Tennessee Army National Guard

Tennessee Army National Guard
Seal of the Army National Guard
Active	1903-present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Tennessee
Branch	Army National Guard
Type	ARNG Headquarters Command
Part of	Tennessee Military Department
Commanders
Civilian leadership	President Donald Trump (Commander-in-Chief) Governor Bill Haslam (Governor of the State of Tennessee)
State military leadership	Major General Terry M. Haston (Adjutant General, Tennessee Military Department) Major General Robert Alan Harris (Assistant Adjutant General, Army, Tennessee Military Department)

The Tennessee Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the US Army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau.

Tennessee Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army. The same ranks and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards. The Tennessee Guard also bestows a number of state awards for local services rendered in or to the state of Tennessee.

Current units include the following:

Tennessee's 45th General Assembly in 1887 established the Tennessee National Guard, as it is known today. State lawmakers set up the basic conditions under which the force would operate. Tennessee was among the first states to offer her full quota of soldiers for the Spanish–American War. The equipped Tennessee Guard units were mobilized. Four regiments were created, but only the 1st and 4th Regiments deployed overseas. In World War I, the 30th Infantry Division was deployed overseas. Tennessee personnel made up the 117th Infantry Regiment (United States), the 114th and 115th Artillery, and the 114th Machine Gun Battalion.

When the 30th Infantry Division reorganized on 11 September 1947 it was composed of Guard units from North Carolina and Tennessee. In 1954 it was reorganized as a North‑South Carolina division with the Tennessee portion reorganized and redesignated as the 30th Armored Division. The 30th Armored Division was inactivated on 1 December 1973, with its lineage carried by the 30th Armored Brigade and the 30th Support Group, TN ARNG.