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After World War I, the Guard in New Mexico began to be reorganized under the National Defense Act of 1920, eventually forming the 111th Cavalry Regiment, the 120th Engineers (less the Medical Detachment and 1st Battalion), and Battery A, 158th Field Artillery. In 1939, the War Department suggested the 111th Cavalry convert to another branch of ...
[1] 1st Battalion headquarters was at Roswell, 2nd Battalion at Las Cruces, 3rd Battalion at Albuquerque, and 4th Battalion at Tucumcari. Equipped with the M42 Duster self-propelled anti-aircraft gun , the battalions served as divisional air defense artillery units of National Guard divisions but were under the administrative control of ...
Major units of the New Mexico Army National Guard include the 226th Military Police Battalion, 1st and 2nd Battalions, 200th Infantry Regiment, the 93rd Troop Command, 44th Army Band, the 111th Sustainment Brigade, and the 717th Brigade Support Battalion. The major unit of the New Mexico Air National Guard is the 150th Special Operations Wing.
Initially manned by the 1st Missile Battalion, 56th Artillery, later by the 4th Missile Battalion, 65th Artillery. Beginning in the fall of 1958, the LA-40 and LA-43 Nike sites were manned by the 720th AAA Missile Battalion of the California Army National Guard. Eventually, California National Guard units assumed responsibilities for manning ...
The New Mexico Army National Guard has a dual federal and state mission. When in federal service, it acts as a reserve component of the United States Army.When activated by the state of New Mexico, the Army National Guard is tasked with emergency relief support during natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and forest fires; search and rescue operations; support to civil defense ...
It was disbanded 29 December 1893 and two remaining troops attached to the 1st Regiment of Infantry. The unit was reorganized 12 September 1896 in the New Mexico Volunteer Militia as the 1st Battalion of Cavalry with headquarters at Santa Fe. (New Mexico Volunteer Militia redesignated 17 March 1897 as the New Mexico National Guard.)
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The New Mexico State Defense Force (NMSDF; Spanish: Fuerza de Defensa del Estado de Nuevo México), formerly the New Mexico State Guard (NMSG; Spanish: Guardia Estatal de Nuevo México), is part of the armed forces of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is a reserve military force that works parallel to the state's National Guard.