United States National Guard | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-18

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United States National Guard


00:01:57 1 Origins
00:04:53 2 Organization
00:05:02 2.1 Territorial organization
00:05:52 2.2 National Guard Bureau
00:07:52 2.3 Agricultural Development Teams
00:11:32 3 Standards
00:12:29 4 Constitutional basis
00:14:43 5 Other organizations
00:14:52 5.1 State defense forces
00:16:19 5.2 Naval militias
00:17:39 6 Duties and administrative organization
00:18:38 7 National Guard active duty character
00:19:35 7.1 State and territory duty
00:21:32 7.2 Federal duty
00:23:44 8 History
00:23:52 8.1 Colonial history
00:25:25 8.2 American Revolutionary War
00:26:17 8.3 Nineteenth century
00:27:35 8.4 Industrialization and labor unrest
00:28:38 8.5 Twentieth century
00:34:06 8.6 Twenty-first century
00:38:03 9 The National Guard compared to the Reserves
00:39:05 10 Relevant laws
00:44:40 11 Notable members
00:44:49 11.1 Presidents
00:45:44 11.2 Other famous or infamous members
00:45:54 12 Number of guardsmen by state, territory and D.C.
00:47:53 12.1 Sortable table
00:48:01 13 See also



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The United States National Guard, also commonly referred to as just the National Guard, is part of the reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, is a reserve military force, composed of National Guard military members or units of each state and the territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, for a total of 54 separate organizations. All members of the National Guard of the United States are also members of the militia of the United States as defined by 10 U.S.C. § 246. National Guard units are under the dual control of the state and the federal government.
The majority of National Guard soldiers and airmen hold a civilian job full-time while serving part-time as a National Guard member. These part-time guardsmen are augmented by a full-time cadre of Active Guard & Reserve (AGR) personnel in both the Army National Guard and Air National Guard, plus Army Reserve Technicians in the Army National Guard and Air Reserve Technicians (ART) in the Air National Guard.
The National Guard is a joint activity of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) composed of reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force: the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard respectively.Local militias were formed from the earliest English colonization of the Americas in 1607. The first colony-wide militia was formed by Massachusetts in 1636 by merging small older local units, and several National Guard units can be traced back to this militia. The various colonial militias became state militias when the United States became independent. The title "National Guard" was used in 1824 by some New York State militia units, named after the French National Guard in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette. "National Guard" became a standard nationwide militia title in 1903, and specifically indicated reserve forces under mixed state and federal control since 1933.