Washington State Military Units Known To Be Part Of Desert Shield

Washington state military units known to be part of Desert Shield.

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Active duty Army personnel deployed, 2,400:.

593rd Area Support Group .

1st Battalion of the 9th Cavalry Brigade.

73rd Medical Detachment.

227th Medical Detachment.

83rd Transportation Detachment.

306th Transportation Detachment.

391st Transportation Detachment.

49th Medical Detachment.

28th Public Affairs Detachment.

150th Maintenance Detachment.

Headquarters & Headquarters Company of 80th Ordnance Battalion.

497th Transportation Company.

22nd Transportation Detachment.

423rd Medical Company.

105th Medical Detachment.

47th Combat Support Hospital .

355th Transportation Detachment.

542nd Maintenance Company.

53rd Explosive Ordnance Detachment.

513th Medical Truck Company.

543rd Supply Company.

Headquarters & Headquarters Detachment of 62nd Medical Group.

265th Transportation Detachment.

295th Supply Company.

864th Engineer Battalion.

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Reserve and National Guard Units, 2,000..

1444th Transportation Detachment, Washington National Guard.

206th Transportation Detachment, Oregon National Guard.

Headquarters & Company of 370th quartermaster battalion from Great Falls, a reserve unit.

907th Engineer Platoon, reserve from Washington.

300th Transportation Detachment, reserve from Washington.

241st Transportation Detachment, Washington National Guard.

419th Transportation Company, reserve from Utah.

50th General Hospital, reserve from Seattle.

2186th Maintenance Company, Oregon National Guard.

651st Quartermaster Company, reserve from Montana.

159th Combat Support Group, reserve from Montana.

45th Station Hospital, reserve from Vancouver.

116th Support Center, Washington National Guard.

103rd Public Affairs Detachment, Montana National Guard.

148th Public Affairs Detachment, Idaho National Guard.

625th Military Police Company, Utah National Guard.

420th Military Police Company, reserve from Bozeman, Mont..

747th Engineering Detachment, Montana.

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U.S. Air Force from McChord, 500:.

62nd Military Airlift Wing.

446th Military Airlift Wing, includes 97th Military Airlift Squadron.

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U.S. Air Force from Fairchild AFB, Spokane:.

Three KC-135 tankers & Maintenance crews..

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U.S. Navy from Whidbey Island, 1,500:.

Deployed to carriers:.

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-- USS Ranger, 3 squadrons, in the Persian Gulf: (1) VA 145, composed of 10 A6 bombers, 4 A-6 tankers; (2) VA 155, also A-6 bombers and tankers; (3) VAQ 131, EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft, 4 planes. A typical VA squadron has about 250 people; a VAQ about 200; therefore, Whidbey people assigned to the Ranger total about 700..

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-- USS John F. Kennedy, VAQ 130, in the Red Sea.

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-- USS Saratoga, VAQ 132, in the Red Sea.

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-- USS America, VAQ 137, in the Red Sea.

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-- USS Theodore Roosevelt, VAQ 141, in the Red Sea.

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-- USS Midway, VAQ 136, VA 185, and VA 115, in the Persian Gulf..

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In addition, about 60 people from the Whidbey Naval Air Station Hospital at Oak Harbor have been assigned to the Gulf, including some on the USNS Mercy, a hospital ship; others have been assigned to Marine units deployed ``in country.''