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{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name= = 153d Command and Control Squadron

| image = [[File:153d Command and Control Squadron.png|200px]]

| image_size = 200

| caption = 153d Command and Control Squadron emblem

|dates= 2002-Present

| dates = 2002 – present

| country = [[United States]]

|allegiance=

| allegiance =

| branch = [[United States Air Force]]

|type= [[Command and Control (military)|Command and Control]]

|role= Mobiletype = [[Command and Control (military)|C2Command and Control]]

| role = Mobile [[Command and Control (military)|C2]]

|size=

| size =

| command_structure = [[Air National Guard|ANG]]/[[Air Force Space Command|AFSPC]]

| current_commander = MajorLt Col Eric GreenR. Hill

| garrison = [[F. E. Warren Air Force Base|F. E. Warren AFB]], [[Wyoming]]

| ceremonial_chief =

|nickname=

| nickname =

|patron=

| patron =

| motto = ALWAYS READY;

|colors=

SOUND THE HORN

|march=

| colors = Red, Blue and Gold

|mascot=

| march =

|battles=

| mascot = Armored Horse

|anniversaries=

| battles =

|decorations=[[File:Outstanding Unit ribbon.svg|75 px]] [[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award|AFOUA]]

| anniversaries =

| decorations = [[File:Outstanding Unit ribbon.svg|75 px]] [[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award|AFOUA]]

}}

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==History==

===4th Command and Control Squadron===

[[Air Force Space Command]] transferred the [[4th Command and Control Squadron]] (4 CACS) to the [[Wyoming Air National Guard]] on 2 July 2002, with the activation of the 153 CACS and the inactivation of 4 CACS.

===721st Mobile Command and Control Squadron===

The '''721st Mobile Command and Control Squadron''' ('''721 MCCS''') was reassigned from the 721st Support Group ([[Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station]] AFS), to the 90th Operations Group, 90th Space Wing ([[FE Warren AFB]]) on 1 July 1999.<ref>AFSPC Special Order GD-017, 6 July 1999</ref> The 153 CACS inherited equipment and mission from the 721 MCCS when the latter unit was inactivated in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3731/is_200208/ai_n9137599 |title=National Guard: "Air Guard outfit takes steps toward the 'Fourth Dimension'" |publisher=Findarticles.com |access-date= |accessdate=2013-09-21}}</ref>

===Logo Significance===

The armored warhorse in the upper left quadrant of the shield is the symbol of that elite mobile warrior, the knight. The trumpet, or horn, in the lower right quadrant of the shield represents the instrument of [[command and control]] used by ancient armies. Kings and great nobles used the trumpet to call their martial forces to war as well as to control their movements on the battlefield. Thus, the symbols of the mobile warrior and the military horn are significant for the '''721st Mobile Command and Control Squadron.''' Further, the color white on the unit shield traditionally denotes honor while the color red implies valor and even the blood of life or spirit of self-sacrifice.

Both the color red and the horn tie the '''721 MCCS/153 CACS''' to an early medieval legend, that of "[[Roland]] and the Horn" at the Battle of [[Roncevalles]] in 778. [[Charlemagne]], king of the Franks, began to return home to [[France]] across the [[Pyrenees Mountains]] while Sir [[Roland]] guarded the rear of his army some distance behind. If ambushed by the enemy, [[Roland]] had been instructed to blow the trumpet and [[Charlemagne]] would charge to his assistance. [[Roland]] was indeed attacked, and in overwhelming numbers. [[Roland]] faced a terrible decision: if he called in [[Charlemagne]]'s forces, all of the army faced destruction, or if he did not sound the trumpet [[Charlemagne]] and the main army would continue to safety while he and his tiny command would surely die. Gallantly, [[Roland]] and his men put the war horn away and prepared to make their last stand. The next day [[Charlemagne]] learned of the [[:wikt:valiant|valiant]] deed and named Sir [[Roland]] the greatest of his [[knights]].<ref>721 MCCS Significance Statement, Dr. David L. Bullock, [[21st Space Wing]] History Office</ref>

==Previous designations==

==Previous designations<ref>Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. ISBN 1-85780-197-0</ref>==

* 153d Command and Control Squadron (1998–Present1998 – present)

* 721st Mobile Command and Control Squadron (???-1 July 1999)<ref>Special Order GD-017, 6 July 1999, Air Force Space Command</ref>

* 153d Air Control Squadron

==Previous designations<ref>Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. {{ISBN |1-85780-197-0}}</ref>==

==Bases stationed==

*[[F. E. Warren Air Force Base|F. E. Warren AFB]], [[Wyoming]] (1998–Present1998 – present)

==Equipment Operated==

*MobileAN/TSQ-194 Consolidated(1998 Command– Center (1998–Presentpresent)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/news/airman/1005/exclusives2b.shtml |archiveurlarchive-url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20060127051941/http://www.af.mil/news/airman/1005/exclusives2b.shtml |archivedatearchive-date=2006-01-27 |title="Guard’s mission expands into space," Airman Magazine Web exclusive |publisher=Web.archive.org |access-date= |accessdate=2013-09-21}}</ref><ref>World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. {{ISBN |1-880588-01-3}}</ref>

==Decorations==

*[[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]] [[File:Outstanding Unit ribbon.svg]]

**1 October 1995- – 30 September 1997<ref>AFSPC Special Order GA-09, 1 November 1997</ref> (as the 721 MCCS)

==References==

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==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071107055431/http://www.wychey.ang.af.mil/main.asp Wyoming Air National Guard]

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* [http://www.wychey.ang.af.mil/main.asp Wyoming Air National Guard]

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