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style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="National Guard of the United States">National Guard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_States)" title="Militia (United States)">Militia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">5,500 personnel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Military_and_Veterans_Affairs" title="Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs">Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sand_Creek_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Sand Creek Massacre">Sand Creek Massacre</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Colorado_War" title="Colorado War">Colorado War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cripple_Creek_miners%27_strike_of_1894" title="Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894">Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine–American War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Labor_Wars" title="Colorado Labor Wars">Colorado Labor Wars</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Coalfield_War" title="Colorado Coalfield War">Colorado Coalfield War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a><br /><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">Governor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">Commander in Chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jared_Polis" title="Jared Polis">Jared Polis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Adjutant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Adjutant General">Adjutant General</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Laura L. Clellan</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Distinctive unit insignia</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Co_arng.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Co_arng.png/140px-Co_arng.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Co_arng.png/210px-Co_arng.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Co_arng.png/280px-Co_arng.png 2x" data-file-width="925" data-file-height="925" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Colorado National Guard</b> consists of the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Army_National_Guard" title="Colorado Army National Guard">Colorado Army National Guard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Air_National_Guard" title="Colorado Air National Guard">Colorado Air National Guard</a>, forming the state of <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>'s component to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Guard">United States National Guard</a>. Founded in 1860, the Colorado National Guard falls under the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Military_and_Veterans_Affairs" title="Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs">Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation,_Civil_War,_and_Sand_Creek"><span id="Formation.2C_Civil_War.2C_and_Sand_Creek"></span>Formation, Civil War, and Sand Creek</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation, Civil War, and Sand Creek"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Territory_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Colorado Territory in the American Civil War">Colorado Territory in the American Civil War</a></div> <p>On 23 January 1860, the <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Territory" title="Jefferson Territory">Jefferson Territory</a>'s legislature authorized the creation of two armed companies: the Jefferson Rangers and the <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a> Guards, in part to combat the “Bummers”—a band of <a href="/wiki/Turkey_(bird)" title="Turkey (bird)">turkey</a> thieves—in what was known as the “Denver City Turkey War.”<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Disbanded shortly thereafter, the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Territory" title="Colorado Territory">Colorado Territorial</a> militia was created under the name "Colorado Volunteers." Coloradan soldiers participated in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> side.<sup id="cite_ref-CNG_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1st_Colorado_Infantry_Regiment" title="1st Colorado Infantry Regiment">1st</a> and <a href="/wiki/2nd_Colorado_Infantry_Regiment" title="2nd Colorado Infantry Regiment">2nd Colorado Infantry Regiments</a>, serving alongside the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Regiment_New_Mexico_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry">2nd Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Infantry</a> and Federal cavalry, won in actions against <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texan</a> units at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Glorieta_Pass" title="Battle of Glorieta Pass">Battle of Glorieta Pass</a> in February 1862 under the leadership of former <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a> minister Colonel <a href="/wiki/John_Chivington" title="John Chivington">John Chivington</a>. In November 1862, the <a href="/wiki/1st_Colorado_Cavalry_Regiment" title="1st Colorado Cavalry Regiment">1st Colorado Cavalry Regiment</a> was created. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Battle_of_Glorieta_Pass_Action_at_Apache_Canyon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Battle_of_Glorieta_Pass_Action_at_Apache_Canyon.jpg/220px-Battle_of_Glorieta_Pass_Action_at_Apache_Canyon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Battle_of_Glorieta_Pass_Action_at_Apache_Canyon.jpg/330px-Battle_of_Glorieta_Pass_Action_at_Apache_Canyon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Battle_of_Glorieta_Pass_Action_at_Apache_Canyon.jpg/440px-Battle_of_Glorieta_Pass_Action_at_Apache_Canyon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4004" /></a><figcaption>Union cavalry at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, where Colorado territorial troops defeated <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> forces in <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Hungate_massacre" title="Hungate massacre">Hungate massacre</a> that killed a family of four–including two children under three years old–<a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Colorado" title="Governor of Colorado">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Evans_(Colorado_governor)" title="John Evans (Colorado governor)">John Evans</a> authorized the creation of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Colorado_Cavalry_Regiment" title="3rd Colorado Cavalry Regiment">3rd Colorado Cavalry Regiment</a> in August 1864 to provide defense against <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native Americans</a>. The 1st and 3rd Colorado Cavalries, led by Chivington, launched an attack against an encampment of <a href="/wiki/Arapaho" title="Arapaho">Arapaho</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cheyenne" title="Cheyenne">Cheyenne</a> in modern-day <a href="/wiki/Kiowa_County,_Colorado" title="Kiowa County, Colorado">Kiowa County</a> in what is now known as the <a href="/wiki/Sand_Creek_massacre" title="Sand Creek massacre">Sand Creek massacre</a>. The attack killed at least 150 and up to 500 mostly unarmed Native Americans and left around thirty Colorado cavalrymen dead, some due to <a href="/wiki/Friendly-fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Friendly-fire">friendly-fire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Captain <a href="/wiki/Silas_Soule" title="Silas Soule">Silas Soule</a> and Lieutenant Joseph Cramer, leading Companies K and D of the 1st Colorado Cavalry, had refused the orders to attack.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Joint_Committee_on_the_Conduct_of_the_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War">Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War</a> investigation declared the Chivington had ordered and led "a foul and dastardly massacre which would have disgraced the veriest savage among those who were the victims of his cruelty."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, no charges or convictions were issued by the Committee due to the previous resignations of Chivington and other officers involved. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statehood_and_early_mining_strikes">Statehood and early mining strikes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Statehood and early mining strikes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Troop_D_of_Colorado_state_militia_in_Meeker,_1904.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Troop_D_of_Colorado_state_militia_in_Meeker%2C_1904.png/220px-Troop_D_of_Colorado_state_militia_in_Meeker%2C_1904.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Troop_D_of_Colorado_state_militia_in_Meeker%2C_1904.png/330px-Troop_D_of_Colorado_state_militia_in_Meeker%2C_1904.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Troop_D_of_Colorado_state_militia_in_Meeker%2C_1904.png/440px-Troop_D_of_Colorado_state_militia_in_Meeker%2C_1904.png 2x" data-file-width="2326" data-file-height="1622" /></a><figcaption>Troop D with <a href="/wiki/Gatling_gun" title="Gatling gun">Gatling guns</a> at <a href="/wiki/Meeker,_Colorado" title="Meeker, Colorado">Meeker</a> during Western Federation of Miners strike in Cripple Creek, 1904.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_sherman_bell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Gen_sherman_bell.jpg/120px-Gen_sherman_bell.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Gen_sherman_bell.jpg/180px-Gen_sherman_bell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Gen_sherman_bell.jpg/240px-Gen_sherman_bell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="616" /></a><figcaption>Adjutant General Sherman Bell in his custom uniform, 1907.</figcaption></figure> <p>After Colorado attained statehood in 1876, the then Colorado State Militia was occasionally activated to participate in actions in the <a href="/wiki/American_Indian_Wars" title="American Indian Wars">American Indian Wars</a> and to deal with <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">striking</a> miners.<sup id="cite_ref-CNG_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1st Infantry Battalion was constituted on 8 February 1879 and organized on 29 December 1881 in Denver. The unit was redesignated as the 1st Colorado Infantry Regiment and merged with the 2nd Colorado Infantry Regiment in the last quarter of the 19th Century.<sup id="cite_ref-157th_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157th-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 1203">: 1203 </span></sup> </p><p>Three hundred state militia under <a href="/wiki/Adjutant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Adjutant General">Adjutant General</a> <a href="/wiki/T.J._Tarsney" class="mw-redirect" title="T.J. Tarsney">T.J. Tarsney</a> were ordered by Governor <a href="/wiki/Davis_H._Waite" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis H. Waite">Davis H. Waite</a> in March 1894 to subdue the <a href="/wiki/Cripple_Creek_miners%27_strike_of_1894" title="Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894">Cripple Creek miners' strike</a>, led by the <a href="/wiki/Western_Federation_of_Miners" title="Western Federation of Miners">Western Federation of Miners (WFM)</a>. Despite some dynamiting of mines by strikers, violence was relatively low compared to later strikes in Colorado. The strike ended in June 1894.