A support maintenance company can be employed at echelons above division (EAD), within a corps area of operations and/or in the division support area (DSA) to support corps units operating in the DSA and also provide support to divisional units in automotive/ armament, ground support, and electronic equipment maintenance as well as track vehicle recovery when required.
History
1953 organized as the 3666th Light Maintenance Company in Phoenix, Arizona.
1955 organized as the 3666th Ordnance Company (FM) in Phoenix, Arizona, Captain Lester L. McCartney commanding.[2]
1956-1959 organized as the 3666th Ordnance Company (DS) in Phoenix, Arizona, Captain Wilber T. Joplin commanding.[3]
1961-1962 organized as the 3666th Ordnance Company (Dir. Spt.) in Phoenix, Arizona, Captain Wilber T. Joplin commanding.[4]
1964 organized as the 3666th Light Maintenance Company in Phoenix, Arizona.
May 2020 - June 2020, 3666th SMC prepares for mobilization under Operation Spartan Shield at Florence Military Reservation.
3666th Light Maintenance Company, July - August 1953
In the early-morning hours of Sunday July 26, 1953, several hundred Arizona state officials and police officers moved into the Mormon community of Short Creek, to serve warrants on thirty-six men and eighty-six women. Officials staging the raid believed they were rescuing the community's children from a life of bondage and immorality. Shortly the raid, ordered by Governor Howard Pyle, resulted in the arrest of all adult members of the community, except five, on “conspiracy” charges, which include polygamy. The members of the raiding party included highway patrolmen, liquor control officers, sheriff's deputies and special deputies. The Arizona Attorney General, Ross F. Jones, told the media that the state would seek levying of fines which would act as liens against United Effort Plan properties in Short Creek. This action, he said would “abolish for once and ‘for all” this polygamist community in Mohave County. He indicated that he would also seek a writ to “abate the nuisance” of polygamist practices at Short Creek. This raid was the third on the Mormon community in Short Creek, the two previous ones being in 1935 and 1944, which also dealt with disruption of the community and the separation of the families.
The Arizona National Guard was activated to provide communications and field kitchen support for the raid and to aid members of the town.
Corporal Jerry F. DeWitt, 3666th LMC, Phoenix, set up and operated a communications center for the news media. News stories from Short Creek were filed direct from the center by trunk line service at Sky Harbor in Phoenix, Arizona.[5]
Exercise Desert Strike 1964
3666th Light Maintenance Company, 8 May 1964 - 30 May 1964
Desert Strike was a field training exercise (FTX) in which two Joint Task Forces (JTF) opposed each other. The Exercise involved some 90,000 Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine personnel of the United States Strike Command. They maneuvered in the desert area of Southern California-Arizona. This was the largest exercise in the United States in 1964 and the first major exercise in this area since World War II. The Arizona National Guard coined the title of the exercise as "Colorado River War II". The exercise was a hypothetical situation, with two principal countries established, "Calonia" on the West of the Colorado River and "Nezona" on the East. With the Colorado as the international border between the two major powers, the border between the two countries extends from Mexico through the maneuver area to Las Vegas, Nevada, and from there north to another hypothetical neutral country.
Exercise Cougar Conqueror / Exercise Western Defender 2016
3666th Support Maintenance Company - August 2016
3666th SMC Soldiers attended a training exercise with the 158th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in a U.S. Army, National Guard, and Canadian Army joint exercise to improve interoperability with the United States Army's primary reserve combat force and its Canadian allies.
3666th Support Maintenance Company, 11 March 2017 - 25 March 2017
Trained at the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command, Fleet Management Expansion, which supports the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command by maintaining equipment such as combat systems, tactical vehicles and weapons used to train Soldiers at TRADOC schools. Fort Benning, Georgia - Maneuver Center of Excellence.[10]
3666th Support Maintenance Company, March 2020 - May 2020
26 Soldiers of the 3666th SMC were activated under emergency State Active Duty (SAD) orders and under Title 32 (T32) orders by the Governor of Arizona, Doug A. Ducey Jr., to support the State of Arizona's response to the COVID-19 Pandemic under Task Force Logistics, Joint Task Force - Arizona. Task Force Logistics was operated by the 158th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (158th CSSB) and commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel T. Panka, Joint Task Force - Arizona was commanded by Brigadier General John E. Hoefert. 3666th SMC Soldiers received a letter of appreciation from BG Hoefert, the Arizona State Active Duty Ribbon, and the Armed Forces Service Medal for their efforts during the COVID-19 Pandemic.[11]
Operation Spartan Shield 2020-2021
3666th Support Maintenance Company, July 2020 - March 2021
Under the leadership of the newly appointed Adjutant General (TAG) Brigadier General Kerry L. Muehlenbeck, 250 Soldiers and Airmen of the Arizona National Guard will assist with medical operations at detention facilities, install and maintain security cameras on the border, monitor and collect information from cameras, and analyze satellite imagery in known smuggling corridors for drug running and human trafficking.
The mission began in April 2021 and was authorized $2,536,500 was authorized by the Arizona State Emergency Council to find the Arizona National Guard mission along with another $200,000 to fund search and rescue operations in coordination with the Sheriff's Departments.
The mission was extended by one year in August 2021 by order of the Governor for Fiscal Year 2022 and authorized $25,000,000 passed by the Arizona State Legislature. At this time there were 150 Guardsmen with the Arizona National Guard activated for the mission who had since added logistics and administrative support to their duties assisting law enforcement.
In August 2022 the governor followed with Executive Order 2022-04 - Securing Arizona's Southern Border, in which he ordered the Arizona Department of Emergency Management to close gaps in the Border Wall and other infrastructure on the Arizona-Mexico Border to prevent illegal crossing, drug running, and human trafficking. In the executive order the governor continued to authorized at the direction of the Adjutant General (TAG) Major General Kerry L. Muehlenbeck the deployment of the Arizona National Guard on Arizona-Mexico Border to continue their mission.
3666th SMC Soldiers were activated for this mission.
End date of the mission is to a date to be determined.
Arizona National GuardSoldiers and Airmen provided administrative, maintenance, and medical support to include COVID-19 support to law enforcement agencies but did not engage in law enforcement operations with the goal to alleviate staff shortages so that law enforcement officers such as sheriff's deputies and detention officers can focus on their primary roles.
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, Arizona Army National Guard
Description/blazon
On a seven sided shield depicting the Arizona State Flag in the background with a white bayonet representing the willingness to fight and crossed white arrows a Native American symbol of peace.
Morale Patch designed during deployment in support of OEF-SS (2020-2021) by SPC Gonzalez.
Background
Pending history
Morale patch
Designed during the 3666th Support Maintenance Company deployment to Kuwait in support of Operation Spartan Shield (2020-2021) by SPC Gonzalez. It is not authorized for wear on official U.S. Army uniforms but has been used by Soldiers unofficially on personal gear to show their pride in the unit.
Fallen soldiers remembered
W.E. (Winn) Hendricks, 3666th Support Maintenance Company, Arizona Army National Guard, Served 1948-1954, Born 9 May 1928, Died 17 December 2020.[15]
Units served with
2022 Garrison - Petty Crew Armory
158th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion "Wildcats"
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↑ "Arizona Army National Guard: Rough Rider"(PDF). 123rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Arizona Army National Guard. January 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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