In 1779, Butler was appointed by the Governor of South Carolina, John Rutledge, to reorganize the state’s defenses and became the Adjutant General, a position that carried the rank of Brigadier General (though he preferred to be addressed as Major, his highest rank held in …

The South Carolina Army National Guard is composed of approximately 10,000 soldiers (as of February 2009) and maintains 80 facilities across the state with over 2 million square feet (180,000 m 2) of space.

S 192088 Military Dept. South Carolina Air National Guard. History of the 169th consolidated aircraft maintenance squadron in Operation Desert Storm, January-May, 1991

May 19, 2024 · The South Carolina National Guard has mobilized 115 Soldiers and is prepared to respond to ice-snow related emergencies with vehicle recovery teams and other specialized assets in support of the South Carolina Department of …

For more than a decade, various historians and writers have been at work on a comprehensive history of the South Carolina National Guard (SCARNG).

The 118th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army, South Carolina Army National Guard. It has served the US since the mid-nineteenth century, and is one of the few surviving US Army regiments that can trace its roots to the Confederate States Army.

Jan 30, 2015 · Following the Militia (or Dick) Act of 1903— which abolished militias in favor of the National Guard model—all states had to rethink their military roles and missions. For South Carolina, no one played a more important part than Major General William W. Moore.

The South Carolina National Guard was tasked by the Governor through the South Carolina Emergency Operations Plan to be the primary coordinating agency for Urban Search & Rescue...

Jun 8, 2016 · The National Guard in South Carolina evolved out of the nineteenth-century organized militia, which was controlled by the governor and unavailable to supplement federal military forces.

The South Carolina National Guard (SCNG) consists of the South Carolina Army National Guard and the South Carolina Air National Guard. The South Carolina National Guard, or Carolina militia as it was originally known, was born from the Carolina Charter of 1663.