The command is headquartered at [[Camp Murray]] in [[Pierce County, Washington|Pierce County]]. It consists of 6,200 soldiers in two brigades and various smaller units located throughout the state. {{tree list}} == Organization == [[File:140926-434 by Washington Army National Guard.jpg|thumb|right|Washington Army National Guardsmen look on as runners race in a suicide awareness run]]

As of January 2026 the Washington Army National Guard consists of the following units:<ref name="Locations">{{cite web |title=Washington National Guard Locations |url=https://mil.wa.gov/washington-national-guard-locations |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref>

* [[File:US Washington Army National Guard SSI.png|27px]] '''Joint Force Headquarters-Washington, Army Element''', at [[Camp Murray]]<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Washington Army National Guard |url=https://mil.wa.gov/army-guard |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> ** Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Joint Force Headquarters-Washington, Army Element, at Camp Murray ** [[File:US Washington Army National Guard SSI.png|27px]] '''Washington Recruiting & Retention Battalion''', at Camp Murray *** Company A, Washington Recruiting & Retention Battalion, in [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] **** Detachment 1, Company A, Washington Recruiting & Retention Battalion, in Spokane **** Detachment 2, Company A, Washington Recruiting & Retention Battalion, in [[Kent, Washington| Kent]] *** Company B, Washington Recruiting & Retention Battalion, in [[Lakewood, Washington|Lakewood]] **** Detachment 3, Company B, Washington Recruiting & Retention Battalion, in [[Marysville, Washington|Marysville]] **** Detachment 4, Company B, Washington Recruiting & Retention Battalion, in [[Longview, Washington|Longview]] **** Detachment 5, Company B, Washington Recruiting & Retention Battalion, in [[Yakima, Washington|Yakima]] **** Detachment 6, Company B, Washington Recruiting & Retention Battalion, at Camp Murray **** Detachment 7, Company B, Washington Recruiting & Retention Battalion, in [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]] ** Washington Medical Detachment, at Camp Murray *** Detachment 1, Washington Medical Detachment, at [[Geiger Field]] ** Washington Detachment, Army National Guard Training Site, at Camp Murray ** 10th [[Civil Support Team]] (WMD), at Camp Murray ** 1244th [[United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps|Judge Advocate General]] Trial Defense Team, at Camp Murray ** Army Aviation Support Facility #1, at [[Gray Army Airfield]] ** Army Aviation Support Facility #2, at [[Pangborn Memorial Airport]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Aviation leaders check out new home in Wenatchee |url=https://mil.wa.gov/news/aviation-leaders-check-out-new-home-in-wenatchee |publisher=Washington Military Administrator |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref> ** Maintenance and Training Shop, at [[Yakima Training Center]] ** Field Maintenance Shop 1, in [[Seattle]] ** Field Maintenance Shop 2, in [[Ephrata, Washington|Ephrata]] ** Field Maintenance Shop 3, in [[Sedro-Woolley, Washington|Sedro-Woolley]] ** Field Maintenance Shop 4, in [[Montesano, Washington|Montesano]] ** Field Maintenance Shop 5, at [[Fairchild Air Force Base]] ** [[File:56th Theater Information Operations Group Distinctive Unit Insignia.jpg|30px]] '''[[56th Theater Information Operations Group]]''', at [[Joint Base Lewis–McChord]]<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=56th Theater Information Operations Group |url=https://mil.wa.gov/56th-theater-information-operations-group |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> *** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Theater Information Operations Group, at Joint Base Lewis–McChord *** Company A, 1st Battalion, [[19th Special Forces Group|19th Special Forces Group (Airborne)]], in [[Buckley, Washington|Buckley]] *** Detachment 1, Company D (Support), 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), in Buckley *** Special Operations Detachment-Pacific (Airborne), at Joint Base Lewis–McChord **** 1161st Quartermaster Detachment (Aerial Delivery), at Joint Base Lewis–McChord *** 110th Information Operations Battalion, in [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]] (MD) — ([[Maryland Army National Guard]]) *** 122nd Theater Public Affairs Support Element, at Joint Base Lewis–McChord<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=122nd Theater Public Affairs Support Element |url=https://mil.wa.gov/122-theater-public-affairs-support-element-chain-of-command |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **** 141st [[Military History Detachment]], at Joint Base Lewis–McChord *** [[File:156th Information Operations Battalion Distinctive