A to Z Challenge - N is for National Guard

The National Guard is a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces, composed of members and units from each state, the District of Columbia, and the territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands.  The National Guard can be be deployed or mobilized for federal and domestic missions.

There are approximately 350,000 guardsmen currently serving.

The National Guard has responded to regional crises in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Iraq. The Guard also expanded its scope of operations with peacekeeping rotations in the Sinai and the Balkans.

In the largest and swiftest response to a domestic disaster in history, the Guard deployed more than 50,000 troops in support of the Gulf States following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

The National Guard continues its historic dual mission, protecting life and property in the states, territories, and the District of Columbia, and also ready to defend the United States and its interests all over the globe.

https://www.military.com/deployment/deployment-pay.html

Those serving in the Army or Air National Guard devote many weekends in training for our country's military.  And when National guard servicemembers deploy, they are converted to the standard active duty pay scale.

For more information:

https://www.nationalguard.com/
http://www.nationalguard.mil/
https://www.military.com/national-guard


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O is for Officers.  How is an officer different from an enlisted position?  How do you qualify to be an officer?  Would you qualify?  Come back tomorrow and find out!