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id="mw-content-subtitle"></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">Component of the US National Guard of the territory of the Northern Mariana Islands</div> <p>The <b>Northern Mariana Islands National Guard</b> is a proposed <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="National Guard of the United States">National Guard</a> unit to be formed in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands">Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</a>. Currently, residents of the Northern Mariana Islands may serve in the <a href="/wiki/Guam_National_Guard" title="Guam National Guard">Guam National Guard</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <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=Northern_Mariana_Islands_National_Guard&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Currently, there are National Guard units in all 50 U.S. states, the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a>. The Northern Mariana Islands and <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a> are the only permanently inhabited U.S. territories that do not have a National Guard unit. </p><p>The first legislative attempt at forming a National Guard unit in the Northern Mariana Islands occurred on October 12, 2001. <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> U.S. <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House</a> <a href="/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Delegate (United States Congress)">Delegate</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Underwood" title="Robert A. Underwood">Robert A. Underwood</a> of <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a> introduced H.R. 3128 to the <a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th United States Congress</a> that proposed the establishment of a National Guard of the Northern Mariana Islands. The bill, which would have amended titles <a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">32</a> and <a href="/wiki/Title_37_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 37 of the United States Code">37</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a>, was sent to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Military_Personnel" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel">House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel</a> where it eventually died in committee.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_Senate" title="Northern Mariana Islands Senate">Senate</a> Bill 13-11, also known as the <b>Northern Mariana Islands National Guard Act</b>, was proposed to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_Commonwealth_Legislature" title="Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature">Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature</a> that established a militia for the Northern Mariana Islands. The bill was signed to law by Northern Mariana Islands governor <a href="/wiki/Juan_Babauta" title="Juan Babauta">Juan Babauta</a> as <b>Public Law 13-32</b> on November 25, 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> declined to authorize $275 million in funding for the creation of the proposed National Guard unit due to budget constraints and concerns over whether the Northern Mariana Islands could form such a unit given the commonwealth's population of roughly 50,000 (about one-third the population of Guam). In 2004, Gov. Babauta met with the adjutant general of the <a href="/wiki/Guam_National_Guard" title="Guam National Guard">Guam National Guard</a> to discuss the militia’s composition, organization, and other pertinent matters, including funding.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 1, 2011, U.S. House Delegate <a href="/wiki/Gregorio_Sablan" title="Gregorio Sablan">Gregorio Sablan</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands%27_at-large_congressional_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Mariana Islands' at-large congressional district">Northern Mariana Islands</a> introduced H.R. 2773 to the <a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th United States Congress</a> again seeking to establish a National Guard unit in the Northern Mariana Islands. The bill was originally co-sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> representative <a href="/wiki/Walter_B._Jones,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Walter B. Jones, Jr.">Walter B. Jones, Jr.</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="North Carolina's 3rd congressional district">North Carolina</a>) and Democratic delegates <a href="/wiki/Donna_Christian-Christensen" class="mw-redirect" title="Donna Christian-Christensen">Donna Christian-Christensen</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="United States Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district">U.S. Virgin Islands</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Holmes_Norton" title="Eleanor Holmes Norton">Eleanor Holmes Norton</a> (<a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="District of Columbia's at-large congressional district">District of Columbia</a>). Later co-sponsors were Democratic representative <a href="/wiki/Mike_Honda" title="Mike Honda">Mike Honda</a> (<a href="/wiki/California%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="California's 15th congressional district">California</a>) and Democratic delegate <a href="/wiki/Eni_Faleomavaega" title="Eni Faleomavaega">Eni Faleomavaega</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Samoa%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="American Samoa's at-large congressional district">American Samoa</a>). The bill sought to amend titles <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10</a>, 32 and 37 of the United States Code. The bill was introduced again to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel but did not make it out of committee.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Typhoon_Soudelor">Typhoon Soudelor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Mariana_Islands_National_Guard&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Typhoon Soudelor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Soudelor_(2015)" class="mw-redirect" title="Typhoon Soudelor (2015)">Typhoon Soudelor (2015)</a></div> <p>On August 2, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Soudelor_(2015)" class="mw-redirect" title="Typhoon Soudelor (2015)">Typhoon Soudelor</a> struck the Northern Mariana Islands as the equivalent of a <a href="/wiki/SSHS#Category_2" class="mw-redirect" title="SSHS">Category 2</a> hurricane, causing over $20 million in damage to the island of <a href="/wiki/Saipan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saipan">Saipan</a>. On August 4, units of the Guam National Guard and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> were deployed to assist in relief efforts. Del. Sablan renewed the call for a separate National Guard unit in the Northern Mariana Islands, later commenting, “We pray we never have to experience another disaster like Typhoon Soudelor. But if we do, we will be better prepared to respond if we have our own National Guard to call to service.”<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Feasibility_study">Feasibility study</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Mariana_Islands_National_Guard&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Feasibility study"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2014" title="National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014">National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014</a> mandated that the <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a> conduct a study regarding the feasibility of establishing a National Guard unit in the Northern Mariana Islands. Released in August 2015, the study concluded that a National Guard for the Northern Mariana Islands composed of two company-sized units (in addition to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">U.S. Army Reserve</a> personnel already residing in Saipan) was feasible but required several major actions, including changes to the federal law that governs the National Guard.<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>On September 29, 2015, Del. Sablan introduced H.R. 3649, which was a reintroduction of H.R. 2773, to the <a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th United States Congress</a>. 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