The Oregon National Guard consisted of two separate elements, the first being the Army National Guard, which consisted of three major commands, 41 Infantry Combat Team, the 82nd Brigade, and the Army Joint Force Headquarters. The second element Air National Guard consisted of two major commands, 142nd located in Portland Oregon, and 173rd located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and the Air Joint Force Headquarters. The decision-making authority was centralized at the Joint Force Headquarters levels, with final authority held by TAG. The Chief of Staff who was a retired Colonel, Mr. Donald Bond, held further delegated authority in the absence of TAG. Between the two, they made all strategic level decisions for organization; disciplinary actions;
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Of course, this was an unfounded claim. When MG Rees announced what the makeup of the restructure would look like, to everyone’s surprise, he also announced his retirement, and successor to carrying out the restructure. When MG Daniel Hokanson’s, name was announced, most of the organization’s leaders where excited, because he was a well-respected Commander, and a mentor to most of the Senior Leaders in the Organization. The ORNG was now broken out into what could be looked at as five functional structure taking the place of the old geographic structures. MG Hokanson decentralized power and authority down to five major commands, the Joint Domestic Support Command (JDSC), Joint Domestic Operations Command (JDOC), Land Component Command (LCC), Air Components Command (ACC), and Interagency Command (AGDD). The JDSC consisted of both Army and Air service members and special staff sections that manage the full time force, such as Human Resource Office, Inspector General’s office, and the Judge Advocate General just to name a few. The JDOC consists of very Senior Officers with three Senior Non-Commissioned Officers both Army and Air, whose mission is to focus on planning for domestic operations and military support to civil authorities. The AGDD consists of the organizations civilian support staff
Of course, this was an unfounded claim. When MG Rees announced what the makeup of the restructure would look like, to everyone’s surprise, he also announced his retirement, and successor to carrying out the restructure. When MG Daniel Hokanson’s, name was announced, most of the organization’s leaders where excited, because he was a well-respected Commander, and a mentor to most of the Senior Leaders in the Organization. The ORNG was now broken out into what could be looked at as five functional structure taking the place of the old geographic structures. MG Hokanson decentralized power and authority down to five major commands, the Joint Domestic Support Command (JDSC), Joint Domestic Operations Command (JDOC), Land Component Command (LCC), Air Components Command (ACC), and Interagency Command (AGDD). The JDSC consisted of both Army and Air service members and special staff sections that manage the full time force, such as Human Resource Office, Inspector General’s office, and the Judge Advocate General just to name a few. The JDOC consists of very Senior Officers with three Senior Non-Commissioned Officers both Army and Air, whose mission is to focus on planning for domestic operations and military support to civil authorities. The AGDD consists of the organizations civilian support staff