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Old 04-22-2015, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by donquixote99 View Post
Nope. National guard isn't militia, it's just a branch of the standing army.

But the reason was abrogated by the general militia, which never had the slightest interest in the national security mission, or in being well-regulated for it.
The National Guard are state militias funded by the Federal government. The Reserves are part of the national military and the Guard is not unless federalized (done on a unit by unit basis and assigned to the force requesting COCOM).
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