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Updated October 21, 2013

Agenda

History

Mission

Organization

Facilities

Recent State/Federal Service

Guard-Unique Activities

Our Community & Strength

Educational & Incentive Programs

Employer Support of the Guard & Reserves

Future Challenges

What is the National Guard?

• Constitutional Militia

in 54 states and

territories

• Federal Reserve

Components

To provide for calling forth the militia

to execute the laws of the union,

suppress insurrections and repel

invasions;

• To provide for organizing, arming,

and disciplining, the militia, and for

governing such part of them as may

be employed in the service of the

United States, reserving to the states

respectively, the appointment of the

officers, and the authority of training

the militia according to the discipline

prescribed by Congress

-- U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8

Constitutionally Unique

The Congress Shall Have Power:

*George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

James Monroe

Andrew Jackson

William H. Harrison

John Tyler

James K. Polk

Franklin Pierce

James Buchanan

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses S. Grant

Rutherford B. Hayes

James Abram Garfield

Chester A. Arthur

Benjamin Harrison

William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt

Harry S. Truman

George W. Bush

Militia Presidents

*Only President to lead troops on battlefield as Commander In Chief (CINC)

20 Presidents have served in their state Militias

• Oldest unit founded in 1636, Massachusetts Bay Colony

• The Articles of Confederation call for a well-regulated militia for each state

History of the National Guard

History of the Mississippi National Guard

• Under Territorial Governor Winthrop Sargent

• 8 September 1798 all males between 16-50 belong to new militia

• Drill 1st Saturday with 4 days in field

• LTC in command

Mississippi Militia Formed


• William Claiborne

• Asked President Madison

to use militia to take New

Orleans by letter dated 3

January 1803

• Militia accompanied

Claiborne to New Orleans

for Louisiana Purchase

First Call to Duty


• January 20, 1806

• 1st Regiment called to

Washington, MS (near

Natchez, the state

capitol)

• To Counteract Aaron

Burr’s actions

• Matter settled without

hostilities

First Call to Action


• June 14, 1775: United States Army

• September 8, 1798: First Muster of the Adams County

Militia, the forerunner to the Mississippi Army National

Guard

• December 10, 1817: Mississippi becomes the 20th

state to join the Union

• September 27, 1939: Mississippi Air National Guard

activated with the 153rd Observation Squadron (Key

Field)

• July 26, 1947: Department of the Air Force established

• July 1953: 172nd Airlift Group formed at Hawkins Field.

Significant Dates

• With Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans

• “Stand Fast Mississippians” at Buena Vista

• “Grandest Charge Ever Seen” at Gettysburg

• With the Dixie Division in the South Pacific

• First ANG unit to use night photo reconnaissance

• GEN Schwarzkopf’s Personal Security Detachment in Desert Storm

• First Air Force plane to land in Saudi Arabia for Desert Storm

• First ANG unit to receive C-17 Globemaster Aircraft

• First reserve component unit to field OH-58D(i) Kiowa Warrior Helo

• Noble Eagle; Grand Gulf, Airports and GITMO.

• First ANG unit to have an aero medical evacuation mission - OIF

• First National Guard to field the UH-72 Lakota Light Utility Helicopter

• SFOR (Bosnia) / KFOR (Kosovo) / Operations Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom (units crossing the berm) & New Dawn (last out)

• Operations Enduring Freedom (Ongoing)

• State Missions—Floods, Ice Storms, Hurricanes, and Civil Unrest

214Years Strong!

Mission of the Mississippi National Guard

The Mississippi National Guard provides trained and ready forces to accomplish mission requirements for State, Homeland Defense, and National Security and to contribute to the

Communities in which we live, work and serve.

Vision of the Mississippi National Guard

The future of the Mississippi National Guard is an

integrated, adaptable, and highly trained force

dedicated to meeting current and future missions in

support of Community, State and Nation.

Federalized

Combatant Commander

Command & Control

President

State/Territory

Unit Commander

Adjutant General

Governor

Unit Commander

State Active Duty Title 32 Title 10

Guardsman Duty Status Comparison

Command & Control

Governor Governor President

Where IAW State Law CONUS Worldwide

Pay State Federal Federal

Mission types

IAW State Law (Riot Control, Emergency Response, etc.)

