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	United States National Guard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by presidential order to supplement regular armed forces, and upon declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of the state in which they serve.
		The organized militia exists to supplement the National Guard in the event of manpower shortages while the unorganized militia comprises every able bodied male in a state which may be called up for extreme emergencies such as an invasion of the United States or a major catastrophe inside her shores.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_National_Guard (1649 words)

	The National Guard - Ready, Reliable, Essential and Accessible.
		National Guard helicopter crews are on standby if needed to assist local and county firefighters in Oklahoma and Texas, preparing to help douse dozens of wildfires burning throughout the region, Guard officials in both states told...
		National Guard leaders were welcomed to a distant land with a distinctive greeting during the week before Thanksgiving...
		While National Guard helicopter crews remain on standby today to respond to wildfires in Texas and Oklahoma, their counterparts in Oregon are preparing to move in, if asked, to provide flood relief.
	www.ngb.army.mil (555 words)

	National Guard on Encyclopedia.com
		In peacetime the National Guard is placed under state jurisdiction and can be used by governors to quell local disturbances, as in Newark and Detroit riots in 1967, and to help in times of local disasters, such as floods and hurricanes.
		The National Guard has been partially mobilized during the Korean War, the Berlin crisis of 1961, and the Persian Gulf War and for peacekeeping in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
		National Guard and Reserve mobilized as of June 8, 2005.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/NatlG1uar.asp (742 words)

	Louisiana Army National Guard
		The Louisiana Army National Guard dates back to the 18th Century when a militia was formed from among the civilian inhabitants of Colonial Louisiana to assist Royal French and Spanish troops in protecting the colony and preserving the peace.
		The National Guard Bureau serves as the channel of communications and funding between the states and the Departments of the Army and Air Force.
		It was not until 1877, upon withdrawal of federal occupation troops, that the native population of Louisiana regained control of the state and elected a Governor and Legislature and passed laws to re-create the Louisiana State National Guard in the pre-war tradition.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/arng-la.htm (1235 words)

	United States National Guard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by presidential order to supplement regular armed forces, and upon declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of the state in which they serve.
		The organized militia exists to supplement the National Guard in the event of manpower shortages while the unorganized militia comprises every able bodied male in a state which may be called up for extreme emergencies such as an invasion of the United States or a major catastrophe inside her shores.
		Because the National Guard remains under the authority of the states (unless called into federal service), it should not be confused with the reserves of the various services which serve primarily as training units for replacements to active component forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_National_Guard (890 words)

	United States National Guard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by presidential order to supplement regular armed forces, and upon declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of the state in which they serve.
		The organized militia exists to supplement the National Guard in the event of manpower shortages while the unorganized militia comprises every able bodied male in a state which may be called up for extreme emergencies such as an invasion of the United States or a major catastrophe inside her shores.
		Because the National Guard remains under the authority of the states (unless called into federal service), it should not be confused with the reserves of the various services which serve primarily as training units for replacements to active component forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_National_Guard (890 words)

	Connecticut National Guard
		Today, the Connecticut National Guard is a modern, professional military organization with a $100 million annual budget, 1,000 full-time employees and a total force of 5,000 part-time soldiers and airmen.
		Your National Guard has come a long way in the past 360 years.
		The purpose of this site is to provide information about the Connecticut National Guard that would be of interest to the general public as well as potential applicants.
	www.ct.ngb.army.mil (325 words)

	Alabama National Guard Homepage
		The State Defense Force (SDF) is the state’s authorized militia and assumes the state mission of the Alabama National Guard in the event the Guard is mobilized.
		The National Guard may be called into federal service in response to a call by the President or Congress.
		In fact, the National Guard is the only United States military force empowered to function in a state status.
	alguard.state.al.us (472 words)

	National Guard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Guard of Austrian, see The Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas
		National Guard (France), active during the French Revolution
		National Guard of Panama, see History of Panama
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Guard (145 words)

	National Security
		The Coast Guard's national defense role to support U.S. military commanders-in-chiefs (CINCs) is more explicitly outlined in a memorandum of agreement signed by the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation in 1995.
		By statute, the Coast Guard is an armed force, operating in the joint arena at any time and functioning as a specialized service under the Navy in time of war or when directed by the President.
		In recent years, the nation's CINCs have requested--and have been provided--Coast Guard cutters to conduct maritime-intercept operations, carry out peacetime-engagement missions, and perform other essential warfare tasks for all three forward-deployed Navy fleets: the Fifth Fleet in the Arabian Gulf/Middle East; the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean; and the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/comrel/factfile/Factcards/NationalSecurity.html (641 words)

