Posted on Jan 29, 2017
These new Guard and Reserve units will deploy with active Army divisions and corps
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Nothing new. I was with the 7th ARCOM in Germany and most of our units wore active duty patches because that was where our jobs were. A unit I was with did the G2/3 Ops for V Corps Rear CP, the 280th Support Center(ROC). We had other units who worked for 1ID, 173rd, 30th Med, out at Graff in the school house, The transportation BN(can't remember which one), we had an intel group who worked with those in Europe. Was a good deal, but not new. I joined in '93 and they were doing it then.
The best part was we went to the field a lot and most of the time the Active Duty soldiers didn't know we were Reserve because we were there all the time. I remember many times the surprised looks I got when I said I was Reserve. Also because of what we did we worked together more and better so was better prepared to deploy together.
The best part was we went to the field a lot and most of the time the Active Duty soldiers didn't know we were Reserve because we were there all the time. I remember many times the surprised looks I got when I said I was Reserve. Also because of what we did we worked together more and better so was better prepared to deploy together.
These new Guard and Reserve units will deploy with active Army divisions and corps
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Edited 8 y ago
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Leave it to the Army to make something old new again. I'm thankful with the ongoing operational pace we've been under that active army stoped looking down their nose as much as they used to at the Guard and Reserve. Thanks for your post SGM Mikel Dawson!
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LTC James McElreath
It was not uncommon that AD officers did not like the USAR it was apparent by their actions at various unit qualifications testing. I had a negative experience when I mobed individually USAR to USAR Civil Affairs units. They are thought to be special operations and we interloped and it was not appreciated. The Rhode Island Civil Affairs units were very unprofessional.
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I had a great one in 2005. 2/11 ACR deployed under the 155 SAB, a national guard brigade, my company, a guard infantry company, was put under 2/11. They swapped us for a tank company. The tank company was active and under a guard battalion.
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When I was in Iraq with the Idaho Army National Guard the 116th Cavalry Brigade relieve the 25th ID. we stayed there for 10 months and then the hundred first Airborne relieved us in kirkuk Iraq. This was in 2004 - 2005
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SGM Mikel Dawson
LTC (Join to see) Sir, I am from Idaho, started out in the IANG. Did you ever come to Germany with the 116th to any V Corps exercises? I remember they were there a couple times.
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SGT Christopher Combs
My brother was the the same time you were with the 178th Combat Engineer's and they were also relieved by the 101st.
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SGM Mikel Dawson no SGM, I left to go into the USAR in California. I just volunteered for the OIF 3/4 Kirkuk, Iraq mission.
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