Training, and other Federally Authorized***

Overseas Trng, and as assigned after Mobilization

Discipline State Military Code

State Military Code

UCMJ

Support Law Enforcement

Yes Yes No: Except with

specific authority

***Large Scale Disaster Response: Katrina, Multi-State Tornados,

Earthquake

A Community-Based Force

SEC Defense

President

Governors

Adjutants

General

Director,

ANG Director,

ARNG

Chief of Staff

SEC Air Force

Chief of Staff

Chief, NGB

SEC Army

The Adjutants General

SEC Defense

President

Governors

Adjutants

General

Director,

ANG Director,

ARNG

Chief of Staff

SEC Air Force

Chief of Staff

Chief, NGB

SEC Army

The Adjutants General

Fifty-Four Adjutants General

Appointed by Governor, Except

-District of Columbia (President)

-Vermont (Appointed by Legislature)

-South Carolina (Elected by Popular Vote)

MSNG Organization

The Adjutant General

Assistant Adjutant General

Army

Assistant Adjutant General

Air

The Adjutant General

Chief, Joint Staff

SPECIAL

& PERS

STAFF

J1

PERS

J2

INTEL

J4

LOG

J3/J5/J7

PLANS

OPNS

J8 Resources

Structure

J6

C4 SYS

CHAP SJA

SAFETY IG

SURG PA

HRO AVN

ENVIR FMO

History

R&R

MSNG Organization

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155 BCT

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184th

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66 TRP CMD

MS

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JFH

ARNG Major Commands

Overhead Camp Shelby

Camp McCain

102nd MPAD

41st Army Band

47th CST

R&R BN

154 Infantry (RTI)

MSARNG MED DET

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1-155 Infantry

McCOMB

2-114 Field Artillery

STARKVILLE

2-198 Armor

SENATOBIA

1-98 Cavalry

AMORY

106th Support

MONTICELLO

HQ, 155 BCT

TUPELO

155 Special Troops

MERIDIAN

155th Armored Brigade Combat Team

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298th Support

PHILADELPHIA

31st Support

JACKSON

184th Sustainment Command

LAUREL

114th Support

Greenville

184th Sustainment Command

168th EN BDE

VICKSBURG

890th ENG BN

GULFPORT

223rd EN BN

WEST POINT

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185 AVN BDE

JACKSON

66 TC &

Overhead

JACKSON

2-20th SFG

JACKSON

1-185 AVN

TUPELO

1-204 ADA

NEWTON

210 FI CO

JACKSON

SOD S

JACKSON

66th Troop Command

112th Military Police

CANTON

1108 AV GP

Gulfport

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172d AW, Jackson

186th ARW, Meridian

CRTC, Gulfport

Mississippi Air National Guard Bases

MSANG HQ,

Jackson

UTES & CSMS#2

CP McCAIN

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1108 TASMG

GULFPORT

CP McCAIN

ELLIOTT

AASF

TUPELO

AASF

HAWKINS

FLD

JACKSON

THOMPSON FLD (ANG)

FLOWOOD

CP SHELBY

JOINT FORCE TRAINING

CENTER

MATES & CSMS#1

CAMP SHELBY

AASF

KEY FIELD (ANG)

MERIDIAN

CRTC (ANG)

GULFPORT

154TH RTI

CAMP SHELBY

RCTA

MERIDIAN

MSNG Training Locations

•89 Army National Guard Readiness Centers located in 69 of the 82 Counties of

the State

•2 ARNG Training Sites (Cp Shelby Joint Force Training Center, Cp McCain)

•3 ANG Training Bases (Jackson, Meridian, & Gulfport)

•1 Theater Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG), Gulfport

(1 of only 4 in the entire Army inventory)

•Regional Counter-Drug Training (RCTA), Meridian

•Regional Sustainment Readiness Sites (RSMS), Camps Shelby

•3 Army Aviation Support Facilities (Jackson, Meridian, Tupelo)

