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For the next 30 years, the training status of the militia waxed and waned as threats of war with France in 1798 and Great Britain in 1807 arose.
After the War of 1812, the enrolled militia fell into decline.
In 1840, the enrolled militia was disbanded and replaced by the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (MVM). Volunteer units were made up of younger men who voluntarily enlisted in uniformed militia companies.
Volume II: Washington Territorial Militia and the Indian Wars of 1855-56
By 1860, the MVM was, perhaps, the best trained and equipped state militia.
On April 15, 1861, President Lincoln called on the states to provide 75,000 militiamen for federal service to suppress the insurrection of the Southern states.
On April 19, 1861, eighty-six years to the day that it first entered action at Lexington and Concord, the 6th Infantry was attacked by a pro-Southern mob in Baltimore during its movement to Washington.
Under the Armory Act of 1888, Massachusetts began building large armories in Boston, Worcester, and Springfield.
In April 1898, President McKinley called on Massachusetts to furnish six regiments for service in the war with Spain.
The MVM reorganized in 1899 after its active duty service and, led by combat veterans, MVM units concentrated on tactical training.
The Militia Act of 1903, also known as the Dick Act, created the building blocks of the modern National Guard, allowing for more federal support and control.
In 1907, the MVM was re-designated as the Massachusetts National Guard.
During the next several months, units recruited to full war strength so that by July 25, 1917 some 18,000 Soldiers entered active duty.
In August 1917, the 26th Division was organized from National Guard units of the New England states.
After the United States entered World War I, Harry S. Truman, as a captain in the Missouri National Guard, fought in Argonne, France in 1918 with the United States First Army.
Men of the famous 369th Infantry wave as they arrive in New York City, 1919.
When the 26th Division was fully reorganized in 1923, it was composed completely of Massachusetts National Guard units.
Starting in 1936, units began to train at the Guard’s Camp Edwards on Cape Cod.
The 26th landed in France in September 1944 and entered combat the following month.
The National Security Act of 1947 created the United States Air Force (USAF) as a separate military service and established the Air National Guard as a reserve component of the USAF.
The Guard was still in the process of rebuilding when the Korean War broke out in June 1950.
NGB was founded as Nippon Gijutsu Boeki Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan in November 1959 by Mr.
In 1968, the Army mobilized the 1st Battalion, 211th Artillery for service in Vietnam.
The Total Force Policy was validated in 1990, when the Guard was tasked to provide units for the Gulf War.
In 1995, Guard units began supporting peacekeeping operations in Bosnia, including the 65th Public Affairs Detachment, the 126th Military History Detachment, Battery E of the 101st Field Artillery, and companies from the 104th and 181st Infantry Regiments.
Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the National Guard has mobilized more than 500,000 soldiers for federal missions, according to the Guard, and, in its state role, has played an important part in disaster relief and homeland defense.
During Hurricane Katrina in 2005, about 50,000 National Guard troops were deployed to the Gulf Coast for humanitarian, evacuation and relief operations.
More recently, in 2020, almost 100,000 Guard members were deployed as assistance for the coronavirus pandemic, California wildfires and anti-racism protests.
On January 6, 2021, the day Congress was gathered to officially count the Electoral College vote, Guard members were called upon after a mob breached the United States Capitol.
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