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Members of the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry -- the Army Reserve unit with historical links to the highly decorated unit of World War II -- will be wearing their distinctive unit patch after all when they go to Iraq next year.

The 442d RCT was demobilized and inactivated in August 1946. The lineage and honors have been preserved by the 100th Battalion, 442d Infantry (US Army Reserve).

and of course from the 29th Brigade's website:

The units of the brigade's 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry, are strategically located in communities throughout the state. The battalion's headquarters and headquarters company is located in Hilo, Hawaii, with a scout platoon detached to Kaunakakai, Molokai. The bulk of the battalion's Company A is located on Kauai in Kapaa, with a detachment in Hanapepe. Company B of the battalion is similarly split between the communities of Kealakekua and Honokaa on the island of Hawaii. Companies C and D are located in Kahului, Maui, and Wahiawa, Oahu, respectively.

Upon federal mobilization, the brigade's strength would increase as it is augmented by the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry of the California Army National Guard (ARNG), the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry of the U.S. Army Reserves (with units from the island of Oahu, Guam, American Samoa, and Saipan), Troop F, 82nd Cavalry (Ground) of the Oregon ARNG, and Battery E, 216th Air Defense Artillery of the Minnesota ARNG.

Apology accepted.

So much for me knowing my blasted job!

It's right there on the GoArmy.com website!

There are 4 non-artillery Combat positions available within the USAR.

Guess, I'm going to have to find a few of these units.  It opens a few possibilities for folks who wants combat jobs...

Left in the USAR, last I checked (this was last week.  Last time I put someone in) are a handful of scrawny Artillery units that are on their way out with the current restructuring and the Combat Engineers, which aren't really classed as Combat Arms most of the time these days.

And You may be right about what a Governor is likely to need, but unless we're going to have 2 different branches of Reserve Combat Arms, it makes the most sense to have them in the NG.

About the only thing I can really suggest to do something about making the structure more intelligent is to just fold the USAR into the NG.

Because there's no way you're going to get rid of the NG...

I am surprised because, as I say in the story, that the Guard has historically relied upon veterans to fill the ranks, they are in increasing short supply because of higher retention, and the part time job concept, not really accurate anymore.

So the NG is recruiting people they aren't used to recruiting and it has lost its main sales point. I am surprised.

Why is the structure bad? Because you have a command and staff overhead for each State guard organization plus the National Guard Bureau plus the Army Reserve. In addition, all three components regularly duke it out over money for people, training, equipment, etc.

You are right about combat support/service support being mostly in the Reserve, though there are Reserve combat arms units, and combat arms in the NG. Does that make sense? Does the governor need an infantry, armor, and field artillery or is he most likely to need military police, engineers, civil affairs, and medical?

Our current system is rooted in sources of funding, not missions, and the governors wanted the combat missions because they felt that would guarantee them the best cash flow.

So the system is a horrible system, it needs to be fixed. But I am glad the Guard is recruiting well.

A recent changeover, though.  Within the last couple years, which puts them way behind the power curve on transferring the USAR infantry units to the NG.

That, at least, would explain why the unit historian's essay in your 2nd like still lists them as USAR in 2000.

And I turn out to be wrong, there's a LOT of heads that need cracked in the AGR Recruiting Command.

This is Exactly the sort of thing that I should everything about being a Reserve Recruiter.

Most of our disputes (like the Bradley last week) can be pretty much racked up as something I've never needed to know about but still hadn't been humbled into actually researching it yet (I'm sure you've noticed a little bit of all-knowing pride in me that needs to be removed, and thank you for helping with that).

But this one is right down my immediate concerns and is part of the material that I am supposed to be a SME on.

So, I will look at it harder and see what I can come up with and not put anything else up here until I find it.

However, it also means that we pretty much have a complete break between the Left and Right.

I'm not allowed to draw any correlations from the data we have about enlistees and their locations of origin, but if anyone can find out how many Democrats/children of Democrats/people from Blue States enlist...

that there are a few more patriots abroad in the land than first believed.

Despite the high probability of activation and combat tours, and the criticism and disdain of America's elites, men and women continue to enlist --- who knew. The Spirit of America lives.

a Fool's Errand

They are still part of the Army.  And we're all doing well so far as recruiting goals are concerned.  Remember?  You posted the last story about it...

Why would the current structure of RA, AR and NG not be a good thing for the Army?  It makes plenty of sense to me.

Regular Army is pretty obvious.  They do all the normal work and deal with most of the UN missions and other security deployment concerns worldwide.

When they need Logistics support, they call on the Reserves.

When they need Combat support, they call on the NG (all the part-time combat troops are NG).

It used to be that the USAR had combat jobs as well, but someone with a brain finally asked "Why have 2 reserve components that do exactly the same thing?"

And since the NG is the States' Militias...

Raven, Raven.

What is it with you that you are continually in doubt of what I say. A couple of days ago it was the Brad's chaingun. Today it is this.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Sep/11/ln/ln09a.html

http://www.army.mil/CMH/topics/apam/100BnWW2.htm

100th Battalion of the 442d RCT is an Army Reserve infantry unit.

I don't know why you would say that it makes more sense to place combat units in the Guard, where they really aren't needed, than to place them in the Army Reserve. But that's your opinion and you are entitled to it.

Clearly DOD didn't try very hard as this is something a paper

like the Sun would have picked up.  I did find an two pieces

from earlier in the year when they had about 330,000 and said

they expected to meet the 350,000.  

You would think Rumsfeld would be at the microphone on this

one or at least mention it in a regular press brief.

"Hawai'i National Guard Brig. Gen. Joe Chaves, commander of the the 29th Infantry Brigade, which now includes the 100th Battalion, has changed his stand on the issue"

It's a National Guard Unit.

It makes more sense to have the Combat Arms in the National Guard because of the States' inherent right to raise armed forces in defense of themselves.  They are State Militias.

In point of fact, the NG is the Only branch of the Armed Forces specifically allowed for in the Constitution.  

Yes, it makes perfect sense to have a full range of units in the USAR, Except that they would Completely duplicate the efforts of the NG.

Since we aren't going to get rid of the NG,  and we're unlikely to get rid of the USAR (which would make sense given the unremovable presence of the NG), it's better to have the 2 f them focus on separate missions.

as about 3 years ago there was a USAR infantry brigade in the upper midwest. I'm searching through some of my old posts to find their website.

Rummy may not blow his horn much, but he does carry a big stick.