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The Nevada National Guard is one of the 54 members (50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia) of the United States National Guard, an integral part of this nation’s reserve forces.
   The Nevada Office of the Military provides military organization for the Nevada National Guard, which comprises both the state’s Army Guard and Air Guard. The Nevada National Guard is the organized military force of the state, except when ordered into federal service.
   Under the National Defense Act, the Army and Air National Guard are reserve components of the United States Army and Air Force. The state’s Guard may also be ordered by the governor to serve the state by protecting persons or property from either man-made or natural disasters and suppressing or preventing riot, insurrection, invasion or violence.
   The governor is the commander-in-chief of the Nevada National Guard and appoints the adjutant general. Since June 2005, Maj. Gen. (Nevada) Cynthia Kirkland has served as Nevada’s adjutant general under former Gov. Kenny Guinn, and new Gov. Jim Gibbons.
   Under the direction of the governor, the adjutant general is responsible for the supervision of all matters pertaining to the administration, morale, discipline, mobilization, organization and training of the Nevada National Guard.
   As of June, 2007 Brig. Gen. Robert Fitch was the assistant adjutants general for the Air Guard. His spouse, CMSgt Cindy Sullivan, is enlisted in the 152nd Airlift Wing.
   Colonel Gary Turner replaced Colonel Jonathan Proehl as the 152nd Airlift Wing Commander in December 2007. Col. Turner's spouse, MSgt Jennifer Turner is enlisted in the 152nd Airlift Wing.
   The total number of National Guard airmen and soldiers in the United States at the end of fiscal year 2006 was 451,948. This number included 346,288 Army Guard soldiers and 105,660 Air Guard airmen.
   On Sept. 30, 2006, the Nevada National Guard comprised 2,474 soldiers and 1,125 airmen totaling 3,599 members. That figure denotes an increase of 533 members since Sept. 30, 2004, and marks an all-time high for total Nevada Guard soldiers and airmen.
   The 17 percent increase in personnel during the past two years reflects Nevada as one of the fastest-growing of the Guard states and territories. In terms of total National Guard members, Nevada now ranks 45th among the states and territories, up from 47th in 2004. States with comparable numbers of personnel include: Montana (3,518), Alaska (3,732) and Vermont (3,628).
   Staff reports at the conclusion of the fiscal year revealed that the Nevada Air Guard reported 102 percent of its authorized manning (1,101 airmen). In fact, with its 102 percent of authorized airmen, the Nevada Air Guard had one of the highest strength levels in the entire Air National Guard in October 2006.
   At the conclusion of fiscal year 2006, about 250 Nevada soldiers and airmen remained deployed in southwest Asia.
   Traditional guardsmen in the Nevada National Guard train one weekend per month and 15 days a year in their respective military career fields. Nevada’s traditional guardsmen are supported by 474 full-time federal technicians, state employees and 314 Active Guard and Reserve personnel stationed at various locations around the state.
   The Nevada Air National Guard includes the 152nd Airlift Wing and 152nd Intelligence Squadron in Reno and Detachment 1 in Las Vegas as well as personnel assigned to Joint Force Headquarters in Carson City. The primary mission of the Nevada Air National Guard is to provide cargo and personnel transportation, aerial reconnaissance and imagery analysis from a variety of camera and satellite systems located throughout the world.
   Overall, the Nevada Air National Guard maintains a presence in three of the state’s 17 counties with a 64-acre site on the southwest corner of the Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Reno, a detachment on Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas and at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs. About 65 Nevada Guard airmen work at the southern-Nevada detachment that began operation in 2005.
   The 92nd Civil Support Team for Weapons of mass destruction, a joint force unit comprising 22 soldiers and airmen headquartered in Las Vegas, began operation in late 2004 and promises to be an important resource and asset to the state should a domestic chemical, biological or nuclear event occur.
   Although the Nevada Office of the Military remains focused on the needs of the state in the future, it retains its historical precedent of the citizen-soldier – committed to meeting the needs of the community, state and nation.

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