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The National Guard Bureau is the federal agency responsible for the administration of the National Guard established by the United States Congress as a joint bureau of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force. It was created by the Militia Act of 1903.
Its mission is to provide service and support to the Air National Guard and help accomplish its total Air Force mission. It was established as the Air National Guard Support Center, and activated as a direct reporting unit, on 1 June 1979. Effective 5 February 1991, its status was changed from a direct reporting unit to a field operating agency.
In the early 1980s, the National Guard Bureau (NGB), CAC, and the Adjutant General, State of Kansas (TAG-KS) envisioned constructing a combined federal facility to serve as a training center in support of ARNG division battle staff exercises required by the US Army Forces Command (USFORSCOM) and to provide a facility to host the Headquarters, 35th Infantry Division.
In September 1975, Temple was assigned to the National Guard Bureau as Chief of the Office of Mobilization and Readiness. After completing this assignment, he served as Chief of the Office of Policy and Congressional Liaison. [12] In 1978, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Army National Guard and promoted to brigadier general. [13]
The 56th Theater Information Operations Group is a brigade-sized command of the United States Army National Guard based in Washington, and Maryland.In 2015 it took on the additional role as a major subordinate command in the Washington Army National Guard, aligning military intelligence and special operations forces under its command for administrative control.
The National Guard Bureau advised on 26 March 1994 that troop commands had been authorized to be redesignated with a numerical designation. Effective 1 July 1994, the STARC-HTC was redesignated with its old 53d designation as the 53rd Troop Command.
The top four officers of the National Guard Bureau have left or are set to retire in about two weeks, and to date no nominations for their replacements have been confirmed by the Senate, leaving ...
National Guard (United States), military reserves organized by each of the 50 U.S. states, territories, D.C. and administered by the National Guard Bureau; Army National Guard, a reserve force of the United States Army which functions as the ground component of the state-level militia while not in federal service; Air National Guard, a reserve ...