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Mississippi Military Department Annual Report July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016 2 3 To the Governor of the Mississippi Military Department Annual Report Great State of Mississippi July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016 It is with great pleasure that I present to you the annual report of the Missis- sippi Military Department for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. The Mississippi National Guard is again leading the nation as a model, force mul- tiplier training in national level exercises such as Southern Strike. Our 155th Ar- mored Brigade Combat Team complet- ed its Multi-echelon Integrated Brigade Training exercise at Fort Hood, Texas in Table of Contents June 2016, featuring M1A2 SEPv2 tank Mississippi Army National Guard Command Structure ....................4 and M2A3/M3A3 Bradley live fire, field Mississippi Air National Guard Command Structure ..........................6 artillery live fire, and fixed and rotary wing air support. Mississippi National Guard Training Sites ...............................................8 Our Air National Guard continued its Economics .......................................................................................................... 13 C-17 Globemaster and KC-135 Refueling missions. Flowood’s 172d Airlift Wing and Meridian’s 186th Air Refueling Wing remain dedicated to the Air Mobility Command for contingency operations, operating around the globe. Our CH-47 Chinook crews provided out- With such a busy year, Mississippi standing lift support during Louisiana Guard men and women continued to flood relief operations in August 2016. serve in Kuwait and numerous other Your Mississippi National Guard re- worldwide locations. They also stood mains hard at work providing for our ready to support emergencies here in nation’s defense and protecting our citi- Mississippi and in neighboring states. zens here at home. Janson Boyles Major General, Mississippi National Guard The Adjutant General of Mississippi U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jaime Bustamante (right) and Staff Sgt. Kareem Spearman, 102nd Rescue Squadron loadmasters, watch as a UH-60 Pave Hawk is refueled during an air refueling training scenario over the Gulf Coast, Miss., during Southern Strike 17, Oct. 31. The Combat Regional Training Center in Gulfport hosts the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Battles) 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 1 July 2015 - 30 June 2016 4 5 CITIZEN SOLDIER 4 FORCE STRUCTURE Mississippi Army National Guard 155th ABCT 184th ESC 66th TRP CMD JFH Tupelo Laurel, Hattiesburg Jackson Jackson JFH MSNG REC & RET BN 1-155 INF 106 BSB 168 EN BDE 31 SPT DET 1-204 ADA 185 AVN BDE Jackson Monticello Jackson Jackson Jackson McComb, Tylertown Vicksburg Newton CO A 223 EN BN BTRY A 1-185 AVN CO A Magee, Taylorsville, Tupelo 154 RTI West Point Bay Springs Camp Shelby Biloxi Monticello SC 223 EN BN BTRY B CO A ARNG TNG SITE CO B CO B OCS TNG CO Camp Shelby Aberdeen 114 SPT DET Forest Jackson Camp Shelby Camp McCain Poplarville Camp Shelby 288 EN CO Greenville BTRY C CO D 2 ORD TNG BN CO C CO C Houston Jackson Natchez Morton RTS MAINT Crystal Springs CO E 972 JAG DET 289 EN CO 298 SPT BN BTRY D Camp Shelby CO D CO D Bruce, Water Valley Jackson Jackson Kiln Philedelphia Newton Corinth, Ripley DET 1 CO B MED BN TNG SITE 858 EN CO 367 MNT CO Camp Shelby CO E Calhoun City, Okolona Philedelphia, Dekalb Brookhaven, Gloster 834 ASB DET 16 OSA 1 AR TNG BN Jackson HC/SC 890 EN BN 3656 MNT CO Tupelo Camp Shelby CO F Gulfport 112 MP BN 2-198 AR Grenada, Charleston, Camp Shelby, Waynesboro Canton CO C 114 Senatobia, Batesville 2 INF TNG BN Cleveland 230 EN DET 1687 TPT CO 113 MP CO Tupelo Camp Shelby Purvis MED DET CO A Southaven Brandon, Mendenhall CO D/2-151 Hernando, Holly Springs CO G 3 NCOA TNG BN Jackson, Camp McCain, Louisville, Eupora 231 EN DET 1387 QM CO 114 MP CO Tupelo Camp Shelby Camp Shelby CO B SURV/DESIGN TM Greenville, Rolling Fork Clinton, Vicksburg B/1/111 AVN Greenwood, Drew Gulfport Meridian CO C 2-114 FA 250 EN DET F/1-171 AVN Oxford Starkville Purvis 1984 210 FI CO Jackson CO D 251 EN DET SPT DET Jackson BTRY A Jackson 2-185 AVN Indianola Columbus, Ackerman Lumberton 220 FI DET Southaven Jackson BTRY B 287 EN CO A/1/149 AVN Koscuisko, Winona Lucedale 230 FI DET Tupelo 857 EN CO Jackson 1-98 CAV Picayune, Wiggins Amory, Nettleton 102 MPAD 859 EN CO Jackson TRP A 155 STB Pascagoula, Richton Pontotoc Meridian, Carthage, 1108 AVN GP 2/20 SFG Quitman Gulfport Jackson, Camp McCain TRP B CO A CO C Booneville CO A 41 ARMY BAND Canton, Camp Shelby Jackson Gulfport Camp McCain TRP C CO B SC Fulton, Iuka CO B Yazoo City Jackson Meridian ARNG SOD CO C CO I 1-185 AVN E/SB/20 SFG 47 CST SOUTH Gulfport Camp McCain Columbia, Clarksdale Jackson Jackson 1 July2016 2012 Annual - 30 June Report 2013 1 July 2015 - 30 June 2016 6 CITIZEN SOLDIER 6 FORCE STRUCTURE 7 Mississippi Air National Guard 172 Airlift Wing Combat Readiness Training Center 186 Air Refueling Wing