	California National Guard-Home Page
		National Guard and Reserve members need to register their employers in the national database, hosted by the Defense Management Data Center (DMDC).
		The California National Guard is the States Leading employer with over 400 new hires a month.
		– California National Guard soldiers of the 1/18 CAV and 40th DIVARTY, who have served in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with the antiterrorism Joint Task Force (JTF), met with Army Brig.
	www.calguard.ca.gov (188 words)

	Destroying the National Guard - by William S. Lind
		Desperate for troops as the situation in Iraq deteriorates, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld is using the National Guard in a mission for which it was never intended: carrying on a "war of choice" halfway around the world.
		Yes, the Guard was mobilized and deployed overseas in both World Wars, but those were true national wars, in which the American people were all involved one way or another.
		What the Washington elite that wages cabinet wars does not understand, or care about, is the vital role the National Guard plays on the state and local levels.
	www.antiwar.com /lind/?articleid=3651 (786 words)

	United States National Guard - Open Encyclopedia
		National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by presidential order to supplement regular armed forces, and upon declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of the state in which they serve.
		The National Guard draws from state guard forces, but should not be confused with the reserves of the various services which serve primarily as training units for replacements to active component forces, nor with the militia in general.
		The Army National Guard is part of the United States Army, comprising approximately one half of its available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organisation.
	open-encyclopedia.com /United_States_National_Guard (481 words)

	French Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Concordat of 1801 between the National Assembly and the Church ended the dechristianisation period and established the rules for a relationship between the Catholic Church and the French State that lasted until it was abrogated by the Third Republic on the separation of church and state on December 11, 1905.
		In response to this legislation, the archbishop of Aix and the bishop of Clermont led a walkout of clergy from the National Constituent Assembly.
		During the French Revolution (1789-1799) democracy and republicanism replaced the absolute monarchy in France, and the French sector of the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Revolution (4962 words)

	FRENCH REVOLUTION - LoveToKnow Article on FRENCH REVOLUTION
		It was attended by deputations from the National Guards in every part of the kingdom, from the regular regiments, and from the crews of the fleet.
		At length the National Guards arrived and the mob was quieted by the announcement that the king had resolved to go to Paris.
		The Commune of Paris was abolished and the office of commandant of the National Guard was suppressed.
	66.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FR/FRENCH_REVOLUTION.htm (23540 words)

	United States National Guard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by presidential order to supplement regular armed forces, and upon declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of the state in which they serve.
		The organized militia exists to supplement the National Guard in the event of manpower shortages while the unorganized militia comprises every able bodied male in a state which may be called up for extreme emergencies such as an invasion of the United States or a major catastrophe inside her shores.
		Because the National Guard remains under the authority of the states (unless called into federal service), it should not be confused with the reserves of the various services which serve primarily as training units for replacements to active component forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_National_Guard (890 words)

	United States National Guard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by presidential order to supplement regular armed forces, and upon declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of the state in which they serve.
		The organized militia exists to supplement the National Guard in the event of manpower shortages while the unorganized militia comprises every able bodied male in a state which may be called up for extreme emergencies such as an invasion of the United States or a major catastrophe inside her shores.
		Because the National Guard remains under the authority of the states (unless called into federal service), it should not be confused with the reserves of the various services which serve primarily as training units for replacements to active component forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Texas_Air_National_Guard (1623 words)

	Wisconsin Army National Guard - Home Of The 100% College Tuition Grant
		The Army National Guard is a whole new way to serve.
		This is what it means to be in the Army National Guard.
		The Wisconsin Army National Guard has a unique dual mission, serving both our country and communities.
	www.wisconsinguard.com (229 words)

	The Official Web Site of the Air National Guard
		Although the Air National Guard was not established as a separate component of the U.S. Air Force until 1947, National Guard aviators have played significant roles in all of America's wars and most of its major contingencies since the beginning of the 20th Century.
		Gain and maintain active support from all public and private employers for the men and women of the National Guard and Reserve as defined by demonstrated employer commitment to employee military service.
		The Department of Defense is seeking to hire highly skilled and deeply motivated civilians to assist in rebuilding the nations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
	www.ang.af.mil (262 words)

