Total Geographical Area and Command Assignment Total Officers Enlisted 1 6 46 74 32 20 8 21 2 54 3 6 6 13 NNNOSoon W 4 528 0 8 114 38 17 131,677 5 21 13,466 3 32 1,605 Liberia Yugoslavia Afghanistan J T F 7 Alaska Venezuela US Army, Europe US Army, Caribbean 61 7 18,136 9 11 39,582 62,433 7 8 653 3 326 863 3 20 16 48 1,505 7 19 10 6 4,447 5,460 3 6 41 2 27 65 576 721 100 288 69 3,047 1,392 2 4 9 28 198 118,211 2 2 3 29 3 16,531 4 5 35,135 56,973 4 2 612 1 19 588 5,470 1,646 226 162 794 29,127 16,894 1 16 7 20 1,307 3 7 7 7 4 2 1,101 3 7 1,320 0 14 13 9 1,249 9 11 1,409 1 6 11 6,808 12 17 2,640 2 6 43 610 7,625 1,888 78 5,135 38 486 4 · Includes 1,415 individuals assigned to Southern European Task Force. Includes 2 individuals assigned to U. S. Army, Europe. Includes 11 individuals assigned to U. 8. Army, Pacific. d Includes personnel assigned to Administrative Areas and Signal Corps, TOTAL DEPT OF THE ARMY USMA Cadets Continental Army Command Dept of the Army Adm Area Joint Task Force 7 US Army, Europe Joint Task Force 7 US Army, Alaska US Army, Caribbean En Route Overseas from US Dept of the Army Adm Area Continental Army Command The above table shows the distribution of Active Army personnel to major commands, at home and abroad, as of 30 June 1956. * Includes 34 retired officers on active duty. b Includes 1 commissioned officer assigned to Coast and Geodetic Survey. warrant officers detailed in other branches of the Army by DA orders. e Does not include 94 WAC Mcers and 44 WAC The above table shows, for officers only of the Active Army, the distribution by control branch or monitor assignment, command assignment and grade, as of June 1956. First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Chief Warrant Officer, W-4 Warrant Officer, W-1 Master Sergeant, E-7 (NCO) 23,998 12,024 11,136 852 2,074 7,242 968 885,056 48,187 706 82,579 2,563 66,650 53,787 10.847 158,764 211,965 151,296 97,712 For strengths of the Army Reserve and National Guard, see chapter 4. HISTORICAL EVOLUTION. Older than our nation, the National Guard has the longest continuous history of any military organization in the United States. As an outgrowth of the early militia concept which provided for the common defense, its origin can be traced back to the first years of the seventeenth century, when the settlers, in order to protect their lives and homes, banded together to form "train bands," or militia organizations, equipped and trained according to the needs of the times. As the country grew and new communities and States came into being, additional units were formed for local and national protection. Early Guard Units. The distinction of being the oldest National Guard units in the United States with unbroken lineages is shared by the 101st Engineer Battalion and the 182d Infantry Regiment, both of the Massachusetts National Guard. They were originally organized on 7 October 1636, when the General Court at Boston ordered that all eligible men be ranked into militia regiments. Known respectively as the East Regiment (later the Regiment of Essex) and the Old North Regiment (later the Regiment of Middlesex), they responded to the call at Lexington and Concord, where the American tradition of minutemen - citizen-soldiers standing ready at a moment's notice to serve their country-was born. Another historic regiment, the 176th Infantry of the Virginia National Guard, descends from the Charles City-Henrico Counties Regiment of Militia organized |