Oregon Army National Guard

Oregon Army National Guard soldiers have been deployed to Afghanistan, ranging from 9 months to more than a year. Some provided security in Afghanistan during the drawdown of troops. Others with an engineer battalion worked on soldier housing in Kuwait and U.S. military facilities in Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq and Afghanistan. Historic units • 82nd Armor - organized 1959 • 162nd Infantry Regiment • 186th Infantry Regiment • 218th Field Artillery Regiment – Perpetuated the Portland Light Artillery Battery organized in 1866, Oregon's oldest continuously active National Guard unit and the oldest continuously active National Guard unit west of the Mississippi. Split into 218th and 2nd Battalion, 204th Field Artillery 1942; the latter became the 965th Field Artillery Battalion in 1943. • 249th Coast Artillery Regiment – Split into 171st and 249th Coast Artillery Battalions 18 October 1944 during World War II. • 1st Battalion, 249th Infantry (1980–1993) – HHD Newberg, separate TOW Light Anti-Tank (TLAT) battalion. • 641st Military Intelligence Battalion In 1982 the 1042nd Military Intelligence Company was reorganized and redesignated as the 641st Military Intelligence Battalion. It became a Combat Electronic Warfare and Intelligence battalion in 1985. The battalion is not listed in the 1996 unit listings in Army Lineage Series - Military Intelligence which suggests that it had been disestablished by that date. • 641st Medical Battalion • 741st Corps Support Battalion • 2nd Automatic Weapons Battalion, 249th Artillery (1959–1968) • 3rd Gun Battalion, 249th Artillery (1959–1961) – Reorganized as 3rd Automatic Weapons Battalion, 249th Artillery 1961, then 3rd Battalion, 249th Artillery 1965, converted to 1249th Engineer Battalion 1971 • 162nd Engineer Battalion (1947–1965) • 218th Field Artillery Battalion (1947–1959) • 110th Signal Company – Salem, became 1210th Transportation Company (Light Truck) 1968. == Organization ==