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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Government of Florida
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The state also allows direct participation of the electorate by initiative, referendum, and ratification. The executive branch of the government of Florida consists of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Florida Cabinet, each office term is limited for two four-year terms. Florida is unique among U. S. states in having a strong cabinet-style government, members of the Florida Cabinet are independently elected, and have equal footing with the Governor on issues under the Cabinets jurisdiction. The Cabinet consists of the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Agriculture, along with the Governor, each member carries one vote in the decision making process. In the event of a tie, the side of the Governor is the prevailing side, Cabinet elections are held every four years, on even numbered years not divisible by four. The Florida Attorney General is the chief legal officer. As defined in the Florida Constitution, the Attorney General appoints a statewide prosecutor who may prosecute violations of criminal law occurring in or affecting two or more judicial circuits, the Attorney General is responsible for the Department of Legal Affairs. The Attorney General is head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs, the Chief Financial Officer is the head of the Florida Department of Financial Services. The Florida Commissioner of Agriculture is the head of the Florida Department of Agriculture, the purpose of agencies is to promulgate rules to implement legislation. The Florida Administrative Register is the daily publication containing proposed rules and notices of state agencies, the regulations are codified in the Florida Administrative Code. There are also numerous decisions, opinions and rulings of state agencies, the state had about 122,000 employees in 2010. The Florida Constitution mandates a state legislature, consisting of a Florida Senate of 40 members. The two bodies meet in the Florida State Capitol, the Florida House of Representative members serve for two-year terms, while Florida Senate members serve staggered four-year terms, with 20 Senators up for election every two years. Members of both houses are limited to serve a maximum of eight years. The legislatures session is part-time, meeting for 60-day regular sessions annually, a special session may be called by the governor, by joint proclamation of the Speaker of the House and Senate President or by three-fifths vote of the members of both houses. Its session laws are compiled into the Laws of Florida, the Florida State Courts System is the unified state court system. The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court of Florida and consists of seven judges, the Court is the final arbiter of Florida law, and its decisions are binding authority for all other state courts. The five Florida District Courts of Appeal are the appellate courts
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Florida Army National Guard
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The Florida Army National Guard is Floridas component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. In the United States, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the federal armys available combat forces, federal coordination of various state Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau. The Florida Army National Guard is composed of approximately 12,000 soldiers, the main state training grounds is Camp Blanding. Florida Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army, the same enlisted ranks and officer ranks and insignia used by the United States Army are used by Army National Guardsmen and the latter are eligible to receive all United States military awards. The Florida National Guard also bestows a number of awards for local services rendered in or to the state of Florida. The predecessor of the Florida Army National Guard was a Spanish militia that was formed in 1565. The subsequent militia served under the Spanish crown for 236 years, Great Britain for a 20 years, and the Confederate States of America for 5 years. In 1702-1704 an inter Indian Native American conflict started as part of Queen Annes War, involving the English armies on one side, the conflict later also escalated into the Yamasee War. After the end of the First Seminole War in 1821, the Florida provinces joined the United States, from 1835 to 1842 the Second Seminole War resulted in the elimination by force of most of the Native Americans from the territory. Florida was incorporated into the United States as a state in 1845, after Floridas incorporation into the United States problems with Seminoles continued until almost 1860. Some of the origins of the Florida ARNG today can be traced to the Florida State Troops. Todays 124th Infantry Regiment was reorganized and established in the Florida State Troops as five battalions between 1888-1892, the Militia Act of 1903 organized the various state militias into the present National Guard system. The Florida ARNG included elements of the 51st Infantry Division from 11 September 1946 to 1963 and it was originally headquartered at Tampa, Florida. The Florida ARNG also included the 48th Armored Division from 1954 to 1968, in 1986 the 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, was organized from pre-existing Florida ARNG aviation units at Jacksonville and Lakeland, the Lakeland unit relocating to Brooksville in 1999. The Florida Army National Guard was composed of approximately 9,950 soldiers in January 2001, unlike Army Reserve members, National Guard members cannot be mobilized individually, but only as part of their respective units. National Guard personnel typically serve One weekend a month, two weeks a year, with a portion working for the Guard in a full-time capacity. More specifically, current Department of Defense policy is that no Guardsman will be activated for a total of more than 24 months in one six-year enlistment period. The largest mobilization in history began in mid-2009
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Aviation
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Aviation is the practical aspect or art of aeronautics, being the design, development, production, operation and use of aircraft, especially heavier than air aircraft. The word aviation was coined by French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863, from the verb avier, itself derived from the Latin word avis and the suffix -ation. The modern age of aviation began with the first untethered human lighter-than-air flight on November 21,1783, the practicality of balloons was limited because they could only travel downwind. It was immediately recognized that a steerable, or dirigible, balloon was required, jean-Pierre Blanchard flew the first human-powered dirigible in 1784 and crossed the English Channel in one in 1785. Rigid airships became the first aircraft to transport passengers and cargo over great distances, the best known aircraft of this type were manufactured by the German Zeppelin company. The most successful Zeppelin was the Graf Zeppelin and it flew over one million miles, including an around-the-world flight in August 1929. However, the dominance of the Zeppelins over the airplanes of that period, the Golden Age of the airships ended on May 6,1937 when the Hindenburg caught fire, killing 36 people. The cause of the Hindenburg accident was blamed on the use of hydrogen instead of helium as the lift gas. An internal investigation by the manufacturer revealed the coating used to protect the material over the frame was highly flammable. Changes to the coating formulation reduced the risk of further Hindenburg type accidents, although there have been periodic initiatives to revive their use, airships have seen only niche application since that time. In 1799 Sir George Cayley set forth the concept of the airplane as a fixed-wing flying machine with separate systems for lift, propulsion. Seven years later, on 14 October 1897, Aders Avion III was tested without success in front of two officials from the French War ministry, the report on the trials was not publicized until 1910, as they had been a military secret. In November 1906 Ader claimed to have made a flight on 14 October 1897. Although widely believed at the time, these claims were later discredited, however, the most widely accepted date is December 17,1903 by the Wright brothers. The Wright brothers were the first to fly in a powered and controlled aircraft, previous flights were gliders or free flight, but the Wright brothers combined both, setting the new standard in aviation records. Aircraft began to transport people and cargo as designs grew larger, the Wright brothers took aloft the first passenger, Charles Furnas, one of their mechanics, on May 14,1908. By the beginning of World War II, many towns and cities had built airports, the war brought many innovations to aviation, including the first jet aircraft and the first liquid-fueled rockets. Manufacturers such as Cessna, Piper, and Beechcraft expanded production to provide aircraft for the new middle-class market