<sup id="cite_ref-Suggs_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suggs-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Militia_Act_of_1903" title="Militia Act of 1903">Militia Act of 1903</a> reorganized the state militias and established the modern National Guard system. In March that same year, the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Labor_Wars" title="Colorado Labor Wars">Colorado Labor Wars</a> began when discontented <a href="/wiki/Gold_mining" title="Gold mining">gold</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silver_mining" title="Silver mining">silver miners</a>, led by the WFM, went on strike throughout the state. The various groups of strikers faced opposition from <a href="/wiki/Strike-breaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Strike-breaker">strike-breakers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pinkerton_National_Detective_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinkerton National Detective Agency">Pinkertons</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Baldwin-Felts_Detective_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency">Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency</a>, and the vigilante <a href="/wiki/Citizens%27_Alliance" title="Citizens' Alliance">Citizens' Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Suggs_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suggs-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Idaho_Springs,_Colorado" title="Idaho Springs, Colorado">Idaho Springs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Idaho_Springs_miners%27_strike_of_1903" title="Idaho Springs miners' strike of 1903">strike there</a> sought an eight-hour workday. The now National Guard was deployed to deal with the various sites of violence throughout the state. The unrest saw the deployment of around 1,000 guardsmen, equipped with 60,000 rounds of <a href="/wiki/.30-40_Krag" title=".30-40 Krag">.30-40</a> for their <a href="/wiki/Krag-J%C3%B8rgensen" class="mw-redirect" title="Krag-Jørgensen">Krag-Jørgensen</a> rifles.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 62">: 62 </span></sup> Adjutant General <a href="/wiki/Sherman_Bell" title="Sherman Bell">Sherman Bell</a> and General <a href="/wiki/John_Chase_(general)" title="John Chase (general)">John Chase</a> commanded the force, though the military district established on 4 September 1903 was headed by Colonel Edward Verdeckberg of the 1st Brigade of the guard.<sup id="cite_ref-1904Report_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1904Report-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The National Guard would perform arrests, execute warrants, and protect mines from strikers until the military district was disestablished on 12 April 1904. During this time, Governor <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton_Peabody" title="James Hamilton Peabody">James H. Peabody</a> authorized the use of lethal force to subdue the strikers, particularly near Cripple Creek.<sup id="cite_ref-1904Report_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1904Report-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 3">: 3 </span></sup> On 4 December 1903, the governor declared <a href="/wiki/Teller_County,_Colorado" title="Teller County, Colorado">Teller County</a> to be in a "state of insurrection and rebellion," but by 28 January 1904 had assessed that the situation to be "rapidly changing" and suspended military authority, but left the soldiers in the region for almost three more months.<sup id="cite_ref-1904Report_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1904Report-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 16–17">: 16–17 </span></sup> In March 1904, WFM offices were reported to be displaying <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States" title="Flag of the United States">U.S. flags</a> defaced with words "deemed of obnoxious character," which were seized and destroyed by troops.<sup id="cite_ref-1904Report_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1904Report-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 19">: 19 </span></sup> </p><p>In June 1913, the cornerstone for the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_National_Guard_Armory" title="Colorado National Guard Armory">Colorado National Guard Armory</a> was laid in <a href="/wiki/Golden,_Colorado" title="Golden, Colorado">Golden</a>. Designed by James A. Gow to resemble a castle, it was constructed by Company A of the National Guard Engineer Corps. Built from 3,330 wagonloads of stone and including a 65 foot tower originally intended for observation, it has been described by <a href="/wiki/Ripley%27s_Believe_It_or_Not" class="mw-redirect" title="Ripley's Believe It or Not">Ripley's Believe It or Not</a> as the largest <a href="/wiki/Cobblestone" title="Cobblestone">cobblestone</a> building in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colorado_Coalfield_War">Colorado Coalfield War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Colorado Coalfield War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Coalfield_War" title="Colorado Coalfield War">Colorado Coalfield War</a></div> <p>In September 1913, after months of sporadic strikes and years of mining accidents, the <a href="/wiki/United_Mine_Workers_of_America" title="United Mine Workers of America">United Mine Workers of America</a> <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">union</a> declared a general strike in Colorado's southern counties in opposition to <a href="/wiki/Coal_mining" title="Coal mining">coal mining</a> companies violating state laws surrounding safety, pay, and compensation. The strike targeted in particular the partially <a href="/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="John D. Rockefeller, Jr.">Rockefeller</a>-owned <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Fuel_and_Iron_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado Fuel and Iron Company">Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I)</a> in <a href="/wiki/Huerfano_County,_Colorado" title="Huerfano County, Colorado">Huerfano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Las_Animas_County,_Colorado" title="Las Animas County, Colorado">Las Animas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pueblo_County,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Pueblo County, Colorado">Pueblo</a> counties. After over 10,000 miners were evicted from <a href="/wiki/Company_town" title="Company town">company-owned towns</a> across Southern Colorado in the immediate aftermath of the strike's declaration, sporadic violence began between strikers and the company-backed strikebreakers, mine guards, and deputized local militia hired by Baldwin-Felts detectives.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Martelle2007_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Martelle2007-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 266">: 266 </span></sup> </p><p>Now Adjutant General, General John Chase was ordered by Governor <a href="/wiki/Elias_M._Ammons" title="Elias M. Ammons">Elias M. Ammons</a> to dispatch troops to <a href="/wiki/Walsenburg,_Colorado" title="Walsenburg, Colorado">Walsenburg</a> and other sites along the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_and_Southern" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado and Southern">Colorado and Southern</a> railway to disarm strikers and prevent further violence. Chase, a veteran of the 1903-1904 strikes, favored an aggressive strategy in dealing with the strikers.<sup id="cite_ref-McGovernGuttridge1972_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGovernGuttridge1972-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 141">: 141 </span></sup> A company from the National Guard and four artillery pieces arrived in the strike zone by train on 9 October 1913 to supplement a growing local militia.<sup id="cite_ref-McGovernGuttridge1972_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGovernGuttridge1972-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 117">: 117 </span></sup> </p><p>Following the shooting deaths of several strikers by deputized horsemen in <a href="/wiki/Walsenburg,_Colorado" title="Walsenburg, Colorado">Walsenburg</a> on 24 October, strikers, and militia engaged in a shootout in Berwind Canyon, Las Animas County. The militia was led by <a href="/wiki/Karl_Linderfelt" title="Karl Linderfelt">Karl Linderfelt</a>, a lieutenant in the National Guard. A National Guardsman from Denver was killed by the strikers.<sup id="cite_ref-McGovernGuttridge1972_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGovernGuttridge1972-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 127">: 127 </span></sup> Militia backed by a machine gun ultimately drove off the strikers.<sup id="cite_ref-Martelle2007_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Martelle2007-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 118">: 118 </span></sup> The National Guard was mobilized on 28 October and began field operations the next day, arresting strikers accused of arson and assault.<sup id="cite_ref-Occupation_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Occupation-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_National_Guard_Breaks_Up_Protesters_Demanding_Mother_Jones%27s_Release,_Trinidad,_1914.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Colorado_National_Guard_Breaks_Up_Protesters_Demanding_Mother_Jones%27s_Release%2C_Trinidad%2C_1914.png/210px-Colorado_National_Guard_Breaks_Up_Protesters_Demanding_Mother_Jones%27s_Release%2C_Trinidad%2C_1914.png" decoding="async" width="210" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Colorado_National_Guard_Breaks_Up_Protesters_Demanding_Mother_Jones%27s_Release%2C_Trinidad%2C_1914.png/315px-Colorado_National_Guard_Breaks_Up_Protesters_Demanding_Mother_Jones%27s_Release%2C_Trinidad%2C_1914.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Colorado_National_Guard_Breaks_Up_Protesters_Demanding_Mother_Jones%27s_Release%2C_Trinidad%2C_1914.png/420px-Colorado_National_Guard_Breaks_Up_Protesters_Demanding_Mother_Jones%27s_Release%2C_Trinidad%2C_1914.png 2x" data-file-width="2004" data-file-height="1400" /></a><figcaption>Colorado National Guard break up protesters in Trinidad demanding Mother Jones’s release, 1914.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 1 November, after an agreement between General Chase and <a href="/wiki/John_R._Lawson" title="John R. Lawson">John R. Lawson</a>, the National Guard marched between the mines and tent colonies to effect disarmament on both sides. The military report of the incident records a warm reception by the strikers, especially at <a href="/wiki/Ludlow,_Colorado" title="Ludlow, Colorado">Ludlow</a>, though the National Guard only received a reported 20-30 weapons, including a <a href="/wiki/Toy_gun" title="Toy gun">toy gun</a>, and were ultimately mocked by the strikers.<sup id="cite_ref-Occupation_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Occupation-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1914, Ammons and Chase authorized the arrest and detention of <a href="/wiki/Mother_Jones" title="Mother Jones">Mother Jones</a>, a labor activist, in <a href="/wiki/Trinidad,_Colorado" title="Trinidad, Colorado">Trinidad</a>. Multiple attempts by strikers and Trinidad residents to liberate her by both demonstration and riots failed. In late January, an unexploded bomb was located near the encampment of several National Guardsmen, likely in relation to these events.<sup id="cite_ref-Occupation_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Occupation-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sunseri_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sunseri-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After six months of having soldiers deployed to the southern part of the state and with tensions easing due to the pacifying influence of union leader <a href="/wiki/Louis_Tikas" title="Louis Tikas">Louis Tikas</a> and the National Guard–and despite a murder in Forbes in March 1914 that saw the Guard burn a striker tent colony down–the vast majority of the troops are withdrawn back towards garrisons in Denver in mid-April 1914 to reduce cost.<sup id="cite_ref-Occupation_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Occupation-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ludlow_Massacre">Ludlow Massacre</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ludlow Massacre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre" title="Ludlow Massacre">Ludlow Massacre</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Guardsmen_in_Ludlow,_20_April,_1914.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/National_Guardsmen_in_Ludlow%2C_20_April%2C_1914.png/210px-National_Guardsmen_in_Ludlow%2C_20_April%2C_1914.png" decoding="async" width="210" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/National_Guardsmen_in_Ludlow%2C_20_April%2C_1914.png/315px-National_Guardsmen_in_Ludlow%2C_20_April%2C_1914.