Unit Insignia.jpg|33px]] '''156th Information Operations Battalion''', at Joint Base Lewis–McChord<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=156th Information Operations Battalion |url=https://mil.wa.gov/156th-information-operations-battalion |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **** Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 156th Information Operations Battalion, at Joint Base Lewis–McChord **** Company A, 156th Information Operations Battalion, at Joint Base Lewis–McChord **** Company B, 156th Information Operations Battalion, at Joint Base Lewis–McChord *** [[File:341 MI Bn DUI.jpg|30px]] '''341st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist)''', at Joint Base Lewis–McChord (part of [[300th Military Intelligence Brigade (United States)|300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist)]])<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=341st Military Intelligence Battalion "Linguist" |url=https://mil.wa.gov/341st-military-intelligence-battalion |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), at Joint Base Lewis–McChord **** Company A, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), at [[Fairchild Air Force Base]] ***** Detachment 1, Company A, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), at Joint Base Lewis–McChord ***** Detachment 2, Company A, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), in [[Vancouver, Washington|Vancouver]] **** Company B, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), at Joint Base Lewis–McChord **** Company C, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), in [[Chicago]] (IL) — ([[Illinois Army National Guard]]) **** Company D, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), at Joint Base Lewis–McChord ** [[File:81st patch.png|30px]] '''[[81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team]]''', at Camp Murray<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team |url=https://mil.wa.gov/81st-stryker-brigade-combat-team |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> *** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, at Camp Murray *** [[File:82nd Cavalry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia.png|30px]] '''1st Squadron, [[82nd Cavalry Regiment]]''', in [[Bend, Oregon|Bend]] (OR) — ([[Oregon Army National Guard]]) *** [[File:161 Inf Rgt DUI.jpg|27px]] '''1st Battalion, [[161st Infantry Regiment (United States)|161st Infantry Regiment]]''', in [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]]<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=1-161st Infantry Battalion |url=https://mil.wa.gov/1-161st-infantry-battalion |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in Spokane ***** Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in [[Richland, Washington|Richland]] **** Company A, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, at [[Yakima Training Center]] ***** Detachment 1, Company A, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in [[Wenatchee, Washington|Wenatchee]] **** Company B, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in Richland ***** Detachment 1, Company B, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in [[Walla Walla, Washington|Walla Walla]] **** Company C, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in Spokane ***** Detachment 1, Company C, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, at [[Geiger Field]] *** [[File:161 Inf Rgt DUI.jpg|27px]] '''3rd Battalion, [[161st Infantry Regiment (United States)|161st Infantry Regiment]]''', in [[Kent, Washington|Kent]]<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=3-161st Infantry Battalion |url=https://mil.wa.gov/3rd-battalion-161st-infantry-regiment |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in Kent **** Company A, 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in [[Anacortes, Washington|Anacortes]] ***** Detachment 1, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in [[Redmond, Washington|Redmond]] **** Company B, 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in Kent **** Company C, 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]] ***** Detachment 1, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in [[Port Orchard, Washington|Port Orchard]] *** [[File:185 Inf Rgt DUI.gif|27px]] '''1st Battalion, [[185th Infantry Regiment (United States)|185th Infantry Regiment]]''', in [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]] (CA) — ([[California Army National Guard]]) *** [[File:US Army 146th Field Artillery Regiment DUI.png|23px]] '''2nd Battalion, [[146th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)|146th Field Artillery Regiment]]''', in [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]]<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery |url=https://mil.wa.gov/2-146th-field-artillery-regiment |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **** Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, in Olympia ***** Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, in [[Moses Lake, Washington|Moses Lake]] ***** Detachment 2, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, in [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]] (CA) — ([[California Army National Guard]]) **** Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, in Olympia ***** Detachment 1, Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, in Moses Lake **** Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, in Olympia **** Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, in Olympia *** [[File:898BebDUI.jpg|30px]] '''898th Brigade Engineer Battalion''', in [[Marysville, Washington|Marysville]]<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=898th Brigade Engineer Battalion |url=https://mil.wa.gov/898th-brigade-engineer-battalion |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion, in Marysville **** Company A (Combat Engineer), 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion, at Yakima Training Center **** Company B (Engineer Support), 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion, in [[Vancouver, Washington|Vancouver]] **** Company C (Signal), 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion, in Marysville **** Company D (Military Intelligence), 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion, at Camp Murray ***** Detachment 1, Company D (Military Intelligence), 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion, at Yakima Training Center (RQ-28A [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]) *** [[File:181SptDUI.png|27px]] '''181st Brigade Support Battalion''', in [[Seattle]]<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=181st Brigade Support Battalion |url=https://mil.wa.gov/181st-brigade-support-battalion |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 181st Brigade Support Battalion, in Seattle **** Company A (Distribution), 181st Brigade Support Battalion, in Seattle **** Company B (Maintenance), 181st Brigade Support Battalion, in Seattle **** Company C (Medical), 181st Brigade Support Battalion, in Seattle **** Company D (Forward Support), 181st Brigade Support Battalion, in [[Prineville, Oregon|Prineville]] (OR) — attached to 1st Squadron, [[82nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)|82nd Cavalry Regiment]] ([[Oregon Army National Guard]]) **** Company E (Forward Support), 181st Brigade Support Battalion, in Marysville — attached to 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion ***** Detachment 1, Company E (Forward Support), 181st Brigade Support Battalion, at Yakima Training Center ***** Detachment 2, Company E (Forward Support), 181st Brigade Support Battalion, in Vancouver **** Company F (Forward Support), 181st Brigade Support Battalion, in Olympia — attached to 2nd Battalion, [[146th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)|146th Field Artillery Regiment]] **** Company G (Forward Support), 181st Brigade Support Battalion, in [[Ephrata, Washington|Ephrata]] — attached to 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment ***** Detachment 1, Company G (Forward Support), 181st Brigade Support Battalion, at Yakima Training Center **** Company H (Forward Support), 181st Brigade Support Battalion, in [[Barstow, California|Barstow]] (CA) — attached to 1st Battalion, [[185th Infantry Regiment (United States)|185th Infantry Regiment]] ([[California Army National Guard]]) **** Company I (Forward Support), 181st Brigade Support Battalion, in [[Kent, Washington|Kent]] — attached to 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment ** [[File:WA STARC.png|27px]] '''96th Troop Command''', at [[Joint Base Lewis–McChord]]<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=96th Troop Command |url=https://mil.wa.gov/96th-troop-command |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> *** Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 96th Troop Command, at Joint Base Lewis–McChord *** 133rd Army Band, at Camp Murray *** 144th Digital Liaison Detachment, at [[Geiger Field]] *** [[File:303rd Cavalry.jpg|30px]] '''1st Squadron, [[303rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)|303rd Cavalry Regiment]]''', in [[Centralia, Washington|Centralia]] (part of [[41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)|41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team]])<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=1st Squadron 303rd Cavalry Regiment |url=https://mil.wa.gov/1-303rd-cavalry-regiment |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **** Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment, in Centralia **** Troop A, 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment, in [[Montesano, Washington|Montesano]] **** Troop