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Regiment
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A regiment is a military unit. Their role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, in Medieval Europe, the term regiment denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscripted in one geographical area, by a leader who was often also the feudal lord of the soldiers. By the 17th century, a regiment was usually about a thousand personnel. In many armies, the first role has been assumed by independent battalions, battlegroups, task forces, brigades and other, similarly-sized operational units. By the beginning of the 18th century, regiments in most European continental armies had evolved into permanent units with distinctive titles and uniforms, when at full strength, an infantry regiment normally comprised two field battalions of about 800 men each or 8–10 companies. In some armies, an independent regiment with fewer companies was labelled a demi-regiment, a cavalry regiment numbered 600 to 900 troopers, making up a single entity. With the widespread adoption of conscription in European armies during the nineteenth century, the regimental system underwent modification. Prior to World War I, a regiment in the French, German, Russian. As far as possible, the battalions would be garrisoned in the same military district, so that the regiment could be mobilized. A cavalry regiment by contrast made up an entity of up to 1,000 troopers. Usually, the regiment is responsible for recruiting and administering all of a military career. Depending upon the country, regiments can be either combat units or administrative units or both and this is often contrasted to the continental system adopted by many armies. Generally, divisions are garrisoned together and share the same installations, thus, in divisional administration, soldiers and officers are transferred in and out of divisions as required. Some regiments recruited from specific areas, and usually incorporated the place name into the regimental name. In other cases, regiments would recruit from an age group within a nation. In other cases, new regiments were raised for new functions within an army, e. g. the Fusiliers, the Parachute Regiment, a key aspect of the regimental system is that the regiment or battalion is the fundamental tactical building block. This flows historically from the period, when battalions were widely dispersed and virtually autonomous. For example, a regiment might include different types of battalions of different origins, within the regimental system, soldiers, and usually officers, are always posted to a tactical unit of their own regiment whenever posted to field duty
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83rd Troop Command
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The Florida Army National Guard’s 83rd Troop Command provides command and control over designated units within Florida during peacetime. The command ensures that all units under its responsibility are trained, equipped and prepared to deploy in support of federal, the 83rd Troop Command, based in Tallahassee, Florida. Includes a variety of specialized units throughout the state, since the September 11 attacks, the Special Forces Soldiers from the Florida National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group have been mobilized in support of several operations. Unit members were activated in late December 2001 and have deployed to locations including Afghanistan, Iraq, South America, Africa, Germany and Fort Bragg. In 2003, elements of the 153rd Finance Battalion, based in St. Augustine, Florida were mobilized to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, task Force 153 Finance was responsible for budgeting and accounting of all funds to support two task forces assigned to Guantanamo Military Operations. In 2004, the 144th Transportation Company deployed to Fort Stewart to support operations there, in 2004, the 653rd Signal Company deployed to Iraq to provide long range communications support throughout the area of operations. That same year Company C of the Aviation Battalion, along with elements from the Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Battalion. The 153rd Finance Battalion also deployed to Iraq to provide financial operations to Troops, in 2005, the 146th Signal Battalion completed a its two-year mission augmenting security forces at eight U. S. Air Force installations throughout the State of Florida and Puerto Rico. The 144th Transportation Company was deployed to Iraq, the 2153rd Finance Detachment mobilized in Sept.2005 to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This was the first time 19 Arab countries gathered together in one forum to test the concept of standing up a Regional Coordination Center, the RCC performed flawlessly during the exercise and stands as the benchmark for partner nation intra-agency cooperation for targeting transnational terrorist groups throughout the region. In 2008, the 779th Engineer Battalion successfully converted from a Signal, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company and the Forward Support Company of the 779th Engineer Battalion deployed to Mosul, Iraq, August 1,2010. Upon deployment, the 779th Engineer Battalion was task organized under the command of the 130th Engineer Brigade, headquartered out Schofield Barracks, the 2-111th Air Operations Battalion deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in late May 2010 and arrived in theater less than 15 days later. That feat delivered more than 11 ½ months of boots on ground time for the Army, during this deployment, the Overseers were the proving ground for many new operational techniques that have produced an efficient and creative utilization of existing air traffic control systems
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Camp Blanding
