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The Arkansas National Guard also bestows a number of state awards for local services rendered in or to the State of Arkansas. The Arkansas Army National Guard is composed of approximately 6,000 soldiers, and maintains 77 armories in 77 communities.
Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, also known as Fort Chaffee, is an Arkansas Army National Guard installation located in western Arkansas, adjacent to the city of Fort Smith. Established as Camp Chaffee in 1941, renamed to Fort Chaffee in 1956, it has served as a U.S. Army base, training camp, prisoner-of-war camp , and refugee camp .
In 1921, the 3rd Division was relocated to Camp Lewis in Washington state and the facility was transferred to the Arkansas National Guard. [1] In 1922, the Arkansas National Guard headquarters were moved there. [3] In 1937, it was renamed Camp Joseph T. Robinson in honor of the late U.S. senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas. [1]
The Arkansas National Guard's total operating budget for FY 2008 was, $244.8 million; of that, the federal government provided $232.4 million and the State of Arkansas provided $12.3 million in fiscal year 2008. There were also federal military construction projects related to the Arkansas National Guard totaling $83 million in fiscal year 2008 ...
The 189th Airlift Wing (189 AW) is a unit of the Arkansas Air National Guard, stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.If activated to federal service, it is gained by the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command.
The 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (39th IBCT), also officially known as The Arkansas Brigade, [1] is an infantry brigade combat team of the Army National Guard composed of personnel from the U.S. states of Arkansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
This shortage led to the decision to consolidate the available manning into two infantry battalions that would be supplied for the brigade by the Arkansas National Guard and to ask National Guard Bureau to provide the third infantry battalion. The 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment was selected as one of the two Arkansas infantry battalions ...
Organized 1905-1910 in the Arkansas State Guard at Fayetteville as Company B, 2d Regiment of Infantry (Arkansas State Guard redesignated 31 March 1907 as the Arkansas National Guard) Mustered into Federal service 6–9 July 1917 at Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkansas; mustered out of Federal service 9 March 1917 at Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkansas