National Guard of the United States

The 2015 National Military Strategy The NMS provides an overview of the strategic challenges the United States is currently encountering and outlines how the United States armed forces will be employed to support the NSS. Today’s strategic environment is characterized by its complexity and quickly changing situations due to globalization, the spread of technology, and demographic shifts. In this complex strategic environment, the United States military cannot focus on one challenge and must be able to provide a full range of military options for addressing every possible security scenario. One of the most critical objectives the NMS discussed to counter the complex and unpredictable security challenges the United States is facing is to…

militia has answered the call to guard and defend America’s citizens and way of life. Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, President George W. Bush authorized the activation of the Reserves of each military branch as well as the Army and Air National Guard. Initially, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld designated more than 35,000 reserve component men and women the task of protecting strategically significant and vulnerable high profile sites. The safeguards provided by this…

have a militia. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration’s official website details the establishment of a militia in Article 1 Section 13 of Virginia’s Bill of Rights, located within the Virginia Constitution: That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by,…

Army National Guard Civil Support Teams Since 1998, Civil Support Teams have assisted local authorities in dealing with events involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or enhanced improvised explosives (CBRNE). Whether it be a planned attack utilizing chemical or biological agents, toxic industrial materials, or radiological sources or an accidental spill or release. Highly skilled Army and Air National Guard Active Guard Reserve (AGR) personnel make up every Civil Support Team…

The National Guard plays many roles in keeping our country safe from protecting the United States to assisting in helping civilians during natural disasters. The National Guard has played quite an enormous role in the past when Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina hit the coast of the United States of America. Hurricane Katrina had arrived on August 23, 2005 and disappeared on August 31, 2005. Hurricane Sandy came into effect October 22, 2012 and the storm died out on October 31, 2012. The storms…

in the JFHQ is the National Guard Counterdrug (CD) Program. Since 1989, the National Guard, works with their state Governor in conjunction with interagency organizations to perform interdiction and anti-drug activities in a fight against illicit drugs. The type of military support provided by the National Guard can range reconnaissance, technical assistance, general support, civil operations, and counterdrug training. "Interagency partners include state, local, and tribal law enforcement…

agility, integration, flexibility and innovation. Strategic guidance provided by the 2014 QDR, 2015 NMS and CCJO highlight current and future security environments, requirements to reshape current capabilities for Joint Force 2025 by service, with advantages and disadvantages and associated risks. The future security environment increases in complexity and uncertainty with the rise of state and non-state…

Everybody claims to support our troops yet nobody really pays attention to what they have to go through to protect not only our country but foreign ones as well. We are too focused on what the famous Kylie Jenner has done to her face or what surgeries Caitlyn Jenner has done to his/her body, to even think about the everyday soldier being deployed out of the country having to leave his or her family for months at a time. Just earlier this month, over a thousand National Guard members were…

National Guard The National Guard is the branch of the military that operates as a “home guard.” Like servicemen and women in other branches of the armed forces, members of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard undergo military training to protect the nation in case of attack and to aid americans during time of crisis, including national disasters like earthquakes and floods. Unlike other branches of the military the guard is mostly stationed on home soil (though they can be…

The importance of the National Guard to the nation’s homeland defense and security is well established. Since its inception over 330 years ago, the National Guard has protected states and communities. As weather patterns began to intensify and terrorist threats increased, the National Guard’s role has expanded to assist in the response and recover to both natural and man-made disasters. It is well established that the mere presence of the National Guard after a traumatic event on United…