CAPABILITIES

The North Dakota Army National Guard (NDARNG) provides trained, equipped, and ready forces capable of mobilizing in support of federal and state missions. Command and control to plan, integrate, and direct units in support of force application or focused logistics. These capabilites also includes direct and habitual combat sustainment in support of unified land operations. Support area operations, unit-level personnel service, and logistical support. The Guard also provides staff, aircraft, and crews in support of local law enforcement for drug interdiction missions.

CIVIL SUPPORT TEAM

Identifies Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) incidents to counter weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The team advises, assists, and identifies potential hazards at WMD incidents, in support of the incident commander.

MILITARY POLICE

Provides MP battlefield circulation control, law and order, civil disturbance control, area security, and enemy prisoner of war operations in combat.

AVIATION

Aero-medical evacuation, air movement, air assault, aerial sustainment, search and rescue, reconnaissance, and observation.

ENGINEERING

Engineer capabilities include construction support equipment, concrete placement, vertical and horizontal construction for establishing and maintaining the infrastructure required to conduct and sustain activities across the range of military operations. This includes limited construction and facility repairs in a public works capacity to echelons above brigade. Combat engineer (Sapper) units can provide field maintenance as well as providing mobility and counter-mobility to supported units. The unit can transport, assemble, disassemble, retrieve, and maintain all standard and nonstandard U.S. Army bridges.

AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

Provides short-range air defense and early warning.

ARMY BAND

Provides music throughout the full spectrum of military operations, fostering support from our citizens, inspiring Soldiers to fight and win, and promoting our nation’s interests at home and abroad.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Provides public affairs support to units deployed in support of Army, Joint, Combined, or Unified Operations and units conducting peacetime training. They also provide direct public affairs support to units deployed or activated in support of a Joint Task Force or Regional Response Platform supporting local and state emergencies.

SIGNAL

Conducts 24-hour operational Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) signal systems network.

CYBER

Provides hunt, clear, and defend support to the U.S. Critical Infrastructure Key Resources (CIKR) and U.S. Military Services and Combatant Commands Key Cyber terrain.

MEDICAL

Conducts physical health assessments and administers vaccinations to all Soldiers in the NDARNG. Provides medical support for Soldier readiness programs, deploying units, as well as battlefield medical support.

Staff Sgt. Derrik Stratman, right, and Pfc. Quentin Beiningen, both of the 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, conduct ManPortable Air Defense System engagements during Exercise America’s Shield, Camp Grafton Training Center, North Dakota, May 19, 2021.

The 119th Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard (NDANG), known as the Happy Hooligans, executes world-class, remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper precision attack and reconnaissance. The Hooligans are an Air Force leader in target intelligence production, and provide expeditionary support capabilities for the nation and state. Additionally, the NDANG provides a myriad of support to domestic operations across the state. Moreover, the geographically separated 219th Security Forces Squadron, located at Minot Air Force Base, works alongside its active-duty counterparts to protect $3.3 billion in U.S. Strategic Command nuclear assets.

OPERATIONS GROUP

Trains and executes world-class MQ-9 persistent attack and reconnaissance around the globe while simultaneously performing launch and recovery operations from Fargo.

INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, RECONNAISSANCE GROUP

Performs intelligence analysis to develop and create intermediate and advanced target development products consistent with combatant commander intent to affect adversary capabilities.

MISSION SUPPORT GROUP

Provides expeditionary support capabilities, including Civil Engineering, Security Forces, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal, to combatant commanders around the globe.

MEDICAL GROUP

Facilitates medical readiness support, including flight physicals, immunizations, and dental exams, for the Wing’s nearly 1,200 Airmen.

Left: Staff Sgt. Alex Kingston, 119th Security Forces Squadron, fires an M4 carbine during weapons qualification training at the Fargo Regional Law Enforcement Training Center Range, Fargo, North Dakota, Feb. 3, 2021.