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.

The 194th Engineer Brigade was activated as an entity of the Tennessee Army National Guard on 1 November 1973. This occurred as a result of the major reorganization of the Tennessee ARNG which inactivated the 30th Armored Division. The numerical designation was derived from a former engineer unit of the Tennessee Army National Guard, the 194th Engineer Battalion, headquartered in Centerville, Tennessee.

More than 3,600 Tennessee Guardsmen responded to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.[9] The 196th Field Artillery Brigade (including the 1st Battalion, 181st Field Artillery) was one of only two Army Guard combat units to see actual combat. The Tennessee Army deployed 17 units during the conflict. A few days prior to G-Day, Tennessee's 212th Engineer Company, attached to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), broke through the border berm into enemy territory, building a six-lane road. The unit traversed six miles before the ground war began, becoming the first unit of the 101st into Iraq and one of the first U.S. units to breach the Iraqi defensive zones.

The 30th Armored Brigade (Separate) furled its colors in Jackson, Tennessee in the early 1990s. The colors were passed to the 230th Area Support Group in Dyersburg, TN. The 230th has been inactivated since its return from Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

On 29 April 1977, the 278th (Separate) Infantry Brigade was reorganized and re-designated the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, a separate corps maneuver Unit.

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After desert storm, I showed up and was greeted by a white tshirted, camo pants over weight E6....short version, I said what tanks you have here? M60 A3s....I said something like like "damn...dinosaur tanks"

He was offended and pissed and mumbled something offensive to me, I said fuck you, I was living on a M1A1 in the desert while you guarded bristol, when I replied he jumped up apologized and shook my hand.

In 93 we had 45's, grease guns, m16a2's, m113s, m60a3's...w/I a year or so iirc we got berretta 92's, humvee's and m1a1 tanks

Dang that's a long time ago


Why the curiosity?

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I started my career on M1A1s.  

The Regiment is going through NEF to M1A2 V3 SEP.  Modernizing to match AD, and it’s about DAMN time!

Quoted:
I started my career on M1A1s.  

The Regiment is going through NEF to M1A2 V3 SEP.  Modernizing to match AD, and it’s about DAMN time!