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The installation is located in Clay County, Florida near the city of Starke. The site measures approximately 73,000 acres and includes Kingsley Lake and it also hosts other Reserve, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, and some Active Component training for the U. S. Additionally, Camp Blanding serves as a center for many ROTC units. Jacksonville University and University of South Florida NROTC Battalions continue to conduct their week-long orientation at Camp Blanding each August before the semester starts. Camp Blanding is the training site for most of the Florida National Guards military units and the main combat arms brigade. It is also home to the headquarters and support companies of the 3-20th Special Forces Group, the 211th Infantry Regiment, and the 2-111th Airfield Operations Battalion Aviation Regiment. The base is also a location for several counter-drug units and law enforcement agencies in Florida. The Military Operations in Urban Terrain Collective Training Facility consists of 16 Buildings, in 2008 Camp Blanding became host to the Armys latest Air Assault course in response to the growing need for Air Assault trained individuals for the continuing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is also a bombing and strafing target for aircraft, primarily used by the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force. On base billeting facilities can accommodate 3000 personnel, i. e. one standard Army Brigade consisting of four Battalion Areas, each Battalion area has company dining facilities, orderly rooms, Officer/Enlisted barracks, a supply building, and a Battalion HQ building. Camp Blanding is also home to the Combating Transnational Organized Crime Center of Excellence, the CTOC COE provides unique, tuition-free CTOC training in support of Department of Defense strategies. The CTOC COE has campuses on Camp Blanding, at St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg, Florida, the site that would eventually become Naval Air Station Jacksonville was already the location of the Florida National Guards Camp Foster and negotiations were started for a land-swap. In mid-1939, the transaction was accomplished and the armory board chose as compensation a tract of 30,000 acres in Clay County as a National Guard camp. The National Guard Officers Association of Florida recommended the new camp be named in honor of Lieutenant General Albert H. Blanding, the War Department agreed and Camp Blandings history began. Blanding graduated from the East Florida Seminary in 1894 and entered military service and he commanded the 2nd Florida Infantry during the Mexican Border Service in 1916 and 1917. In 1940, Camp Blanding was leased to the United States Army as an active duty training center, the post was originally used by New England and Southern troops preparing for deployment overseas. At the height of the war, the Army leased acreage from local landowners, from 1940 to 1945, more than 800,000 soldiers received all or part of their training here. At one point during the war, the contained the population of the fourth largest city in Florida
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Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
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The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Armys Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System competition in 1972, the Army designated the prototype as the YUH-60A and selected the Black Hawk as the winner of the program in 1976, after a fly-off competition with the Boeing Vertol YUH-61. Named after the Native American war leader Black Hawk, the UH-60A entered service with the U. S. Army in 1979 and this was followed by the fielding of electronic warfare and special operations variants of the Black Hawk. Improved UH-60L and UH-60M utility variants have also been developed, Modified versions have also been developed for the U. S. Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. In addition to U. S. Army use, the UH-60 family has been exported to several nations, Black Hawks have served in combat during conflicts in Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and other areas in the Middle East. In the late 1960s, the United States Army began forming requirements for a helicopter to replace the UH-1 Iroquois, the Army also initiated the development of a new, common turbine engine for its helicopters that would become the General Electric T700. Based on experience in Vietnam, the Army required significant performance, the Army released its UTTAS request for proposals in January 1972. The RFP also included air transport requirements, Transport aboard the C-130 limited the UTTAS cabin height and length. Four prototypes were constructed, with the first YUH-60A flying on 17 October 1974, prior to delivery of the prototypes to the US Army, a preliminary evaluation was conducted in November 1975 to ensure the aircraft could be operated safely during all testing. Three of the prototypes were delivered to the Army in March 1976, for evaluation against the rival Boeing-Vertol design, the YUH-61A, the Army selected the UH-60 for production in December 1976. Deliveries of the UH-60A to the Army began in October 1978, after entering service, the helicopter was modified for new missions and roles, including mine laying and medical evacuation. An EH-60 variant was developed to conduct electronic warfare and special operations aviation developed the MH-60 variant to support its missions, due to weight increases from the addition of mission equipment and other changes, the Army ordered the improved UH-60L in 1987. The new model incorporated all of the made to the UH-60A fleet as standard design features. The UH-60L also featured more power and lifting capability with upgraded T700-GE-701C engines and its external lift capacity increased by 1,000 lb up to 9,000 lb. The UH-60L also incorporated the automatic control system from the SH-60 for better flight control due to handling issues with the more powerful engines. Production of the L-model began in 1989, Development of the next improved variant, the UH-60M, was approved in 2001, to extend the service life of the UH-60 design into the 2020s. The UH-60M incorporates upgraded T700-GE-701D engines, improved rotor blades, and state of the art electronic instrumentation, flight controls and aircraft navigation control. After the U. S. DoD approved low-rate initial production of the new variant, manufacturing began in 2006, after an initial operational evaluation, the Army approved full-rate production and a five-year contract for 1,227 helicopters in December 2007
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South Carolina Army National Guard
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The South Carolina Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the U. S. Armys available combat forces, National coordination of various state National Guard units is maintained through the National Guard Bureau. South Carolina Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army, the same ranks and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards. The South Carolina Guard also bestows a number of awards for local services rendered in or to the state of South Carolina. The South Carolina Army National Guard is composed of approximately 10,000 soldiers and airmen, unlike Army Reserve members, National Guard members cannot be mobilized individually, but only as part of their respective units. However, there has been a significant amount of individual activations to support military operations, the legality of this policy is a major issue within the National Guard. For much of the decades of the twentieth century, National Guard personnel typically served One weekend a month. The current forces formation plans of the US Army call for the typical National Guard unit to one year of active duty for every three years of service. More specifically, current Department of Defense policy is that no Guardsman will be activated for a total of more than 24 months in one six-year enlistment period. The South Carolina Army National Guard was originally formed in 1670, the Militia Act of 1903 organized the various state militias into the present National Guard system. South Carolina aviation troops and their AH-64 Apache attack helicopters were called to Kuwait as part of Operation Southern Watch between August 1999 and February 2000. South Carolinas C Co, 1-151 AVN was deployed to Kosovo under operational control of 1-104 AVN of the Pennsylvania ARNG during KFOR 5A operations from July 2003 to February 2004. Task Force 1-151 was augmented with National Guard personnel from Tennessee, Missouri, and Maryland, L Company, 1-151 was augmented with National Guard personnel from Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, and Wyoming, serving with distinction during OIF. In the fall of 2008, a CH-47D Detachment, B Co, 2-238 AVN was activated in support of OEF, and deployed to Afghanistan. Paired with Illinois National Guard, B Co was split between three different forward operating bases, Bagram, Kandahar/Shank, and Salerno, with each acting independently of the others, the detachments main missions included resupply, troop movement, and air assaults on high-value targets. B Co, 2-238 returned home in fall of 2009 after serving with great distinction,15 SC ARNG soldiers deployed to Iraq in Sep 2006. org South Carolina Army National Guard, accessed 26 Nov 2006
