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</li> <li id="toc-Other_organizations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_organizations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Other organizations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_organizations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Other organizations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Other_organizations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-State_defense_forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_defense_forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>State defense forces</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_defense_forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Naval_militias" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Naval_militias"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Naval militias</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Naval_militias-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Duties_and_administrative_organization" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Duties_and_administrative_organization"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Duties and administrative organization</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Duties_and_administrative_organization-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Guard_active_duty_character" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Guard_active_duty_character"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>National Guard active duty character</span> </div> </a> <button 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Colonial_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Colonial_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Colonial history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Colonial_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-American_Revolutionary_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#American_Revolutionary_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>American Revolutionary War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-American_Revolutionary_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nineteenth_century" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nineteenth_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Nineteenth century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nineteenth_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Industrialization_and_labor_unrest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Industrialization_and_labor_unrest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Industrialization and labor unrest</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Industrialization_and_labor_unrest-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Twentieth_century" 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vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United_States" title="National Guard of the United States – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="National Guard of the United States" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%A0rdia_Nacional_dels_Estats_Units" title="Guàrdia Nacional dels Estats Units – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Guàrdia Nacional dels Estats Units" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A1rodn%C3%AD_garda_Spojen%C3%BDch_st%C3%A1t%C5%AF_americk%C3%BDch" title="Národní garda Spojených států amerických – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Národní garda Spojených států amerických" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalgarde_der_Vereinigten_Staaten" title="Nationalgarde der Vereinigten Staaten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nationalgarde der Vereinigten Staaten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameerika_%C3%9Chendriikide_rahvuskaart" title="Ameerika Ühendriikide rahvuskaart – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ameerika Ühendriikide rahvuskaart" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%B8%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AC_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%97%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD" title="Εθνική Φρουρά των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εθνική Φρουρά των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardia_Nacional_de_los_Estados_Unidos" title="Guardia Nacional de los Estados Unidos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Guardia Nacional de los Estados Unidos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardia_Nazionala_(Ameriketako_Estatu_Batuak)" title="Guardia Nazionala (Ameriketako Estatu Batuak) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Guardia Nazionala (Ameriketako Estatu Batuak)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="گارد ملی ایالات متحده آمریکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گارد ملی ایالات متحده آمریکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard" title="United States National 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href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_of_the_United_States&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="National Guard of the United States">National Guard of the United States</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">State military force and federal military reserve of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air force</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about one of the United States military reserve forces. For other countries that have a National Guard, see <a href="/wiki/National_Guard" title="National Guard">National Guard</a>. For other United States military reserves, see <a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces</a>. For the general idea of militas in the United States, see <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_States)" title="Militia (United States)">Militia (United States)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">National Guard</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Guard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Guard.svg/140px-Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Guard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Guard.svg/210px-Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Guard.svg/280px-Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="781" data-file-height="781" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Seal_(emblem)" title="Seal (emblem)">Seal</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">English colonial</a> militia: since December 13, 1636 <ul><li>As "National Guard": since 1824 in <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, since 1903 nationwide</li> <li>Dual state-federal reserve forces: since 1933</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">Federal</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C. § E</a>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States" title="List of states and territories of the United States">State</a> and <a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">territorial</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">32 U.S.C.</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/43px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">Reserve force</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Militia" title="Militia">Militia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">443,543</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NGB-seal-high.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/NGB-seal-high.png/23px-NGB-seal-high.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/NGB-seal-high.png/35px-NGB-seal-high.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/NGB-seal-high.png/46px-NGB-seal-high.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="998" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data">All 50 <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. states</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">organized U.S. territories</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Commonwealth of Puerto Rico</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">District of Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air National Guard">Air Guard</a>", "<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army National Guard">Army Guard</a>"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"Always Ready, Always There!"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Always_Ready,_Always_There_(march)" class="mw-redirect" title="Always Ready, Always There (march)">Always Ready, Always There</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalguard.mil">nationalguard.mil</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Powers_of_the_president_of_the_United_States#Commander-in-chief" title="Powers of the president of the United States">Commander-in-Chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="651" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau" title="Chief of the National Guard Bureau">Chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="910" data-file-height="677" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Gen</a> <a href="/wiki/Steven_Nordhaus" title="Steven Nordhaus">Steven S. Nordhaus</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau" title="Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau">Vice Chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Vice_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_Vice_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Vice_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_Vice_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Vice_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Vice_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="910" data-file-height="677" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">MG</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Timothy_L._Rieger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Timothy L. Rieger (page does not exist)">Timothy L. Rieger</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a> (acting)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_for_the_National_Guard_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Enlisted Advisor for the National Guard Bureau">Senior Enlisted Advisor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Positional_flag_of_the_Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_to_the_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg/25px-Positional_flag_of_the_Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_to_the_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Positional_flag_of_the_Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_to_the_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg/38px-Positional_flag_of_the_Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_to_the_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Positional_flag_of_the_Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_to_the_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg/50px-Positional_flag_of_the_Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_to_the_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_for_the_National_Guard_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Enlisted Advisor for the National Guard Bureau">SEANGB</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_T._Raines_III&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John T. Raines III (page does not exist)">John T. Raines III</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Seal of the <a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg/155px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="155" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg/233px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg/310px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="802" data-file-height="802" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Seal of the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg/155px-US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="155" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg/233px-US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg/310px-US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="505" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>National Guard</b> is a <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">state-based</a> military force that becomes part of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">U.S. military's</a> <a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">reserve components</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> when activated for federal missions.<sup id="cite_ref-NG-FAQ_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NG-FAQ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a <a href="/wiki/Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">military reserve force</a> composed of National Guard military members or units of each state and the territories of <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a>, for a total of 54 separate organizations. It is officially created under <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress's</a> Article 1 Section 8 ability to "raise and support armies".<sup id="cite_ref-Raise_and_Support_Armies_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raise_and_Support_Armies-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All members of the National Guard are also members of the <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_States)" title="Militia (United States)">organized militia of the United States</a> as defined by <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/246">§ 246</a>. National Guard units are under the dual control of state governments and the federal government.<sup id="cite_ref-NG-FAQ_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NG-FAQ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The majority of National Guard soldiers and airmen hold a civilian job full-time while serving part-time as a National Guard member.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Guard_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Guard-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These part-time guardsmen are augmented by a full-time cadre of <a href="/wiki/Active_Guard_Reserve" title="Active Guard Reserve">Active Guard & Reserve</a> (AGR) personnel in both the Army National Guard and Air National Guard, plus Army Reserve Technicians in the Army National Guard and <a href="/wiki/Air_Reserve_Technician_Program" title="Air Reserve Technician Program">Air Reserve Technicians</a> (ART) in the Air National Guard.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The National Guard is a joint activity of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a> (DoD) composed of reserve components of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a><sup id="cite_ref-National_Guard_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Guard-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Guard_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Guard-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Colonial <a href="/wiki/Militia" title="Militia">militias</a> were formed during the <a href="/wiki/British_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="British colonization of the Americas">British colonization of the Americas</a> from the 17th century onward. 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 <a href="/wiki/New_York_State" class="mw-redirect" title="New York State">New York State</a> militia units, named after the <a href="/wiki/French_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="French National Guard">French National Guard</a> in honor of the <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette" title="Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette">Marquis de Lafayette</a>. "National Guard" became a standard nationwide militia title in 1903, and has specifically indicated reserve forces under mixed state and federal control since 1933. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Guard_3c_1953_issue_U.S._stamp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="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." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/National_Guard_3c_1953_issue_U.S._stamp.jpg/260px-National_Guard_3c_1953_issue_U.S._stamp.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/National_Guard_3c_1953_issue_U.S._stamp.jpg/390px-National_Guard_3c_1953_issue_U.S._stamp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/National_Guard_3c_1953_issue_U.S._stamp.jpg/520px-National_Guard_3c_1953_issue_U.S._stamp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1318" data-file-height="850" /></a><figcaption>1953 postage stamp</figcaption></figure> <p>On December 13, 1636,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first militia regiments in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> were organized in Massachusetts. Based upon an order of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Court" title="Massachusetts General Court">Massachusetts Bay Colony's General Court</a>, the colony's militia was organized into three permanent regiments to better defend the colony. Today, the descendants of these first regiments - the <b>181st Infantry</b>, the <b>182nd Infantry</b>, the <b>101st Field Artillery</b>, and the <b>101st Engineer Battalion</b> of the Massachusetts Army National Guard – share the distinction of being the oldest units in the U.S. military. December 13, 1636, thus marks the beginning of the organized militia, and the birth of the National Guard's oldest organized units is symbolic of the founding of all the state, territory, and District of Columbia militias that collectively make up today's National Guard. </p><p>Previous to this, unregulated militias were mustered sporadically in Spanish and English colonies. On September 16, 1565, in the newly established Spanish town of <a href="/wiki/St._Augustine,_Florida" title="St. Augustine, Florida">St. Augustine</a>, militia were assigned to guard the expedition's supplies while their leader, <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s" title="Pedro Menéndez de Avilés">Pedro Menéndez de Avilés</a>, took the regular troops north to attack the French settlement at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Caroline" title="Fort Caroline">Fort Caroline</a> on the <a href="/wiki/St._Johns_River" title="St. Johns River">St. Johns River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This Spanish militia tradition and the tradition that was established in England's North American colonies provided the basic nucleus for Colonial defense in the New World. </p><p>The militia tradition continued with the New World's first permanent English settlements. <a href="/wiki/Jamestown_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamestown Colony">Jamestown Colony</a> (established in 1607) and <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth Colony</a> (established in 1620) both had militia forces, which initially consisted of every able-bodied adult male. By the mid-1600s every town had at least one militia company (usually commanded by an officer with the rank of captain), and the militia companies of a county formed a regiment (usually commanded by an officer with the rank of major in the 1600s or a colonel in the 1700s). The first federal laws regulating the militia were the <a href="/wiki/Militia_Acts_of_1792" title="Militia Acts of 1792">Militia acts of 1792</a>. </p><p>From the nation's founding through the early 1900s, the United States maintained only a minimal army and relied on state militias, directly related to the earlier Colonial militias to supply the majority of its troops.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>, Congress was called upon to reform and regulate state militias' training and qualification. </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_W._F._Dick" title="Charles W. F. Dick">Charles W. F. Dick</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Army_National_Guard" title="Ohio Army National Guard">Ohio National Guard</a> and the chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Militia" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on the Militia">Committee on the Militia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sponsored the 1903 <a href="/wiki/Dick_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Dick Act">Dick Act</a> towards the end of the <a href="/wiki/57th_United_States_Congress" title="57th United States Congress">57th U.S. Congress</a>. Under this legislation, passed 21 January 1903, the organized militia of the states were given federal funding and required to conform to Regular Army organization within five years. The act also required National Guard units to attend twenty four drills and five days annual training a year, and, for the first time, provided for pay for annual training. In return for the increased federal funding which the act made available, militia units were subject to inspection by Regular Army officers, and had to meet certain standards. </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Congress passed the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Act_of_1916" title="National Defense Act of 1916">National Defense Act of 1916</a>, which required the use of the term "National Guard" for the state militias and further regulated them. Congress also authorized the states to maintain <a href="/wiki/State_Defense_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="State Defense Forces">Home Guards</a>, which were reserve forces outside the National Guards deployed by the federal government.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1933, with the passage of the National Guard Mobilization Act, Congress finalized the split between the National Guard and the traditional state militias by mandating that all federally funded soldiers take a dual enlistment/commission and thus enter both the state National Guard and the National Guard of the United States, a newly created federal reserve force. The <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Act_of_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="National Defense Act of 1947">National Defense Act of 1947</a> created the Air Force as a separate branch of the Armed Forces and concurrently created the Air National Guard of the United States as one of its reserve components, mirroring the Army's structure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Territorial_organization">Territorial organization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Territorial organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Guard of the several states, territories, and the District of Columbia serves as part of the first line of defense for the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state National Guard is organized into units stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia, and operates under their respective <a href="/wiki/Governor_(United_States)" title="Governor (United States)">state or territorial governor</a>, except in the instance of <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, where the National Guard operates under the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> or their designee. The governors exercise control through the <a href="/wiki/State_adjutant_general" title="State adjutant general">state adjutants general</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Call_up_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Call_up-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Governors may call up the National Guard for active duty to help respond to domestic emergencies and disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes.<sup id="cite_ref-Call_up_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Call_up-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Guard_Bureau">National Guard Bureau</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: National Guard Bureau"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NGB-seal-high.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/NGB-seal-high.png/170px-NGB-seal-high.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/NGB-seal-high.png/255px-NGB-seal-high.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/NGB-seal-high.png/340px-NGB-seal-high.