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| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Iowa |
| Branch | National Guard |
| Type | ARNG Headquarters Command |
| Part of | Iowa National Guard |
| Garrison/HQ | Johnston, Iowa |
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| Iowa Army National Guard 67th Troop Command Flag |  |
TheIowa Army National Guard is a state agency of theState of Iowa, with significant funding from theFederal Government of the United States; and a reserve component of theUnited States Army. It has dual Federal and State missions. It is empowered to function under control of the Governor, as a State asset in times of emergency or natural disaster, or if needed to carry out limited actions during non-emergency situations to include full scale Enforcement ofmartial law, when local law enforcement officials can no longer maintain civil control. The National Guard may also be called into federal service in response to a call by thePresident orCongress.
Iowa National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States National Guard. The sameenlisted ranks,officer ranks and insignia are used. National Guardsmen are eligible to receive allUnited States military awards. The Iowa National Guard also bestows a number ofstate awards for local services rendered in or to the state ofIowa.
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National Guard units can be mobilized at any time bypresidential order to supplement regular armed forces, and upon declaration of astate of emergency by thegovernor of the state in which they serve. UnlikeArmy Reserve members, National Guard members cannot be mobilized individually (except through voluntary transfers and Temporary Duty AssignmentsTDY), but only as part of their respectiveunits. However, there has been a significant number of individual activations to support military operations. The legality of this policy is a major issue within the National Guard.
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 (or National Guardsman) to serve one year of active duty for every three years of service. More specifically, currentDepartment of Defense policy is that no Guardsman will be involuntarily activated for a total of more than 24 months (cumulative) in one six-year enlistment period (this policy is due to change 1 August 2007, the new policy states that soldiers will be given 24 months between deployments of no more than 24 months, individual states have differing policies).
The Iowa Army National Guard was originally formed in 1838. TheMilitia Act of 1903 organized the variousstatemilitias into the present National Guard system.
The 133d Infantry Regiment, formerly the 2nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry, served as part of the 67th Infantry Brigade, 34th Division, during World War I. The 67th Infantry Brigade was disbanded in February 1919, but formed again in 1921, still as part of the 34th Division.[1] From 1921 to 1942, it was part of the Guard in Iowa, comprising the168th Infantry Regiment. Approximately 50 Iowa ARNG soldiers deployed to Iraq with theCombat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division in September 2006.
Units of the Iowa Army National Guard formed since 1917 include:
113th Armor Regiment
133d Infantry Regiment – formerly the 2nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry, created and assigned to the34th Division on 1 October 1917
185th Field Artillery Regiment
194th Field Artillery RegimentDes Moines (capital) | |
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