The Kansas Army National Guard armory in Concordia, Kansas is a typical building used for the National Guard programs in the United States.
A National Guard Armory, National Guard Armory Building, or National Guard Readiness Center[note 1] is any one of numerous buildings of the U.S. National Guard where a unit trains, meets, and parades. A readiness center supports the training, administration, and logistics of National Guard units by providing assembly space, classrooms, weapons and protective personal equipment storage, and training space.[2]:4 Readiness centers can also be utilized as communal assembly areas, utilized by local organizations and governments.[2]:45
After World War II, the Section 5 Committee of the Office of the Chief of Staff, War Department, chaired by MG Milton Reckord, approved a policy of constructing National Guard armories using 75% federal and 25% state funding.[3] In 1968, the Army National Guard had 2,786 armories;[4] in 2000 the Army National Guard had 3,166 armories in 2,679 communities.[5] In 2009, the Kansas Adjutant General's Department announced it would be closing 18 of its then-56 National Guard armories "due to state budget cuts."[6] A report to Congress in 2014 noted that some National Guard armories are in poor or failing condition, with "the average nationwide [Readiness Center] condition [being] fair, but bordering on poor…".[2]:10 The report noted that the $377 million annual expenditure for constructing and improving readiness centers would produce "major long-term risks," and recommended more than quadrupling annual funding to "get to green" on key performance indicators by completely transforming and modernizing the portfolio of readiness centers.[2]:13–14
Specific armories in the United States[]
- The D.C. Armory, a multi-use facility adjacent to RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.
- Hoosick Falls Armory, Hoosick Falls, New York
- National Guard Armory (Batesville, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas
- National Guard Armory Building (Searcy, Arkansas), formerly listed on the NRHP in Arkansas
- National Guard Armory (Mena, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas
- National Guard Armory-Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, listed on the NRHP in Arkansas
- Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory, Tampa, Florida, listed on the NRHP in Florida
- Villisca National Guard Armory, Villisca, Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Iowa
- National Guard Armory (Fort Mill, South Carolina), listed on the NRHP in South Carolina
- National Guard Armory 127th Regiment Infantry Company G, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, listed on the NRHP in Wisconsin
- Schenectady Armory, Schenectady, New York
See also[]
- List of armories and arsenals in New York City and surrounding counties
- Drill hall
- Armory (military)
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ Dunn, Conor (May 27, 2014). "National Guard opens $18M G.I. Readiness Center". The Grand Island Independent. https://www.theindependent.com/news/local/national-guard-opens-m-g-i-readiness-center/article_2f853bbe-e617-11e3-a8a7-0019bb2963f4.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Readiness Center Transformation Master Plan: Final Report to Congress (Report). Army National Guard. December 19, 2014. https://www.ngaus.org/sites/default/files/RCTMP%20Final%20Report_12192014.pdf.
- ↑ "Milton Reckord papers". University of Maryland Libraries. http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1281.
- ↑ "Annual Report, Chief National Guard Bureau, Fiscal Year 1968". 1968. http://www.nationalguard.mil/Resources/FOIA/Library/FileId/88714/.
- ↑ National Trust for Historic Preservation; National Guard Bureau (2000). "Still Serving: Reusing America's Historic National Guard Armories". p. 5. http://www.nationalguard.mil/portals/31/Documents/About/Publications/Documents/Still%20Serving%20-%20National%20Guard%20Armories.pdf.
- ↑ "Adjutant General Announces Location Of 18 Armory Closures". Kansas Adjutant General's Department. December 11, 2009. http://kansastag.gov/press_release_detail.asp?PRid=670.
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