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="998" /></a><figcaption>Seal of the National Guard Bureau, 2013 to present<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a></div> <p>The National Guard is administered by the <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a>, a joint activity of the Army and Air Force under the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pl110-181_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pl110-181-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Guard Bureau provides a communication channel for state National Guards to the DoD.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Guard Bureau also provides policies and requirements for training and funds for state Army National Guard and state Air National Guard units,<sup id="cite_ref-National_Guard_Bureau_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Guard_Bureau-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the allocation of federal funds to the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard,<sup id="cite_ref-National_Guard_Bureau_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Guard_Bureau-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other administrative responsibilities prescribed under <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/10503">§ 10503</a>. The National Guard Bureau is headed by the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau" title="Chief of the National Guard Bureau">Chief of the National Guard Bureau</a> (CNGB), who is a four-star <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">general</a><sup id="cite_ref-pl110-181_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pl110-181-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the Army or Air Force and is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>. </p><p>The National Guard Bureau is headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia, and is a joint activity of the Department of Defense to conduct all the administrative matters pertaining to the <a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a>. The chief is either an Army or an Air Force four-star <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general officer</a>, and is the senior uniformed National Guard officer, and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, he serves as a military adviser to the President, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council and is the Department of Defense's official channel of communication to the Governors and to State Adjutants General on all matters pertaining to the National Guard. He is responsible for ensuring that the more than half a million Army and Air National Guard personnel are accessible, capable, and ready to protect the homeland and to provide combat resources to the Army and the Air Force. He is appointed by the President in his capacity as <a href="/wiki/Commander_in_Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander in Chief">Commander in Chief</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_USC_10501-10503_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10_USC_10501-10503-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constitutional_basis">Constitutional basis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Constitutional basis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The respective state National Guards are authorized by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution of the United States</a>. As originally drafted, the Constitution recognized the existing state militias, and gave them vital roles to fill: "to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasion." (Article I, Section 8, Clause 15). The Constitution distinguished "militias," which were state entities, from "Troops," which were unlawful for states to maintain without Congressional approval. (Article I, Section 10, Clause 3). Under current law, the respective state National Guards and the State Defense Forces are authorized by Congress to the states and are referred to as "troops." <a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">32 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/32/109">§ 109</a>. </p><p>Although originally state entities, the Constitutional "Militia of the Several States" were not entirely independent because they could be federalized. According to Article I, Section 8; Clause 15, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> is given the power to pass laws for "calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions." Congress is also empowered to come up with the guidelines "for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress" (clause 16). The President of the United States is the commander-in-chief of the <a href="/wiki/State_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="State Guard">state militias</a> "when called into the actual Service of the United States." (Article II, Section 2). </p><p>The traditional state militias were redefined and recreated as the "organized militia"—the National Guard, via the <a href="/wiki/Militia_Act_of_1903" title="Militia Act of 1903">Militia Act of 1903</a>. They were now subject to an increasing amount of federal control, including having arms and accoutrements supplied by the central government, federal funding, and numerous closer ties to the Regular Army. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposed_Space_National_Guard">Proposed Space National Guard</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Proposed Space National Guard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Space_National_Guard" title="Space National Guard">Space National Guard</a></div> <p>Proposals for the establishment of a National Guard component for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a> has existed for years, even as early as 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A report by the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office">Congressional Budget Office</a> indicated that the creation of a Space National Guard, as proposed by the National Guard Bureau, would cost an additional $100 million per year in operations and support costs, with a onetime cost of $20 million in the construction of new facilities. This report directly contradicted the statement by the <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a> that a Space National Guard would only have a onetime cost at creation, and then be cost-neutral.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The report also analyzed the cost of the creation of a larger Space National Guard, which would be ~33% of the Space Force, calculating that the annual operating cost would be $385 million to $490 million per year.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, several states already have existing National Guard space operations, including <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there is also a space component in the <a href="/wiki/Guam_Air_National_Guard" title="Guam Air National Guard">Guam Air National Guard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Standards">Standards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Standards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both the Army National Guard and Air National Guard are expected to adhere to the same moral and physical standards as their "full-time" active duty and "part-time" reserve federal counterparts.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same ranks and insignia of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force are used by the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard, respectively, and National Guard members are eligible to receive all <a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Awards and decorations of the United States military">United States military awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The respective state National Guards also bestow <a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Awards and decorations of the National Guard">state awards</a> for services rendered both at home and abroad. Under Army and Air Force regulations, these awards may be worn while in state, but not federal, duty status. Regular Army and Army Reserve soldiers are also authorized to accept these awards, but are not authorized to wear them. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_%282017%29.webm/220px--Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_%282017%29.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="855" data-mwtitle="Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_(2017).webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_(2017).webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_%282017%29.webm/Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_%282017%29.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_%282017%29.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_%282017%29.webm/Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_%282017%29.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_%282017%29.webm/Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_%282017%29.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_%282017%29.webm/Arriving_at_Fort_Jackson_for_Basic_Training_%282017%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /></video></span><figcaption>Army National Guard recruits arriving at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Jackson_(South_Carolina)" title="Fort Jackson (South Carolina)">Fort Jackson</a> for basic training</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Homeland_security_at_Penn_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Homeland_security_at_Penn_Station.jpg/220px-Homeland_security_at_Penn_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Homeland_security_at_Penn_Station.jpg/330px-Homeland_security_at_Penn_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Homeland_security_at_Penn_Station.jpg/440px-Homeland_security_at_Penn_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="484" /></a><figcaption>Army National Guard soldiers at New York City's <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Station (New York City)">Penn Station</a> in 2004</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_organizations">Other organizations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_defense_forces">State defense forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: State defense forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/State_defense_force" title="State defense force">State defense force</a></div> <p>Many states also maintain their own <a href="/wiki/State_defense_force" title="State defense force">state defense forces</a>. Although not federal entities like the National Guard of the United States, these forces are components of the state militias like the individual state National Guards. </p><p>These forces were created by Congress in 1917 as a result of the state National Guards' being deployed and were known as Home Guards. In 1940, with the onset of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and as a result of its federalizing the National Guard, Congress amended the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Act_of_1916" title="National Defense Act of 1916">National Defense Act of 1916</a>, and authorized the states to maintain "military forces other than National Guard."<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This law authorized the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">War Department</a> to train and arm the new military forces that became known as State Guards. In 1950, with the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> and at the urging of the National Guard, Congress reauthorized the separate state military forces for a time period of two years. These state military forces were authorized military training at federal expense, and "arms, ammunition, clothing, and equipment," as deemed necessary by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of the Army">Secretary of the Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1956, Congress finally revised the law and authorized "State defense forces" permanently under Title 32, Section 109, of the United States Code.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naval_militias">Naval militias</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Naval militias"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Naval_militias_in_the_United_States" title="Naval militias in the United States">Naval militias in the United States</a></div> <p>Although there are no Naval or Marine Corps components of the National Guard of the United States, there is a Naval Militia authorized under federal law.<a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/8901">§ 8901</a>. Like the soldiers and airmen in the National Guard of the United States, members of the Naval Militia are authorized federal appointments or enlistments at the discretion of the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a>.<a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/7852">§ 7852</a>. To receive federal funding and equipment, a state naval militia must be composed of at least 95% of Navy, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps Reservists. As such, some states maintain such units. Some states also maintain naval components of their State Defense Force. Recently, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, California, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, New York, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>, Texas and <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Naval_Militia" title="Ohio Naval Militia">Ohio</a> have had or currently maintain <a href="/wiki/Naval_Militia" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Militia">naval militias</a>. Other states have laws authorizing them but do not currently have them organized. To receive federal funding, as is the case in the National Guard, a state must meet specific requirements such as having a set percentage of its members in the federal reserves.<a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/7851">§ 7851</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Duties_and_administrative_organization">Duties and administrative organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Duties and administrative organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>National Guard <a href="/wiki/Military_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Military unit">units</a> can be mobilized for federal active duty to supplement regular armed forces during times of war or <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency#United_States" title="State of emergency">national emergency</a> declared by Congress,<sup id="cite_ref-ready_reserve_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ready_reserve-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a><sup id="cite_ref-ready_reserve_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ready_reserve-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They can also be activated for service in their respective states upon declaration of a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> by the governor of the state or territory where they serve, or in the case of Washington, D.C., by the Commanding General. Unlike <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">U.S. Army Reserve</a> members, National Guard members cannot be mobilized individually, except through voluntary transfers and Temporary Duty Assignments (TDY). The types of activation are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> </td> <td><b>State active duty</b> </td> <td><b>Title 32</b> </td> <td><b>Title 10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Command and control (C2)</b> </td> <td>Governor </td> <td>Governor </td> <td>President </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Military C2</b> </td> <td>Adjutant general </td> <td>Adjutant general </td> <td>Combatant commander </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Duty assignments</b> </td> <td>In accordance with state law </td> <td>U.S. </td> <td>Worldwide </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Pay</b> </td> <td>State </td> <td>Federal </td> <td>Federal </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Domestic law enforcement powers</b> </td> <td>Yes </td> <td>Yes </td> <td>No<sup id="cite_ref-act1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-act1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Missions examples</b> </td> <td>Civil support; <p>law enforcement; </p><p>others as determined </p><p>by governor </p> </td> <td>Training; <p>civil support; </p><p>law enforcement; </p><p>counter drug; </p><p>WMD response; </p> </td> <td>Overseas training; <p>expeditionary </p><p>missions; civil </p><p>support and </p><p>law enforcement<sup id="cite_ref-act2_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-act2-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Activation examples</b> </td> <td> <p><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing" title="Oklahoma City bombing">Oklahoma City bombing</a>; </p><p><a href="/wiki/Category:Tornadoes_in_Kansas" title="Category:Tornadoes in Kansas">Kansas tornadoes</a>; </p><p><a href="/wiki/California_wildfires" class="mw-redirect" title="California wildfires">California wildfires</a>; </p><p>various hurricanes </p> </td> <td>Border security; <p>post-<a href="/wiki/9/11" class="mw-redirect" title="9/11">9/11</a> airport security; </p><p><a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">SLC Olympics</a>; </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> </p> </td> <td>Bosnia; Afghanistan; <p>Cuba; Iraq; </p><p><a href="/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots" title="1992 Los Angeles riots">1992 Los Angeles riots</a><sup id="cite_ref-act3_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-act3-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-act1-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-act1_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Unless the Insurrection Act is invoked.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-act2-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-act2_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Title 10 is rarely used for domestic operations.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-act3-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-act3_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Insurrection Act was invoked.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_Guard_active_duty_character">National Guard active duty character</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: National Guard active duty character"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "activated" simply means that a unit or individual of the reserve components has been placed on orders. The purpose and authority for that activation determine limitations and duration of the activation. The Army and Air National Guard may be activated in a number of ways as prescribed by public law. Broadly, under federal law, there are two titles in the United States Code under which units and troops may be activated: as federal soldiers or airmen under Title 10 ("Armed Forces") and as state soldiers or airmen performing a federally-funded mission under Title 32 ("National Guard").<sup id="cite_ref-Renaud_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Renaud-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outside federal activation, the Army and Air National Guard may be activated under state law. This is known as state active duty (SAD). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_and_territory_duty">State and territory duty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: State and territory duty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When National Guard units are not under federal control, the governor is the commander-in-chief of the units of his or her respective state or territory (such as Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands). The President of the United States commands the District of Columbia National Guard, though this command is routinely delegated to the Commanding General of the DC National Guard.<sup id="cite_ref-Renaud_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Renaud-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> States are free to employ their National Guard forces under state control for state purposes and at state expense as provided in the state's constitution and statutes. In doing so, governors, as commanders-in-chief, can directly access and utilize the Guard's federally assigned aircraft, vehicles and other equipment so long as the federal government is reimbursed for the use of <a href="/wiki/Fungibility" title="Fungibility">fungible</a> equipment and supplies such as fuel, food stocks, etc. This is the authority under which governors activate and deploy National Guard forces in response to natural disasters. It is also the authority under which governors deploy National Guard forces in response to human-made emergencies such as riots and civil unrest, or terrorist attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The Governor can activate National Guard personnel to "State Active Duty" in response to natural or human-made disasters or Homeland Defense missions. State Active Duty is based on State statute and policy and on State funds. Soldiers and Airmen remain under the command and control of the Governor. The federal <a href="/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act" title="Posse Comitatus Act">Posse Comitatus Act</a> (PCA) does not apply under state active duty status or Title 32 status.</li> <li>Title 32 Full-Time National Guard Duty. (Federally funded, but command and control remains with the State Governor through his Adjutant General.) Title 32 activation can only be done by the President or SECDEF with the approval and consent of the state Governor.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_duty">Federal duty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Federal duty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Title 10 service means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. The term used is <i>federalized</i>. Federalized National Guard forces have been ordered by the President to active duty either in their reserve component status or by calling them into Federal service in their militia status.<sup id="cite_ref-Renaud_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Renaud-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are several forms: </p> <ul><li>Voluntary Order to Active Duty.</li></ul> <dl><dd>Federalized with the soldier's or airman's consent and the consent of their Governor.</dd></dl> <ul><li>Partial Mobilization.</li></ul> <dl><dd>In time of national emergency declared by the President for any unit or any member for not more than 24 consecutive months.</dd></dl> <ul><li>Presidential Reserve Call Up.</li></ul> <dl><dd>When the President determines that it is necessary to augment the active forces for any operational mission for any unit or any member for not more than 270 days.</dd></dl> <ul><li>Federal Aid for State Governments.</li></ul> <dl><dd>Whenever an insurrection occurs in any state against its government, the President may, upon the request of its legislature or of its governor call into Federal service such of the militia of the other states. This is a statutory exception to the PCA</dd></dl> <ul><li>Use of Militia and Armed Forces to Enforce Federal Authority.</li></ul> <dl><dd>Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, assemblages, or rebellion make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any state or territory, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any state. This is another statutory exception to the PCA.</dd></dl> <ul><li>Interference with State and Federal law.</li></ul> <dl><dd>The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a state, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy.</dd></dl> <ul><li>Air and Army National Guard.</li></ul> <dl><dd>Air and Army National Guard can specifically be called into Federal service in case of invasion, rebellion, or inability to execute Federal law with active forces.</dd></dl> <p>In the categories listed above, Army and Air National Guard units or individuals may also be mobilized for non-combat purposes such as the <a href="/wiki/State_Partnership_Program" title="State Partnership Program">State Partnership Program</a>, humanitarian missions, counter-drug operations, and peacekeeping or peace enforcement missions.