#National Guard April 19

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In early April many states contemplated whether to deploy the National Guard to deal with some part of CORID-19 pandemic.

I really wanted to understand what makes this military division different from other branches of our country’s military. Friends like Charlie Noble, John Atkinson, Antonio Massol, and Dean Davis could all answer but I went researching.

The National Guard is primary reserve military force partly maintained by the states but also available for federal use. So that means just about every state has a National Guard including North Carolina.

The North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) is a military force comprised of citizen Soldiers and Airmen sworn to support and defend the Constitutions of the United States and the State of North Carolina. Their heritage can be traced back to the 1663 Carolina Charter granting authority to levy, muster, and train men.

NCNG has two divisions the Army National Guard and Air National Guard. Those divisions are split into different units. A list of those units is found below:

60th Troop Command (TC) – Raleigh, NC
449th Theater Aviation Brigade (TAB) – Morrisville, NC
30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) – Clinton, NC
113th Sustainment Brigade (SB) – Greensboro, NC
139th Regiment – Fayetteville, NC
130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) – Charlotte, NC
145th Airlift Wing – Charlotte, NC

National Guard is the only United States military force empowered to function in a state status. Those functions range from limited actions during non-emergency situations to full-scale law enforcement of martial law when local law enforcement officials can no longer maintain civil control. The National Guard may be called into federal service in response to a call by the President of Congress.