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It consists of the Indiana Army National Guard, the Indiana Air National Guard, and the Adjutant General's Office. Indiana National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army and Air Force. The same ranks and insignia are used, and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards.
Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck is a federally owned military post, licensed to and operated by the Indiana National Guard, located in south-central Indiana, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Edinburgh, Indiana and U.S. Route 31. The camp's mission is to provide full logistical and training support for up to two brigade-sized elements simultaneously.
It also houses the Emblem Sales Division which provides Legion merchandise, and the Fundraising Division which draws support for both national and department-level programs. [14] On May 29, 2009, the Indiana National Guard held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new facility, the Lawrence Readiness Training Center, which opened in 2011. [15]
Among the Army National Guard units mobilized during the Vietnam War were Artillery battalions from Kentucky and New Hampshire, and an Engineer company from Vermont. Company D (Long Range Patrol) 151st Infantry Regiment, Indiana Army National Guard, was the only National Guard Infantry unit to serve in Vietnam. [182]
Many of the facilities "do not meet the needs of today's modern force," the Indiana National Guard said.
Per the National Defense Act of 1920, it was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921, assigned to the 38th Division, and allotted to the state of Indiana. It was reorganized on 15 November 1921, with the regimental headquarters organized and federally recognized at Indianapolis, Indiana .