<sup id="cite_ref-Renaud_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Renaud-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An example of a National Guard being federalized was the <a href="/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door" title="Stand in the Schoolhouse Door">Stand in the Schoolhouse Door</a> in 1963 where the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_National_Guard" title="Alabama National Guard">Alabama National Guard</a> was federalized in order to allow black students to enroll at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonial_history">Colonial history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Colonial history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_Muster_1637.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/First_Muster_1637.jpg/220px-First_Muster_1637.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/First_Muster_1637.jpg/330px-First_Muster_1637.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/First_Muster_1637.jpg/440px-First_Muster_1637.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4302" data-file-height="2802" /></a><figcaption>First <a href="/wiki/Muster_(military)" title="Muster (military)">muster</a> of the East Regiment (present-day <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts Army National Guard">Massachusetts Army National Guard</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Massachusetts" title="Salem, Massachusetts">Salem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>, Spring 1637, as imagined by artist <a href="/wiki/Don_Troiani" title="Don Troiani">Don Troiani</a> in the 1980s.</figcaption></figure> <p>On December 13, 1636,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the General Court of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a> ordered that the Colony's scattered militia companies be organized into North, South and East Regiments—with the goal of increasing accountability to the colonial government and responsiveness during conflicts with indigenous <a href="/wiki/Pequot" class="mw-redirect" title="Pequot">Pequot</a> Indians.<sup id="cite_ref-Began_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Began-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Birthday_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birthday-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under this act, white males between the ages of 16 and 60 were obligated to possess arms and to take part in the defense of their communities by serving in nightly guard details and participating in weekly drills.<sup id="cite_ref-NY_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The modern-day <a href="/wiki/101st_Field_Artillery_Regiment" title="101st Field Artillery Regiment">101st Field Artillery Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/182nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="182nd Infantry Regiment (United States)">182nd Infantry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/101st_Engineer_Battalion_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="101st Engineer Battalion (United States)">101st Engineer Battalion</a> and <a href="/wiki/181st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="181st Infantry Regiment (United States)">181st Infantry Regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts Army National Guard">Massachusetts Army National Guard</a> are directly descended from the original colonial regiments formed in 1636.<sup id="cite_ref-Began_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Began-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Revolutionary_War">American Revolutionary War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: American Revolutionary War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Massachusetts militia began the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord" title="Battles of Lexington and Concord">Battles of Lexington and Concord</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-abtarng_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abtarng-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Massachusetts militia units were mobilized either during or shortly after the above battles and used to form, along with units from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Observation" class="mw-redirect" title="Army of Observation">Army of Observation</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Boston" title="Siege of Boston">Siege of Boston</a>. On July 3, 1775, General <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, under the authority of the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a>, assumed command of the Army of Observation and the new organization became the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> from which the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> traces its origins.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout the war, militia units were mobilized when British forces entered their geographic areas and participated in most of the battles fought during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nineteenth_century">Nineteenth century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Nineteenth century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The early United States distrusted <a href="/wiki/Standing_army#United_States" title="Standing army">a standing army</a> - in emulation of a long-standing British distrust - and kept the number of professional soldiers small. During the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Indian_War" title="Northwest Indian War">Northwest Indian War</a>, the majority of soldiers were provided by state militias. There are nineteen <a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard_units_with_campaign_credit_for_the_War_of_1812" class="mw-redirect" title="Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812">Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Marquis de Lafayette <a href="/wiki/Visit_of_the_Marquis_de_Lafayette_to_the_United_States" title="Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States">visited</a> the U.S. in 1824–25. The 2nd Battalion, 11th New York Artillery, was one of many militia commands who turned out in welcome. This unit decided to adopt the title "National Guard," in honor of Lafayette's <a href="/wiki/French_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="French National Guard">French National Guard</a>. The Battalion, later the 7th Regiment, was prominent in the line of march on the occasion of Lafayette's final passage through New York en route home to France. Taking note of the troops named for his old command, Lafayette alighted from his carriage, walked down the line, clasping each officer by the hand as he passed.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Militia units provided 70% of the soldiers that fought in the <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-abtarng_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abtarng-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also provided the majority of soldiers in the early months of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of soldiers in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a> were from the National Guard.<sup id="cite_ref-abtarng_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abtarng-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industrialization_and_labor_unrest">Industrialization and labor unrest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Industrialization and labor unrest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Labor unrest in the industrial and mining sections of the Northeast and Midwest led to demands for a stronger military force within the states. </p><p>On July 14, 1877, workers on the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Baltimore and Ohio Railroad">Baltimore and Ohio Railroad</a> (B&O) began to stop trains in <a href="/wiki/Martinsburg,_West_Virginia" title="Martinsburg, West Virginia">Martinsburg, West Virginia</a> in response to wage cuts. This protest developed into the national <a href="/wiki/Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877" title="Great Railroad Strike of 1877">Great Railroad Strike of 1877</a>. West Virginia governor <a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Mathews" title="Henry M. Mathews">Henry M. Mathews</a> was the first state commander-in-chief to send in troops to break-up the protests, and this action has been viewed in retrospect as an incident that would transform the National Guard.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, calls for military suppression of labor strikes grew louder, and National Guard units proliferated. In many states, large and elaborate armories, often built to resemble medieval castles, were constructed to house militia units. Businessmen and business associations donated monies for the construction of armories and to supplement funds of the local National Guard units. National Guard officers also came from the middle and upper classes.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> National Guard troops were deployed to suppress strikers in some of the bloodiest and most significant conflicts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the <a href="/wiki/Homestead_Strike" class="mw-redirect" title="Homestead Strike">Homestead Strike</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pullman_Strike_of_1894" class="mw-redirect" title="Pullman Strike of 1894">Pullman Strike of 1894</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Labor_Wars" title="Colorado Labor Wars">Colorado Labor Wars</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twentieth_century">Twentieth century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Twentieth century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Guardsman_NGM-v31-p347.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/National_Guardsman_NGM-v31-p347.jpg/220px-National_Guardsman_NGM-v31-p347.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/National_Guardsman_NGM-v31-p347.jpg/330px-National_Guardsman_NGM-v31-p347.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/National_Guardsman_NGM-v31-p347.jpg/440px-National_Guardsman_NGM-v31-p347.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1543" data-file-height="2192" /></a><figcaption>A National Guardsman in 1917</figcaption></figure> <p>Throughout the 19th century the Regular U.S. Army was small, and the state militias provided the majority of the troops during the <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>. With the <a href="/wiki/Militia_Act_of_1903" title="Militia Act of 1903">Militia Act of 1903</a>, the militia was more organized and the name "National Guard" recommended. In 1908, the prohibition on National Guard units serving overseas was dropped. This resulted in constitutional debates within the U.S. government surrounding the legality of the use of the National Guard overseas, culminating in 1912 when U.S. Attorney General <a href="/wiki/George_W._Wickersham" title="George W. Wickersham">George W. Wickersham</a> declared the 1908 amendment to be unconstitutional. The <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Act_of_1916" title="National Defense Act of 1916">National Defense Act of 1916</a> contained a provision whereby the president could discharge National Guard members from the militia and draft them into the Army in the event of a war, allowing for their use overseas. This resulted in former National Guard members being discharged from the Army entirely (also losing their status as state troops) when they left service, so the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Act_of_1920" title="National Defense Act of 1920">1920 amendments to the act</a> defined the National Guard's dual role as a state and federal reserve force; the "National Guard while in the service of the United States" as a component of the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_United_States" title="Army of the United States">Army of the United States</a> could be ordered to active duty by the president, be deployed overseas if they so wished, and the Guardsmen would then revert to their status as state troops. The dual state and federal status proved confusing, so in 1933, the National Defense Act of 1916 was amended again. It finally severed the National Guard's traditional connection with the militia clause of the Constitution, providing for a new component called the "National Guard of the United States" that was to be a reserve component of the Army of the United States at all times. This is the beginning of the present legal basis of the National Guard. In World War I, National Guard soldiers made up 40 percent of the men in U.S. combat divisions in France. In World War II, the National Guard made up 18 divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Guard_Mobilization_of_1940-41.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/National_Guard_Mobilization_of_1940-41.jpg/300px-National_Guard_Mobilization_of_1940-41.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/National_Guard_Mobilization_of_1940-41.jpg/450px-National_Guard_Mobilization_of_1940-41.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/National_Guard_Mobilization_of_1940-41.jpg/600px-National_Guard_Mobilization_of_1940-41.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5832" data-file-height="4654" /></a><figcaption>National Guard training, 1941.</figcaption></figure> <p>One hundred forty thousand Guardsmen were mobilized during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> and over 63,000 for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a>. They have also participated in U.S. peacekeeping operations in <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>, Haiti, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, Kuwait, <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> and for natural disasters, strikes, riots and security for the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a> when they have been in the States. </p><p>Following World War II, the National Guard aviation units that had previously been part of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Corps">U.S. Army Air Corps</a> and its successor organization, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Forces">U.S. Army Air Forces</a>, became the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> (ANG), one of two reserve components of the newly established <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domestic_affairs">Domestic affairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Domestic affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within hours of the devastating <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Earthquake_%26_Fire:_April_18,_1906" title="San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906">San Francisco earthquake and fire of April 1906</a>, the <a href="/wiki/California_National_Guard" title="California National Guard">California National Guard</a> maintained order, protected lives and property and distributed relief supplies. Its role was controversial and it was withdrawn after 40 days. Federal troops also were used.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 24, 1957, President <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> federalized the entire Arkansas National Guard to ensure the safe entry of the <a href="/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine" title="Little Rock Nine">Little Rock Nine</a> to <a href="/wiki/Little_Rock_Central_High_School" title="Little Rock Central High School">Little Rock Central High School</a> the following day. Governor <a href="/wiki/Orval_Faubus" title="Orval Faubus">Orval Faubus</a> had previously used members of the guard to deny the students entry to the school.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The New York National Guard were ordered by Governor <a href="/wiki/Nelson_A._Rockefeller" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson A. Rockefeller">Nelson A. Rockefeller</a> to respond to the <a href="/wiki/1964_Rochester_race_riot" title="1964 Rochester race riot">Rochester 1964 race riot</a> in July of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/California_Army_National_Guard" title="California Army National Guard">California Army National Guard</a> were mobilized by the Governor of California <a href="/wiki/Pat_Brown" title="Pat Brown">Edmund Gerald Brown Sr.</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Watts_Riots" class="mw-redirect" title="Watts Riots">Watts Riots</a>, in August 1965, to provide security and help restore order.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Elements of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Army_National_Guard" title="Ohio Army National Guard">Ohio Army National Guard</a> were ordered to <a href="/wiki/Kent_State_University" title="Kent State University">Kent State University</a> by Ohio's governor <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rhodes" title="Jim Rhodes">Jim Rhodes</a> to quell anti-<a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> protests, culminating in their <a href="/wiki/Kent_State_shootings" title="Kent State shootings">shooting into a crowd of students</a> on May 4, 1970, killing four and injuring nine. The massacre was followed by the <a href="/wiki/Student_strike_of_1970" class="mw-redirect" title="Student strike of 1970">Student strike of 1970</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the Vietnam War, service in the National Guard was highly sought after, as an enlistment in the Guard generally prevented a person from being sent to combat; only a handful of Guard units were ever deployed to Vietnam. In 1968, the National Guard had only 1.26% Black soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-Gregory-Folly_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gregory-Folly-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the Vietnam War, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara created the <b>Selective Reserve Force</b> (SRF) in October 1965. Since funding was not available to train and equip the entire National Guard adequately, the SRF would be a core group of 150,000 National Guardsmen available and ready for immediate overseas deployment if needed. SRF units were supposed to be authorized at 100% strength, receive priority training funds and modern equipment,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and have more training and do 58 hours of drills of four hours each a year rather than the standard 48 hours of drills.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2nd Battalion 138th Field Artillery of the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Army_National_Guard" title="Kentucky Army National Guard">Kentucky Army National Guard</a> was ordered to service in <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> in late 1968. The unit served in support of the regular <a href="/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" title="101st Airborne Division">101st Airborne Division</a>. The Battalion's C Battery lost nine men killed and thirty-two wounded when North Vietnamese troops overran Fire Base Tomahawk on June 19, 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the early 1980s, the governors of California and Maine refused to allow deployment of their states' National Guard units to Central America. In 1986, Congress passed the Montgomery Amendment, which prohibited state governors from withholding their consent. In 1990, the Supreme Court ruled against the governor of Minnesota, who had sued over the deployment of the state's National Guard units to Central America.<sup id="cite_ref-David_Evans_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David_Evans-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_Riots" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 Los Angeles Riots">1992 Los Angeles Riots</a>, when portions of south central Los Angeles erupted in chaos, overwhelming the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department" title="Los Angeles Police Department">Los Angeles Police Department</a>'s ability to contain the violence, the <a href="/wiki/California_Army_National_Guard" title="California Army National Guard">California Army National Guard</a> and selected units of the <a href="/wiki/California_Air_National_Guard" title="California Air National Guard">California Air National Guard</a> was mobilized to help restore order. The National Guard were attributed with five shootings of people suspected of violating the <a href="/wiki/Curfew" title="Curfew">curfew</a> order placed on the city.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ANG40InfantryDivisionLosAngelesRiot1992.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/ANG40InfantryDivisionLosAngelesRiot1992.jpg/220px-ANG40InfantryDivisionLosAngelesRiot1992.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/ANG40InfantryDivisionLosAngelesRiot1992.jpg/330px-ANG40InfantryDivisionLosAngelesRiot1992.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/ANG40InfantryDivisionLosAngelesRiot1992.jpg/440px-ANG40InfantryDivisionLosAngelesRiot1992.jpg 2x" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="562" /></a><figcaption>Following the <a href="/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots" title="1992 Los Angeles riots">1992 Los Angeles riots</a>, 4,000 National Guardsmen patrolled the city.</figcaption></figure> <p>During the 1993 <a href="/wiki/Waco_siege" title="Waco siege">Waco siege</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Branch_Davidian" class="mw-redirect" title="Branch Davidian">Branch Davidians</a>, elements of the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_National_Guard" title="Alabama National Guard">Alabama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Texas_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas National Guard">Texas</a> Army National Guard were called in to assist the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_Firearms_and_Explosives" title="Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives">ATF</a> and the follow on effort by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a>; the National Guard's involvement was limited to several specific areas; surveillance and reconnaissance, transport, maintenance and repairs, training and instruction, helicopters, unarmed tactical ground vehicles. The Army National Guard helicopters were also used to do photographic reconnaissance work. Training for ATF agents included such subjects as Close Quarters Combat, and combat medical instruction, and a mock up of the Mount Carmel complex was constructed at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Hood" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Hood">Fort Hood</a>, Texas for rehearsals. ATF also received several surplus helmets, flack vests, canteens, first aid dressings, empty magazines, and some night-vision equipment, in addition to MREs and diesel fuel. The FBI would request and receive the use of Bradley Armored Fighting Vehicles, and tank retrieval vehicles, as well as overflights by UH-1 and CH-47 helicopters.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_Cold_War_reductions">Post Cold War reductions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Post Cold War reductions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of the Bottom Up Review and post-<a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> force cutbacks, the Army National Guard maneuver force was reduced to eight divisions (from ten; the <a href="/wiki/26th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="26th Infantry Division (United States)">26th Infantry</a> and <a href="/wiki/50th_Armored_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="50th Armored Division">50th Armored</a> were consolidated in the northeastern states) and fifteen 'enhanced brigades,' which were supposed to be ready for combat operations, augmenting the active force, within 90 days.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twenty-first_century">Twenty-first century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Twenty-first century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Guard_Memorial_Museum_photo_D_Ramey_Logan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/National_Guard_Memorial_Museum_photo_D_Ramey_Logan.jpg/220px-National_Guard_Memorial_Museum_photo_D_Ramey_Logan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/National_Guard_Memorial_Museum_photo_D_Ramey_Logan.jpg/330px-National_Guard_Memorial_Museum_photo_D_Ramey_Logan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/National_Guard_Memorial_Museum_photo_D_Ramey_Logan.jpg/440px-National_Guard_Memorial_Museum_photo_D_Ramey_Logan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4800" data-file-height="3200" /></a><figcaption>The National Guard Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:161117-Z-II459-011_(30807248800).