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Arizona's Reserves and Guard Units

UPDATE: The latest deployment information as of November, 2005 has been posted anew. The information in this post is now outdated.

The Bush Administration has instituted particularly underhanded policies to maintain troop strength. The Pentagon has issued what is known as a "stop-loss" orders, under which soldiers whose units are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan must serve the entire 12 months overseas, plus an additional 90 days, regardless of when their term of enlistment ends. In some cases, soldiers have been notified of their new deployments as little as two days before they were to have left the military. This is conscription without a draft; soldiers are performing active duty they never volunteered to serve.

The stop-loss orders attempt to make up for a lack of planning, foresight, and judgment by both the Pentagon and the White House in asking those already sacrificing in the line of volunteer duty to carry more of the load. Their disregard for the men and women in uniform will only compound those errors and problems -- a volunteer army pushed too far will simply walk away. In the interest of short-term, and politically motivated objectives, this Administration is destroying the trust between citizen and government which is the foundation of the volunteer army.

As of today, the total National Guard and Reserve personnel on active duty is 160,956, including both units and individual augmentees. The Arizona units on active duty, from a military file release listing all active reserve units, includes the following units (individual augmentees are not listed) which total 1,401 of our fellow citizens:

104 REGT 5 BN DETACHMENT 8
FORT HUACHUCA AZ
Army Reserve

3RD BRIGADE DETACHMENT 7 5/104 (MI)
FORT HUACHUCA AZ
Army Reserve

111TH MEDICAL BATTALION
GLENDALE AZ
Army National Guard

0285 AV BN 01 HHC FWD
MARANA AZ
Army National Guard

WESTERN ARNG AV TNG FWD AZ
MARANA AZ
Army National Guard

164 CS GRP HHC DETACHMENT 1
MESA AZ
Army Reserve

491 MP CO GUARD
MESA AZ
Army Reserve

1ST BN 180TH FIELD ARTILLERY HHB
MESA AZ
Army National Guard

1ST BN 180TH FIELD ARTILLERY SVC BTRY
MESA AZ
Army National Guard

5253 USAH DETACHMENT 6
MESA AZ
Army Reserve

6253 USAH DETACHMENT 4
MESA AZ
Army Reserve

6253 USAH DETACHMENT 5
MESA AZ
Army Reserve

6253 USAH DETACHMENT 8
MESA AZ
Army Reserve

751ST COMBAT SUPPORT COMPANY
MESA AZ
Army Reserve

140 AV CO DETACHMENT 1 CO D FWD
PHOENIX AZ
Army National Guard

140 AV CO DETACHMENT 1 CO D FWD 2
PHOENIX AZ
Army National Guard

160 FI DET
PHOENIX AZ
Army National Guard

180 FA BN 02 FA BN 155M FWD
PHOENIX AZ
Army National Guard

257 EN TM EQUIP OP
PHOENIX AZ
Army National Guard

258 EN CO
PHOENIX AZ
Army National Guard

289 TRANS DETACHMENT DETACHMENT 1
PHOENIX AZ
Army Reserve

356TH SIGNAL CO
PHOENIX AZ
Army National Guard

363D ORDNANCE DETACHMENT EOD
PHOENIX AZ
Army National Guard

363RD DIVISION TRAINING HHD
PHOENIX AZ
Army Reserve

3666 OD CO MAINT NONDIV DS
PHOENIX AZ
Army National Guard

DETACHMENT 2 10TH BN 104TH REGT
PHOENIX AZ
Army Reserve

AZ DETACHMENT MED DETACHMENT FWD 38
PHOENIX AZ
Army National Guard

AZ OP SUPPORT AIRLIFORT DETACHMENT 31
PHOENIX AZ
Army National Guard

208 TC CO MDM TK PLS
TUCSON AZ
Army Reserve

852 HQ CPS CORPS RAOC
TUCSON AZ
Army National Guard

1ST BN 180TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY A
TUCSON AZ
Army National Guard

1ST BN 180TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY B
TUCSON AZ
Army National Guard

7220 USA MSU BLOOD DETACHMENT 02
TUCSON AZ
Army Reserve

7220 USA MSU DETACHMENT 01
TUCSON AZ
Army Reserve

870 TC TM MOV CON TM
AZ
Army Reserve

When it comes to the lives and safety of our fellow citizens, there are no factions and no politics. We wish them safety, health, and quick return to their civilian lives and families. We pray they are not forced to choose between conscience and duty. Godspeed, brothers and sisters.

posted by Michael Bryan @ 6/16/2004 07:46:00 PM