•13 Field Maintenance Shops (FMS), Located throughout the state

•Combined Support Maintenance Shop (CSMS), Camps Shelby

•Unit Training Equipment Stop (UTES), Camp McCain

•Maneuver and Training Equipment Storage Site (MATES), Camp Shelby

•Regional Training Institute Schools (RTI), Camp Shelby

•Youth Challenge Program, Camp Shelby

•Mississippi Armed Forces Museum, Camp Shelby

MSNG Infrastructure

• The Mississippi Emergency Service Medal has been awarded for more

than 50 different operations

• 15 hurricanes

• 7 floods

• 7 tornados

• Civil disturbances from a textile strike in 1934 to integration of UM

• 1927- MSNG patrolled 70 miles along the MS River Delta: rescuing,

evacuating and providing encampments for more than 30,000 refugees

• 1962 - Major chlorine spill at Natchez

• 2005 - Hurricane Katrina

• 2010 - “Yazoo” tornado

• 2010 - Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (Deep Water Horizion)

• 2011 – Monroe County tornado

Past State Missions

• First time MSNG has been 100% mobilization

with both state and federal missions

• 18,000 vaccinations to gulf coast residents

• Over 600 search and rescue missions

• Over 3000 presence patrols

• 3900 miles of roads cleared.

• 39 million pounds ice, 5.4 million gallons water,

2.7 million MREs distributed at PODs in 37

counties

• 1,984 aviation sorties, delivering 2,574,425 lbs.

cargo, carrying 600 passengers

• 1.2 million MREs and 1 million gallons water

delivered via air

• 158,998 gallons of fuel pumped

• 657 Direct Support maintenance jobs

• 3388 repair parts ordered

• 2,300 EMEDS patients treated

Past State Missions

Katrina

Yazoo Tornado

• About 90 Soldiers & Airmen on State

Active Duty in locations throughout

central Mississippi

• Assisted local authorities w/Presence

Patrols & traffic control points

Past State Missions

Oil Spill & Yazoo Tornado - 2010

Operation Deepwater Horizon

• 6 month response peaking out with

around 200 Service Members on T32

Service (state-controlled, federally

funded)

• 47th CST Gold Cycle Response

• Wide range of support: Aviation,

Environmental Monitoring, Security,

Mayor’s Cell, etc.

• 1-204 Air Defense Artillery (Newton)-protecting Washington D.C.’s airspace 2x

• 2-20th Special Forces (Jackson, Grenada)-Afghanistan 2x

• 155th Brigade Combat Team- Iraq 2x

• 114th Army Liaison Team (Greenville)-Restored America’s Honor at Abu Grab

• 184th Sustainment Command (Laurel)- Joint Sustainment Command-Afghanistan

• 172nd Airlift Wing (Jackson)- Aero-medical evacuation missions

• 238th Air Support Operations Squadron (Meridian)- TACP ops in Iraq with 155

BCT and others

• 1687th Truck Company (Southaven) – HETT operations, all over Iraq

• 102nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Jackson)- Kosovo/Afghanistan x2

• 890th Engineer Battalion (Gulfport)- C2 of reconstruction and counter-IED

operations around Baghdad

• 186th Air Refueling Wing (Meridian): OEF deployment to Incirlik Air Base

• 1-185 Aviation (Tupelo/Jackson): last of Army Air out of Iraq

Recent Federal Missions

More than 12,000 Soldiers and Airmen of the MSNG have deployed

for OIF/OEF/ONE (Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Cuba, Qatar, Germany),

supported stability operations in Kosovo, plus training exercises in

Korea, Japan & Germany

Around 450 Soldiers currently serving around the world in support of OEF

now.

• 858th Engineer Company (Calhoun City/Okolona) – Afghanistan

• 859th Engineer Company (Pascagoula/Richton) – Afghanistan

• Elements of 2d Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Jackson) –

Afghanistan

• 150+ mobilized at Camp Shelby

Over 850 notified for possible deployment to Afghanistan\Kuwait in next

12 months.

Current Federal Missions

The Guardsman - our Centerpiece

• Full-time Active Guard & Reserve (AGR) Soldiers and ARNG Soldiers on

Active Duty receive the same pay and allowances as full-time, Active

Component personnel.

• Training on “drill” weekends = one day’s base pay per drill period. One

drill period equals four hours thus for one “drill” weekend (Saturday and

Sunday), a reservist receives four days of active pay.

