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{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name= = 153d Command and Control Squadron

| image = 153d Command and Control Squadron.png

| image_size = 200

| caption = 153d Command and Control Squadron emblem

| dates = 2002 – present

| country = [[United States]]

| allegiance =

| branch = [[United States Air Force]]

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

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

| size =

|size=

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

| current_commander = Lt Col ChristopherEric R. HowardHill

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

| ceremonial_chief =

| nickname =

| patron =

| motto = ALWAYS READY;

SOUND THE HORN

|colors=

| colors = Red, Blue and Gold

|march=

| march =

|mascot=

| mascot = Armored Horse

|battles=

| battles =

| anniversaries =

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

}}

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===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]]), 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===

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Both the color red and the horn tie the '''721 MCCS''' 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 – 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==

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==Equipment Operated==

*Mobile Consolidated Command CenterAN/TSQ-194 (1998 – present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/news/airman/1005/exclusives2b.shtml |archiveurlarchive-url=https://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==

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==External links==

{{Portal|United States Air Force}}

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

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[[Category:Military units and formations in Wyoming]]

[[Category:Space squadrons of the United States Air Force|Command and Control 0153]]

[[Category:Military units and formations established in 2002]]