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/National_Guardsmen_in_Ludlow%2C_20_April%2C_1914.png/420px-National_Guardsmen_in_Ludlow%2C_20_April%2C_1914.png 2x" data-file-width="2398" data-file-height="1342" /></a><figcaption>Colorado National Guard soldiers taking cover during the Ludlow Massacre.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 20 April 1914, 177 remaining Colorado National Guard troops and militia engaged in a shootout at the Ludlow tent colony, resulting in what is known as the Ludlow Massacre. Major <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hamrock" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Hamrock">Patrick Hamrock</a> and Linderfelt organized the battle against the strikers, which killed around twenty on the UMWA side, including at least eleven women and children who died in a fire started by the soldiers and a boy struck by a machine gun bullet. Louis Tikas was also killed, with Linderfelt later being found responsible for his murder but was not convicted or punished by a military trial. A single National Guard soldier was killed by gunfire from the strikers.<sup id="cite_ref-McGovernGuttridge1972_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGovernGuttridge1972-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 221">: 221 </span></sup> </p><p>During the following week, strikers sought revenge against the mining companies and National Guard, launching dozens of deadly attacks across the state in what became known as the 10-Day War. General Chase immediately moved hundreds of troops back south to pacify the strikers. Captain <a href="/wiki/Hildreth_Frost" title="Hildreth Frost">Hildreth Frost</a> led a small group of National Guard troops on 28 April in the northernmost battle at a mine in <a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Colorado" title="Louisville, Colorado">Louisville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Martelle2007_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Martelle2007-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 197">: 197 </span></sup> The same day, a National Guard medic was killed and several wounded in a firefight for the <a href="/wiki/Hogback_(geology)" title="Hogback (geology)">hogback</a> near Walsenburg.<sup id="cite_ref-Martelle2007_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Martelle2007-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 206">: 206 </span></sup> The fighting ceased on 29 April after <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a> ordered the federal-level Army to disarm the strikers and turn-back the National Guard. The strike concluded without much further violence in December 1914. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War_and_interwar_period">First World War and interwar period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First World War and interwar period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:120th_Areo_Observation_Squadron_with_mascot_%22Jeff,%22_circa_1924.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/120th_Areo_Observation_Squadron_with_mascot_%22Jeff%2C%22_circa_1924.png/210px-120th_Areo_Observation_Squadron_with_mascot_%22Jeff%2C%22_circa_1924.png" decoding="async" width="210" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/120th_Areo_Observation_Squadron_with_mascot_%22Jeff%2C%22_circa_1924.png/315px-120th_Areo_Observation_Squadron_with_mascot_%22Jeff%2C%22_circa_1924.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/120th_Areo_Observation_Squadron_with_mascot_%22Jeff%2C%22_circa_1924.png/420px-120th_Areo_Observation_Squadron_with_mascot_%22Jeff%2C%22_circa_1924.png 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1688" /></a><figcaption>Members of the 120th Areo Observation Squadron at Lowry Airfield with their <a href="/wiki/Military_mascots" class="mw-redirect" title="Military mascots">mascot</a>, Jeff (equipped with a parachute), circa 1924.</figcaption></figure> <p>In June 1916, prior to the United States' involvement in the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, the Colorado National Guard was deployed to the <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_border" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican–American border">Mexican–American border</a> to support General <a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">Pershing</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Pancho_Villa_Expedition" title="Pancho Villa Expedition">expedition</a> against the Mexican revolutionary <a href="/wiki/Pancho_Villa" title="Pancho Villa">Pancho Villa</a>. The deployed troops returned in February 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-CNG_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the National Guard was activated in 1917 to deploy to Europe to participate in the First World War, the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Defense_Force" title="Colorado State Defense Force">Colorado State Defense Force</a> was activated for the first time to take over the responsibilities of the departing Guard.<sup id="cite_ref-SDF_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Called to federal service on 5 August 1917, the 1st Infantry Battalion was redesignated as the 157th Infantry Regiment on 24 September as the 157th Infantry Regiment as part of the <a href="/wiki/40th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="40th Infantry Division (United States)">40th Infantry Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-157th_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157th-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 157th received campaign credit for Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Champagne 1918 during their deployment to <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For much of the decade following the First World War, the Colorado National Guard was plagued with low enlistment numbers and limited funding. Despite this, it was mustered against striking <a href="/wiki/Denver_Tramway" title="Denver Tramway">Denver Tramway Company</a> workers in August 1920, where the Guard’s limited numbers meant it was unable to effectively break up the strikers.<sup id="cite_ref-CampWest_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CampWest-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 28">: 28 </span></sup> In June 1921, the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_River" title="Arkansas River">Arkansas River</a> flooded, killing at least 120—with some estimates of up to 1,500 dying—and destroying hundreds of homes in and around Pueblo. The National Guard and local <a href="/wiki/American_Legion" title="American Legion">American Legion</a> chapters helped rescue and recover victims.<sup id="cite_ref-CampWest_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CampWest-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 38–29">: 38–29 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Colorado Army National Guard added the 120th Aero Observation Squadron 27 June 1923, the first unit of what would become the Colorado Air National Guard. The 120th was one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_observation_squadrons_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard" title="List of observation squadrons of the United States Army National Guard">29 original National Guard observation squadrons</a> and was part of the <a href="/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="45th Infantry Division (United States)">45th Division</a>. It began flying <a href="/wiki/Curtiss_JN-4_Jenny" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtiss JN-4 Jenny">Curtiss JN-4 Jenny</a> biplanes out of the new <a href="/wiki/Lowry_Air_Force_Base" title="Lowry Air Force Base">Lowry Airfield</a> in Denver in 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Adjutant General, Hamrock ordered the National Guard and the statewide police force, the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rangers" title="Colorado Rangers">Colorado Rangers</a>, to subdue striking miners in 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Guard was not present at the November 1927 <a href="/wiki/Columbine_Mine_massacre" title="Columbine Mine massacre">Columbine Mine massacre</a>, though the Colorado Rangers—which had been disbanded in April that year and were recalled up from the Guard to deal with the strike—were.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 April 1936, during the economic trials of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dust_Bowl" title="Dust Bowl">Dust Bowl</a>, Governor <a href="/wiki/Edwin_C._Johnson" title="Edwin C. Johnson">Edwin C. Johnson</a> declared <a href="/wiki/Martial_law" title="Martial law">martial law</a> and ordered the closure of Colorado’s southern state borders to migrants. The National Guard effected this order with troops posted on the border by 20 April. Following a threatened <a href="/wiki/Boycott" title="Boycott">boycott</a> of Colorado businesses by New Mexico and New Mexican Senators <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Ch%C3%A1vez" title="Dennis Chávez">Dennis Chávez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hatch" title="Carl Hatch">Carl Hatch</a> condemning the measures as <a href="/wiki/Constitutionality" title="Constitutionality">unconstitutional</a>, the governor lifted his orders after only ten days.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the 3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment was attached to the <a href="/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="45th Infantry Division (United States)">45th Infantry Division "Thunderbirds"</a> and largely composed of Coloradans, Native Americans, and <a href="/wiki/Mexican-Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican-Americans">Mexican-Americans</a>, but also included many troops from <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MilTimes_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MilTimes-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eleven_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eleven-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It deployed to the <a href="/wiki/European_Theatre_of_WWII" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theatre of WWII">European Theatre of WWII</a>, first seeing combat on 10 July 1943 while landing as part of <a href="/wiki/Allied_Invasion_of_Sicily" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied Invasion of Sicily">Invasion of Sicily</a>, losing 27 men to drowning. The unit landed at <a href="/wiki/Salerno" title="Salerno">Salerno</a> on 10 September during the second day of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Avalanche" title="Operation Avalanche">Operation Avalanche</a>. Landing again as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon">Operation Dragoon</a> on 15 August 1944, now in southern <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, the unit pushed eastward.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 29 April 1945, the 3rd Battalion was ordered to secure the <a href="/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp" title="Dachau concentration camp">Dachau concentration camp</a>. Upon reaching the camp and witnessing the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Holocaust" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust">Holocaust</a> crimes perpetrated there, enraged members of the unit <a href="/wiki/Dachau_liberation_reprisals" title="Dachau liberation reprisals">killed upwards of 35</a> <a href="/wiki/Schutzstaffel" title="Schutzstaffel">SS</a> camp guards and workers as reprisal.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MilTimes_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MilTimes-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other elements of the 157th Infantry participated in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Theatre_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Theatre of World War II">Pacific Theatre</a> against <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> forces. The 1st Battalion, 157th Regiment as organized in 2008 traces its lineage through these troops, who fought during the <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign" title="New Guinea campaign">New Guinea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Luzon" title="Battle of Luzon">Luzon campaigns</a>, with service during the latter entitling the unit to the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Republic_Presidential_Unit_Citation" title="Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation">Philippine Presidential Unit Citation</a> streamer.