National Guard (United States)
The United States National Guard is an organization of the United States Army and the United States Air Force. Both the Army and the Air Force are branches of the United States military. The National Guard is a militia (an emergency army) for the United States. Each U.S. state has its own National Guard, usually under the control of the state's government. When needed, it is mobilized under control of the United States.
There are two parts of the United States National Guard, which are administered by the National Guard Bureau of the United States Department of Defense. The Air National Guard is part of the United States Air Force, and the Army National Guard is part of the United States Army.
Both groups are identified by the kinds of jobs they do. The Air National Guard is mainly for air defense, and the Army National Guard is on the ground.
National Guard (United States) Media
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National Guard 3-cent 1953 issue U.S. stamp. The National Guard of the US - In War - In Peace - The Oldest Military Organization in the US.
Seal of the National Guard Bureau, 2013 to present
Army National Guard recruits arriving at Fort Jackson for basic training
Army National Guard soldiers at New York City's Penn Station in 2004
First muster of the East Regiment (present-day Massachusetts Army National Guard) in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Spring 1637, as imagined by artist Don Troiani in the 1980s.
A National Guardsman in 1917
National Guard training, 1941.
Following the 1992 Los Angeles riots, 4,000 National Guardsmen patrolled the city.
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