Posted on Apr 23, 2014
What do soldiers do in military history units in the National Guard?
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I heard of military history units in the National Guard but have no idea what they do. It would be really interesting to hear what they do.
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What they are SUPPOSED to do is compile the histories of the NG units in the state, and the overall history of the state NG. What this gets down to is compiling relevant documents, tying them to events, and cataloging. Acquiring artifacts and doing likewise. They should be interviewing service members, current and former, about significant events. All of these should be archived for posterity/future research.
They should, at some intervals, be producing updated "history of" documents. For instance, there should be something floating around that reads like "Contributions of the 96th Troop Command to the Global War on Terror 9/11/2001-9/11/2011."
It is also an ASI.
What they actually do, I don't know. Never worked with one, or seen them in action. If they haven't moved, they are still on the lower level of the museum building on Camp Murray, on the side near the tank static display. But it was several years ago when I was last there.
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I appreciate the great response, sir! I was looking around the WAANG units and came across that one. I have always loved history and have been searching units that I may want to transfer to so I can broaden my military experience. Again, thank you for the response!
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I was at a WAREX last year at Ft. McCoy and we had a group from a military history unit for the Reserve , it was my first time encountering them myself.
They went around to most of the other units that were at the exercise and conducted interviews. I'm not sure what they did with the information they collected but it was an interesting experience.
They went around to most of the other units that were at the exercise and conducted interviews. I'm not sure what they did with the information they collected but it was an interesting experience.
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I've never heard of this, but sure does sound like it would (or at lease COULD) be very interesting work!
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1SG Jason Fitzpatrick
While stationed in Iraq, I had three Soldiers from the Military history Unit attached to my unit. Great folks. Two were pilots before going into the Military History unit and one was an Infantryman. Medical issues grounded them or caused them to re-class to another branch. They are the Soldiers' on the ground true advocate for history. They all knew what it was like to be shot at, and had seen the face of terror, so when they documented the actions and gathered artifacts, the stuff made sense to the people on the ground at the time. Plus, they are kind of outside the chain of command. They answer to the bosses, but they also can go solo without "permission" from higher ups. good counsel for the folks in the field at the end of a radio as well. One of the officers assigned to me, earned a ARCOM "V" for coming to the aid during a mortar attack and the aftermath going through a burning building getting Soldiers out.
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