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1940-46, the Colorado ARNG contributed men to the <a href="/wiki/193rd_Tank_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="193rd Tank Battalion">193rd Tank Battalion</a> which fought at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Makin" title="Battle of Makin">Battle of Makin</a> (Atoll) in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_Areas" title="Pacific Ocean Areas">Pacific Ocean Areas</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Camp_George_West_Historic_District" title="Camp George West Historic District">Camp George West</a> near Golden, constructed as a training facility for Colorado National Guardsmen in 1903, was utilized as a <a href="/wiki/Shooting_range" title="Shooting range">rifle range</a> during the war. <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a> training was executed nearby at <a href="/wiki/Green_Mountain_(Lakewood,_Colorado)" title="Green Mountain (Lakewood, Colorado)">Green Mountain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eleven_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eleven-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War_and_late_20th_century">Cold War and late 20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cold War and late 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1950-1953 <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, no elements of the Colorado National Guard were deployed into the combat area, though other states' National Guards served in combat and support roles in the combat theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, 900 Colorado Air National Guardsmen were deployed. Most of these men arrived in 1968 and served a 15 month deployment through 27 March 1969. Of the Colorado Air National Guard deployed, 250 were stationed at <a href="/wiki/Phan_Rang_Air_Base" title="Phan Rang Air Base">Phan Rang Air Base</a>. Two of the airmen did not return following crashes in 1969: Maj. Clyde Seiler was killed when his <a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">F-100</a> was brought down by ground fire during a combat mission and intelligence officer Capt. Perry Jefferson (posthumously promoted to major) who went missing during an observation flight. Jefferson's remains were recovered in 2007. The Coloradan National Guard airmen contributed 9,000 combat hours and 18,000 dropped munitions to the conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Woodstock_West" title="Woodstock West">Woodstock West</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Student_protest" title="Student protest">student protest</a> on the campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Denver" title="University of Denver">University of Denver</a> in May 1970 in response to the <a href="/wiki/Kent_State_shootings" title="Kent State shootings">Kent State shootings</a>, drew thousands to a <a href="/wiki/Shanty_town" title="Shanty town">shanty town</a> constructed on the university's campus. University officials called upon the Colorado National Guard to clear a second encampment that had been established shortly after the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Police_Department" title="Denver Police Department">Denver Police Department</a> had successfully cleared the first tent city. Most residents evacuated the encampment prior to the arrival of the guardsmen on the morning of the 13 May. The National Guard blocked off the area, enabling dump trucks to remove material from the protest site. The guardsmen withdrew the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-Fisher_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fisher-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the 28 May 1998 killing of <a href="/wiki/Cortez,_Colorado" title="Cortez, Colorado">Cortez</a> police officer Dale Claxton and wounding of two fellow officers by a trio of shooters, the Colorado National Guard assisted in the over 500-man, 17-helicopter manhunt that sprawled across the canyons and <a href="/wiki/Uranium_mining_in_Colorado" title="Uranium mining in Colorado">uranium mines</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Four_Corners" title="Four Corners">Four Corners</a> region.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bodies of all three criminals would be discovered in the region, with Jason McVean the last found in southeastern <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a> nine years later in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twenty-first_century">Twenty-first century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Twenty-first century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington,_DC,_January_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington%2C_DC%2C_January_2021.jpg/220px-Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington%2C_DC%2C_January_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington%2C_DC%2C_January_2021.jpg/330px-Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington%2C_DC%2C_January_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington%2C_DC%2C_January_2021.jpg/440px-Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington%2C_DC%2C_January_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Governor <a href="/wiki/Jared_Polis" title="Jared Polis">Jared Polis</a> ordered at least 230 Colorado National Guard soldiers to deploy to Washington, D.C. to <a href="/wiki/Security_preparations_for_the_inauguration_of_Joe_Biden" title="Security preparations for the inauguration of Joe Biden">help protect</a> the <a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Joe_Biden" title="Inauguration of Joe Biden">2021 Presidential Inauguration</a> following the <a href="/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 storming of the United States Capitol">January 6 storming</a> of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Capitol" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Capitol">U.S. Capitol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>During World War II, the well-known <a href="/wiki/10th_Mountain_Division" title="10th Mountain Division">10th Mountain Division</a> had been stationed and trained at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Hale" title="Camp Hale">Camp Hale</a>, just outside <a href="/wiki/Leadville,_Colorado" title="Leadville, Colorado">Leadville</a>. Following the war's end, the unit was demobilized at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Carson" title="Fort Carson">Camp Carson</a> in 1945. It was reactivated at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Riley" title="Fort Riley">Fort Riley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>, in 1948, then moved to <a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg" title="Würzburg">Würzburg</a>, Germany, in 1954, and deactivated again at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Benning" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Benning">Fort Benning</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>. It was reactivated more permanently out of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Drum" title="Fort Drum">Fort Drum</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, in 1985. Partially in order to reestablish the 10th Mountain Division's relationship with Colorado, the 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment (Mountain) of the Colorado Army National Guard was put under the 10th Mountain Division in 2016, making 1-157 one of only three mountain infantry battalions in the Army.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the reintroduction of an infantry unit, the lineage of the historic Colorado infantry follows through the 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery.<sup id="cite_ref-Deployment_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deployment-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Colorado" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado">COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado</a>, the Colorado National Guard and <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Patrol" title="Colorado State Patrol">Colorado State Patrol</a> helped staff testing facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine" title="COVID-19 vaccine">COVID-19 vaccines</a> in December 2020, Brigadier General Scott Sherman was placed in charge of distribution of vaccines in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to security concerns, <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Patrol" title="Colorado State Patrol">Colorado State Patrol</a> were assigned to protect shipments.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Spartan_Shield" title="Operation Spartan Shield">Operation Spartan Shield</a>–a general U.S. military effort in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, including in <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>–roughly 70 members of A Company of the 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment became the first Colorado National Guard infantry deployment since World War II. Departing in late January 2021, the unit joined elements of the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_National_Guard" title="Vermont National Guard">Vermont National Guard</a>, aligned with the <a href="/wiki/86th_Infantry_Brigade_Combat_Team" title="86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team">86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Deployment_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deployment-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the deployment, "Attack Company" received training from the <a href="/wiki/4th_Security_Force_Assistance_Brigade" title="4th Security Force Assistance Brigade">4th Security Force Assistance Brigade</a> of Fort Carson.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The provisional 193rd Space Battalion was formed by the Colorado ARNG before being given a permanent identity as the <a href="/wiki/117th_Space_Battalion" title="117th Space Battalion">117th Space Battalion</a> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Units">Units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_National_Guard_(23688721303).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Colorado_National_Guard_%2823688721303%29.jpg/200px-Colorado_National_Guard_%2823688721303%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Colorado_National_Guard_%2823688721303%29.jpg/300px-Colorado_National_Guard_%2823688721303%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Colorado_National_Guard_%2823688721303%29.jpg/400px-Colorado_National_Guard_%2823688721303%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption> A Colorado Army National Guard crew chief conducts preflight checks on a <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk" title="Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk">UH-60 Black Hawk</a> helicopter during a blizzard response exercise.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Army_National_Guard">Army National Guard</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Army National Guard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Army_National_Guard#Units" title="Colorado Army National Guard">Colorado Army National Guard § Units</a></div> <p>The Colorado Army National Guard is currently composed of a variety of units, including the <a href="/wiki/169th_Field_Artillery_Brigade" title="169th Field Artillery Brigade">169th Field Artillery Brigade</a> (of which the <a href="/wiki/157th_Field_Artillery_Regiment" title="157th Field Artillery Regiment">157th Field Artillery Regiment "First Colorado"</a> is a component), the 1st Battalion of the 157th Infantry Regiment (attached to the <a href="/wiki/10th_Mountain_Division" title="10th Mountain Division">10th Mountain Division</a>), and the 117th Space Support Battalion. