ANG Training and Education Center

History

The I.G. Brown Training and Education Center

The Training and Education Center was established in 1968 as the I.G. Brown Professional Military Education Center, named in honor of the first Director of the Air National Guard, Maj. Gen. I.G. Brown.

It had long been the dream of Maj. Gen. Brown to establish a Noncommissioned Officer Academy within the Air National Guard. He envisioned a center located on an Air National Guard base and staffed by Air National Guardsmen.

Today, it is called The I.G. Brown Training and Education Center and is the heart of leadership training for the Air National Guard.

More than 4,200 students per year attend a variety of professional military education courses and skills enhancement training classes in subjects ranging from explosives safety orientation to food services, recruiting, security and expeditionary medical support.

Air National Guard: A Short Story

The Air National Guard as we know it today -- a separate reserve component of the United States Air Force -- was a product of the politics of postwar planning and interservice rivalry during World War II. The men who planned and maneuvered for an independent postwar Air Force during World War II didn't place much faith in the reserves, especially the state-dominated National Guard.

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