83rd Troop Command

83d Troop Command
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	October 1, 1978–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army National Guard
Type	Headquarters
Part of	Florida Army National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Florida
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Vaughn Brown
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Distinctive Unit Insignia

The Florida Army National Guard’s 83rd Troop Command provides command and control over designated units within Florida during peacetime. The command ensures that all units under its responsibility are trained, equipped and prepared to deploy in support of federal and state missions. The 83rd Troop Command, based in Tallahassee, Florida., includes a variety of specialized units throughout the state.

Since the September 11 attacks, the Special Forces Soldiers from the Florida National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group have been mobilized in support of several operations. Unit members were activated in late December 2001 and have deployed to several locations including Afghanistan, Iraq, South America, Africa, Germany and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Additionally in 2002, a small cell of Special Forces Soldiers were deployed under a Presidential Selective Reserve Call-Up to support the Stabilization Force(SFOR) rotation in Bosnia at the end of the summer.

Also in 2002, the 417th Signal Battalion, based in Tallahassee and the 653rd Signal Company, based in Crestview, Florida participated in Operation Restore Calm during their Annual Training period by installing, operating and maintaining echelons above core and other signal assets to provide restoration of C41 networks for the Florida and South Carolina Military Departments and their subordinate organizations.

In 2003, elements of the 153rd Finance Battalion, based in St. Augustine, Florida were mobilized to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Task Force 153 Finance was responsible for budgeting and accounting of all funds to support two task forces assigned to Guantanamo Military Operations.