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Forest_Service" title="United States Forest Service">United States Forest Service</a> certifies Colorado Army National Guard helicopter pilots who fly <a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_UH-72_Lakota" title="Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota">UH-72 Lakotas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk" title="Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk">UH-60 Black Hawks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook" title="Boeing CH-47 Chinook">CH-47 Chinooks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_National_Guard">Air National Guard</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Air National Guard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Air_National_Guard#Components" title="Colorado Air National Guard">Colorado Air National Guard § Components</a></div> <p>The Colorado Air National Guard is primarily stationed at <a href="/wiki/Buckley_Space_Force_Base" title="Buckley Space Force Base">Buckley Space Force Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora</a> (where the <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16C/D</a>-equipped <a href="/wiki/140th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="140th Fighter Wing">140th Fighter Wing</a> is stationed).<sup id="cite_ref-COANG_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COANG-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The missile defense-oriented <a href="/wiki/137th_Space_Warning_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="137th Space Warning Squadron">137th Space Warning Squadron</a> is stationed in <a href="/wiki/Greeley,_Colorado" title="Greeley, Colorado">Greeley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-COANG_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COANG-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_Defense_Force">State Defense Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: State Defense Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A separate unit, the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Defense_Force" title="Colorado State Defense Force">Colorado State Defense Force</a> is a <a href="/wiki/State_defense_force" title="State defense force">state defense force</a> that has been mobilized twice–during the First and Second World War–which functions in lieu of the Colorado National Guard when the Guard is deployed with the Army and Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-SDF_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state's defense force is presently inactive, though may be reactivated by the state government at any time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Installations">Installations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Installations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado_National_Guard&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the Colorado National Guard had over 30 facilities spread across the state. 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href="/wiki/Maine_Department_of_Defense,_Veterans,_and_Emergency_Management#Maine_National_Guard" title="Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management">Maine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maine_Army_National_Guard" title="Maine Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Maine_Air_National_Guard" title="Maine Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Military_Department" title="Maryland Military Department">Maryland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maryland_Army_National_Guard" title="Maryland Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Maryland_Air_National_Guard" title="Maryland Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_National_Guard" title="Massachusetts National Guard">Massachusetts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_National_Guard" title="Massachusetts National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Air_National_Guard" title="Massachusetts Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_National_Guard" title="Michigan National Guard">Michigan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michigan_Army_National_Guard" title="Michigan Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Michigan_Air_National_Guard" title="Michigan Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_National_Guard" title="Minnesota National Guard">Minnesota</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Army_National_Guard" title="Minnesota Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Air_National_Guard" title="Minnesota Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_National_Guard" title="Mississippi National Guard">Mississippi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Army_National_Guard" title="Mississippi Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Air_National_Guard" title="Mississippi Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_National_Guard" title="Missouri National Guard">Missouri</a> (<a href="/wiki/Missouri_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Missouri Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Missouri_Air_National_Guard" title="Missouri Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Montana_National_Guard" title="Montana National Guard">Montana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Montana_Army_National_Guard" title="Montana Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Montana_Air_National_Guard" title="Montana Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_National_Guard" title="Nebraska National Guard">Nebraska</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Army_National_Guard" title="Nebraska Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Air_National_Guard" title="Nebraska Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nevada_National_Guard" title="Nevada National Guard">Nevada</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nevada_National_Guard" title="Nevada National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Nevada_Air_National_Guard" title="Nevada Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_National_Guard" title="New Hampshire National Guard">New Hampshire</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Army_National_Guard" title="New Hampshire Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Air_National_Guard" title="New Hampshire Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey National Guard">New Jersey</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Army_National_Guard" title="New Jersey Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Air_National_Guard" title="New Jersey Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_National_Guard" title="New Mexico National Guard">New Mexico</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Army_National_Guard" title="New Mexico Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Air_National_Guard" title="New Mexico Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Division_of_Military_and_Naval_Affairs" title="New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs">New York</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Army_National_Guard" title="New York Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_York_Air_National_Guard" title="New York Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_National_Guard" title="North Carolina National Guard">North Carolina</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Army_National_Guard" title="North Carolina Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Air_National_Guard" title="North Carolina Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_National_Guard" title="North Dakota National Guard">North Dakota</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Army_National_Guard" title="North Dakota Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Air_National_Guard" title="North Dakota Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_National_Guard" title="Ohio National Guard">Ohio</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ohio_Army_National_Guard" title="Ohio Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Ohio_Air_National_Guard" title="Ohio Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_National_Guard" title="Oklahoma National Guard">Oklahoma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Army_National_Guard" title="Oklahoma Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Air_National_Guard" title="Oklahoma Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Military_Department" title="Oregon Military Department">Oregon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oregon_Army_National_Guard" title="Oregon Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Oregon_Air_National_Guard" title="Oregon Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_National_Guard" title="Pennsylvania National Guard">Pennsylvania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Army_National_Guard" title="Pennsylvania Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Air_National_Guard" title="Pennsylvania Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_National_Guard" title="Rhode Island National Guard">Rhode Island</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Army_National_Guard" title="Rhode Island Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Air_National_Guard" title="Rhode Island Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_National_Guard" title="South Carolina National Guard">South Carolina</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Army_National_Guard" title="South Carolina Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Air_National_Guard" title="South Carolina Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_National_Guard" title="South Dakota National Guard">South Dakota</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="South Dakota Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Air_National_Guard" title="South Dakota Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Military_Department" title="Tennessee Military Department">Tennessee</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Army_National_Guard" title="Tennessee Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Air_National_Guard" title="Tennessee Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Military_Forces" title="Texas Military Forces">Texas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Texas_Army_National_Guard" title="Texas Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Texas_Air_National_Guard" title="Texas Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Utah_National_Guard" title="Utah National Guard">Utah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Utah_Army_National_Guard" title="Utah Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Utah_Air_National_Guard" title="Utah Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vermont_National_Guard" title="Vermont National Guard">Vermont</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vermont_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Vermont Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Vermont_Air_National_Guard" title="Vermont Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_National_Guard" title="Virginia National Guard">Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Virginia_Army_National_Guard" title="Virginia Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Virginia_Air_National_Guard" title="Virginia Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Washington_National_Guard" title="Washington National Guard">Washington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_Army_National_Guard" title="Washington Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Washington_Air_National_Guard" title="Washington Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_National_Guard" title="West Virginia National Guard">West Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="West Virginia Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Air_National_Guard" title="West Virginia Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_National_Guard" title="Wisconsin National Guard">Wisconsin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Army_National_Guard" title="Wisconsin Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Air_National_Guard" title="Wisconsin Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Military_Department" title="Wyoming