• A reservist earns between $8,000 - $15,000 per year based on rank for

performing drills one weekend per month and two weeks of annual

training for the year.

• After 20 years, a reservist qualifies for a pension, to be paid at age 60

equating to between $800 - $1200 per month depending on rank, years of

service and points.

20% of Officers have

Masters degrees or PhD

66% of Enlisted force is a HS

graduate

52% are married

66% of the Enlisted force has at least

some college

9% of Service Members are single parents

Soldiers are minorities

35% of Enlisted

9% of Officers are women

A Diverse Force

18% of Officers are minorities

12,270 Soldiers and Airmen*

12,464 Dependents registered in our database

+

Add in 2 parents for each Soldier/Airmen

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A Community more than

37,000 Strong.

In a state of 2,967,297 (1.24% of the population) (2010 US Census)

*8 Feb 11

Our Community

Soldiers may be eligible for the following educational & incentive

programs above and beyond the GI Bill: • Federal Tuition Assistance

– 2011: $4 Million

– 2007 - 2010: Average $3.4 Million

• State Education Assistance Program

– 2007 - 2011: $500k+/year

• Bonus

– 2011: $27 Million

– 2007 - 2010: Average $10.75 Million

• Student Loan Repayment Programs

– 2011: $2.7 Mil

– 2010: $3 Mil

– 2009: $2.5 Million (due to greater incentives, i.e. $20k SLRP to $50k SLRP)

– 2008: $207K

– 2007: $172K

Education Programs Including 5-year historical data

•Support Local, State, Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, and

community based organizations by Providing Counter-Drug Training,

Drug Enforcement Support, and Community Drug Education at No

Cost to the Customer.

•55 Military Personnel on Orders Providing Support

•50 Law Enforcement Agencies Supported Statewide

•Assisted In Seizures Valuing $86,500,000.

•Flew over 2100 Hours (C26/OH58) In Support

Drug Demand Reduction

•60 Schools Supported

•Program Presented to in Excess of 36,000 Students

Locations: Flowood, Main Office

Hawkins Field– RAID

Field Offices: Pearl, Guntown, Tupelo, Oxford, Hattiesburg,

Gulfport & NAS Meridian (RCTA).

Counter-drug Programs

Mission: To teach no-cost, “street level”, case-making, counter-drug skills to civilian

law enforcement officers. Established in 1992.

•FY04 Budget: $6.2 Million






•21 Total Personnel (7 Army, 11 Air, 3 Civilian)

•5,133 Law Enforcement Agents Trained in FY04

•5,199 Trained in FY08

•12,107 Law Enforcement Officers Trained in FY10

•Also receives a Department of Justice Grant for anti-terrorism training for first

responders

Regional Counterdrug Training Academy

Naval Air Station, Meridian

USSOUTHCOM - 22 Arkansas / Guatemala (2002)

Connecticut / Uruguay (2000)

Delaware / Trinidad-Tobago (2004)

District of Columbia / Jamaica (1999)

Florida / Venezuela (1998)

Florida / Guyana (2003)

Florida, Virgin Is. / RSS (2006)

Kentucky / Ecuador (1996)

Louisiana / Belize (1996)

Louisiana / Haiti (2011)

Massachusetts / Paraguay (2001)

Mississippi / Bolivia (1999)

Missouri / Panama(1996)

New Hampshire / El Salvador (2000)

New Mexico / Costa Rica (2006)

Puerto Rico / Honduras (1998)

Puerto Rico / Dominican Rep. (2003)

South Carolina / Colombia (2012)

South Dakota / Suriname (2006)

Texas / Chile (2008)

West Virginia / Peru (1996)

Wisconsin / Nicaragua (2003)

USEUCOM - 22 Alabama / Romania (1993)

California / Ukraine (1993)

Colorado / Slovenia (1993)

Georgia / Georgia (1994)

Illinois / Poland (1993)

Indiana / Slovakia (1994)

Iowa / Kosovo (2011)

Kansas / Armenia (2002)

Maine / Montenegro (2006)

Maryland / Estonia (1993)

Maryland / Bosnia (2003)

Michigan / Latvia (1993)

Minnesota / Croatia (1996)

New Jersey / Albania (2001)

North Carolina / Moldova (1996)

Ohio / Hungary (1993)

