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== History ==
The [[District of Columbia National Guard]] descends from the 25th [[Battalion]] of the Maryland [[Militia]], Headquartered in [[Georgetown, Maryland]], formed 1776 to fight in the American [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mahon|first=John K.|title=History of the Militia and the National Guard|url=http://www.potowmack.org/mahonch3.html|work=The Potowmack Institute|publisher=The Potowmack Institute|accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref><ref>[[District of Columbia National Guard]]</ref> After Congress established the Federal District in [[District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801]], local [[Militia]] units were reorganized again, to form what would become the [[District of Columbia National Guard]]. Supervision and control of District of Columbia National Guard was delegated by the [[President of the United States]] to the [[Secretary of Defense]] pursuant to [[Executive order (United States)|Executive Order]] 10030,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://trumanlibrary.org/executiveorders/index.php?pid=211|title= Executive Order 10030 |publisher=Harry S. Turman Library and Museum| date= | accessdate=2014-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=78254|title= Harry S. Truman Executive Order 10030 - Administration and Supervision of the District of Columbia National Guard |publisher=The American Presidency Project| date= | accessdate=2014-06-05}}</ref> 26 January 1949 with authority given to the Secretary to designate officials of the National Military Establishment to administer affairs of the District of Columbia National Guard. The [[Secretary of the Army]] was directed to act for the [[Secretary of Defense]] in all matters pertaining to the ground component, and the Secretary of the [[Air Force]] was directed to act in all matters pertaining to the air component of the District of Columbia National Guard by Secretary of Defense memorandum, 2 February 1949. Founded in 1997, the Mobilization Augmentation Detachment of the DC National Guard primary mission was to support the National Guard Bureau Operations Staff and Emergency Operations Center in [[Arlington, Virginia]]. On 27 September 2001, following the [[9/11]] terrorist attacks on [[United States|America]], the unit was the first [[United States Army Reserve|Army Reserve]] component mobilized to support the [[Global War on Terrorism]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=44674|title= National Guard Steps in to help with Airport Security |publisher=U.S. Department of Defense| date= | accessdate=2014-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=George Mason University|title=A Brief History of the War Formerly Known As The Global War On Terror|url=http://hnn.us/article/144693|work=History News Network|publisher=George Mason University – History News Network|accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref> Our outstanding performance and commitment prompted the decision to expand the unit into a [[Command (military formation)|Command]], with a larger role, and opportunities for over 100 [[Officers]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/officer|title=Definition of officer – Oxford Dictionaries (British & World English) |publisher=Oxford Dictionaries |date= |accessdate=2014-06-05}}</ref> and NCOs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/non-commissioned-officer |title=non-commissioned officer – definition of non-commissioned officer by Macmillan Dictionary |publisher=Macmillandictionary.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_gb0561930#m_en_gb0561930 |title=Definition of non-commissioned – Oxford Dictionaries (British & World English) |publisher=Oxford Dictionaries |date= |accessdate=2014-06-05}}</ref> The MAC is heavily involved in operations throughout the [[National Capital Region]].
== Current Divisions ==
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