Military Department">Wyoming</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Army_National_Guard" title="Wyoming Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Air_National_Guard" title="Wyoming Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the Army National Guard"><img alt="Seal of the Army National Guard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg/69px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="69" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg/104px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg/138px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="802" data-file-height="802" /></a><figcaption>Seal of the Army National Guard</figcaption></figure><br /><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the Air National Guard"><img alt="Seal of the Air National Guard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg/69px-US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="69" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg/104px-US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg/138px-US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="505" /></a><figcaption>Seal of the Air National Guard</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Federal district<br />and territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_National_Guard" title="District of Columbia National Guard">District of Columbia</a> (<a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Army_National_Guard" title="District of Columbia Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Air_National_Guard" title="District of Columbia Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Guam_National_Guard" title="Guam National Guard">Guam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Guam_Army_National_Guard" title="Guam Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Guam_Air_National_Guard" title="Guam Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_National_Guard" title="Puerto Rico National Guard">Puerto Rico</a> (<a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Army_National_Guard" title="Puerto Rico Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Air_National_Guard" title="Puerto Rico Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_National_Guard" title="Virgin Islands National Guard">U.S. Virgin Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Islands Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_Air_National_Guard" title="Virgin Islands Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_National_Guard" title="Northern Mariana Islands National Guard">Northern Mariana Islands</a> (proposed)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">American Samoa (none)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_National_Guard" title="Philippine National Guard">Philippines</a> (inactivated)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="United_States_Army" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:US_Army_navbox" title="Template:US Army navbox"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:US_Army_navbox" title="Template talk:US Army navbox"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US_Army_navbox" title="Special:EditPage/Template:US Army navbox"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="United_States_Army" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Under Secretary of the Army">Under Secretary of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Vice Chief of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Army four-star generals">4-star generals</a></li> <li>3-star generals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Army_before_1960" title="List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960">1798–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_from_1990_to_1999" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 1990 to 1999">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_from_2010_to_2019" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_since_2020" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals since 2020">2020–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Staff_Senior_Warrant_Officer" title="Army Staff Senior Warrant Officer">Army Staff Senior Warrant Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Army" title="Sergeant Major of the Army">Sergeant Major of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Armed Services Committee</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Tactical_Air_and_Land_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces">House Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Committee on Armed Services</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Airland" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland">Senate Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces</a>)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/80px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/120px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/160px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Components<br />and<br />commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regular_Army_(United_States)" title="Regular Army (United States)">Regular Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">Army Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army#Regular_combat_maneuver_organizations" title="United States Army">Active Units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reorganization_plan_of_United_States_Army" title="Reorganization plan of United States Army">Reorganization plan of United States Army</a><br /></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Forces_Command" title="United States Army Forces Command">Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Futures_Command" title="United States Army Futures Command">Futures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Materiel_Command" title="United States Army Materiel Command">Materiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Training_and_Doctrine_Command" title="United States Army Training and Doctrine Command">Training and Doctrine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service <br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Central" title="United States Army Central">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Army Europe and Africa">Europe</a>–<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Africa">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Pacific" title="United States Army Pacific">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_South" title="United States Army South">South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Army Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Surface_Deployment_and_Distribution_Command" title="Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command">Surface Deployment and Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Space_and_Missile_Defense_Command" title="United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command">Space and Missile Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Cyber_Command" title="United States Army Cyber Command">Cyber Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct reporting<br />units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_United_States_Army" title="Second United States Army">Second Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Command" title="United States Army Medical Command">Medical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Intelligence_and_Security_Command" title="United States Army Intelligence and Security Command">Intelligence and Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Criminal_Investigation_Division" title="United States Army Criminal Investigation Division">Criminal Investigation Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Military_District_of_Washington" title="United States Army Military District of Washington">Military District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Test_and_Evaluation_Command" title="United States Army Test and Evaluation Command">Test and Evaluation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve_Command" title="United States Army Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Acquisition_Support_Center" title="U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center">Acquisition Support Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Installation_Management_Command" title="United States Army Installation Management Command">Installation Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_War_College" title="United States Army War College">War College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_field_armies_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of field armies of the United States Army">Field armies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Army_(United_States)" title="First Army (United States)">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Central" title="United States Army Central">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Army_(United_States)" title="Sixth Army (United States)">Sixth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Army Europe and Africa">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_States)" title="Eighth Army (United States)">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Army_(United_States)" title="Ninth Army (United States)">Ninth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Branches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Acquisition_Corps" title="United States Army Acquisition Corps">Acquisition Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Adjutant_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Army Adjutant General's Corps">Adjutant General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Artillery_Branch" title="Air Defense Artillery Branch">Air Defense Artillery Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armor_Branch" title="Armor Branch">Armor Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Aviation_Branch" title="United States Army Aviation Branch">Aviation Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_bands" title="United States military bands">Army Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_Corps_(United_States_Army)" title="Chaplain Corps (United States Army)">Chaplain Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_Corps" title="Chemical Corps">Chemical Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Civil_Affairs_and_Psychological_Operations_Command" title="United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command">Civil Affairs Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber_Branch_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyber Branch (United States Army)">Cyber Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Dental_Command" title="United States Army Dental Command">Dental Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_Artillery_Branch_(United_States)" title="Field Artillery Branch (United States)">Field Artillery Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finance_Corps" title="Finance Corps">Finance Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry_Branch_(United_States)" title="Infantry Branch (United States)">Infantry Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Inspector_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army">Inspector General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Logistics_Branch" title="United States Army Logistics Branch">Logistics Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Corps" title="United States Army Medical Corps">Medical Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">Medical Service Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">Medical Specialist Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Intelligence_Corps_(United_States_Army)" title="Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)">Military Intelligence Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Police_Corps_(United_States)" title="Military Police Corps (United States)">Military Police Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Nurse_Corps" title="United States Army Nurse Corps">Nurse Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Ordnance_Corps" title="United States Army Ordnance