Ohio / Serbia (2005)

Oklahoma / Azerbaijan (2002)

Pennsylvania / Lithuania (1993)

Tennessee / Bulgaria (1993)

Texas, Nebraska / Czech Republic

(1993)

Vermont / Macedonia (1993)

USNORTHCOM - 1 Rhode Island / Bahamas (2005)

USPACOM - 7 Alaska / Mongolia (2003)

Guam, Hawaii / Philippines (2000)

Hawaii / Indonesia (2006)

Idaho / Cambodia (2009)

Oregon / Bangladesh (2008)

Oregon / Vietnam (2012)

Washington / Thailand (2002)

USCENTCOM - 5 Arizona / Kazakhstan (1993)

Colorado / Jordan (2004)

Mississippi / Uzbekistan (2012)

Montana / Kyrgyz Republic (1996)

Virginia / Tajikistan (2003)

USAFRICOM - 8 California / Nigeria (2006)

Michigan / Liberia (2009)

New York / South Africa (2003)

North Carolina / Botswana (2008)

North Dakota / Ghana (2004)

Utah / Morocco (2003)

Vermont / Senegal (2008)

Wyoming / Tunisia (2004)

65 State Partnerships

National State Partnership Program as of 23 July, 2013

Mississippi State Partnership Program Partner Countries: Bolivia, Uzbekistan

Mission: To establish and sustain enduring relationships with partner nations of strategic value in conjunction with National Security Strategy, National Military Strategy, Department of State and Combatant Command Theater Security Cooperation guidance to promote national objectives, stability, partner capacity, better understanding and trust.

• Our partnership with Bolivia began in 1999 and averages 9 events per year

• Our partnership with Uzbekistan began in February 2012.

• Events have included university staff, various state agencies, NGOs, civilian and military personnel.

Youth ChalleNGe Academy, Camp Shelby

The mission of the National

Guard Youth ChalleNGe

Academy is to improve the

education, life-coping skills and

employment potential of 16-18

year old high school dropouts

so they may become productive

members of their communities

and society in general.

The museum honors the service and

sacrifices of Mississippi’s servicemen

and women of all branches and those

from other parts of the country that

trained in Mississippi during times of

war.

The museum’s state- of-the-art

exhibits tell personal stories of the

heroes and heroines of our Republic

and serves to educate future

generations about the price paid for

the freedom and prosperity Americans

enjoy today.

Www.ArmedForcesMuseum.US

Mississippi Armed Forces Museum

Camp Shelby

The Military Funeral Honors Team

began as a formal program in April

2004, and is responsible for conducting

military funerals throughout the state.

The team conducted 10,162 funerals

from April 1, 2004 to 30 November,

2012, for Service Members of all

branches of the United States Armed

Forces. These Service Members were

Veterans of World War II, Korea,

Vietnam, Operation Enduring Freedom,

and Operation Iraqi Freedom, and were

active duty, reserve component, as well

as retired.

The state economic impact of the team

was over $6,500,000 for support,

operations and training from 2004 -

2012.

Military Funeral Honors

MSNG hosts the MS ESGR program, serving all branches of service.

Vision - Develop and promote a culture in which all American employers support and value the employment and military service of their employees with ESGR as the principal advocate within DoD.

Mission: We will develop and promote employer support for Guard and Reserve service by advocating relevant initiatives, recognizing outstanding support, increasing awareness of applicable laws and resolving conflict between employers and service members. Paramount to ESGR's mission is encouraging employment of Guardsmen and Reservists who bring integrity, global perspective and proven leadership to the civilian workforce.

Freedom Award Winner

(nation’s highest)

Pro Patria Winners

(state’s highest)

2012: Crystal Springs United Methodist

Church

2011: Ellis Steel Company & Lee

County Sheriff’s Office

2007: Nucor Steel of Jackson 2010: Bancorp South, Tupelo

2009: Gulf States Mfg., Starkville

• Continued Deployments

• Change in Missions

• Continued preparedness to execute the All-

Hazards Plan in support of civil authorities

(Earthquake/Tornado/Hurricane/Epidemic/ WMD

Event)

The Challenges to Come

Mississippi National Guard

Public Affairs Directorate

601.313.6271

Conclusion

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