B, 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment, in [[Longview, Washington|Longview]] **** Troop C (Dismounted), 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment, in Centralia **** Company D (Forward Support), 141st Brigade Support Battalion, in Montesano *** [[File:420thChemDUI.gif|30px]] '''420th Chemical Battalion''', in [[Yakima, Washington|Yakima]]<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=420th Chemical Battalion |url=https://mil.wa.gov/420th-chemical-battalion |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, in Yakima **** 39th Military Police Detachment (Law Enforcement), in [[Redmond, Washington|Redmond]] **** 176th Engineer Company (Vertical Construction Company), in [[Snohomish, Washington|Snohomish]] ***** Detachment 1, 176th Engineer Company (Vertical Construction Company), in Yakima **** 286th Engineer Detachment (Fire Fighting Team — Fire Truck), at Fairchild Air Force Base **** 506th Military Police Detachment (Law Enforcement), at Joint Base Lewis–McChord **** 540th Chemical Detachment, in Yakima **** 792nd Chemical Company, in [[Grandview, Washington|Grandview]] ***** Detachment 2, 792nd Chemical Company, in Redmond **** 941st Quartermaster Platoon (Field Feeding), in Yakima **** 1041st Transportation Company (Light-Medium Truck), at [[Fairchild Air Force Base]] ***** 1041st Transportation Company (Light-Medium Truck), at Camp Murray *** [[File:741stOrdDUI.gif|30px]] '''741st Ordnance Battalion (EOD)''', in [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]]<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title= 741st Ordnance Battalion (EOD) |url=https://mil.wa.gov/741st-ordnance-battalion |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **** Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 741st Ordnance Battalion (EOD), in Bremerton **** 217th Ordnance Company (EOD), at [[Camp Roberts, California|Camp Roberts]] (CA) — ([[California Army National Guard]]) **** [[319th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company|319th Ordnance Company (EOD)]], in [[Pasco, Washington|Pasco]] **** 363rd Ordnance Company (EOD), in [[Coolidge, Arizona|Coolidge]] (AZ) — ([[Arizona Army National Guard]]) **** 3665th Ordnance Company (EOD), in [[North Las Vegas]] (NV) — ([[Nevada Army National Guard]]) ** [[File:WA STARC.png|27px]] '''96th Aviation Troop Command''', at [[Gray Army Airfield]]<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=96th Aviation Troop Command |url=https://mil.wa.gov/96th-aviation-troop-command |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> *** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 96th Aviation Troop Command, at Gray Army Airfield *** Company C, 1st Battalion (Security & Support), [[112th Aviation Regiment (United States)|112th Aviation Regiment]], at [[Pangborn Memorial Airport]] ([[Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota|UH-72A Lakota]]) *** Detachment 7, Company A, 2nd Battalion (Fixed Wing), [[245th Aviation Regiment (United States)|245th Aviation Regiment]] (Detachment 51, Operational Support Airlift Activity), at Gray Army Airfield ([[Beechcraft C-12 Huron|C-12 Huron]]) *** [[File:168 Avn Rgt DUI.jpg|30px]] '''1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), [[168th Aviation Regiment (United States)|168th Aviation Regiment]]''', at Gray Army Airfield (part of [[40th Combat Aviation Brigade]])<ref name="Locations"/><ref>{{cite web |title=1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion |url=https://mil.wa.gov/1-168th-general-support-aviation-battalion |publisher=Washington Army National Guard |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Gray Army Airfield ***** Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at [[Gowen Field]] (ID) — ([[Idaho Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 2, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at [[Pendleton Army Airfield]] (OR) — ([[Oregon Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at [[Bryant Army Heliport]] (AK) — ([[Alaska Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 4, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at [[Buckley Space Force Base]] (CO) — ([[Colorado Army National Guard]]) **** Company A (CAC), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at [[Bryant Army Heliport]] (AK) ([[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|UH-60L Black Hawk]]) — ([[Alaska Army National Guard]]) **** Company B (Heavy Lift), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Gray Army Airfield ([[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|CH-47F Chinook]]) ***** Detachment 1, Company B (Heavy Lift), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at [[Pendleton Army Airfield]] (OR) — ([[Oregon Army National Guard]]) **** Company C (MEDEVAC), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at [[West Bend Municipal Airport|West Bend Airport]] (WI) ([[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|HH-60L Black Hawk]]) — ([[Wisconsin Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 1, Company C (MEDEVAC), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Buckley Space Force Base (CO) — ([[Colorado Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 2, Company C (MEDEVAC), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Gray Army Airfield (WA) **** Company D (AVUM), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Gray Army Airfield (WA) ***** Detachment 1, Company D (AVUM), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Gowen Field (ID) — ([[Idaho Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 2, Company D (AVUM), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Pendleton Army Airfield (OR) — ([[Oregon Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 3, Company D (AVUM), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Bryant Army Heliport (AK) — ([[Alaska Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 4, Company D (AVUM), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Buckley Space Force Base (CO) — ([[Colorado Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 5, Company D (AVUM), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at [[Santa Fe Regional Airport|Santa Fe Airport]] (NM) — ([[New Mexico Army National Guard]]) **** Company E (Forward Support), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Gray Army Airfield (WA) ***** Detachment 1, Company E (Forward Support), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Gowen Field (ID) — ([[Idaho Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 2, Company E (Forward Support), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Pendleton Army Airfield (OR) — ([[Oregon Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 3, Company E (Forward Support), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Bryant Army Heliport (AK) — ([[Alaska Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 4, Company E (Forward Support), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Buckley Space Force Base (CO) — ([[Colorado Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 5, Company E (Forward Support), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Santa Fe Airport (NM) — ([[New Mexico Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 6, Company E (Forward Support), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at [[Papago Army Heliport]] (AZ) — ([[Arizona Army National Guard]]) **** Company F (ATS), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Papago Army Heliport (AZ) — ([[Arizona Army National Guard]]) **** Company G (MEDEVAC), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Santa Fe Airport (NM) ([[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|HH-60L Black Hawk]]) — ([[New Mexico Army National Guard]]) ***** Detachment 1, Company G (MEDEVAC), 1st Battalion (General Support Aviation), 168th Aviation Regiment, at Gowen Field (ID) — ([[Idaho Army National Guard]]) **** Company A (CAC), 2nd Battalion (General Support Aviation), 135th Aviation Regiment, at [[Gray Army Airfield]] (WA) ([[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|UH-60L Black Hawk]]) — ([[Army Reserve Aviation Command]]) ***** Detachment 2, Company D (AVUM), 2nd Battalion (General Support Aviation), 135th Aviation Regiment, at Gray Army Airfield (WA) — ([[Army Reserve Aviation Command]]) ***** Detachment 2, Company E (Forward Support), 2nd Battalion (General Support Aviation), 135th Aviation Regiment, at Gray Army Airfield (WA) — ([[Army Reserve Aviation Command]]) **** Company F (ATS), 2nd Battalion (General Support Aviation), 135th Aviation Regiment, at Gray Army Airfield (WA) — ([[Army Reserve Aviation Command]]) **** Company C, 1st Battalion (Assault), [[140th Aviation Regiment (United States)|140th Aviation Regiment]], at Gray Army Airfield ([[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|UH-60M Black Hawk]]) ***** Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (Assault), 140th Aviation Regiment, at Gray Army Airfield ***** Detachment 1, Company D (AVUM), 1st Battalion (Assault), 140th Aviation Regiment, at Gray Army Airfield ***** Detachment 1, Company E (Forward Support), 1st Battalion (Assault), 140th Aviation Regiment, at Gray Army Airfield **** Detachment 1, Company B (AVIM), 351st Aviation Support Battalion, at Gray Army Airfield ** [[File:Regional Training Institute.png|23px]] '''205th Regiment, Regional Training Institute''', at Camp Murray *** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, at Camp Murray *** 1st Battalion, at [[Yakima Training Center]] *** 2nd Battalion, at Camp Murray {{tree list/end}} Aviation unit abbreviations: CAC — Command Aviation Company; MEDEVAC — [[Medical evacuation]]; AVUM — Aviation Unit Maintenance; AVIM — Aviation Intermediate Maintenance; ATS — Air Traffic Service