Flowood Gulfport Meridian 172 Financial 255 Air Control 209 Civil 186 Operations 186 Air Management Services 172 Operations Group Squadron Engineer Squadron Group Refueling Squadron 172 Operations 186 Operations 186 Maintenance Support Flight 183 Airlift Squadron Support Flight Operations Squadron 183 Aeromedical 172 Aerial 186 Maintenance 186 Medical Evacuation Squadron Port Flight Group Squadron 172 Airlift 186 Aircraft 186 Logistics Control Squadron 172 Logistics Group Maintenance Squadron Readiness Squadron 172 Aircraft 186 Maintenance 186 Mission Generation Squadron 172 Logistics Squadron Squadron Support Flight 172 Maintenance 186 Civil 186 Communications Squadron 172 Support Group Engineer Squadron Squadron 172 Civil 172 Mission 186 Mission 186 Security Engineer Squadron Support Flight Support Group Forces Squadron 172 Security 172 Services 186 Services 248 Air Traffic Forces Squadron Squadron Flight Control Squadron 172 Medical 238 Air Support Squadron Operations Squadron 20142016 Annual Report1 July 2012 - 30 June 2013 1 July 2015 - 30 June 2016 8 9 Approximately 12,500 Soldiers and Airmen The Mississippi National Guard possesses an impressive MAJOR UNITS AND FACILITIES force structure which offers a variety of strong options for state emergency and federal mobilization support. Our units and facilities cover the entire Magnolia State from Corinth to CAMP SHELBY the Coast and Vicksburg to Meridian. JOINT FORCES TRAINING CENTER, CAMP SHELBY, MISS. 1 Theater Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG), GULFPORT (1 of only 4 in the entire Army inventory) • 1 Special Forces Battalion (Airborne), JACKSON • Regional Counter-Drug Training (RCTA), MERIDIAN CAMP MCCAIN TRAINING CENTER ELLIOTT, MISS. • Regional Sustainment Readiness Site (RSRS), CAMP SHELBY • 3 Army Aviation Support Facilities, JACKSON, MERIDIAN, TUPELO • 13 Field Maintenance Shop (FMS), CAMP SHELBY • Combined Support Maintenance Shop (CSMS), CAMP SHELBY GULFPORT COMBAT READINESS • Unit Training Equipment Stop (UTES), CAMP MCCAIN TRAINING CENTER GULFPORT, MISS. • Maneuver & Training Equipment Storage Site (MATES), CAMP SHELBY • Regional Training Institute Schools (RTI), CAMP SHELBY • Youth Challenge Program, CAMP SHELBY • Mississippi Armed Forces Museum, CAMP SHELBY 172ND AIRLIFT WING FLOWOOD, MISS. • JOINT FORCE 185TH THEATER 47TH CIVIL 186TH AIR HEADQUARTERS, MSNG AVIATION BRIGADE SUPPORT TEAM REFUELING WING JACKSON, MISS. JACKSON, MISS. FLOWOOD, MISS. MERIDIAN, MISS. 66TH TROOP COMMAND 168TH ENGINEER 155TH ARMORED 184TH EXPEDITIONARY JACKSON, MISS. BRIGADE BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM SUSTAINMENT COMMAND VICKSBURG, MISS. TUPELO, MISS. LAUREL, MISS. 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 1 July 2015 - 30 June 2016 10 11 Camp Shelby mobilized and demobilized over 200,000 men from neighboring Carroll County, including Carroll Mississippi National Guard troops since beginning the execution of its mission as a county native Maj. Gen. Henry P. McCain. Troops for the U.S. Army Forces Command Primary Force Generation army’s 87th and 94th divisions trained at Camp McCain Installation in June 2004. before being sent into combat in Europe. At the peak of its Training Centers The Unmanned Aircraft System Support Facility at CS- expansion, Camp McCain served as many as 50,000 troops. JFTC has been named the nation’s only Unmanned Aircraft The US Forest Service (USFS) permitted 5,874 acres The Mississippi National Guard is fortunate to have Regional Flight Center. The $72 million facility opened in to the Army in December 1942 to be utilized as the Oxford three state-of-the-art training facilities which hosts thou- CAMP SHELBY BY THE NUMBERS 2009, and its new mission expanded to support the Army’s Bombing Range. The Oxford Bombing Range provides sands of service members from across the country. Camp flying program for active duty and National Guard units the Army Air Forces with a site for testing bomb dropping Shelby Joint Forces Training Center also served as a Mobi- Range Facilities (M9-MLRS) 36 utilizing both AAI RQ-7 Shadow and RQ-11 Raven un- mechanisms and like purposes. It is assumed that prac- lization Station for troops who deployed. manned aircraft systems. Crew Served Range Capability 100 Crews per Day tice bombs (with spotting charges) were used at the site. Camp Shelby also includes two Operational Readiness In 1943, The Secretary of War determined that there was Training Complexes valued at $41.4 million. Each ORTC Camp Shelby Crew Served Firing Positions 10 Firing Points no longer a military necessity for the bombing range. In is an Army standard design featuring two, four-story build- August 1943, the USFS permitted 30,617 acres (including Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center (CSJFTC) ings for Soldier billeting. is the largest state-owned mobilization site in the nation, Zero Positions (Individual/ 286 Firing Points the bombing range area) to the Army for use as a maneuver Crew) Other features include 13 Village Complexes which can and supports a wide variety of training and logistical sup- area.