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Florida Army National Guard
Florida Army National GuardDUI
CountryUnited States
AllegianceFlorida
BranchArmy National Guard
TypeARNG Headquarters Command
RoleMilitary reserve force
Part ofFlorida National Guard
Garrison/HQSt. Augustine, Florida
Motto(s)"We Accept the Challenge"
Commanders
Current
commander		Major GeneralRobert G. Carruthers, III
Deputy Commanding GeneralBrigadier General William E. Temple
Chief of StaffColonelFelix A. Rodriguez Jr.
Command Chief Warrant OfficerChief Warrant Officer 5Robert (Rob) W. Gibson Sr.
Command Sergeant Major - ArmyCommand Sergeant MajorJasen A. Pask

TheFlorida Army National GuardisFlorida's component of theUnited States Armyand theUnited States National Guard.In the United States, theArmy National Guardcomprises approximately one half of the federal army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization. Federal coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through theNational Guard Bureau.The Florida Army National Guard was composed of approximately 10,000 soldiers (as of March 2009).[1]The main state training grounds isCamp Blanding.

Florida Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army. The sameenlisted ranksandofficer ranksand insignia used by the United States Army are used by Army National Guardsmen and the latter are eligible to receive allUnited States military awards.The Florida National Guard also bestows a number ofstate awardsfor local services rendered in or to the state ofFlorida.

History

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See also:History of FloridaandFlorida in the American Civil War

The predecessor of the Florida Army National Guard was aSpanish Floridamilitia formed in 1565 in the newly establishedpresidiotown ofSt. Augustine.On September 20, 1565, Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor,Pedro Menéndez de Avilés,attacked and defended Florida from an attempted French settlement atFort Caroline,in what is nowJacksonville.[2]The subsequent Florida militia served with theSpanish crownfor 236 years, Great Britain for a 20 years, and theConfederate States of Americafor 5 years.

In 1702–1704, an inter-Indian Native American conflict started as part ofQueen Anne's Warinvolving the English armies on one side and the Spanish on another resulted in theApalachee massacre.The conflict later also escalated into theYamasee War.After the end of theFirst Seminole Warin 1821, the Florida provinces joined the United States, a process finalized in the ratification of theAdams–Onís Treaty.From 1835 to 1842 the Second Seminole War resulted in the elimination by force of most of the Native Americans from the territory. Florida was incorporated into the United States as a state in 1845. After Florida's incorporation into the United States problems with Seminoles continued until almost 1860.

Some of the immediate origins of the Florida ARNG today can be traced to the Florida State Troops. Today's124th Infantry Regimentwas reorganized and established in the Florida State Troops as five battalions between 1888 and 1892.

TheMilitia Act of 1903organized the variousstatemilitiasinto the present National Guard system. The Florida ARNG included elements of the51st Infantry Divisionfrom 11 September 1946 to 1963 and was originally headquartered at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory inTampa, Florida.[3]The Florida ARNG also included the48th Armored Divisionfrom 1954 to 1968.

In 1986, the 1st Battalion,111th Aviation Regiment,was organized from pre-existing Florida ARNG aviation units atCraig Airportin Jacksonville andLakeland Linder Regional Airportin Lakeland, the Lakeland unit relocating toBrooksville–Tampa Bay Regional Airportin Brooksville in 1999 and the Craig Airport unit relocating toCecil Airport,the formerNAS Cecil Field,in 2000.

The Florida Army National Guard was composed of approximately 9,950 soldiers in January 2001,[1]subsequently increasing to its current size

Historic units

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Units

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53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team

83rd Troop Command

50th Regional Support Group

164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade

Duties

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National Guard units can be mobilized at any time bypresidential orderto supplement regular armed forces, and upon declaration of astate of emergencyby thegovernorof the state in which they serve. UnlikeArmy Reservemembers, National Guard members cannot be mobilized individually (except through voluntary transfers and Temporary Duty Assignments, e.g. TDY), but only as part of their respectiveunits.

Active Duty Callups

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Army National Guard personnel who are "Traditional Guardsmen" (TG) typically serve "One weekend a month, two weeks a year",with a smaller portion of personnel working for the Guard in a full-time capacity as eitherActive Guard Reserve(AGR) or Army Reserve Technicians (ART). TG personnel in more intensive combat specialties, such as on active flying status inArmy Aviationor in unique ground units such asSpecial Forces,will often perform additional military duty beyond the standard 48 weekend drills and 17 days on active duty annual training, with such periods of duty often totaling in excess of 100 days per year.

CurrentDepartment of Defensepolicy is that no Guardsman will be involuntarily activated for a total of more than 24 months (cumulative) in one six-year enlistment period (this policy has changed 1 August 2007, the new policy states that soldiers will be given 24 months between deployments of no more than 24 months, individual states have differing policies). The largest mobilization in state history began in mid-2009. More than 4,000 FLARNG soldiers were called to active duty and most were to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ab"Florida Army National Guard".globalsecurity.org.Retrieved3 June2023.
  2. ^"Four-and-a-half centuries of militia tradition – Department of Military of Affairs".Archived fromthe originalon 2019-07-19.Retrieved2014-11-02.
  3. ^Wilson, John B. (1997).Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades.Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History.
  4. ^The 111th Aviation Regiment's Lineage and Honors state that it was '..Organized in the Florida Army National Guard as Company D, 26th Aviation Battalion and Federally recognized 1 September 1978 atJacksonville.Expanded, reorganized and redesignated 2 October 1986 as the 419th Aviation Battalion. Redesignated 1 October 1987 as the 111th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battalion at Jacksonville. Seehttp:// globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-111avn.htm
  5. ^Captain Harrison G. Carmody,166th AV trains 2-111th on airfield operations,August 19, 2013.
  6. ^"Capital Soup » Blog Archive » Fla. Army National Guard's 2-111th Aviation Battalion Returns Home".capitalsoup.Archived fromthe originalon 2010-12-14.
  7. ^Miami Herald[dead link]
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