==History==

The history of the National Guard of Washington begins in 1855 before it was granted statehood, when the Washington Territorial Legislature created an organized militia. Washington was granted statehood in 1890, after which the organized militia transformed into a state militia. This militia was known as the Washington State Militia, and fought its first major conflict during the [[Spanish American War]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A Short History of the Washington State Guard |url=https://mil.wa.gov/history |website=Washington National Guard |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> In 1903, the Washington National Guard (Alongside all other state militias) were given to joint federal-state control after the passage of the [[Militia Act of 1903]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD PAMPHLET |journal=The Official History of the Washington National Guard |volume=5 |pages=5–12 |url=https://mil.wa.gov/asset/5ba41fe34d7a5}}</ref>

[[File:Troop_B,_1st_Cavalry_Regiment,_Washington_National_Guard.jpg|thumb|right|Washington Army National Guardsmen of [[Troop B, Washington Cavalry]] in Tacoma in 1907]] [[File:Washington National Guardsmen examine a weapon during World War II (3968898785).jpg|thumb|right|Washington Army National Guardsmen at [[Camp Murray]] after World War II]]

===Activations=== *1917 — [[World War I]] *1940 — [[World War II]] *1948 — Flood relief in [[Ellensburg]] *1950 — [[Korean War]] *1980 — [[Mount St. Helens]] eruption *1990-1991 — [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]] *1990s — [[NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia-Herzegovina]] *1994 — [[Central Washington]] forest fires *1999 — [[WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity|Seattle WTO Protests]] *2000 — [[Kosovo Force|Operation Joint Guardian]] *2000 — [[North Macedonia]] *2002–2014 — [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] ** 2002-2014 — [[Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines]] ** 2002-2014 — [[Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa]] *2003-2011 — [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] *2006 — [[Eastern Washington]] forest fires *2007 — Flood relief for five western counties *2014–present — [[Operation Inherent Resolve]] *2014 — [[2014 Oso mudslide|Oso landslide]] *2014 — [[2014 Washington state wildfires|2014 Wildfires]] *2015 — [[2015 Washington wildfires|2015 Wildfires]] *2015-2021 — [[Operation Freedom's Sentinel]] *2017 — [[2017 Washington wildfires|2017 Wildfires]] *2018 — [[2018 Washington wildfires|2018 Wildfires]] *2021 ― [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Operation Capitol Response]]

===Historic units=== * [[File:41st Infantry Division SSI.svg|40px]] [[41st Infantry Division (United States)|41st Infantry Division]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Biennial Report of the Adjutant General of Washington |date=June 30, 1964 |publisher=State of Washington Military Department |location=Camp Murray, Tacoma, WA |url=https://mil.wa.gov/asset/5fe273763c6af |access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref> * [[File:66AvnBdeSSI.svg|30px]] [[66th Theater Aviation Command]] * 116th [[Rear Area Operations Center]] (RAOC) * [[File:161st inf rgt.jpeg|30px]] [[161st Infantry Regiment (United States)|161st Infantry Regiment]] * [[File:144TrnsBnDUI.png|40px]] 144th Transportation Battalion (Terminal), Pier 23, [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]]. The last watercraft battalion in the National Guard.<ref name=upi>{{cite web |title=National Guard buys ship used in drug-smuggling |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/09/18/National-Guard-buys-ship-used-in-drug-smuggling/8996622094400/ |website=UPI |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref> ** 506th Transportation Company: operated MV Betsy Ross (FS-313) (Sister ship of [[U.S.S. Pueblo]])<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sidnez |first1=Leonardo |title=Damn the torpedoes! Send the nets to Alaska! |journal=The Evergreen O.D. |date=December 1980 |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=8–9 |url=https://static.dvidshub.net/media/pubs/pdf_26280.pdf |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=fwohp4481 |title=Interview With Joseph Harrison |url=https://fortwordenoralhistoryprogram.org/tag/floating-machine-shops/ |website=Fort Worden Oral History Program Blog |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref> ** 604th Transportation Detachment: operated [[USAV General Brehon B. Somervell]] (LSV-3)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sidnez |first1=Leonardo |title=Damn the torpedoes! Send the nets to Alaska! |journal=The Evergreen O.D. |date=December 1980 |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=8–9 |url=https://static.dvidshub.net/media/pubs/pdf_26280.pdf |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref> ** 783rd Transportation Company: operated 100-foot long [[tugboat]]s (LT), 65-foot short [[tugboat]]s (ST),<ref name="evergreen1">{{cite journal |last1=Zambone |first1=Joe |title=Treacherous currents, nasty winds abound as Somervell challenges the mighty Columbia River |journal=Evergreen |date=November 1989 |page=13 |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/publication/issues/26351 |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref> and the 188-foot MV Encounter Bay, purchased from the DEA after it was seized smuggling marijuana in 1988.<ref name="upi" /> ** 1118th Transportation Company: operated [[LCM-8]] landing craft<ref name="evergreen1" /> * 1444th and 241st TC Detachment<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transportation.army.mil/historian/tc-ds-ob.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328060834/http://www.transportation.army.mil/historian/tc-ds-ob.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 March 2014|title=U.S. Army Transportation Corps - Fort Lee, Virginia|website=www.transportation.army.mil|access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref> * [[File:146FARegtCOA.jpg|30px]] [[146th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)|146th Field Artillery Regiment]] * [[File:205CARegtCOA.jpg|30px]] 205th Air Defense Artillery Regiment * [[File:248FARegtCOA.jpg|30px]] [[248th Coast Artillery (United States)|248th Coast Artillery Regiment]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The 248th Coast Artillery Regiment |url=https://cdsg.org/the-248th-coast-artillery-regiment/ |website=Coast Defense Study Group |date=24 May 2016 |access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref> * 248th [[Rear Area Operations Center]] (RAOC) * [[303rd Armor Regiment|303d Armor]] - The regiment traces its history from the 803d Tank Battalion, redesignated from 803d Tank Destroyer Battalion on 13 September 1946. Reorganized and federally recognized 18 March 1947 with HQ at [[Centralia, Washington|Centralia]]. Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1959 as the 303d Armor, with one battalion (1959-1963), two battalions (1963-1968), and one battalion from that date. Consolidated with 803d Armor (constituted 1 January 1974) between 15 April and 1 September 1993. * [[303rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)|303d Cavalry Regiment]] - The Regiment was constituted on 1 January 1968 as the 303d Cavalry, a parent regiment under CARS, and on the same day ('concurrently') organized to consist of Troop E, a component of the [[81st Infantry Brigade (United States)|81st Infantry Brigade]]. Transferred from CARS to USARS 1 June 1989 with headquarters at Camp Murray. Reorganized, redesignated, and consolidated 1 May 1992, consisting (unchanged) as Troop E, a component of the 81st Infantry Brigade, at [[Puyallup, Washington|Puyallup]].<ref>Jeffrey Lynn Pope, Leonid E. Kondratiuk, Army National Guard Lineage Series: Armor-Cavalry Regiments, National Guards Bureau, Historical Services Division, Washington DC 20310-2500, April 1995. DIANE Publishing edition {{ISBN|0788182064}}, 9780788182068</ref>

==See also== *[[Troop B, Washington Cavalry]] *[[Washington Air National Guard]] *[[Washington State Guard]] *[[Washington Military Department]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *McLatchy, Patrick H., The Development of the National Guard of Washington as an Instrument of Social Control, 1854-1916. Unpub. Ph.D dissertation, University of Washington, 1973. *Carey, Daniel C., The Washington State National Guard, 1901-1917. Unpub. MA thesis, Washington State University, 1993. *Washington State, Military Department, Office of the Adjutant General. Washington National Guard Pamphlet: The Official History of the Washington National Guard. 7 vols. Compiled by Virgil F. Field. Camp Murray, WA, 1959. *Washington State, Military Department, Office of the Adjutant General. A Brief History of the Washington Territorial Militia, 1855–1889 and the National Guard of the State of Washington, 1889-1957. Compiled by Virgil F. Field. Mimeographed, 1957.

==External links== {{Spoken Wikipedia|Spoken Wikipedia en Washington Army National Guard.ogg|date=2016-01-04}} * [https://mil.wa.gov/national-guard Wash. Military Dept. - Army National Guard] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071214093903/http://www.history.army.mil/ARNG/NG-WA.htm Bibliography of Washington Army National Guard History] compiled by the [[United States Army Center of Military History]] * [https://cdsg.org/the-248th-coast-artillery-regiment/ Coast Defense Study Group: The 248th Coast Artillery Regiment]

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