	The Military Department of South Carolina Office of The Adjutant General
		The South Carolina Air National Guard was the first guard unit in the nation assigned the F-16 Fighting Falcon, one of the most sophisticated aircraft in the Air Force inventory and has been awarded the presidential "Outstanding Unit Award" four times for our superior performance.
		The South Carolina State Guard will be the force which assumes the state duties of the South Carolina National Guard if these units are called to federal duty outside of South Carolina.
		The South Carolina Army National Guard began in 1670 as the Colonial Militia defending against threats from Spanish Florida and from native tribes like the Westoes.
	www.scguard.com (322 words)

	The North Carolina National Guard - Entrusted to Protect: Committed to Excellence!
		Members of the NC Air National Guard 145th Airlift Wing unfurled and held the American Flag during the singing of the Star Spangled Banner.
		Soldiers from the 505th Engineer Battalion, North Carolina Army National Guard are conducting missions to reduce the emplacement of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along critical US Army supply routes in central and northern Iraq.
		A formation of three NC Army National Guard AH-64 Apache helicopters flies over the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. during a salute to veterans on Sunday November 13th.
	www.nc.ngb.army.mil (1379 words)

	Massachusetts National Guard Home Page
		National Guard soldiers of the 704th Quartermaster Detachment in Worcester are greeted by family members upon their return home from Iraq.
		PLEASE NOTE: Only official members of the Massachusetts Army National Guard domain can access Webmail.
		Only authorized individuals are allowed access to the Guard Knowledge Online website.
	www.mass.gov /guard (98 words)

	National Guard Association of Illinois
		To foster and improve the National Guard of Illinois and the National Guard as an integral component of the Armed Forces of the United States.
		To preserve and perpetuate the hisory and traditions of the National Guard of Illinois.
		To ensure the continuity and long life of Army and Air National Guard Units within the State of Illinois.
	www.ngai.com (115 words)

	French National Assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The French National Assembly (French: "Assemblée nationale") is one of the two houses of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic.
		Following from a tradition started by the first French National Assembly during the French revolution, the "left-wing" parties sit to the left as seen from the president's seat, and the "right-wing" parties sit to the right, and the seating thus directly indicates the political spectrum as represented in the Assembly.
		The term of the National Assembly is five years; however, the President of France may dissolve the Assembly (by i.e.: calling a new election), unless he dissolved it in the preceding year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_National_Assembly (255 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com
		French Revolution -> The Estates-General and the National Assembly Étienne Charles Loménie de Brienne succeeded Calonne.
		French Revolution -> The Revolution of 1792 An abortive insurrection of June 20, 1792, was followed by a decisive one on Aug. 10, when a crowd stormed the Tuileries and an insurrectionary commune replaced the legally elected one (see Commune of Paris).
		French Revolution -> The Reign of Terror Instead of a democracy the Convention established a war dictatorship operating through the Committee of Public Safety, the Committee of General Security, and numerous agencies such as the Revolutionary Tribunal.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=@DOCTITLE%20French%20Revolution (586 words)

	National Guard (France) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the Paris Uprising the army was replaced with a National Guard consisting of all able-bodied citizens capable of carrying weapons.
		During the early years of the French Revolution, the National Guard was a military force separate from the regular army.
		This changed radically in the summer of 1792, with the admission of the fédérés to the guard and with the subsequent takeover of the guard by Antoine Joseph Santerre when Mandat was murdered in the first hours of the insurrection of the 10th of August.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_National_Guard (177 words)

	National Guard Bureau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The National Guard Bureau is located in Washington DC and is a joint command operated by the United States Department of the Army and The United States Department of the Air Force to conduct all the administrative matters pertaining to the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.
		It is headed by a Chief of the National Guard who is usually a Lieutenant General.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Guard_Bureau (121 words)

	Facts about topic: (Air National Guard)
		As Federally-organized militia, Air National Guard units are liable to activation by both the President of the United States and the governor of the state in which the ANG unit resides.
		ANG units saw extensive service in both WW II (additional info and facts about WW II) and the Korean War (A war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953), when units were activated intact.
		Many ANG pilots also served in the Vietnam War (A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States), but as individuals attached to Air Force units.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ai/air_national_guard.htm (255 words)

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