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General Neely is the senior officer in the chain-of-command for both the Illinois Air and Army National Guard. He is responsible for the daily operations of the Illinois National Guard and oversees approximately 13,000 men and women in uniform (2,286 full time) and 230 civilian employees in the Illinois Department of Military Affairs.
The Illinois Army National Guard was originally formed in 1712 as a colonial French militia.The militia worked under British sovereignty in the mid-eighteenth century, until the American Revolutionary War, when in 1779 Colonel George Rogers Clark, with 200 frontiersmen, of the Illinois Regiment, Virginia State Forces, from Kaskaskia, captured Fort Sackville from British Colonel Henry Hamilton ...
Army National Guard: Army National Guard: Deputy Director, Army National Guard (ARNG) Not applicable: Major General Joseph R. Baldwin [39] U.S. Army: Army National Guard: Senior Special Assistant to the Director, Army National Guard for Contingency Response Force Matters (ARNG) Independent Management Consultant Major General Lee M. Ellis [40 ...
The Illinois National Guard comprises both Army National Guard and Air National Guard components of Illinois. As of 2013, the Illinois National Guard has approximately 13,200 members. [1] The National Guard is the only United States military force empowered to function in a state status. The Constitution of the United States specifically ...
Residents on the city’s Southwest Side joined city council members, state representatives, and other leaders to rally in support of using a vacant Illinois Army National Guard building as a ...
The 178th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army, Illinois Army National Guard. It traces its history back to the Illinois state militia and has served in several American wars since its founding.
Richard J. Hayes Jr. is a retired U.S. Army National Guard officer, who served as the Adjutant General of Illinois. He was appointed by Governor of Illinois Bruce Rauner in 2015. As Adjutant General, Hayes served as the highest-ranking member of the Illinois National Guard.
The Department also serves as the back-office military link between Illinois and the United States Department of Defense (USDOD), including coordination between USDOD and Guards units and their families when Illinois units and sub-units are on federal service. National Guard activities within Illinois include both the Illinois Army National ...