How does the US National Guard deploy? I always understood it to be made up of a group of people basically on call that then report to their base in your city and then go out from there. Am I wrong?
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There are national guard bases/armories which serve as training centers when the guard unit is not active. The Federal government can, at times, call upon national guard units to serve as federal military forces (eg, deployment to Iraq) or as humanitarian relief (eg, hurricane relief/rescue). On these occasions, guard personnel will go to their bases for refresher training (if needed) and to get their equipment prior to deployment.
State governors can similarly deploy national guard as additional policing in cases where local law enforcement is incapable of maintaining order. The same general process as above is used; they go to the base, get their equipment, then move out to wherever they are ordered.
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