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/161117-Z-II459-011_%2830807248800%29.jpg/220px-161117-Z-II459-011_%2830807248800%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/161117-Z-II459-011_%2830807248800%29.jpg/330px-161117-Z-II459-011_%2830807248800%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/161117-Z-II459-011_%2830807248800%29.jpg/440px-161117-Z-II459-011_%2830807248800%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>A South Carolina Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook supporting the South Carolina Forestry Commission to contain a remote fire near the top of Pinnacle Mountain in Pickens County, South Carolina, November 17, 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>National Guard units played a major role in providing security and assisting recovery efforts in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a> in 2001 and <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, National Guard members and reservists were said to comprise a larger percentage of frontline fighting forces than in any war in U.S. history (about 43 percent in Iraq and 55 percent in Afghanistan).<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were more than 183,366 National Guard members and reservists on active duty nationwide who left behind about 300,000 dependents, according to U.S. Defense Department statistics. In 2011, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. stated that "Every Guard brigade has deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and over 300,000 Guardsmen have deployed in this war."<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January and February 2007, National Guard troops from 8 states were activated to go help shovel snow, drop hay for starving cattle, deliver food and necessities to stranded people in their houses, and help control traffic and rescue stranded motorists in blizzards dropping feet of snow across the country.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the first quarter of 2007, United States Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Robert_M._Gates" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert M. Gates">Robert M. Gates</a> announced changes to the Guard deployment policy aimed at shorter and more predictable deployments for National Guard troops. "Gates said his goal is for Guard members to serve a one-year deployment no more than every five years... Gates is imposing a one-year limit to the length of deployment for National Guard Soldiers, effective immediately." Prior to this time, Guard troops deployed for a standard one-year deployment to <a href="/wiki/2003_Invasion_of_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 Invasion of Iraq">Iraq</a> or <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Afghanistan</a> would serve for 18 or more months including training and transit time. During the transition to the new policy for all troops in the pipeline, deployed or soon to be deployed, some will face deployments faster than every five years. "The one-to-five year cycle does not include activations for state emergencies."<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:M249_with_Mk46_stock.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/M249_with_Mk46_stock.jpg/220px-M249_with_Mk46_stock.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/M249_with_Mk46_stock.jpg/330px-M249_with_Mk46_stock.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/M249_with_Mk46_stock.jpg/440px-M249_with_Mk46_stock.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2464" data-file-height="1632" /></a><figcaption>An Army National Guardsman of the 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment in Parun, Afghanistan. He is wearing a 10th Mountain Division Former Wartime Service SSI.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Guard_Supports_Local_Authorities_with_White_House_Protest.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/National_Guard_Supports_Local_Authorities_with_White_House_Protest.jpg/220px-National_Guard_Supports_Local_Authorities_with_White_House_Protest.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/National_Guard_Supports_Local_Authorities_with_White_House_Protest.jpg/330px-National_Guard_Supports_Local_Authorities_with_White_House_Protest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/National_Guard_Supports_Local_Authorities_with_White_House_Protest.jpg/440px-National_Guard_Supports_Local_Authorities_with_White_House_Protest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1717" /></a><figcaption>An Air National Guardsman guarding the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II_Memorial" title="World War II Memorial">World War II Memorial</a> in Washington, D.C. during the <a href="/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_Washington,_D.C." title="George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C.">George Floyd riots</a> of June 2020.</figcaption></figure> <p>Prior to the attacks against the United States on <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11, 2001</a>, the National Guard's general policy regarding mobilization was that Guardsmen would be required to serve no more than one year cumulative on active duty (with no more than six months overseas) for each five years of regular drill. Due to strains placed on active duty units following the attacks, the possible mobilization time was increased to 18 months (with no more than one year overseas). Additional strains placed on military units as a result of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">the invasion of Iraq</a> further increased the amount of time a Guardsman could be mobilized to 24 months. Current <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> policy is that no Guardsman is involuntarily activated for more than 24 months (cumulative) in one six-year enlistment period.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Traditionally, most National Guard personnel serve "<a href="/wiki/One_weekend_a_month,_two_weeks_a_year" title="One weekend a month, two weeks a year">One weekend a month, two weeks a year</a>", although personnel in highly operational or high demand units serve far more frequently. Typical examples are pilots, navigators and aircrewmen in active flying assignments, primarily in the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a>, and to a lesser extent in the <a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a>, and special operations airmen and soldiers in both. A significant number also serve in a full-time capacity in roles such as Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) or Air Reserve Technician or Army Reserve Technician (ART). </p><p>The "One weekend a month, two weeks a year" slogan has lost most of its relevance since the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>, when nearly 28% of total U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan at the end of 2007 consisted of mobilized personnel of the National Guard and other Reserve components.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2012, the Army's top general stated his intention to increase the annual drill requirement from two weeks per year to <a href="/wiki/One_weekend_a_month,_two_weeks_a_year#Army's_future_annual_drill_plans" title="One weekend a month, two weeks a year">up to seven weeks per year</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to 2008, the functions of Agricultural Development Teams were within <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Reconstruction_Team" title="Provincial Reconstruction Team">Provincial Reconstruction Teams</a> of the U.S. government. Today, ADTs consist of soldiers and airmen from the <a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a>. Today, ADTs bring "an effective platform for enhanced dialogue, building confidence, sharing interests, and increasing cooperation amongst the disparate peoples and tribes of Afghanistan."<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These teams are not only affiliated with the military, they frequently work across agencies, for example with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development" title="United States Agency for International Development">USAID</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of State">Department of State</a>. ADTs provide education and expertise on the ground, while also providing security and order that is traditionally affiliated with the military. These teams have been essential to the <a href="/wiki/Counterinsurgency" title="Counterinsurgency">counterinsurgency</a> efforts in Afghanistan as a <a href="/wiki/Public_diplomacy" title="Public diplomacy">public diplomacy</a> tool to build relations with the local people in the tribes and provinces of the country. </p><p>ADTs provide classroom instruction and teachings to Afghans about how to improve their farming practices during non-seasonal growing months, which allows the farmers to use skills in the winter to prepare for farming in the summer and fall. This enhances agricultural production and the Afghan economy as a whole. Agricultural education also improves lines of communication and builds trust between the people, the U.S. government, and the Host Nation.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, through word of mouth in the provinces ideas are spread that inform others about these farming techniques, that may not have had direct interaction with the ADTs. The National Guard ADTs also introduce their U.S. civilian colleagues to the Afghan University personnel, which further strengthens relations and trust in the U.S. efforts in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>ADTs also enhance public diplomacy in Afghanistan by providing security to the local provinces they are working within. This tool has provided the teams with the civilian-military partnership that is needed to conduct public diplomacy and defeat the insurgents in Afghanistan. President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> said that the U.S. will enhance agricultural development instead of big reconstruction projects to build Afghanistan's economy, to have an immediate impact on the Afghan people. Today, these projects include "...basic gardening practices, to large watershed and irrigation projects. There are also projects that teach bee keeping and livestock production: all of which will have a positive impact on unemployment, hunger, and the ability to sustain future generations.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More and more Afghan tribal leaders have been requesting additional ADTs, which illustrates how important the use of public diplomacy has been in the efforts to win the trust of the Afghan people. The case study from <a href="/wiki/Nangarhar_Province" title="Nangarhar Province">Nangarhar Province</a> in Afghanistan serves as an excellent example. This province is one of the most stable and secure provinces in Afghanistan. For example, over 100,000 Afghans have returned to province; the province has also been declared poppy-free in 2007 by the UN. Additionally, most districts within the province have all-weather paved roads and it is also one of the most productive agricultural regions in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, Congress considered giving the president the full authority to mobilize National Guard units within the U.S. without the consent of state governors.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this was met with resistance from states governors and members of the National Guard.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The act was eventually passed, but instead, the president's authority was expanded to mobilize the reserve components for domestic operations without the consent of the governor, only during a natural disaster, terrorist attack, epidemic or other public health emergency.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, that authority was repealed.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, the National Guard was activated for 11,000,000 "man days" in support of natural disasters, <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_United_States_racial_unrest" class="mw-redirect" title="2020–2021 United States racial unrest">civil unrest</a>, food distribution at food banks, and <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> testing and vaccination.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the highest number of activation days since World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relevant_laws">Relevant laws</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Relevant laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United States Congress has enacted various laws that control the National Guard: </p> <ol><li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Militia_Acts_of_1792" title="Militia Acts of 1792">Militia Acts of 1792</a></b> <dl><dd>Providing for the authority of the President to call out the Militia, and providing federal standards for the organization of the Militia.</dd> <dd>For the 111 years that the Militia Act of 1792 remained in effect, it defined the position of the militia in relation to the federal government. The War of 1812 tested this uniquely American defense establishment. To fight the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, the republic formed a small regular military and trained it to protect the frontiers and coastlines. Although it performed poorly in the offensive against Canada, the small force of regulars backed by a well-armed militia, accomplished its defensive mission well. Generals like <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> proved that, just as they had in the Revolution, regulars and militia could be effective when employed as a team.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Insurrection_Act_of_1807" title="Insurrection Act of 1807">Insurrection Act of 1807</a></b></li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Militia_Act_of_1862" title="Militia Act of 1862">Militia Act of 1862</a></b> <dl><dd>Providing for the service of persons of African descent in the Militia, and the emancipation of slaves owned by Confederates.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1385: The <a href="/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act" title="Posse Comitatus Act">Posse Comitatus Act</a> of June 18, 1878</b> <dl><dd>Reaction in Congress against the <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction era of the United States">Reconstruction</a>-era suspensions of Southern states' rights to organize militias led to the passage of the <i>Posse Comitatus</i> Act, restricting any person's use of the U.S. Army and, as later amended, the U.S. Air Force in domestic law enforcement (use of the Navy and Marine Corps, being uniformed services within the Department of Defense, is similarly restricted by statute).<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. Coast Guard, in its peacetime role within the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Guard, when <b>not</b> in Federal Service, are specifically not limited by this act.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>The States revise the military codes –  1881 to 1892</b></li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Militia_Act_of_1903" title="Militia Act of 1903">Militia Act of 1903</a></b> <dl><dd>Established the creation of the National Guard of the United States as the primary organized reserve force for the U.S. armed forces.</dd></dl></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Act_of_1916" title="National Defense Act of 1916">National Defense Act of 1916</a></b> <dl><dd>This act abandoned the idea of an expandable Regular Army and firmly established the traditional concept of the citizens' army as the keystone of the United States defense forces. It established the concept of merging the National Guard, the Army Reserve, and the Regular Army into the Army of the United States in time of war. The act further expanded the National Guard's role, and guaranteed the State militias' status as the Army's primary reserve force. The law mandated use of the term "National Guard" for that force, and the President was given authority, in case of war or national emergency, to mobilize the National Guard for the duration of the emergency. The number of yearly drills increased from 24 to 48 and annual training from five to 15 days. Drill pay was authorized for the first time.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>The National Defense Act Amendments of 1920</b> <dl><dd>This act established that the chief of the Militia Bureau (later the <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a>) would be a National Guard officer, that National Guard officers would be assigned to the general staff and that the divisions, as used by the Guard in World War I, would be reorganized.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>The National Guard Mobilization Act of 1933</b> <dl><dd>Made the National Guard a component of the Army.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a></b> <dl><dd>Section 207 (f) established the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard of the United States</a>, under the <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a>.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Total_Force_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Total Force Policy">Total Force Policy</a> from 1973</b> <dl><dd>Requires all active and reserve military organizations be treated as a single force.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Montgomery" title="Sonny Montgomery">Montgomery</a> Amendment</b> to the <b>National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987</b> <dl><dd><i>Provides that a governor cannot withhold consent with regard to active duty outside the United States because of any objection to the location, purpose, type, or schedule of such duty.</i> This law was challenged and upheld by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a> in 1990 in <i><a href="/wiki/Perpich_v._Department_of_Defense" title="Perpich v. Department of Defense">Perpich v. Department of Defense</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dodge_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dodge-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/John_Warner_National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007">John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/109/public/364?link-type=html">109–364 (text)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/109/public/364?link-type=pdf&.pdf">(PDF)</a> <dl><dd>Federal law was changed in section 1076 so that the Governor of a state is no longer the sole commander in chief of their state's National Guard during emergencies <i>within</i> the state. The President of the United States could then take total control of a state's National Guard units without the governor's consent.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a letter to Congress, all 50 governors opposed the increase in power of the President over the National Guard.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2008" title="National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008">National Defense Authorization Act of 2008</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/110/public/181?link-type=html">110–181 (text)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/110/public/181?link-type=pdf&.pdf">(PDF)</a> <dl><dd>Repeals provisions in section 1076 in Pub.L. 109-364 but still enables the President to call up the National Guard of the United States for active federal military service during Congressionally sanctioned national emergency or war. Places the National Guard Bureau directly under the Department of Defense as a joint activity. Elevated the Chief of the National Guard Bureau from a three-star to a four-star general.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_USC_10501-10503_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10_USC_10501-10503-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2012" title="National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012">National Defense Authorization Act of 2012</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/115/public/91?link-type=html">115–91 (text)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/115/public/91?link-type=pdf&.pdf">(PDF)</a> <dl><dd>Added the Chief, National Guard Bureau to the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2024" title="National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024">National Defense Authorization Act of 2024</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/118/public/31?link-type=html">118–31 (text)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/118/public/31?link-type=pdf&.pdf">(PDF)</a> <dl><dd>Elevated the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau from a three-star to a four-star general.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_members">Notable members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Notable members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidents">Presidents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Militia service was a common trait among <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">presidents of the United States</a>, 18 of whom have served in colonial or state militias and two have served in the National Guard since it was established in 1903. Among these, three served in colonial militias (<a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a>), 15 served in state militias (<a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">James Monroe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison" title="William Henry Harrison">William Henry Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce">Franklin Pierce</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Rutherford B. Hayes">Rutherford B. Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Garfield" class="mw-redirect" title="James Garfield">James Garfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur" title="Chester A. Arthur">Chester A. Arthur</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison" title="William Henry Harrison">William Henry Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">William McKinley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a>), one in the Army National Guard (<a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one (<a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. 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Bolton">John R. Bolton</a>, former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Representative_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Representative to the United Nations">United States Representative to the United Nations</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(United_States)" title="National Security Advisor (United States)">National Security Advisor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Brown_(politician)" title="Scott Brown (politician)">Scott Philip Brown</a>, former United States Senator from Massachusetts<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Donovan" title="William J. Donovan">William J. Donovan</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Services" title="Office of Strategic Services">Office of Strategic Services</a><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joni_Ernst" title="Joni Ernst">Joni Ernst</a>, Junior <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Foss" title="Joe Foss">Joe Foss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Dakota" title="Governor of South Dakota">Governor of South Dakota</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> recipient in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">Lindsey Graham</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Haben" title="Ralph Haben">Ralph Haben</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Florida_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives">Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Holtzman" title="Ken Holtzman">Ken Holtzman</a>, two-time major league baseball All Star pitcher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a>, professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audie_Murphy" title="Audie Murphy">Audie Murphy</a>, highly decorated soldier from WWII, prolific 1950s actor<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Quayle" title="Dan Quayle">Dan Quayle</a>, 44th Vice President of the United States<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">Cazzie Russell</a>, former <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> player<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Selleck" title="Tom Selleck">Tom Selleck</a>, actor, <i><a href="/wiki/Magnum,_P.I." title="Magnum, P.I.">Magnum, P.I.