Corps">Ordnance Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_operations_(United_States)" title="Psychological operations (United States)">Psychological operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Quartermaster_Corps" title="United States Army Quartermaster Corps">Quartermaster Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_Corps_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Signal Corps (United States Army)">Signal Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces" title="United States Army Special Forces">Special Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_Corps" title="Transportation Corps">Transportation Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Veterinary_Corps" title="United States Army Veterinary Corps">Veterinary Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Installations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_United_States_Army_installations" title="List of former United States Army installations">United States and overseas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_Germany" title="List of United States Army installations in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Installations_of_the_United_States_Army_in_Japan" title="Category:Installations of the United States Army in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_Kuwait" title="List of United States Army installations in Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_South_Korea" title="List of United States Army installations in South Korea">South Korea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">Basic Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basic_Officer_Leaders_Course" title="Basic Officer Leaders Course">BOLC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> (<a href="/wiki/Early_Commissioning_Program" title="Early Commissioning Program">ECP</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Army)">OCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Basic_Course" title="Warrant Officer Basic Course">WOBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">WOCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">Military Academy (West Point)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_careers" title="List of United States Army careers">MOS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms and<br />insignia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">Awards and decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">Badges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_branch_insignia" title="United States Army branch insignia">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">Enlisted</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_I" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_II" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II">World War II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">Uniforms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of land vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces">Vehicles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_premier_ensembles" title="List of United States military premier ensembles">Premier<br />ensembles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Field_Band" title="United States Army Field Band">Army Field Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Band" title="United States Army Band">Army Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Guard_Fife_and_Drum_Corps" title="Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps">Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Point_Band" title="West Point Band">West Point Band</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History and<br /> traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_army" title="Union army">Union army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army#World_War_I" title="History of the United States Army">National Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_United_States" title="Army of the United States">Army of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Institute_of_Heraldry" title="United States Army Institute of Heraldry">Institute of Heraldry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Army" title="America's Army">America's Army</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Flag of the United States Army">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Army" title="National Museum of the United States Army">National Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy#West_Point_Museum" title="United States Military Academy">West Point Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Rangers" title="United States Army Rangers">Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Regimental_System" title="U.S. Army Regimental System">U.S. Army Regimental System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">Soldier's Creed</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Army_Goes_Rolling_Along" title="The Army Goes Rolling Along">The Army Goes Rolling Along</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_nicknames_of_United_States_Army_divisions" title="List of nicknames of United States Army divisions">Division nicknames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" title="Conscription in the United States">Draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">Service numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Army_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra">Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Soldier" title="Buffalo Soldier">Buffalo Soldiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Service_Forces" title="Army Service Forces">Army Service Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Army_Corps" title="Women's Army Corps">Women's Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rough_Riders" title="Rough Riders">Rough Riders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cavalry" title="United States Cavalry">U.S. Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Colored_Troops" title="United States Colored Troops">United States Colored Troops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Hospital_Corps" title="United States Army Hospital Corps">United States Army Hospital Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Sanitary_Commission" title="United States Sanitary Commission">U.S. Sanitary Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" 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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_Air_Force" title="Template:United States Air Force"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_Air_Force" title="Template talk:United States Air Force"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_Air_Force" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States Air Force"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="United_States_Air_Force" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Under Secretary of the Air Force">Under Secretary of the Air Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Air Staff</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Vice Chief of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Director of Staff of the United States Air Force">Director of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force" title="Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force">Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">Four-star generals</a></li> <li>Three-star generals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Air_Force_before_1960" title="List of lieutenant generals in the United States Air Force before 1960">1940–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_from_2010_to_2019" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_since_2020" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals since 2020">2020–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Armed Services Committee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Tactical_Air_and_Land_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces">House Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Strategic_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces">House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Committee on Armed Services</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Airland" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland">Senate Subcommittee on Airland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Strategic_Forces" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces">Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Field_Operating_Agencies" title="List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies">Field Operating Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations" title="List of United States Air Force installations">Installations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct Reporting Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_District_of_Washington" title="Air Force District of Washington">District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center" title="Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center">Operational Test and Evaluation Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">USAF Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of major commands of the United States Air Force">Major commands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">ACC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">AETC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">AFGSC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">AFMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AFRC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">AFSOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">AMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">PACAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_%E2%80%93_Air_Forces_Africa" title="United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa">USAFE–AFAFRICA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Air_Force" title="Seventh Air Force">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Expeditionary_Air_Force" title="Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force">Thirteenth Expeditionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Air_Force" title="Sixteenth Air Force">Sixteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Air_Force" title="Nineteenth Air Force">Nineteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-Second_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Second Air Force">Twenty-Second</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the United States Air Force">Wings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Groups" title="List of United States Air Force Groups">Groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force squadrons">Squadrons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_National_Guard_Squadrons" title="List of United States Air National Guard Squadrons">ANG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force Security Forces squadrons">Security Forces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces#Civilian_auxiliaries_distinguished" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Civilian auxiliary</a>: <a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel and<br /> training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_personnel" title="List of United States Air Force personnel">Personnel</a></li> <li>Rank <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Cadet_Insignia" title="United States Air Force Academy Cadet Insignia">cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">enlisted</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_aeronautical_rating" title="U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating">Aeronautical ratings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_Engineer_Deployable_Heavy_Operational_Repair_Squadron_Engineers" title="Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers">RED HORSE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces" title="United States Air Force Security Forces">Security Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service" title="United States Air Force Medical Service">Medical Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Scientist_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force">Chief