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McEntire Joint National Guard Base
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It is owned by the U. S. Air Force affiliated with the South Carolina Air National Guard. The base is named for the late Brigadier General Barnie B, McEntire, Jr. the first commander of the SCANG and its first general officer. McEntire died on 25 May 1961 when he rode his malfunctioning F-104 Starfighter into the Susquehanna River to avoid crashing in the area of Harrisburg. The South Carolina Air National Guard was formed in December 1946, today 1,250 members train at McEntire JNGS. About 900 of those are traditional Guard men and women, about 300 are full-time federal employees. The 169th Fighter Wing is the unit of the SCANG. The original designation of the airfield was Congaree Army Airport, then Fort Jackson Airdrome, construction was completed on January 31,1943 with the completion of three 4,500 ft runways. Congaree AAF was assigned to Third Air Force III Air Support Command, from January 1943 until May 1944 the airfield hosted various Army dive bombing training units. The 404th Bombardment Group arrived at Congaree on 5 July 1943, the 406th Bombardment Group replaced it, arriving on 18 September 1943 and remaining until being deployed to Ninth Air Force in England on 18 March 1944. During May Marine Aircraft Group 52 arrived with four F4U Corsair squadrons, the field was officially commissioned as Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Congaree on July 10,1944. The base fell under the command of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, in October of that year MAG-52s mission was changed to that of training replacement pilots, was redesignated Marine Aircraft Group 92 and moved to Marine Corps Air Field Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. One of the major problems was a lack of bombing and gunnery ranges. In September 1945, after World War II, the only remaining Marine units were VMF-523, by November 1945, all Marine aviation units had moved to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina. The base was turned over to the South Carolina Air National Guard. It was renamed McEntire Joint National Guard Station in 2005 to reflect the joint presence of Army and Air National Guard units. The SCANG operates as part of the Total Force of the U. S. military and is integrated with the active duty Air Force as a gained unit of the Air Combat Command to perform its military mission. The South Carolina Air National Guard also has a state mission, the 169 FW flies the F-16 Fighting Falcon, a single-seat multi-purpose fighter with the capability to fly at up to twice the speed of sound. The 169 FW was the first wing in the Air National Guard to fly the F-16, the 169 FW flew the F-16A from 1983-1994
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Boeing CH-47 Chinook
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The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its primary roles are troop movement, artillery placement and battlefield resupply and it has a wide loading ramp at the rear of the fuselage and three external ventral cargo hooks. With a top speed of 170 knots the helicopter was faster than contemporary 1960s utility helicopters and attack helicopters, the CH-47 is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name is from the Native American Chinook people, the Chinook was designed and initially produced by Boeing Vertol in the early 1960s, it is now produced by Boeing Rotorcraft Systems. It is one of the few aircraft of that era – along with the fixed-wing Lockheed C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft – that remain in production and frontline service, with over 1,200 built to date. The helicopter has been sold to 16 nations with the U. S. Army, in late 1956, the United States Department of the Army announced plans to replace the Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave, which was powered by piston engines, with a new, gas turbine-powered helicopter. Turbine engines were also a key feature of the smaller UH-1 Huey utility helicopter. Following a design competition, in September 1958, a joint Army–Air Force source selection board recommended that the Army procure the Vertol medium transport helicopter, however, funding for full-scale development was not then available, and the Army vacillated on its design requirements. Vertol began work on a new tandem-rotor helicopter designated Vertol Model 107 or V-107 in 1957, in June 1958, the U. S. Army awarded a contract to Vertol for the aircraft under the YHC-1A designation. The YHC-1A had a capacity for 20 troops, three were tested by the Army for deriving engineering and operational data. However, the YHC-1A was considered by most of the Army users to be too heavy for the assault role, the decision was made to procure a heavier transport helicopter and at the same time upgrade the UH-1 Huey as a tactical troop transport. The YHC-1A would be improved and adopted by the Marines as the CH-46 Sea Knight in 1962, the Army then ordered the larger Model 114 under the designation HC-1B. The pre-production Boeing Vertol YCH-1B made its initial hovering flight on 21 September 1961, in 1962 the HC-1B was redesignated the CH-47A under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system. It was named Chinook for the Chinook people of the Pacific Northwest, the CH-47 is powered by two Lycoming T55 turboshaft engines, mounted on each side of the helicopters rear pylon and connected to the rotors by driveshafts. Initial models were fitted with engines rated at 2,200 horsepower each, the counter-rotating rotors eliminate the need for an anti-torque vertical rotor, allowing all power to be used for lift and thrust. The ability to adjust lift in either rotor makes it sensitive to changes in the center of gravity. If one engine fails, the other can drive both rotors, the sizing of the Chinook was directly related to the growth of the Huey and the Armys tacticians insistence that initial air assaults be built around the squad. The Army pushed for both the Huey and the Chinook, and this focus was responsible for the acceleration of its air mobility effort, improved and more powerful versions of the CH-47 have been developed since the helicopter entered service
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Mississippi Army National Guard
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The Mississippi Army National Guard is the Army National Guard component of the Mississippi National Guard. It was originally formed in 1798 and it is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. It is managed by the Mississippi Military Department, the Mississippi Army National Guard maintains 97 armories in 93 communities. Mississippi Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army, the same ranks and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards. The Mississippi Guard also bestows a number of awards for local services rendered in or to the state of Mississippi. On 28 February 1799, Governor Sargent was able to get his body together. This-law constituted the beginning of the 155th Infantry Regiment in Mississippi, the 155th Infantry Regiment is one of only nineteen Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812, and the only one from west of the Appalachians. Through the years the governing the Militia changed in various ways. Establishment of units varied from year to year, and ways of obtaining strength for the units also varied, there were periods of lack and little Militia at all. At other times the Militia forces were well organized, in 1916 the War Department called three infantry battalions for service on the Mexican Border. These battalions formed the First Infantry Regiment which went on duty on 24 June 1916. In September 1917 this unit was redesignated the 155th Infantry Regiment, also created during World War I, largely from Arkansas Army National Guard units, was the 154th Infantry Regiment, which continued its service after the war with the Mississippi Army National Guard. Again in 1940 all units of the Mississippi National Guard were inducted into Federal service, in the 1950 -1951 period 77 of 81 units were called into service during the Korean War. A total of 6,515 Mississippi Guardsmen served during this period, for much of the final decades of the twentieth century, National Guard personnel typically served One weekend a month, two weeks a year, with a portion working for the Guard in a full-time capacity. The current forces formation plans of the US Army call for the typical National Guard unit to one year of active duty for every three years of service. More specifically, current Department of Defense policy is that no Guardsman will be activated for a total of more than 24 months in one six year enlistment period. Currently, the Mississippi Army National Guard had 151 units located throughout the State, fifty-one of these units were part of the 31st Division and the remainder are non-divisional units
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Meridian Regional Airport
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Meridian Regional Airport is a public use airport located at Key Field, a joint use public/military airfield. It is located 3 nautical miles southwest of Meridian, a city in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, the airport is owned by the Meridian Airport Authority. At 10,003 feet, Key Field is home to the longest public use runway in Mississippi and it is mostly used for general aviation and military traffic, but is also served by one commercial airline with scheduled passenger service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 19,599 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008,18,560 in 2009, the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service facility. Meridian Regional Airport was established in 1928 and opened in November 1930 with the completion of the terminal, hangar, powerhouse, Meridian city officials asked Al and Fred Key, who operated the Key Brothers Flying School at Bonita, to co-manage the new facility. With the onset of the Great Depression, the City of Meridian considered abandoning the airport because of the cost of maintenance, airmail deliveries tapered off, and few people could afford to take commercial flights or pay for flying lessons. The Key Brothers, however, devised a scheme to keep the airport operating and they hoped that by breaking the standing flight endurance record of 23 days they would focus worldwide attention on Meridian and its airport. From June 4 until July 1,1935, the brothers flew over Meridian, Key Field is named in their honor. The hangar and offices used by the Key brothers preceding and following the flight are still in use today and are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, during World War II, the facility operated under the control of the United States Army Air Corps. Key Field is home to the Mississippi Air National Guards 186th Air Refueling Wing, at the Air National Guard enclave, operationally gained by the Air Mobility Command, the 186 ARW operates a fleet of KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling and cargo aircraft. Key Field is also home to the Mississippi Army National Guards 185th Army Aviation Support Facility, the 185th operates a fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters, a multipurpose transport/cargo helicopter capable of carrying 55 troops and gear or can also sling-load up to 25,000 pounds. Navy T-45 Goshawk aircraft from nearby NAS Meridian and Air Force T-6A, T-1A and T-38C aircraft from Columbus AFB also frequently practice approaches, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting capabilities are provided by the Air National Guard. Due to their mission as an air refueling wing, the ANG ARFF assets provide the airport with firefighting capabilities that will rival any airport in the Southeastern United States. In 2008, the 186 ARW entered into an arrangement with the active Air Force, USAF plans to procure 38 MC-12W aircraft. Mission qualification training in the MC-12W is currently conducted by a combined active Air Force and these transfers are to take place in 2010 and 2011, although the recent addition of the MC-12W Project Liberty program at Key Field may delay or eliminate the ARFF reassignment. In 2011, the year that the 2005 BRAC realignments are to be completed. According to Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and State Adjutant General Harold Cross, these missions are to be a new Joint Cargo Aircraft mission, according to Tom Williams, CEO of Meridian Airport Authority, this will result in an increase in local jobs at Meridians Air National Guard facility. The 286th Air Operations Group activated on April 8,2011 to support the missions of the Continental US NORAD Region and 1st Air Force at Tyndall AFB, the new group belongs to Key Fields 186th Air Refueling Wing, which is losing its KC-135 tankers under BRAC2005
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Cecil Airport
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Cecil Airport is a public joint civil-military airport and spaceport located in Jacksonville, Florida. The airport is owned by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority and services military aircraft, corporate aircraft, general aviation, the Florida Army National Guards primary Army Aviation Support Facility and the U. S. Cecil Field, commonly known as either Cecil or Cecil Commerce Center, also houses the FSCJ aviation course hangar, sunrise Aviation, a flight training school and pilot supplies vendor is the flight training provider for FSCJs aviation program. Facilities operated by major firms such as Boeing and Northrop Grumman are also located at Cecil, providing major maintenance. In 2010, Cecil Field became the United States eighth licensed commercial spaceport, the NZC identifier was the airports previous FAA identifier when it was Naval Air Station Cecil Field, its former name until its closure as a naval air station in 1999. The NZC IATA code is now allocated to Maria Reiche Neuman Airport, the airport is located on the site of the former Naval Air Station Cecil Field, which opened in 1941 and closed in 1999 following the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission decision. There are 107 aircraft based at airport, 64% military, 16% jet aircraft, 10% single engine. Cecil Field page at the Jacksonville Aviation Authority website Cecil Airport
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Naval Air Station Cecil Field
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Naval Air Station Cecil Field or NAS Cecil Field was a United States Navy air base, located in Duval County, Florida. Prior to October 1999, NAS Cecil Field was the largest military base in terms of acreage in the Jacksonville, Florida area. Including nearly 2,500 acres at OLF Whitehouse, the NAS Cecil Field complex consisted of 22,939 acres, in addition and it is now a civilian, public-use, joint civil-military airfield and industrial park known as Cecil Commerce Center and Cecil Airport. NAS Cecil Field was named in honor of Commander Henry Barton Cecil, USN, who died in 1933 in the crash of the Navy airship USS Akron. Shortly before the United States entry into World War II, a 2,600 acre tract of land was purchased in western Duval County and construction began on the U. S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Cecil Field. The base got its start in June 1941 as a field of NAS Jacksonville. From 1943 until the war ended, NAAS Cecil Field was a pilots last stop before assignment to combat in either the Atlantic Fleet or Pacific Fleet and it operated at full capacity during the war years and after the war. Disestablished as NAAS Cecil Field at the end of World War II, the station was rejuvenated as an operating base for fleet aircraft squadrons