page_title: Idaho Army National Guard
section_title: Units
hierarchical_section_title: Idaho Army National Guard / Units
context_page_description: The Idaho Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the US Army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau.
  Idaho Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army. The same ranks and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards. The Idaho Guard also bestows a number of state awards for local services rendered in or to the state of Idaho.
  The Militia Act of 1903 organized the various state militias into the present National Guard system.
  Formerly attached to the Idaho National Guard NGB regulations 10-4 and United States code chapter 32 section 109 was the Idaho State Guard which was created to replace the Idaho National Guard when they were in federal service and not available for the protection of the state.
context_section_description: 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho
  1st Battalion (Combined Arms), 163d Cavalry Regiment (Montana)
  2d Battalion (Combined Arms), 116th Cavalry Regiment
  3d Battalion (Combined Arms), 116th Cavalry Regiment (Oregon)
  1st Squadron (Armored Reconnaissance), 221st Cavalry Regiment (Nevada)
  1st Battalion, 148th Field Artillery Regiment
  116th Brigade Engineer Battalion
  145th Brigade Support Battalion
  1st Battalion (Attack Helicopter), 183d Aviation Regiment (Boeing AH-64 Apache and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk)
  Detachment 32, Joint Operational Support Airlift Center (C-12)
  Detachment 2, Company C, 1st Battalion (General Support), 168th Aviation Regiment
  204th Regiment (Regional Training Institute (RTI)
  1st Battalion,
  2d Battalion,
  Regional Training Site - Maintenance Ordnance Training Battalion (RTS-M)
  25th Army Band
caption: Insignia of the 116th Cavalry Brigade