</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Story" title="Rick Story">Rick Story</a>, mixed martial artist in the <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship" title="Ultimate Fighting Championship">UFC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">Tim Walz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">Governor of Minnesota</a>, former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Representative">United States Representative</a> from Minnesota<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard" title="Tulsi Gabbard">Tulsi Gabbard</a>, former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Representative">United States Representative</a> from Hawaii<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Kelly" title="Trent Kelly">Trent Kelly</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Representative">United States Representative</a> from Mississippi<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Number_of_guardsmen_by_state,_territory_and_D.C."><span id="Number_of_guardsmen_by_state.2C_territory_and_D.C."></span>Number of guardsmen by state, territory and D.C.</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Number of guardsmen by state, territory and D.C."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A member of the National Guard, often called a "guardsman," is a person who has signed an Enlistment Contract and has subscribed to an Enlistment Oath, is still alive, or has not yet been discharged. The subscription to the oath (typically a recitation) and the signature must be witnessed by a person, typically a Guard officer, authorized as an official witness. The term of the enlistment, or membership, runs from the date on the contract through the date on the discharge or the death certificate.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "number of guardsmen" is a <a href="/wiki/Statistic" title="Statistic">statistic</a> generated by the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Manpower_Data_Center" title="Defense Manpower Data Center">Defense Manpower Data Center</a> (DMDC), an agency of the DoD tasked with tracking the identities of all persons in the active military, its reserves, and civilians employed by it. Membership in the Guard may be regarded as an independent variable. It changes constantly. Its value at any instant cannot be known exactly. It can, however, be estimated from the records of the DMDC. Its data and reports are for the most part inaccessible to the general public, but it does make available some reports under the category "DoD Personal, Workforce Reports & Publications."<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The series "Military and Civilian Personnel by Service/Agency by State/Country (Updated Quarterly)," containing the statistics on membership in the National Guard by state, territory, and D.C., is updated every 3rd month at the end of the month. For example, one was generated on June 30, 2017. Like all statistics, these numbers of guardsmen are a <a href="/wiki/Sample_(statistics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sample (statistics)">sample</a> culled according to a certain method. The report states that it uses the sources: "Active Duty Master File, RCCPDS, APF Civilian Master, CTS Deployment File, Civilian Deployment." The probabilities of the statistics being accurate to various percentages are not stated. </p><p>Below is a sample summary of a profile of National Guard membership as of September 30, 2020. Only the non-total columns come from the source. The totals are calculated from the data. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sortable_table">Sortable table</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Sortable table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>State/Territory </th> <th>Army National Guard </th> <th>Air National Guard </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama_National_Guard" title="Alabama National Guard">Alabama</a> </td> <td>9,755 </td> <td>2,444 </td> <td>12,199 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alaska_Department_of_Military_and_Veterans_Affairs" title="Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs">Alaska</a> </td> <td>1,649 </td> <td>2,158 </td> <td>3,807 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona_National_Guard" title="Arizona National Guard">Arizona</a> </td> <td>5,345 </td> <td>2,570 </td> <td>7,910 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_National_Guard" title="Arkansas National Guard">Arkansas</a> </td> <td>6,556 </td> <td>1,953 </td> <td>8,509 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/California_National_Guard" title="California National Guard">California</a> </td> <td>13,240 </td> <td>4,896 </td> <td>18,136 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_National_Guard" title="Colorado National Guard">Colorado</a> </td> <td>3,778 </td> <td>1,802 </td> <td>5,580 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Military_Department" title="Connecticut Military Department">Connecticut</a> </td> <td>3,664 </td> <td>1,171 </td> <td>4,835 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_National_Guard" title="Delaware National Guard">Delaware</a> </td> <td>1,686 </td> <td>1,056 </td> <td>2,742 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_National_Guard" title="Florida National Guard">Florida</a> </td> <td>9,830 </td> <td>2,118 </td> <td>11,948 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_National_Guard" title="Georgia National Guard">Georgia</a> </td> <td>11,294 </td> <td>2,844 </td> <td>14,138 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_National_Guard" title="Hawaii National Guard">Hawaii</a> </td> <td>2,911 </td> <td>2,318 </td> <td>5,229 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Military_Department" title="Idaho Military Department">Idaho</a> </td> <td>3,185 </td> <td>1,336 </td> <td>4,521 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Illinois_National_Guard" title="Illinois National Guard">Illinois</a> </td> <td>10,469 </td> <td>2,911 </td> <td>13,380 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_National_Guard" title="Indiana National Guard">Indiana</a> </td> <td>10,491 </td> <td>1,945 </td> <td>12,436 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Iowa_National_Guard" title="Iowa National Guard">Iowa</a> </td> <td>6,829 </td> <td>1,923 </td> <td>8,752 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_National_Guard" title="Kansas National Guard">Kansas</a> </td> <td>4,446 </td> <td>2,180 </td> <td>6,626 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_National_Guard" title="Kentucky National Guard">Kentucky</a> </td> <td>6,577 </td> <td>1,260 </td> <td>7,837 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_National_Guard" title="Louisiana National Guard">Louisiana</a> </td> <td>9,959 </td> <td>1,529 </td> <td>11,488 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maine_Department_of_Defense,_Veterans,_and_Emergency_Management" title="Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management">Maine</a> </td> <td>1,842 </td> <td>1,075 </td> <td>2,917 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Military_Department" title="Maryland Military Department">Maryland</a> </td> <td>4,586 </td> <td>1,840 </td> <td>6,426 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_National_Guard" title="Massachusetts National Guard">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td>5,880 </td> <td>2,064 </td> <td>7,944 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan_National_Guard" title="Michigan National Guard">Michigan</a> </td> <td>8,378 </td> <td>2,448 </td> <td>10,826 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_National_Guard" title="Minnesota National Guard">Minnesota</a> </td> <td>10,901 </td> <td>2,269 </td> <td>13,170 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_National_Guard" title="Mississippi National Guard">Mississippi</a> </td> <td>9,060 </td> <td>2,637 </td> <td>11,697 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_National_Guard" title="Missouri National Guard">Missouri</a> </td> <td>9,355 </td> <td>2,244 </td> <td>11,599 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montana_National_Guard" title="Montana National Guard">Montana</a> </td> <td>2,408 </td> <td>932 </td> <td>3,340 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_National_Guard" title="Nebraska National Guard">Nebraska</a> </td> <td>3,244 </td> <td>1,005 </td> <td>4,249 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nevada_National_Guard" title="Nevada National Guard">Nevada</a> </td> <td>3,302 </td> <td>1,199 </td> <td>4,501 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_National_Guard" title="New Hampshire National Guard">New Hampshire</a> </td> <td>1,642 </td> <td>937 </td> <td>2,579 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Military_and_Veterans_Affairs" title="New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>6,113 </td> <td>2,373 </td> <td>8,486 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_National_Guard" title="New Mexico National Guard">New Mexico</a> </td> <td>2,875 </td> <td>989 </td> <td>3,864 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="New York National Guard">New York</a> </td> <td>10,420 </td> <td>5,685 </td> <td>16,105 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_National_Guard" title="North Carolina National Guard">North Carolina</a> </td> <td>9,721 </td> <td>1,467 </td> <td>11,188 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_National_Guard" title="North Dakota National Guard">North Dakota</a> </td> <td>2,990 </td> <td>1,163 </td> <td>4,153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_National_Guard" title="Ohio National Guard">Ohio</a> </td> <td>11,321 </td> <td>5,092 </td> <td>16,413 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_National_Guard" title="Oklahoma National Guard">Oklahoma</a> </td> <td>6,398 </td> <td>2,225 </td> <td>8,623 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Military_Department" title="Oregon Military Department">Oregon</a> </td> <td>5,504 </td> <td>2,391 </td> <td>7,895 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_National_Guard" title="Pennsylvania National Guard">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>13,806 </td> <td>4,069 </td> <td>17,875 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_National_Guard" title="Rhode Island National Guard">Rhode Island</a> </td> <td>2,049 </td> <td>1,019 </td> <td>3,068 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_National_Guard" title="South Carolina National Guard">South Carolina</a> </td> <td>9,270 </td> <td>1,250 </td> <td>10,520 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_National_Guard" title="South Dakota National Guard">South Dakota</a> </td> <td>3,149 </td> <td>1,112 </td> <td>4,261 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee National Guard">Tennessee</a> </td> <td>9,256 </td> <td>3,490 </td> <td>12,746 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas National Guard">Texas</a> </td> <td>18,617 </td> <td>3,390 </td> <td>22,007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah_National_Guard" title="Utah National Guard">Utah</a> </td> <td>5,666 </td> <td>1,473 </td> <td>7,139 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vermont_National_Guard" title="Vermont National Guard">Vermont</a> </td> <td>2,229 </td> <td>1,000 </td> <td>3,229 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia_National_Guard" title="Virginia National Guard">Virginia</a> </td> <td>7,127 </td> <td>1,469 </td> <td>8,596 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_National_Guard" title="Washington National Guard">Washington</a> </td> <td>5,538 </td> <td>2,005 </td> <td>7,543 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_National_Guard" title="West Virginia National Guard">West Virginia</a> </td> <td>4,052 </td> <td>2,125 </td> <td>6,177 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_National_Guard" title="Wisconsin National Guard">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td>7,219 </td> <td>2,333 </td> <td>9,552 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Military_Department" title="Wyoming Military Department">Wyoming</a> </td> <td>1,586 </td> <td>1,250 </td> <td>2,836 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_National_Guard" title="Puerto Rico National Guard">Puerto Rico</a> </td> <td>5,909 </td> <td>1,062 </td> <td>6,971 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guam_National_Guard" title="Guam National Guard">Guam</a> </td> <td>1,182 </td> <td>377 </td> <td>1,559 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_National_Guard" title="District of Columbia National Guard">District of Columbia</a> </td> <td>1,281 </td> <td>1,289 </td> <td>2,570 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_National_Guard" title="Virgin Islands National Guard">Virgin Islands</a> </td> <td>594 </td> <td>61 </td> <td>655 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Totals </th> <th>336,129 </th> <th>107,414 </th> <th>443,543 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a> – land warfare component of the National Guard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> – air warfare component of the National Guard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_National_Guard" title="Space National Guard">Space National Guard</a> – proposed space warfare component of the National Guard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a> – federal agency responsible for the administration of the National Guard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_defense_force" title="State defense force">State defense force</a> – military units under the sole authority of individual U.S. states</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_militias_in_the_United_States" title="Naval militias in the United States">Naval militias</a> – naval military units under the sole authority of individual U.S. states</li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Special_Forces_Group" title="19th Special Forces Group">19th Special Forces Group</a> – National Guard unit of the U.S. Army Special Forces</li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Special_Forces_Group" title="20th Special Forces Group">20th Special Forces Group</a> – National Guard unit of the U.S. Army Special Forces</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minutemen" title="Minutemen">Minutemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youth_Challenge_Program" title="Youth Challenge Program">Youth Challenge Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Memorial_Museum" title="National Guard Memorial Museum">National Guard Memorial Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_history_of_soldiers_and_veterans_in_the_United_States" title="Social history of soldiers and veterans in the United States">Social history of soldiers and veterans in the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The fifteen enhanced brigades included the 27th (NY), 29th (HI), 32nd (WI), 41st (OR), 45th (OK), 48th (GA), 53rd (FL), 76th (IN), 81st (WA), 256th (LA), 116th Cavalry Brigade (ID), 155th (MS), 218th (SC), and the <a href="/wiki/278th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment" title="278th Armored Cavalry Regiment">278th Armored Cavalry Regiment</a> (TN).<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-113"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The National Guard enlistment oath is: <br /> "I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this __ day of ____, ____, in the ______ National Guard of the State of ______ for a period of __ year(s) under the conditions prescribed by law, unless sooner discharged by proper authority. I, ________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and of the State of ______ against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to them; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of ______ and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God."<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-NG-FAQ-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NG-FAQ_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NG-FAQ_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalguard.mil/About-the-Guard/Army-National-Guard/FAQ/">National Guard: FAQ</a>". <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Guard">United States National Guard</a>. Accessed February 2, 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Raise_and_Support_Armies-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Raise_and_Support_Armies_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite><i><a href="/wiki/Perpich_v._Department_of_Defense" title="Perpich v. Department of Defense">Perpich v. Department of Defense</a></i></cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-supreme-court/496/334.html">496 U.S. 334</a> (U.S. 1990) ("The District Court rejected the Governor's challenge, holding that the Federal Guard was created pursuant to Congress' Article I, 8, power to raise and support armies[.]").</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-National_Guard-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-National_Guard_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-National_Guard_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-National_Guard_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">32 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/32/101">§ 101</a> Definitions (National Guard)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12401">§ 12401</a> Army and Air National Guard of the United States: status</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGebhart2011" class="citation web cs1">Gebhart, Brian (July 21, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/611404/">"Active Guard, Reserve program great opportunity for active-duty soldiers"</a>. <i>National Guard</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 25,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DMDC&rft.atitle=DoD+Personnel%2C+Workforce+Reports+%26+Publications&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dmdc.osd.mil%2Fappj%2Fdwp%2Fdwp_reports.jsp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Guard+%28United+States%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Cooper, Jerry. <i>The rise of the National Guard: The Evolution of the American Militia, </i> (U of Nebraska Press, 1997) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/riseofnationalgu00coop/page/n6/mode/1up">online</a></li> <li>Cooper, Jerry. <i>The Militia and the National Guard in America since Colonial Times: A Research Guide</i> (Greenwood, 1993).</li> <li>Cooper, Jerry. <i>Citizens as soldiers: A history of the North Dakota National Guard</i> (U of Nebraska Press, 2005) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=m1j1h8Ovyh8C&oi=fnd&pg=PR6&dq=%22National+Guard%22+history&ots=mCn9mn9dhK&sig=JTBmWy8VJV4-CXtuvTIrQ6V6iYs">online</a></li> <li>Doubler, Michael Dale, and John W. Listman. <i>The National Guard: An Illustrated History of America's Citizen Soldiers</i> (Potomac Books, 2007) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=d69NJJcLIOsC&oi=fnd&pg=PP9&dq=%22National+Guard%22+history&ots=zJw_wvVIKF&sig=YToVCTsz8MUZ982pGAwH-k-ix20">online</a>.</li> <li>Doubler, Michael D. <i>Civilian in Peace, Soldier in War: The Army National Guard, 1636-2000</i> (U of Kansas Press, 2003), a standard scholarly history. <ul><li>also published as Doubler, Michael D. <i>I Am the Guard: A History of the Army National Guard, 1636-2000</i> (Army National Guard, 2001), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/26306061">online review of this book</a></li></ul></li> <li>Doubler, Michael D. <i>The National Guard and Reserve: a reference handbook</i> (Praeger, 2008)</li> <li>Doubler, Michael D. <i>Winged Warriors: The History of Army National Guard Aviation, 1948–2008</i> (Army National Guard, 2009), not to be confused with the separate <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a></li> <li>Killen, Eric J. <i>Wisconsin Army National Guard</i> (Arcadia Publishing, 2014)</li></ul> <ul><li>Kreidberg, Marvin A., and Merton G. Henry. <i>History of Military Mobilization in the United States Army 1775-1945</i> (US Army, 1955) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ia800709.us.archive.org/31/items/PAM20-212/PAM20-212.pdf">online</a>; not copyright because it is a government publication.</li></ul> <ul><li>Lusted, Marcia Amidon. <i>The US National Guard</i> (ABDO, 2015) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/US_National_Guard/NUFFBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22National+Guard%22+history&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover">online</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMahon1983" class="citation book cs1">Mahon, John K. (1983). <i>History of the militia and the National Guard</i>. New York: Macmillan. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/9110954">9110954</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+the+militia+and+the+National+Guard&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Macmillan&rft.date=1983&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F9110954&rft.aulast=Mahon&rft.aufirst=John+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Guard+%28United+States%29" class="Z3988"></span>, a standard scholarly history <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofmilitia0000maho/page/n5/mode/2up">online</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Newland, Samuel J. "The National Guard: State versus National Control." <i>Public Administration Review</i> (1989): 68-73. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/977231">online</a></li> <li>Newland, Samuel J. "The National Guard: Whose Guard Anyway?" <i>The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters</i> 18.1 (1988): 32+ <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://press.armywarcollege.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1505&context=parameters">online</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRussellKaplan2014" class="citation book cs1">Russell, Henry Dozier; Kaplan, Lawrence M (2014). <i>The purge of the Thirtieth Division</i>. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+purge+of+the+Thirtieth+Division&rft.place=Annapolis&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2014&rft.aulast=Russell&rft.aufirst=Henry+Dozier&rft.au=Kaplan%2C+Lawrence+M&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Guard+%28United+States%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Todd, Frederick P. "Our National Guard: An Introduction to its History." <i>Military Affairs: Journal of the American Military Institute</i> (1941): 152-170.</li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVest2013" class="citation journal cs1">Vest, Bonnie, M (2013). "Citizen, Soldier, or Citizen-Soldier? Negotiating Identity in the U.S. National Guard". <i><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_%26_Society" title="Armed Forces & Society">Armed Forces & Society</a></i>. <b>39</b> (4): 602–627. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0095327X12457725">10.1177/0095327X12457725</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:145213718">145213718</a>.