and air groups, ushering in the jet age for Naval Aviation in the Jacksonville area. In 1951, the area of NAS Cecil Field was increased to 4,600 acres and additional new buildings. Naval Air Station Cecil Field occupied 19,664 acres, and was projected to be Navys largest Master Jet Base. S, Squadrons from NAS Cecil Field were aboard every Atlantic Fleet aircraft carrier deployed to Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. During this period, thirteen NAS Cecil Field pilots were listed as POW or MIA, the POW/MIA memorial located behind the base chapel has become the chosen site for many retiring officers and enlisted personnel to hold their retirement ceremonies. The first Atlantic Fleet Squadrons to fly the A-7 Corsair II, the F/A-18 Hornet, the S-3A and S-3B Viking, and the ES-3A Shadow were all based at NAS Cecil Field. NAS Cecil Field squadrons again made history during the Gulf War, marking the final deployment for the A-7E Corsair II. The first weather observations were recorded at NAS Cecil Field in May 1949, in those days, weather observing and forecasting services were provided by the Meteorology Division of the Air Operations Department. In September 1979, almost 14 years later, the changed to Naval Oceanography Command Detachment. Naval Air Station Cecil Field was identified for closure by the 1993 federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission and approved by the U. S. Congress and President Bill Clinton in July 1993. There have been efforts to see the base returned as a Naval Air Station, the FLARNG operates CH-47 Chinook, UH-60 Blackhawk, UH-72 Lakota and C-12 Huron aircraft from AASF #1 at Cecil Field. Also located at Cecil Field is Coast Guard Air Facility Jacksonville, which supports the U. S. Coast Guards Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron and its MH-65C Dolphin helicopters
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Georgia Army National Guard
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The Georgia Army National Guard is the Army National Guard component of the Georgia National Guard, administratively part of the Georgia Department of Defense. It consists of more than 11,100 citizen-soldiers training in more than 79 hometown armories, georgia’s Army Guard is the eighth largest in the nation and includes combat, combat support and combat service support units. When activated under Title 10, the Georgia Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and is absorbed into the National Guard of the United States. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the US Armys available combat forces, National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau. When activated under Title 32, the Georgia Army National Guard remains under command as it fulfills a federally assigned mission. Unlike Army Reserve members, National Guard members cannot be mobilized individually, however, there has been a significant amount of individual activations to support military operations. For much of the decades of the twentieth century, National Guard personnel typically served one weekend a month. The current forces formation plans of the US Army call for the typical National Guard unit to one year of active duty for every three years of service. More specifically, current Department of Defense policy is that no guardsman will be activated for a total of more than 24 months in one six-year enlistment period. The Georgia Army National Guard was originally formed in 1751, the Militia Act of 1903 organized the various U. S. state militias into the present National Guard system. The 121st and 122nd Infantry Regiments, formed from existing Georgia state regiments, the two regiments served with that brigade from August 1917 to November 1918. After World War II, the 48th Infantry Division was organized in the state, the division was commanded before and immediately after its change of name by Maj. Gen. Joseph Frazer of Hinesville. The 48th Armored Division was disbanded on 1 January 1968 and it was redesignated on 9 May 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 118th Field Artillery Brigade. In 1984-85, the 118th Field Artillery Brigade was headquartered at Savannah and comprised the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 214th Field Artillery, in the late 1980s the 171st Aviation Regiment was formed in the state
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General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center
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General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center is a military facility located 1-mile south of Marietta, Georgia, United States. It is located south of Dobbins Air Reserve Base and shares its runways. Before 1959, Naval Air Station Atlanta was located at what is now the Peachtree-DeKalb Airport and it operated until 26 SEP2009 when the base closed its doors. The property is now owned by the state of Georgia as the new headquarters for the Georgia State Department of Defense, the Navys website for NAS Atlanta was deleted soon after the transfer. In April 1955, Congress appropriated more than $4 million to building a new Naval Air Station at a more suitable location to allow longer runways. The site selected was a military reservation jointly occupied by Dobbins Air Force Base. The new air station was completed in April 1959, NAS Atlanta was originally located at what is now Peachtree-DeKalb Airport in Chamblee, until it moved in 1958. The Southern Technical Institute took over the barracks there, and it too moved in 1958 to Marietta, Naval Air Station Atlantas mission was to train Navy and Marine Corps Reservists assigned to numerous aviation and non-aviation reserve units. The command organization was made of more than 900 active duty military, NAS Atlanta was the home of Marine Aircraft Group 42, Carrier Air Wing Reserve Twenty, three Navy squadrons, two Marine Corps squadrons as well as several other commands. In 2005, DoD recommended NAS Atlanta for closure and its constituent units relocated or consolidated at other installations, in the case of NAF Atlanta, that cost is imposed primarily in terms of airspace access. The F/A-18s assigned to VFA-203 and VMFA-142 faced one of the more difficult airspace access challenges in the DoN, operations at the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport impose a significant impact on surrounding airspace. Atlanta functions as a 360 degree hub, with approach, departure, the airspace northeast of Atlanta is probably the most congested, as it must accommodate departures and arrivals between Atlanta and cities in the northeast. Unfortunately, the primary airspace available to NAF Atlanta units, the Snowbird MOA/ATCAA lies in that quadrant, in 1990 the air station was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation for unprecedented accomplishments, consistent performance and unswerving dedication to duty. NAS Atlanta is also the site of the Navy Lake Site, a recreation area open to active, reserve. Not to be outdone, the Army has its own Lake Allatoona Army Recreation Area, NAS Atlanta closed its doors on 26 September 2009 in a base closing ceremony. The property was turned over to the Georgia State Department of Defense for use as its new main base of operations. In 2007, the state of Georgia announced that it had acquired the NAS Atlanta property as the new headquarters for the Georgia Army National Guard and this preceded plans for units in the remote corners of the state to consolidate at the base. The first Georgia Army National Guard aircraft assigned to the new installation and it was delivered to the 1/111 Medevac Unit fresh from the production line
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Alabama Army National Guard
