various state militias into the present National Guard system. The Florida ARNG included elements of the 51st Infantry Division from 11 September 1946 to 1963 and was originally headquartered at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida. The Florida ARNG also included the 48th Armored Division from 1954 to 1968. In 1986, the 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, was organized from pre-existing Florida ARNG aviation units at Craig Airport in Jacksonville and Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, the Lakeland unit relocating to Brooksville–Tampa Bay Regional Airport in Brooksville in 1999 and the Craig Airport unit relocating to Cecil Airport, the former NAS Cecil Field, in 2000. The Florida Army National Guard was composed of approximately 9,950 soldiers in January 2001, subsequently increasing to its current size Historic units 124th Infantry Regiment 153rd Cavalry Regiment 116th Field Artillery Regiment 111th Aviation Regiment 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment 187th Armored Regiment Units 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 167th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion 124th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion 124th Infantry Regiment 1st Squadron 153rd Cavalry Regiment 753rd Brigade Engineer Battalion 83rd Troop Command 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment 2nd Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment (Airfield Operations Battalion) Returned home from an deployment in Iraq and Kuwait on May 8, 2010. 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment (Support & Security/ Reconnaissance and Interdiction Detachment) 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion 870th Engineer Company 868th Engineer Company 50th Regional Support Group 927th Combat Service Support Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Company 631st Maintenance Company 256th Medical Company 144th Transportation Company Detachment 1, 32nd Army Air & Missile Defense Command 211th Infantry Regiment (Regional Training Institute) 260th Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist) A Military Intelligence Company B Military Intelligence Company C Military Intelligence Company 356th Quartermaster Company 856th Quartermaster Company 13th Army Band 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade 1st Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (Avenger) 3rd Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (Avenger) 3rd Battalion, 116th Field Artillery Regiment 254th Transportation Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 715th Military Police Company 806th Military Police Company 690th Military Police Company 1218th Transportation Company (Cargo) Duties National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by presidential order to supplement regular armed forces, and upon declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of the state in which they serve. Unlike Army Reserve members, National Guard members cannot be