155 ABCT National Training Center 2017
JACKSON, Miss.- The 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), Mississippi Army National Guard, will participate in a National Training Center combat training exercise at Fort Irwin, California from May 18-June 15.
The NTC rotation will showcase 155th ABCT and supporting unit partnerships,
demonstrating the U.S. Army's Total Force Policy. The plan requires one total force, the active Army, Army National Guard, and U.S. Army Reserve to provide operating and generating forces in support of... read more
JACKSON, Miss.- The 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), Mississippi Army National Guard, will participate in a National Training Center combat training exercise at Fort Irwin, California from May 18-June 15.
The NTC rotation will showcase 155th ABCT and supporting unit partnerships,
demonstrating the U.S. Army's Total Force Policy. The plan requires one total force, the active Army, Army National Guard, and U.S. Army Reserve to provide operating and generating forces in support of the National Military
Strategy and Army commitments worldwide. Collectively, approximately 5,500
Army and Air Force personnel will participate in the joint exercise. This figure also includes Soldiers from Laurel's 184th Sustainment Command and personnel from approximately 10 other Mississippi Army and Air National Guard units.
An NTC rotation replicates the tough, realistic operational environment that
America's war fighters face in combat; the training is relevant and quickly adaptable to emerging threats and technologies in the current operational
environments and for tomorrow's challenges. The training is reflective of
the complexities of potential adversaries our nation could face and include:
guerilla, insurgent, criminal and near-peer conventional forces woven into
one dynamic environment.
"Our Mississippi Soldiers and Airmen are fully prepared to complete and
support combat operations training at the National Training Center," said
Maj. Gen. Janson D. Boyles, the adjutant general of Mississippi. "This
exercise will display the Mississippi National Guard's robust talent, joint
capabilities, and commitment to national defense."
The 155th ABCT is headquartered in Tupelo and has battalion headquarters in
the following locations:
1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment - McComb
2d Battalion, 198th Armor Regiment - Senatobia
2d Battalion, 114th Field Artillery Regiment - Starkville
1st Squadron, 98th Cavalry Regiment - Amory
106th Support Battalion - Monticello
150th Engineer Battalion - Meridian
2d Battalion, 137th Armor Regiment - Kansas City, KS
The 155th is one of two Army National Guard fully modernized brigade combat
teams in the U.S. Army and is the largest unit in the Mississippi National Guard with approximately 3,850 Soldiers (including Kansas' 2-137th Armor Regiment). The brigade's 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment is the sixth
oldest infantry regiment in the U.S. Army and is known as the "Mississippi
Rifles." The 155th ABCT is a lethal, relevant, and ready force that is prepared to deploy for missions in Mississippi and beyond. show less
