The Idaho Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

 and the United States National Guard

United States National Guard

The National Guard of the United States is a reserve military force composed of state National Guard militia members or units under federally recognized active or inactive armed force service for the United States. Militia members are citizen soldiers, meaning they work part time for the National...

. Nationwide, the Army National Guard

Army National Guard

Established under Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code, the Army National Guard is part of the National Guard and is divided up into subordinate units stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia operating under their respective governors...

comprises approximately one half of the US Army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau.

Idaho Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army. The same ran

United States Army enlisted rank insignia

The chart below represents the current enlisted rank insignia of the United States Army.This chart represents the U.S. Army enlisted rank insignia with seniority increasing left-to-right inside a given pay grade...

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United States Army officer rank insignia

United States Army officer rank insignia in use today.-History:The structure of U.S. ranks has its roots in British military traditions. At the start of the American Revolutionary War, uniforms, let alone insignia, were barely affordable and recognition of ranks in the field was problematic...

 and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards

Awards and decorations of the United States military

Awards and decorations of the United States Military are military decorations which recognize service and personal accomplishments while a member of the United States armed forces...

. The Idaho Guard also bestows a number of state awards

Awards and decorations of the National Guard

Awards and decorations of the National Guard are presented to members of the United States National Guard and sometimes to members of the State Defense Forces in addition to regular United States military decorations...

 for local services rendered in or to the state of Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

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Units

• 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team
  116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team
  The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team is the largest formation of the Idaho Army National Guard. It is headquartered at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. It has been reorganized into a Heavy Brigade Combat Team . The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team has units located throughout Idaho, Montana, and...
  
   Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho
  Boise, Idaho
  Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...
  
  
  • 116th Bde Sp Troops Battalion
  • 2nd Squadron, 116th Cavalry
  • 145th Brigade Support Battalion
  • 1st Battalion, 148th Field Artillery
• 1-183rd Aviation Battalion (Attack Helicopter) AH-64 Apache
  AH-64 Apache
  The Boeing AH-64 Apache is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. The Apache was developed as Model 77 by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the...
  
   and UH-60 Blackhawk
• 204th Regiment (RTI)
• 101st WMD Combat Support Team
• 25th Army Band
  25th Army Band
  The 25th Army Band is a military band based in Idaho in the United States.The band was originally organized in the fall of 1925 as the Band Section, Headquarters 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, the largest formation of the Idaho Army National Guard, and was located in Caldwell, Idaho. The band...
  
  

History

The Idaho Army National Guard was originally formed in ????. The Militia Act of 1903

Militia Act of 1903

The National Guard Bureau is the federal instrument responsible for the administration of the National Guard of the United States 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...

 organized the various state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 militia

Militia

The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary citizens to provide defense, emergency law enforcement, or paramilitary service, in times of emergency without being paid a regular salary or committed to a fixed term of service. It is a polyseme with...

s into the present National Guard system.

Historic units

• 148th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
  148th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
  The 148th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery regiment of the Army National Guard.-World War I:The 148th Field Artillery was organized on September 29, 1917 by General Order 2, Headquarters 41st Division, trained at Camp Greene, North Carolina, Camp Mills, New York, and Camp Merritt, New...
  
  

See also

• Coats of arms of U.S. Armor and Cavalry Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Armor and Cavalry Regiments
  This page has been split as follows:* Coats of arms of U.S. Armor Regiments* Coats of arms of U.S. Cavalry Regiments-See also:* commons:Field Army insignia of the United States Army* Corps insignia of the United States Army...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of US Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with field artillery, air defense artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Infantry Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Infantry Regiments
  Coats of arms of US Infantry Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with infantry regiments in the US Army. By Army regulation, all regiments of the US Army organized under a Table of Organization and Equipment are authorized a coat of arms to be displayed on the organization's standard, called...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of US Air Defense Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with Field artillery, Air Defense Artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...
  
  

External links

• Idaho Army National Guard, accessed 16 June 2007
• GlobalSecurity.org Idaho Army National Guard, accessed 20 Nov 2006