</cite><span 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<li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security">Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman</a></li></ul></li> <li>Committees on Armed Services <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States four-star officers">Active duty four-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_three-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States three-star officers">Active duty three-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_seniority" title="United States military seniority">United States military seniority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act">Goldwater–Nichols Act</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_components_of_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense" title="List of components of the U.S. Department of Defense">Components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service branches and heads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_Coast_Guard" title="Commandant of the Coast Guard">Commandant of the Coast Guard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Reserve components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Reserves: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Reserve" title="United States Coast Guard Reserve">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">National Guard</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">AF</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliaries" title="Auxiliaries">Civilian auxiliaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Auxiliary_Radio_System" title="Military Auxiliary Radio System">Military Auxiliary Radio System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Cyber_Auxiliary" title="Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary">Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Auxiliary" title="United States Coast Guard Auxiliary">Coast Guard Auxiliary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified combatant command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_14_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 14 of the United States Code">Title 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">Title 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_50_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 50 of the United States Code">Title 50</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States military bases">Installations</a></li> <li>Units: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Category:Units and formations of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Organization of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_logistics_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Military logistics of the United States">Logistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_of_the_military_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Mass media of the military of the United States">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Armed_Forces_unit_mottoes" title="List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes">Unit mottoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operations<br />and <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States" title="Military history of the United States">history</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States" title="Military budget of the United States">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_deployments" title="United States military deployments">Current deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_the_United_States" title="List of conflicts in the United States">Conflicts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States" title="List of wars involving the United States">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_civil_affairs_in_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="History of civil affairs in the United States Armed Forces">Civil affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="History of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="History of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="History of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="History of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="History of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations" title="Timeline of United States military operations">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_American_military_history" title="Colonial American military history">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">By ancestry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_African_Americans" title="Military history of African Americans">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Asian_Americans" title="Military history of Asian Americans">Asian Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhists_in_the_United_States_military" title="Buddhists in the United States military">Buddhist Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Jewish_Americans" title="Military history of Jewish Americans">Jewish Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslims_in_the_United_States_military" title="Muslims in the United States military">Muslim Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhs_in_the_United_States_military" title="Sikhs in the United States military">Sikh Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Hispanic_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of Hispanic Americans">Hispanic Americans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Hispanics in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Hispanics in the United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Hispanics in the United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Navy" title="Hispanics in the United States Navy">Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Naval_Academy" title="Hispanics in the United States Naval Academy">Academy</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Army Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_History_Division" title="United States Marine Corps History Division">Marine Corps History Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_History_and_Heritage_Command" title="Naval History and Heritage Command">Naval History and Heritage Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency" title="Air Force Historical Research Agency">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/American_official_war_artists" title="American official war artists">War artists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Art_Program" title="United States Air Force Art Program">Air Force Art Program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_service_academies" title="United States service academies">Service academies</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">A</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Military Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">MC/N</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="Naval Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">AF/SF</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Academy" title="United States Coast Guard Academy">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine_Academy" title="United States Merchant Marine Academy">Merchant Marine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li>Officer candidate/training school: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officer</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Entrance_Processing_Command" title="United States Military Entrance Processing Command">MEPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Services_Vocational_Aptitude_Battery" title="Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery">ASVAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a> (MC)</li> <li>Enlisted recruit training: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recruit_Training_Command,_Great_Lakes,_Illinois" title="Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Training_Center_Cape_May" title="United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_education_and_training_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Military education and training in the United States">Other education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Uniforms of the United States Armed Forces">Uniforms</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Uniforms of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces">Awards & decorations</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inter-service_awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States military">Inter-service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authorized_foreign_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military">Foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_military_decoration_authorized_by_the_US_military" class="mw-redirect" title="International military decoration authorized by the US military">International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_award_devices" title="United States military award devices">Devices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_badges_of_the_United_States" title="Military badges of the United States">Badges</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Identification_badges_of_the_uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Identification badges of the uniformed services of the United States">Identification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Badges of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Badges of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Badges of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Badges of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comparative_military_ranks" title="List of comparative military ranks">Ranks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Officer: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Navy officer rank insignia">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officers</a></li> <li>Enlisted: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates" title="List of United States Navy enlisted rates">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_enlisted_ranks" title="List of United States Coast Guard enlisted ranks">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Oath: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_oath_of_enlistment" title="United States Armed Forces oath of enlistment">Enlistment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Oath_of_Office" title="United States Uniformed Services Oath of Office">Officer</a></li></ul></li> <li>Creeds & Codes: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_United_States_Fighting_Force" title="Code of the United States Fighting Force">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noncommissioned_officer%27s_creed" title="Noncommissioned officer's creed">NCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed" title="Rifleman's Creed">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_Creed" title="Sailor's Creed">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman%27s_Creed" title="Airman's Creed">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creed_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guardsman" title="Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Armed_Forces)" title="Service number (United States Armed Forces)">Service numbers</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Service number (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Navy)" title="Service number (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Service number (United States Air Force)">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Coast_Guard)" title="Service number (United States Coast Guard)">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_occupation_code" title="United States military occupation code">Military Occupational Specialty</a>/<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">Rating</a>/<a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Air Force Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_pay" title="United States military pay">Pay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">Uniform Code of Military Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Health_System" title="Military Health System">Military Health System</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tricare" title="Tricare">Tricare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_(United_States_military)" title="Separation (United States military)">Separation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Veterans Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" title="Conscription in the United States">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States" title="Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States">Chiefs of Chaplains</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="List of equipment of the United States Armed Forces">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">A</a> (<a href="/wiki/Army_Nomenclature_System" title="Army Nomenclature System">Designations</a>)</li> <li>MC: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vehicles_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps">vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_weapons_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps">weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_individual_equipment" title="List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment">other</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of equipment of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of equipment of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Land</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of land vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces">Vehicles</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_land_vehicles" title="List of currently active United States military land vehicles">active</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Sea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_watercraft" title="List of currently active United States military watercraft">All watercraft</a></li> <li>Ships: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of ships of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships" title="List of United States Navy ships">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy#Future_ships" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">future</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of ships of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_cutters" title="List of United States Coast Guard cutters">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Military_Sealift_Command_ships" title="List of Military Sealift Command ships">MSC</a></li></ul></li> <li>Weapons: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_weapons" title="List of United States Navy weapons">N</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_naval_reactors" title="United States naval reactors">Reactors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Flag of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Flag of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Flag of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Flag of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Flag of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_of_the_United_States" title="Ensign of the United States">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_of_the_United_States" title="Jack of the United States">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guidon_(United_States)" title="Guidon (United States)">Guidons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_ration" title="United States military ration">Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="United States and weapons of mass destruction">WMDs</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States" title="Nuclear weapons of the United States">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_biological_weapons_program" title="United States biological weapons program">Biological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._chemical_weapons_topics" title="List of U.S. chemical weapons topics">Chemical</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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decoding="async" width="23" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Guard.svg/35px-Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Guard.svg/46px-Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="781" data-file-height="781" /></a></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">National Guard</a>: <a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alabama_National_Guard" title="Alabama National Guard">Alabama</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alabama_Army_National_Guard" title="Alabama Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Alabama_Air_National_Guard" title="Alabama Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alaska_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska National Guard">Alaska</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alaska_Army_National_Guard" title="Alaska Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Alaska_Air_National_Guard" title="Alaska Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_National_Guard" title="Arizona National Guard">Arizona</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arizona_Army_National_Guard" title="Arizona Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Arizona_Air_National_Guard" title="Arizona Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_National_Guard" title="Arkansas National Guard">Arkansas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Army_National_Guard" title="Arkansas Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Air_National_Guard" title="Arkansas Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/California_National_Guard" title="California National Guard">California</a> (<a href="/wiki/California_Army_National_Guard" title="California Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/California_Air_National_Guard" title="California Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_National_Guard" title="Colorado National Guard">Colorado</a> (<a href="/wiki/Colorado_Army_National_Guard" title="Colorado Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Colorado_Air_National_Guard" title="Colorado Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Military_Department" title="Connecticut Military Department">Connecticut</a> (<a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Military_Department#Connecticut_Army_National_Guard" title="Connecticut Military Department">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Air_National_Guard" title="Connecticut Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Delaware_National_Guard" title="Delaware National Guard">Delaware</a> (<a href="/wiki/Delaware_Army_National_Guard" title="Delaware Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Delaware_Air_National_Guard" title="Delaware Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Florida_National_Guard" title="Florida National Guard">Florida</a> (<a href="/wiki/Florida_Army_National_Guard" title="Florida Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Florida_Air_National_Guard" title="Florida Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_National_Guard" title="Georgia National Guard">Georgia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Georgia_Army_National_Guard" title="Georgia Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Georgia_Air_National_Guard" title="Georgia Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_National_Guard" title="Hawaii National Guard">Hawaii</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Army_National_Guard" title="Hawaii Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Air_National_Guard" title="Hawaii Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Military_Department" title="Idaho Military Department">Idaho</a> (<a href="/wiki/Idaho_Army_National_Guard" title="Idaho Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Idaho_Air_National_Guard" title="Idaho Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_National_Guard" title="Illinois National Guard">Illinois</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illinois_Army_National_Guard" title="Illinois Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Illinois_Air_National_Guard" title="Illinois Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_National_Guard" title="Indiana National Guard">Indiana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_National_Guard#Indiana_Army_National_Guard" title="Indiana National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Indiana_Air_National_Guard" title="Indiana Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iowa_National_Guard" title="Iowa National Guard">Iowa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iowa_Army_National_Guard" title="Iowa Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Iowa_Air_National_Guard" title="Iowa Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_National_Guard" title="Kansas National Guard">Kansas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_Army_National_Guard" title="Kansas Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Kansas_Air_National_Guard" title="Kansas Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_National_Guard" title="Kentucky National Guard">Kentucky</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Army_National_Guard" title="Kentucky Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Air_National_Guard" title="Kentucky Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_National_Guard" title="Louisiana National Guard">Louisiana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Army_National_Guard" title="Louisiana Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Air_National_Guard" title="Louisiana Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maine_Department_of_Defense,_Veterans,_and_Emergency_Management#Maine_National_Guard" title="Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management">Maine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maine_Army_National_Guard" title="Maine Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Maine_Air_National_Guard" title="Maine Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Military_Department" title="Maryland Military Department">Maryland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maryland_Army_National_Guard" title="Maryland Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Maryland_Air_National_Guard" title="Maryland Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_National_Guard" title="Massachusetts National Guard">Massachusetts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_National_Guard" title="Massachusetts National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Air_National_Guard" title="Massachusetts Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_National_Guard" title="Michigan National Guard">Michigan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michigan_Army_National_Guard" title="Michigan Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Michigan_Air_National_Guard" title="Michigan Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_National_Guard" title="Minnesota National Guard">Minnesota</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Army_National_Guard" title="Minnesota Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Air_National_Guard" title="Minnesota Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_National_Guard" title="Mississippi National Guard">Mississippi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Army_National_Guard" title="Mississippi Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Air_National_Guard" title="Mississippi Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_National_Guard" title="Missouri National Guard">Missouri</a> (<a href="/wiki/Missouri_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Missouri Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Missouri_Air_National_Guard" title="Missouri Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Montana_National_Guard" title="Montana National Guard">Montana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Montana_Army_National_Guard" title="Montana Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Montana_Air_National_Guard" title="Montana Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_National_Guard" title="Nebraska National Guard">Nebraska</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Army_National_Guard" title="Nebraska Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Air_National_Guard" title="Nebraska Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nevada_National_Guard" title="Nevada National Guard">Nevada</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nevada_National_Guard" title="Nevada National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Nevada_Air_National_Guard" title="Nevada Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_National_Guard" title="New Hampshire National Guard">New Hampshire</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Army_National_Guard" title="New