101st Troop Command

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101st Troop Command
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Active1964 – present
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States of America
Branch Army National Guard
TypeTroop Command
Size Brigade
Part of Puerto Rico Army National Guard
Garrison/HQ San Juan, Puerto Rico
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt. Col. Omayra Ramirez

The 101st Troop Command (101st TC) is a troop command of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard. [1] The command provides command and control headquarters, and logistical and administrative support to other units of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard that are not structured under another formation headquarters. It also provides administrative support to units from other formations within Puerto Rico that are stationed a long way from their respective higher headquarters. Because of this, the command's units, formation, and structure tends to be inconsistent as it changes periodically from time to time as the National Guard or the United States Army needs.

During World War II and on up to the time of the Korean War, the US Army was racially segregated. The 295th, 296th, and 65th Infantry regiments were all formations consisting mostly of Puerto Rican enlisted men and National Guardsmen.

Structure

References

  1. Cruz, B.C. (2015). The Fight for Latino Civil Rights. Our Shared History. Enslow Publishing. p. 2. ISBN   978-0-7660-7006-6 . Retrieved 2020-07-22.