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The Alabama Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau, Alabama Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army. The same ranks and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards, the Alabama Guard also bestows a number of state awards for local services rendered in or to the state of Alabama. Unlike Army Reserve members, National Guard members cannot be mobilized individually, new forces formation plans of the US Army were announced in early 2007 modifying the recent United States National Guard active duty callup pace. The new plan will nominally anticipate that each National Guard unit will serve one year of duty for every five years of service. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates imposed a limit to the length of for National Guard Soldiers. Callups by Alabama authorities for state emergencies are not included in this policy, the Alabama Army National Guard was originally formed in 1807. The Militia Act of 1903 organized the state militias into the present National Guard system. Both armies were made up of volunteer militia with regiments of both sides wearing blue and gray uniforms. The brunt of the Union attack fell on the Confederate left flank, Confederate Brig. Gen. Bernard Bee, having recently resigned from the U. S. Army and still wearing his blue uniform, realized that the armys left flank was seriously exposed. Gen. Bee ordered the Fourth Alabama Regiment to advance rapidly in order to plug the gap in the Confederate line, for over an hour, the Fourth Alabama held position and repulsed several Union regiments. The gallant stand of the Fourth Alabama stalled the Union advance, the regiment played a prominent part in the fighting all day and contributed to the Confederate victory. The Battle of First Manassas proved to both sides that the Civil War would be a bitterly contested struggle, the Fourth Alabama went on to fight in every major battle in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War and never surrendered its colors. The heritage and traditions of the Fourth Alabama are carried on by the 1st Battalion, 167th Infantry, the 31st Infantry Division had elements in Alabama for many years, though divisional HQ was in Jackson, MS. Following the inactivation, the Alabama Army National Guard was allotted the 31st Brigade, 30th Volunteer Armored Division, in 1973 or 1974 the 30th Armored Division was inactivated and Alabama was assigned a new major headquarters, the 31st Armored Brigade, with its headquarters at Northport. In 2002, the 31st Armored Brigade was inactivated, merging into the 149th Armored Brigade headquartered in Kentucky, Alabama was again assigned a new major headquarters, the 122nd Chemical Brigade, later redesignated as the 31st Chemical Brigade. 300 Alabama ARNG soldiers deployed to Iraq with the Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, the previously active 142d Signal Brigade was inactivated in August 2008. On 13 February 2009, the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen tricked guard officers into allowing him to participate in training at the Alabama Military Academy at Fort McClellan, the officers were led to believe that Cohen was a reporter making a German TV documentary
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Montgomery Regional Airport
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Montgomery Regional Airport is a civil-military airport seven miles southwest of Montgomery, the capital of Alabama. Owned by the Montgomery Airport Authority, it is used for aviation and military aviation. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 157,958 enplanements in calendar year 2013, a decrease from 182,313 in 2012. Commercial aviation and military aviation have been intertwined in Montgomery, the first commercial air services in Montgomery operated at Maxwell Field, a military facility founded by the Wright Brothers west of the city. To provide for commercial aviation the City of Montgomery opened its original municipal airport in 1929 east of the city and this facility was later named Gunter Field and was served by a predecessor of American Airlines. Eastern Air Lines subsequently took service at Gunter. In 1940 the War Department chose Gunter Field for a new training facility. Gunter quickly became congested, Eastern Airlines was forced to move temporarily to Maxwell, and the city purchased a tract southwest of downtown on US80 to replace Gunter for civilian aviation. It opened in 1943 and was named for ENS Clarence Moore Dannelly, Jr. USN, the old Army Air Force hangars are now part of the Montgomery Aviation complex. The original three runways and their original dimensions were, 3/21,4,000 by 150 feet, extended to 7,000 ft in 1955. Extended to 9,000 ft in 1963, some portions remain as taxiway and apron. When Dannelly Field opened, Eastern moved its operations there, the city took title to Dannelly in 1946, although joint commercial and military use continued, and erected a permanent passenger terminal and control tower north of Runway 9/27 in 1955. While Runway 9/27 was being rebuilt in 1963, and again in 1970, the Alabama Air National Guards 187th Fighter Wing, based on the west side of the airport at Montgomery Air National Guard Base, operates a squadron ofF-16C aircraft. The 187th Fighter Wing evolved from the 160th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron that began operating at Dannelly Field in 1953, the Alabama Army National Guard also has an Army Aviation Support Facility on the south side of the airport. Although primarily oriented to helicopter operations, fixed-wing aircraft can also be accommodated, the 31st Aviation Battalion was established here in 1986 and became the 1st Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment a year later. An Air National Guard Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting unit is located at the airport, equipped with fire fighting and rescue vehicles. Montgomery Regional Airport covers 1,907 acres at an elevation of 221 feet above sea level. Runway 10/28 is 9,020 by 150 feet and had CAT I ILS, Runway 3/21 is 4,011 by 150 feet
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Maryland Army National Guard
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The Maryland Army National Guard is the United States Army component of the American state of Maryland. Description, On a black disc 2 3⁄4 inches in diameter within a 1/8 inch gold border, background, The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved for Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment on 1949-03-08. It was redesignated with description amended for Headquarters, State Area Command, Maryland Army National Guard on 1983-12-30, above the shield an earls coronet. Supporters, Dexter, a plowman Proper, holding a spade in dexter hand, sinister, a fisherman Proper, holding a fish in sinister hand. Motto Scroll, A scroll folded in four undulating sections and inscribed FATTI MASCHII PAROLE FEMINE all gold. The earls coronet above the shield indicates that although Calvert was only a baron in England, background, The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment and non-color bearing units of the Maryland Army National Guard on 1971-04-09. It was amended to correct the spelling of the motto on 1971-06-08, the insignia was redesignated effective 1982-10-01 for Headquarters, State Area Command, Maryland Army National Guard. The distinctive unit insignia was amended to correct the spelling of the motto on 2001-12-07, description, That for regiments and separate battalions of the Maryland Army National Guard, From a wreath of colors, a cross bottony per cross quarterly Gules and Argent. Symbolism, The crest and canton are from the arms of Lord Baltimore, background, The crest was approved for color bearing organizations of the State of Maryland on 1924-01-11. Note, This Crest is applied to the top of all Maryland National Guard Distinctive Unit Insignias to form the Unit Coat Of Arms, the MSCs report to the Assistant Adjutant General for Army, who in turn reports to the Adjutant General. Both officers are appointed by the governor, Marys City in later St. Marys County. It has a long and illustrious history, during the American Revolution, members of the Maryland Line repeatedly charged a vastly superior British force at the Battle of Long Island, buying time for the Continental Army to escape. It is from this incident that Maryland draws one of its official nicknames and this was the first time the American Army had used the bayonet in combat. During the War of 1812, the Maryland militia held the line at the Battle of North Point in 1814, there, they held up the British attack for two hours, long enough for the defense of Baltimore to be shored up. Not all the militia regiments performed with equal distinction, the 51st, and some members of 39th, broke and ran under fire. However, the 5th and 27th held their ground and were able to retreat in good order having inflicted significant casualties on the advancing enemy. The 175th Infantry, derived from the 5th Regiment, is one of only nineteen Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812, from 1841 to 1861 the senior militia general was Major General George H. Steuart, commander of the First Light Division. Until the Civil War he would be the commander of the Maryland Volunteers
