United States National Guard

The United States National Guard is a military reserve force composed of military members or units of each state and the territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. The majority of National Guard soldiers and airmen hold a civilian job full-time while serving part-time as a National Guard member. All members of the National Guard of the United States are alsoMembers of the Organized Militia of the U.S.

About United States National Guard in brief

The United States National Guard is a military reserve force composed of military members or units of each state and the territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. The majority of National Guard soldiers and airmen hold a civilian job full-time while serving part-time as a National Guard member. All members of the National Guard of the United States are alsoMembers of the Organized Militia of the U.S. National Guard units are under the dual control of the state governments and the federal government. In 2006, Congress passed the 2007 National Defense Authorization Act, which gave the president the authority to mobilize National Guard troops without the consent of state governors. The National Guard serves as part of the first line of defense for the United states, each of the 50 states, three territories, and three Districts of Columbia, as well as the Air National Guard. It is a joint activity of the Department of Defense composed of reserve components of the US Army and the US Air Force. The first muster of militia forces in what is today the United. States took place on September 16, 1565, in the newly established Spanish military town of St. Augustine. 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. In 1903, with passage of the Dick Act, the predecessor to the modern-day National Guard was formed. It required the states to divide their militias into two sections.

The law recommended the title “National Guard’ for the first section, known as the organized militia, and “Reserve Militia” for all others. In 1933, Congress split between the traditional state militias by mandating that all soldiers take a dual enlistment. In 1947, the National Defense Act of 1947 created the Air Guard as a separate branch of the Armed Forces, mirroring the Army’s reserve components. The Air Guard is organized into units stationed in each state, the territories, three states, and 3 Districts of Columbia, and several states, several territories and several countries. In 2009, Congress created the Army National Guard, as a newly created federal reserve force. It was created in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom. In 2012, President Barack Obama signed a bill creating the Army and Air National Guards, which will be based in Washington, D.C. and in the states of California, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Rhode Island, Virginia, and West Virginia. In 2013, Congress approved the creation of the Army Air Guard, which is based in San Diego, California, and San Antonio, Texas. In 2014, Congress voted to create the Air Force National Guard as one of the three branches of the armed forces. In 2015, Congress also approved a bill that would create a separate Air Force Reserve Force, based in Fort Worth, Texas, and in San Francisco, California.

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