The Tennessee Military Department is an executive division within the Executive Branch of Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 State Government with four major commands.

The Tennessee Army National Guard

Tennessee Army National Guard

The Tennessee 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 US Army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization...

 http://www.tnmilitary.org/tngweb/arng.htm (which includes the 230th Sustainment Brigade, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 194th Engineer Brigade, and 30th Troop Command), the Tennessee Air National Guard

Tennessee Air National Guard

The Tennessee Air National Guard is the independent air arm of the Tennessee National Guard. Along with the Tennessee Army National Guard, it comprises the National Guard of the U.S...

 http://www.tnmilitary.org/tngweb/ang.htm, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA), and the Tennessee State Guard report to the Tennessee Military Department.

The department has over 500 state

U.S. state

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 employees plus over 2,000 federal

Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and...

 employees. The two Guard components have over 17,000 officers and enlisted personnel with $150+ million dollar budget. The Adjutant General heads the Department and is appointed by the governor. Beside the four commands, the Bureau of War Records reports to the Adjutant General.

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

• Bibliography of Tennessee Army National Guard History compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History
• Tennessee Military Department Official Site