Hampshire Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Air_National_Guard" title="New Hampshire Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey National Guard">New Jersey</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Army_National_Guard" title="New Jersey Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Air_National_Guard" title="New Jersey Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_National_Guard" title="New Mexico National Guard">New Mexico</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Army_National_Guard" title="New Mexico Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Air_National_Guard" title="New Mexico Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Division_of_Military_and_Naval_Affairs" title="New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs">New York</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Army_National_Guard" title="New York Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_York_Air_National_Guard" title="New York Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_National_Guard" title="North Carolina National Guard">North Carolina</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Army_National_Guard" title="North Carolina Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Air_National_Guard" title="North Carolina Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_National_Guard" title="North Dakota National Guard">North Dakota</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Army_National_Guard" title="North Dakota Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Air_National_Guard" title="North Dakota Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_National_Guard" title="Ohio National Guard">Ohio</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ohio_Army_National_Guard" title="Ohio Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Ohio_Air_National_Guard" title="Ohio Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_National_Guard" title="Oklahoma National Guard">Oklahoma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Army_National_Guard" title="Oklahoma Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Air_National_Guard" title="Oklahoma Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Military_Department" title="Oregon Military Department">Oregon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oregon_Army_National_Guard" title="Oregon Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Oregon_Air_National_Guard" title="Oregon Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_National_Guard" title="Pennsylvania National Guard">Pennsylvania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Army_National_Guard" title="Pennsylvania Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Air_National_Guard" title="Pennsylvania Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_National_Guard" title="Rhode Island National Guard">Rhode Island</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Army_National_Guard" title="Rhode Island Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Air_National_Guard" title="Rhode Island Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_National_Guard" title="South Carolina National Guard">South Carolina</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Army_National_Guard" title="South Carolina Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Air_National_Guard" title="South Carolina Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_National_Guard" title="South Dakota National Guard">South Dakota</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="South Dakota Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Air_National_Guard" title="South Dakota Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Military_Department" title="Tennessee Military Department">Tennessee</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Army_National_Guard" title="Tennessee Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Air_National_Guard" title="Tennessee Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Military_Forces" title="Texas Military Forces">Texas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Texas_Army_National_Guard" title="Texas Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Texas_Air_National_Guard" title="Texas Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Utah_National_Guard" title="Utah National Guard">Utah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Utah_Army_National_Guard" title="Utah Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Utah_Air_National_Guard" title="Utah Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vermont_National_Guard" title="Vermont National Guard">Vermont</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vermont_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Vermont Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Vermont_Air_National_Guard" title="Vermont Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_National_Guard" title="Virginia National Guard">Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Virginia_Army_National_Guard" title="Virginia Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Virginia_Air_National_Guard" title="Virginia Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Washington_National_Guard" title="Washington National Guard">Washington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_Army_National_Guard" title="Washington Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Washington_Air_National_Guard" title="Washington Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_National_Guard" title="West Virginia National Guard">West Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="West Virginia Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Air_National_Guard" title="West Virginia Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_National_Guard" title="Wisconsin National Guard">Wisconsin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Army_National_Guard" title="Wisconsin Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Air_National_Guard" title="Wisconsin Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Military_Department" title="Wyoming Military Department">Wyoming</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Army_National_Guard" title="Wyoming Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Air_National_Guard" title="Wyoming Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the Army National Guard"><img alt="Seal of the Army National Guard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg/69px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="69" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg/104px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg/138px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_National_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="802" data-file-height="802" /></a><figcaption>Seal of the Army National Guard</figcaption></figure><br /><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the Air National Guard"><img alt="Seal of the Air National Guard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg/69px-US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="69" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg/104px-US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg/138px-US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="505" /></a><figcaption>Seal of the Air National Guard</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Federal district<br />and territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_National_Guard" title="District of Columbia National Guard">District of Columbia</a> (<a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Army_National_Guard" title="District of Columbia Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Air_National_Guard" title="District of Columbia Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Guam_National_Guard" title="Guam National Guard">Guam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Guam_Army_National_Guard" title="Guam Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Guam_Air_National_Guard" title="Guam Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_National_Guard" title="Puerto Rico National Guard">Puerto Rico</a> (<a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Army_National_Guard" title="Puerto Rico Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Air_National_Guard" title="Puerto Rico Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_National_Guard" title="Virgin Islands National Guard">U.S. Virgin Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Islands Army National Guard">Army</a>/<a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_Air_National_Guard" title="Virgin Islands Air National Guard">Air</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_National_Guard" title="Northern Mariana Islands National Guard">Northern Mariana Islands</a> (proposed)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">American Samoa (none)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_National_Guard" title="Philippine National Guard">Philippines</a> (inactivated)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="United_States_Army" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table 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Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Army four-star generals">4-star generals</a></li> <li>3-star generals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Army_before_1960" title="List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960">1798–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_from_1990_to_1999" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 1990 to 1999">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_from_2010_to_2019" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_since_2020" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals since 2020">2020–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Staff_Senior_Warrant_Officer" title="Army Staff Senior Warrant Officer">Army Staff Senior Warrant Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Army" title="Sergeant Major of the Army">Sergeant Major of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Armed Services Committee</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Tactical_Air_and_Land_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces">House Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Committee on Armed Services</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Airland" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland">Senate Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces</a>)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/80px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/120px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/160px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Components<br />and<br />commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regular_Army_(United_States)" title="Regular Army (United States)">Regular Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">Army Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army#Regular_combat_maneuver_organizations" title="United States Army">Active Units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reorganization_plan_of_United_States_Army" title="Reorganization plan of United States Army">Reorganization plan of United States Army</a><br /></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Forces_Command" title="United States Army Forces Command">Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Futures_Command" title="United States Army Futures Command">Futures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Materiel_Command" title="United States Army Materiel Command">Materiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Training_and_Doctrine_Command" title="United States Army Training and Doctrine Command">Training and Doctrine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service <br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Central" title="United States Army Central">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Army Europe and Africa">Europe</a>–<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Africa">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Pacific" title="United States Army Pacific">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_South" title="United States Army South">South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Army Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Surface_Deployment_and_Distribution_Command" title="Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command">Surface Deployment and Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Space_and_Missile_Defense_Command" title="United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command">Space and Missile Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Cyber_Command" title="United States Army Cyber Command">Cyber Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct reporting<br />units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_United_States_Army" title="Second United States Army">Second Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Command" title="United States Army Medical Command">Medical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Intelligence_and_Security_Command" title="United States Army Intelligence and Security Command">Intelligence and Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Criminal_Investigation_Division" title="United States Army Criminal Investigation Division">Criminal Investigation Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Military_District_of_Washington" title="United States Army Military District of Washington">Military District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Test_and_Evaluation_Command" title="United States Army Test and Evaluation Command">Test and Evaluation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve_Command" title="United States Army Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Acquisition_Support_Center" title="U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center">Acquisition Support Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Installation_Management_Command" title="United States Army Installation Management Command">Installation Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_War_College" title="United States Army War College">War College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_field_armies_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of field armies of the United States Army">Field armies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Army_(United_States)" title="First Army (United States)">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Central" title="United States Army Central">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Army_(United_States)" title="Sixth Army (United States)">Sixth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Army Europe and Africa">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_States)" title="Eighth Army (United States)">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Army_(United_States)" title="Ninth Army (United States)">Ninth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Branches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Acquisition_Corps" title="United States Army Acquisition Corps">Acquisition Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Adjutant_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Army Adjutant General's Corps">Adjutant General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Artillery_Branch" title="Air Defense Artillery Branch">Air Defense Artillery Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armor_Branch" title="Armor Branch">Armor Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Aviation_Branch" title="United States Army Aviation Branch">Aviation Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_bands" title="United States military bands">Army Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_Corps_(United_States_Army)" title="Chaplain Corps (United States Army)">Chaplain Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_Corps" title="Chemical Corps">Chemical Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Civil_Affairs_and_Psychological_Operations_Command" title="United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command">Civil Affairs Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber_Branch_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyber Branch (United States Army)">Cyber Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Dental_Command" title="United States Army Dental Command">Dental Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_Artillery_Branch_(United_States)" title="Field Artillery Branch (United States)">Field Artillery Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finance_Corps" title="Finance Corps">Finance Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry_Branch_(United_States)" title="Infantry Branch (United States)">Infantry Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Inspector_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army">Inspector General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Logistics_Branch" title="United States Army Logistics Branch">Logistics Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Corps" title="United States Army Medical Corps">Medical Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">Medical Service Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">Medical Specialist Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Intelligence_Corps_(United_States_Army)" title="Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)">Military Intelligence Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Police_Corps_(United_States)" title="Military Police Corps (United States)">Military Police Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Nurse_Corps" title="United States Army Nurse Corps">Nurse Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Ordnance_Corps" title="United States Army Ordnance Corps">Ordnance Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_operations_(United_States)" title="Psychological operations (United States)">Psychological operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Quartermaster_Corps" title="United States Army Quartermaster Corps">Quartermaster Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_Corps_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Signal Corps (United States Army)">Signal Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces" title="United States Army Special Forces">Special Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_Corps" title="Transportation Corps">Transportation Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Veterinary_Corps" title="United States Army Veterinary Corps">Veterinary Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Installations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_United_States_Army_installations" title="List of former United States Army installations">United States and overseas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_Germany" title="List of United States Army installations in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Installations_of_the_United_States_Army_in_Japan" title="Category:Installations of the United States Army in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_Kuwait" title="List of United States Army installations in Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_South_Korea" title="List of United States Army installations in South Korea">South Korea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">Basic Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basic_Officer_Leaders_Course" title="Basic Officer Leaders Course">BOLC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> (<a href="/wiki/Early_Commissioning_Program" title="Early Commissioning Program">ECP</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Army)">OCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Basic_Course" title="Warrant Officer Basic Course">WOBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">WOCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">Military Academy (West Point)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_careers" title="List of United States Army careers">MOS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms and<br />insignia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">Awards and decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">Badges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_branch_insignia" title="United States Army branch insignia">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">Enlisted</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_I" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_II" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II">World War II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">Uniforms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of land vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces">Vehicles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_premier_ensembles" title="List of United States military premier ensembles">Premier<br />ensembles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Field_Band" title="United States Army Field Band">Army Field Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Band" title="United States Army Band">Army Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Guard_Fife_and_Drum_Corps" title="Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps">Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Point_Band" title="West Point Band">West Point Band</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History and<br /> traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_army" title="Union army">Union army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army#World_War_I" title="History of the United States Army">National Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_United_States" title="Army of the United States">Army of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Institute_of_Heraldry" title="United States Army Institute of Heraldry">Institute of Heraldry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Army" title="America's Army">America's Army</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Flag of the United States Army">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Army" title="National Museum of the United States Army">National Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy#West_Point_Museum" title="United States Military Academy">West Point Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Rangers" title="United States Army Rangers">Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Regimental_System" title="U.S. Army Regimental System">U.S. Army Regimental System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">Soldier's Creed</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Army_Goes_Rolling_Along" title="The Army Goes Rolling Along">The Army Goes Rolling Along</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_nicknames_of_United_States_Army_divisions" title="List of nicknames of United States Army divisions">Division nicknames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" title="Conscription in the United States">Draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">Service numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Army_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra">Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Soldier" title="Buffalo Soldier">Buffalo Soldiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Service_Forces" title="Army Service Forces">Army Service Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Army_Corps" title="Women's Army Corps">Women's Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rough_Riders" title="Rough Riders">Rough Riders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cavalry" title="United States Cavalry">U.S. Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Colored_Troops" title="United States Colored Troops">United States Colored Troops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Hospital_Corps" title="United States Army Hospital Corps">United States Army Hospital Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Sanitary_Commission" title="United States Sanitary Commission">U.S. Sanitary Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span 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(United States)">Air Staff</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Vice Chief of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Director of Staff of the United States Air Force">Director of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force" title="Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force">Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">Four-star generals</a></li> <li>Three-star generals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Air_Force_before_1960" title="List of lieutenant generals in the United States Air Force before 1960">1940–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_from_2010_to_2019" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_since_2020" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals since 2020">2020–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Armed Services Committee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Tactical_Air_and_Land_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces">House Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Strategic_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces">House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Committee on Armed Services</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Airland" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland">Senate Subcommittee on Airland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Strategic_Forces" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces">Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Field_Operating_Agencies" title="List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies">Field Operating Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations" title="List of United States Air Force installations">Installations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct Reporting Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_District_of_Washington" title="Air Force District of Washington">District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center" title="Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center">Operational Test and Evaluation Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">USAF Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of major commands of the United States Air Force">Major commands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">ACC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">AETC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">AFGSC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">AFMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AFRC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">AFSOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">AMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">PACAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_%E2%80%93_Air_Forces_Africa" title="United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa">USAFE–AFAFRICA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Air_Force" title="Seventh Air Force">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Expeditionary_Air_Force" title="Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force">Thirteenth Expeditionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Air_Force" title="Sixteenth Air Force">Sixteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Air_Force" title="Nineteenth Air Force">Nineteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-Second_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Second Air Force">Twenty-Second</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the United States Air Force">Wings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Groups" title="List of United States Air Force Groups">Groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force squadrons">Squadrons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_National_Guard_Squadrons" title="List of United States Air National Guard Squadrons">ANG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force Security Forces squadrons">Security Forces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces#Civilian_auxiliaries_distinguished" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Civilian auxiliary</a>: <a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel and<br /> training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_personnel" title="List of United States Air Force personnel">Personnel</a></li> <li>Rank <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Cadet_Insignia" title="United States Air Force Academy Cadet Insignia">cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">enlisted</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_aeronautical_rating" title="U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating">Aeronautical ratings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_Engineer_Deployable_Heavy_Operational_Repair_Squadron_Engineers" title="Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers">RED HORSE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces" title="United States Air Force Security Forces">Security Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service" title="United States Air Force Medical Service">Medical Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Scientist_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force">Chief Scientist</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Training: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">Air Force Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">Officer Training School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">Reserve Officer Training Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">Basic Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman_Leadership_School" title="Airman Leadership School">Airman Leadership School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Survival,_Evasion,_Resistance_and_Escape" title="Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape">SERE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Fitness_Assessment" title="United States Air Force Fitness Assessment">Fitness Assessment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms and<br /> equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force">Awards and decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">Badges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of equipment of the United States Air Force">Equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force#Aircraft_inventory" title="United States Air Force">Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">Uniforms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History and<br /> traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="History of the United States Air Force">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeronautical_Division,_U.S._Signal_Corps" title="Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps">Aeronautical Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/Aviation_Section,_U.S._Signal_Corps" title="Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps">Aviation Section</a> / <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Military_Aeronautics" title="Division of Military 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Force">Air Force</a></dd> <dd>SF = <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">Space Force</a></dd> <dd>CG = <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Deputy Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security">Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman</a></li></ul></li> <li>Committees on Armed Services <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States four-star officers">Active duty four-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_three-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States three-star officers">Active duty three-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_seniority" title="United States military seniority">United States military seniority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act">Goldwater–Nichols Act</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_components_of_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense" title="List of components of the U.S. Department of Defense">Components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service branches and heads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_Coast_Guard" title="Commandant of the Coast Guard">Commandant of the Coast Guard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Reserve components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Reserves: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Reserve" title="United States Coast Guard Reserve">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">National Guard</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">AF</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliaries" title="Auxiliaries">Civilian auxiliaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Auxiliary_Radio_System" title="Military Auxiliary Radio System">Military Auxiliary Radio System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Cyber_Auxiliary" title="Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary">Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Auxiliary" title="United States Coast Guard Auxiliary">Coast Guard Auxiliary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified combatant command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_14_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 14 of the United States Code">Title 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">Title 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_50_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 50 of the United States Code">Title 50</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States military bases">Installations</a></li> <li>Units: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Category:Units and formations of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Organization of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_logistics_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Military logistics of the United States">Logistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_of_the_military_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Mass media of the military of the United States">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Armed_Forces_unit_mottoes" title="List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes">Unit mottoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operations<br />and <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States" title="Military history of the United States">history</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States" title="Military budget of the United States">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_deployments" title="United States military deployments">Current deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_the_United_States" title="List of conflicts in the United States">Conflicts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States" title="List of wars involving the United States">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_civil_affairs_in_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="History of civil affairs in the United States Armed Forces">Civil affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="History of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="History of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="History of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="History of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="History of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations" title="Timeline of United States military operations">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_American_military_history" title="Colonial American military history">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">By ancestry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_African_Americans" title="Military history of African Americans">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Asian_Americans" title="Military history of Asian Americans">Asian Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhists_in_the_United_States_military" title="Buddhists in the United States military">Buddhist Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Jewish_Americans" title="Military history of Jewish Americans">Jewish Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslims_in_the_United_States_military" title="Muslims in the United States military">Muslim Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhs_in_the_United_States_military" title="Sikhs in the United States military">Sikh Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Hispanic_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of Hispanic Americans">Hispanic Americans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Hispanics in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Hispanics in the United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Hispanics in the United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Navy" title="Hispanics in the United States Navy">Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Naval_Academy" title="Hispanics in the United States Naval Academy">Academy</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Army Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_History_Division" title="United States Marine Corps History Division">Marine Corps History Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_History_and_Heritage_Command" title="Naval History and Heritage Command">Naval History and Heritage Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency" title="Air Force Historical Research Agency">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/American_official_war_artists" title="American official war artists">War artists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Art_Program" title="United States Air Force Art Program">Air Force Art Program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_service_academies" title="United States service academies">Service academies</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">A</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Military Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">MC/N</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="Naval Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">AF/SF</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Academy" title="United States Coast Guard Academy">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine_Academy" title="United States Merchant Marine Academy">Merchant Marine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li>Officer candidate/training school: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officer</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Entrance_Processing_Command" title="United States Military Entrance Processing Command">MEPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Services_Vocational_Aptitude_Battery" title="Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery">ASVAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a> (MC)</li> <li>Enlisted recruit training: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recruit_Training_Command,_Great_Lakes,_Illinois" title="Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Training_Center_Cape_May" title="United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_education_and_training_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Military education and training in the United States">Other education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Uniforms of the United States Armed Forces">Uniforms</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Uniforms of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces">Awards & decorations</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inter-service_awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States military">Inter-service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authorized_foreign_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military">Foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_military_decoration_authorized_by_the_US_military" class="mw-redirect" title="International military decoration authorized by the US military">International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_award_devices" title="United States military award devices">Devices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_badges_of_the_United_States" title="Military badges of the United States">Badges</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Identification_badges_of_the_uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Identification badges of the uniformed services of the United States">Identification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Badges of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Badges of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Badges of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Badges of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comparative_military_ranks" title="List of comparative military ranks">Ranks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Officer: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Navy officer rank insignia">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officers</a></li> <li>Enlisted: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates" title="List of United States Navy enlisted rates">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_enlisted_ranks" title="List of United States Coast Guard enlisted ranks">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Oath: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_oath_of_enlistment" title="United States Armed Forces oath of enlistment">Enlistment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Oath_of_Office" title="United States Uniformed Services Oath of Office">Officer</a></li></ul></li> <li>Creeds & Codes: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_United_States_Fighting_Force" title="Code of the United States Fighting Force">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noncommissioned_officer%27s_creed" title="Noncommissioned officer's creed">NCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed" title="Rifleman's Creed">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_Creed" title="Sailor's Creed">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman%27s_Creed" title="Airman's Creed">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creed_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guardsman" title="Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Armed_Forces)" title="Service number (United States Armed Forces)">Service numbers</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Service number (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Navy)" title="Service number (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Service number (United States Air Force)">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Coast_Guard)" title="Service number (United States Coast Guard)">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_occupation_code" title="United States military occupation code">Military Occupational Specialty</a>/<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">Rating</a>/<a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Air Force Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_pay" title="United States military pay">Pay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">Uniform Code of Military Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Health_System" title="Military Health System">Military Health System</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tricare" title="Tricare">Tricare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_(United_States_military)" title="Separation (United States military)">Separation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Veterans Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" title="Conscription in the United States">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States" title="Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States">Chiefs of Chaplains</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="List of equipment of the United States Armed Forces">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">A</a> (<a href="/wiki/Army_Nomenclature_System" title="Army Nomenclature System">Designations</a>)</li> <li>MC: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vehicles_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps">vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_weapons_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps">weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_individual_equipment" title="List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment">other</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of equipment of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of equipment of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Land</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of land vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces">Vehicles</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_land_vehicles" title="List of currently active United States military land vehicles">active</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Sea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_watercraft" title="List of currently active United States military watercraft">All watercraft</a></li> <li>Ships: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of ships of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships" title="List of United States Navy ships">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy#Future_ships" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">future</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of ships of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_cutters" title="List of United States Coast Guard cutters">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Military_Sealift_Command_ships" title="List of Military Sealift Command ships">MSC</a></li></ul></li> <li>Weapons: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_weapons" title="List of United States Navy weapons">N</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_naval_reactors" title="United States naval reactors">Reactors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="Lists of military aircraft of the United States">Aircraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_undesignated_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft" title="List of active United States military aircraft">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_future_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of future military aircraft of the United States">future</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_aircraft_designation_systems" title="United States military aircraft designation systems">Aircraft designation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._helicopter_armament_subsystems" title="U.S. helicopter armament subsystems">Helicopter arms</a></li></ul> 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Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Flag of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Flag of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Flag of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Flag of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Flag of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_of_the_United_States" title="Ensign of the United States">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_of_the_United_States" title="Jack of the United States">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guidon_(United_States)" title="Guidon (United States)">Guidons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_ration" title="United States military ration">Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="United States and weapons of mass destruction">WMDs</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States" title="Nuclear weapons of the United States">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_biological_weapons_program" title="United States biological weapons program">Biological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._chemical_weapons_topics" title="List of U.S. chemical weapons topics">Chemical</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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