UPDATE: 155th combat training

JACKSON, Miss. - The 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) of the Mississippi Army National Guard will participate in a combat training exercise at Fort Irwin, Calif., from May 18 through June 15. The training will showcase 155th ABCT and unit partners demonstrating the Army's Total Force Policy. The plan requires a force of ACDU Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserves to provide operating forces in support of the National Military Strategy and Army commitments globally. Some 5,500 Army and Air Force personnel will participate in the joint exercise that also includes the Laurel (Miss.) 184th Sustainment Command, and personnel from 10 other Mississippi Army and Air National Guard units. The training replicates a realistic operational environment that war-fighters may face in combat. "This exercise will display the Mississippi National Guard's robust talent, joint capabilities, and commitment to national defense" at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, said Maj. Gen. Janson D. Boyles, adjutant general of Mississippi. The 155th ABCT is HQ’s in Tupelo and has battalion headquarters in McComb, Senatobia, Starkville, Amory, Monticello, Meridian, and Kansas City, Kan. The 155th is the largest unit within the Mississippi National Guard with some 3,850 soldiers. (Source: DVIDS 05/15/17)


UPDATE From FORT IRWIN, Calif. - As more than 3,800 National Guard members arrive for their rotation at a sweltering desert location known as the National Training Center, the 184th Sustainment Command of the Mississippi Army National Guard will oversee logistics of the event to provide support for the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team. The 184th SC leads Joint Task Force-Magnolia during the 155th's rotation at NTC this year. JTF-Magnolia is comprised of the 184th SC, 66th Troop Command, and Joint Force headquarters of the state of Mississippi; and is here to support its home units going through this NTC rotation. The 184th SC was chosen to lead JTF-M because of their personnel's specialties and knowledge.