Thank you, does anyone know what are the chances you will be deployed from experience?
Maybe he wants something that deploys.
When I asked about dates and procedures here, a lot of folks mistook me for wanting to avoid service when in fact, I wanted to make sure I was there for all the important parts.
my dear sirs i would like to ask a question about the US army national guard. since we dont have a system like that here i am interested in how it works and the question i have is, do they have combat troops? and if so do they acually go into combat like say regular army infantry. i googled on this subject but no anwsers found.
my dear sirs i would like to ask a question about the US army national guard. since we dont have a system like that here i am interested in how it works and the question i have is, do they have combat troops? and if so do they acually go into combat like say regular army infantry. i googled on this subject but no anwsers found.
The National Guard does have "combat troops." And, yes, they deploy like RA (Regular Army, also called Active Duty (AD)) Infantry - when they are called up to do so.
The National Guard is a United States Army entity. But they are under state control, whereas RA is Federal. They are still... owned (want of a better term) by the Army: they have the same physical standards and rules and punishments. There is no difference between an Article 15 in the RA and an Article 15 in the NG.
Think of the NG as loaned to the state. Under most circumstances, the governor of the state has control of their NG. But at any time, the Army can remove that control, ending the state control, and use those troops as they need. They are still National Guard, but now they are "recalled to active duty." They may deploy attached to an RA unit, under that unit's operational control, or they may deploy as their own unit with their own mission.
To expand on what AZ has already said.
The USARNG has Infantry, Armored Cav, and artillery as well as avaiation assets, although most of the arty has been reclassed as MP or Motor Transport. The National Guard also includes the 19th and 20th Special Forces Groups which are fully qualified to preform SF missions.
The National Guard is managed and comes under the control of the Dept of the Army thru the National Guard Bureau (including the Air Guard). The equipment is procured and distributed thru this arrangement by DOA or DOAF thru the NGB.
Army Guard uses all protocols, traditions and regulations of the US Army
Air Guard of the USAF
In domestic roles the Guards answer to the State GOV preform missions for the security of the individual state i.e. disaster relief, riot control, search and rescue, and since they are a state agency at this point may enforce state law without violating federal law.
Upon federalization the Guard acts just as any regular component acts in the Army or Air Force.
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