Scientist</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Training: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">Air Force Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">Officer Training School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">Reserve Officer Training Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">Basic Training</a></li> <li><a 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Force">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Symbol" title="United States Air Force Symbol">Symbol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Memorial" title="United States Air Force Memorial">Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="National Museum of the United States Air Force">National Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots" title="Women Airforce Service Pilots">Women Airforce Service Pilots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_One" title="Air Force One">Air Force One</a> / <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Two" title="Air Force Two">Air Force Two</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Honor_Guard" title="United States Air Force Honor Guard">Honor Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds" title="United States Air Force Thunderbirds">Thunderbirds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Service number (United 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Colorado">Aspen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk,_Colorado" title="Black Hawk, Colorado">Black Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado" title="Boulder, Colorado">Boulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton,_Colorado" title="Brighton, Colorado">Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Broomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brush,_Colorado" title="Brush, Colorado">Brush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Colorado" title="Burlington, Colorado">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ca%C3%B1on_City,_Colorado" title="Cañon City, Colorado">Cañon City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Pines,_Colorado" title="Castle Pines, Colorado">Castle Pines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centennial,_Colorado" title="Centennial, Colorado">Centennial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_City,_Colorado" title="Central City, Colorado">Central City</a></li> <li><a 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title="Englewood, Colorado">Englewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evans,_Colorado" title="Evans, Colorado">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Heights,_Colorado" title="Federal Heights, Colorado">Federal Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Colorado" title="Florence, Colorado">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Collins,_Colorado" title="Fort Collins, Colorado">Fort Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lupton,_Colorado" title="Fort Lupton, Colorado">Fort Lupton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Morgan,_Colorado" title="Fort Morgan, Colorado">Fort Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain,_Colorado" title="Fountain, Colorado">Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruita,_Colorado" title="Fruita, Colorado">Fruita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendale,_Colorado" title="Glendale, Colorado">Glendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenwood_Springs,_Colorado" title="Glenwood Springs, Colorado">Glenwood Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden,_Colorado" title="Golden, 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Animas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leadville,_Colorado" title="Leadville, Colorado">Leadville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleton,_Colorado" title="Littleton, Colorado">Littleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Tree,_Colorado" title="Lone Tree, Colorado">Lone Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longmont,_Colorado" title="Longmont, Colorado">Longmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Colorado" title="Louisville, Colorado">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loveland,_Colorado" title="Loveland, Colorado">Loveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manitou_Springs,_Colorado" title="Manitou Springs, Colorado">Manitou Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Vista,_Colorado" title="Monte Vista, Colorado">Monte Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose,_Colorado" title="Montrose, Colorado">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northglenn,_Colorado" title="Northglenn, Colorado">Northglenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouray,_Colorado" title="Ouray, Colorado">Ouray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pueblo,_Colorado" title="Pueblo, Colorado">Pueblo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifle,_Colorado" title="Rifle, Colorado">Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Ford,_Colorado" title="Rocky Ford, Colorado">Rocky Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salida,_Colorado" title="Salida, Colorado">Salida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_Colorado" title="Sheridan, Colorado">Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steamboat_Springs,_Colorado" title="Steamboat Springs, Colorado">Steamboat Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling,_Colorado" title="Sterling, Colorado">Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton,_Colorado" title="Thornton, Colorado">Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad,_Colorado" title="Trinidad, Colorado">Trinidad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor,_Colorado" title="Victor, Colorado">Victor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsenburg,_Colorado" title="Walsenburg, Colorado">Walsenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster,_Colorado" title="Westminster, Colorado">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheat_Ridge,_Colorado" title="Wheat Ridge, Colorado">Wheat Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodland_Park,_Colorado" title="Woodland Park, Colorado">Woodland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wray,_Colorado" title="Wray, Colorado">Wray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuma,_Colorado" title="Yuma, Colorado">Yuma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Colorado" title="List of counties in Colorado">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alamosa_County,_Colorado" title="Alamosa County, Colorado">Alamosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado">Arapahoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archuleta_County,_Colorado" title="Archuleta County, Colorado">Archuleta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baca_County,_Colorado" title="Baca County, Colorado">Baca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bent_County,_Colorado" title="Bent County, Colorado">Bent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulder_County,_Colorado" title="Boulder County, Colorado">Boulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Broomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaffee_County,_Colorado" title="Chaffee County, Colorado">Chaffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_County,_Colorado" title="Cheyenne County, Colorado">Cheyenne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Creek_County,_Colorado" title="Clear Creek County, Colorado">Clear Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conejos_County,_Colorado" title="Conejos County, Colorado">Conejos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costilla_County,_Colorado" title="Costilla County, Colorado">Costilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowley_County,_Colorado" title="Crowley County, Colorado">Crowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_County,_Colorado" title="Custer County, Colorado">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_County,_Colorado" title="Delta County, Colorado">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolores_County,_Colorado" title="Dolores County, Colorado">Dolores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Colorado" title="Douglas County, Colorado">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_County,_Colorado" title="Eagle County, Colorado">Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Colorado" title="El Paso County, Colorado">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_County,_Colorado" title="Elbert County, Colorado">Elbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fremont_County,_Colorado" title="Fremont County, Colorado">Fremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garfield_County,_Colorado" title="Garfield County, Colorado">Garfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilpin_County,_Colorado" title="Gilpin County, Colorado">Gilpin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_County,_Colorado" title="Grand County, Colorado">Grand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnison_County,_Colorado" title="Gunnison County, Colorado">Gunnison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinsdale_County,_Colorado" title="Hinsdale County, Colorado">Hinsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huerfano_County,_Colorado" title="Huerfano County, Colorado">Huerfano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Colorado" title="Jackson County, Colorado">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiowa_County,_Colorado" title="Kiowa County, Colorado">Kiowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_Carson_County,_Colorado" title="Kit Carson County, Colorado">Kit Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Plata_County,_Colorado" title="La Plata County, Colorado">La Plata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Colorado" title="Lake County, Colorado">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larimer_County,_Colorado" title="Larimer County, Colorado">Larimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Animas_County,_Colorado" title="Las Animas County, Colorado">Las Animas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Colorado" title="Lincoln County, Colorado">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Colorado" title="Logan County, Colorado">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesa_County,_Colorado" title="Mesa County, Colorado">Mesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineral_County,_Colorado" title="Mineral County, Colorado">Mineral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moffat_County,_Colorado" title="Moffat County, Colorado">Moffat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montezuma_County,_Colorado" title="Montezuma County, Colorado">Montezuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose_County,_Colorado" title="Montrose County, Colorado">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Colorado" title="Morgan County, Colorado">Morgan</a></li> <li><a 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title="Saguache County, Colorado">Saguache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Juan_County,_Colorado" title="San Juan County, Colorado">San Juan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Miguel_County,_Colorado" title="San Miguel County, Colorado">San Miguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sedgwick_County,_Colorado" title="Sedgwick County, Colorado">Sedgwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summit_County,_Colorado" title="Summit County, Colorado">Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teller_County,_Colorado" title="Teller County, Colorado">Teller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Colorado" title="Washington County, Colorado">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weld_County,_Colorado" title="Weld County, Colorado">Weld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuma_County,_Colorado" title="Yuma County, Colorado">Yuma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Colorado" title="List of regions of the United 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