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Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Aberdeen Proving Ground is a United States Army facility located adjacent to Aberdeen, Maryland. Part of the facility is a place, which had a population of 3,116 at the 2000 census. APG is the U. S. Armys oldest active proving ground, established on October 20,1917 and its location allowed design and testing of ordnance materiel to take place near contemporary industrial and shipping centers. The proving ground was created as a successor to the Sandy Hook Proving Ground, at the peak of World War II, APG had billeting space for 2,348 officers and 24,189 enlisted personnel. These poison gas manufacturing facilities came to be known as Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood Arsenal included plants to manufacture mustard gas, chloropicrin and phosgene, and separate facilities to fill artillery shells with these chemicals. Production began in 1918, reached 2,756 tons per month, some of this gas was shipped overseas for use in French and British artillery shells. The Edgewood area of Aberdeen Proving Ground is approximately 13,000 acres, the Edgewood area was used for the development and testing of chemical agent munitions. From 1917 to the present, the Edgewood area conducted chemical research programs, manufactured chemical agents, and tested, stored, from 1955 to 1975, the U. S. Army Chemical Corps conducted classified medical studies at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. The purpose was to evaluate the impact of chemical warfare agents on military personnel and to test protective clothing. About 7,000 soldiers took part in experiments that involved exposures to more than 250 different chemicals. Some of the volunteers exhibited symptoms at the time of exposure to these agents, the Gunpowder Meetinghouse and Presbury Meetinghouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Other parts of APG not attached to the installation include the Churchville Test Area in Harford County. The eastern half Carroll Island was used as a location for open air static testing of chemical weapons since the 1950s. Simulant agents, incendiaries, decontaminating compounds, signaling and screening smokes, mustard, the test sites consisted of spray grids, a wind tunnel, test grids, and small buildings. Edgewood Chemical Activity is a depot located at APG. Elimination of the chemicals held here was put on an accelerated schedule after the September 11,2001, attacks, Fort Hoyle was established on October 7,1922, and was created from a portion of the Edgewood Arsenal. Named for Brigadier General Eli D, Fort Hoyle was officially disestablished as a separate military post when it was reabsorbed by Edgewood Arsenal on September 10,1940. The U. S. Army Ordnance Corps Museum previously located at APG, was moved to Fort Lee, Virginia as a result of the 2005 Base Relocation, APG is located at 39°28′24″N 76°8′27″W and occupies a land area of 293 square kilometres
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Coats of arms of U.S. Army Aviation Regiments
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Coats of arms of U. S. Army Aviation regiments are heraldic emblems associated with regiments of/in the United States Army Aviation Branch. By U. S. Army regulation, all regiments, organized under a table of organization and equipment, are authorized a coat of arms to be displayed on the organizations standard, called the colors. This coat of arms forms the basis for the units distinctive unit insignia. Below are galleries of the coats of arms of US Army Aviation regiments, the official mottoes and/or special designations of the units are also noted
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U.S. Army Regimental System
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USARS was developed to include the Active Army and the Reserve Components. USARS Provides different opportunities for Soldiers, depending upon which combat arms regiment they choose to be affiliated with or whether they affiliate with a CS or CSS corps or special branch. Combat arms is a doctrinal term, though colloquially it includes air defense artillery, armor, aviation, field artillery, infantry. It should be noted that soldiers will have opportunities to serve recurring assignments in their regiments if regiments are chosen that have battalions in both CONUS and OCONUS locations. Quoting from Chapter 3–2, page 7 of Army Regulation 600-82, U. S. Army Regimental System, USARS regiments offered to Active Army and USAR soldiers for affiliation are listed. All active Army soldiers are required to affiliate with a regiment, although affiliation is mandatory, the choice of regiment is left up to the individual. Officers who are single-tracked in a Functional Area will affiliate with a regiment associated with their basic combat arms branch, Functional Area officers who have no basic branch will submit request for regimental affiliation using procedures outlined below. Regimental affiliation is based on the Army branch associated with a soldier’s PMOS or specialty, AR 670–1 contains a listing of all PMOS and corresponding branches for each. Army recruiters who have assigned the SQI“4” will affiliate with a regiment associated with their PMOS. Recruiters or retention noncommissioned officers will be affiliated with The Adjutant General Corps, Regimental affiliation may be changed at any time, however, the regimental selection must be associated with the soldier’s PMOS or specialty. All combat arms officers and soldiers will affiliate with a regiment upon arrival at their first unit of assignment and these Soldiers will be affiliated with their regiment of assignment unless they voluntarily select another. Combat arms officers and soldiers whose initial Army assignment is not to a unit may defer selection until they are so assigned. Enlisted soldiers may elect the Regiment of Choice Reenlistment Option under AR 601–280, Soldiers who deliberately terminate airborne status after affiliating with an airborne regiment will change their affiliation to a non-airborne regiment at the time of their termination. Regimental affiliation will be a primary assignment consideration for officers and enlisted soldiers, to the maximum extent possible, soldiers who are regimentally affiliated will be assigned to their regimental units. Specific procedures for affiliation are below and these procedures permit affiliation and change of affiliation to be administered at the local Personnel Service Center level. Active Army soldiers who are accessioned into the USAR will retain their regimental affiliation unless they elect to change their affiliation, note, The U. S. Army is currently going through a major reorganization, units are being Re-Flagged or Re-designated as needed. There are currently 177 Regiments, only 47 consist of units at multiple locations,27 of which meet the Conus/Oconus goal, the majority of Regiments have only one Company or Battalion in existence. S. It is the responsibility of all proponents to incorporate within their corps, Army Regimental System,5 June 1990
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