United States National Guard

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military organization reserve military force

The United States National Guard is a reserve military force composed of state-based Army and Air National Guard units that can be mobilized for both domestic emergencies and federal military operations.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
National Guard of the United States 9
National Guard 7
National Guard members 4

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
reserve military force ⓘ
canBeActivatedBy President of the United States ⓘ
state governor ⓘ
commandStructure dual state-federal control ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
establishedAsModernForce 1903 ⓘ
fundingSource United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States

state governments of the United States ⓘ
governedBy National Guard Bureau ⓘ
hasBranch Air National Guard ⓘ
Army National Guard ⓘ
hasComponent Air National Guard ⓘ
Army National Guard ⓘ
hasJurisdiction 50 U.S. states ⓘ
Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

District of Columbia ⓘ
Guam ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
headquartersLocation Pentagon ⓘ
surface form: The Pentagon
historicalOrigin colonial militias of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
legalBasis Militia Act of 1903 ⓘ
National Defense Act of 1916 ⓘ
Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code ⓘ
Total Force of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Total Force Policy

United States Constitution ⓘ
motto Always Ready, Always There ⓘ
notableDomesticRole response to COVID-19 pandemic in the United States ⓘ
response to Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
participatedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan

World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
participatedInOperation Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
surface form: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Operation Noble Eagle ⓘ
partOf United States Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryFunction domestic emergency response ⓘ
federal military operations support ⓘ
reportsTo Chief of the National Guard Bureau ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense

United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
role reserve component of the United States Air Force ⓘ
reserve component of the United States Army ⓘ
symbol Sam the Minuteman ⓘ
surface form: Minuteman
trainingStandard same basic standards as active duty Army and Air Force ⓘ
typeOfPersonnel part-time citizen-soldiers ⓘ
typicalMissions civil disturbance control ⓘ
disaster relief ⓘ
homeland defense ⓘ
overseas combat deployments ⓘ
support to civil authorities ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Defense Act of 1916 → affectedOrganization → United States National Guard ⓘ
Chief of the National Guard Bureau → appliesTo → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard of the United States
Executive Order 9981 → appliesTo → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard units in federal service
Title 32 of the United States Code → appliesTo → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard
Army National Guard of the District of Columbia → componentOf → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard of the United States
Special Operations Command North → coordinatesWith → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard units
Militia Act of 1903 → establishedRelationshipBetween → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard and United States Army
National Defense Act of 1916 → expandedForce → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard
Title 10 of the United States Code → governs → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard when in federal service
Texas Military Forces → hasCommandStructure → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard of the United States
United States Armed Forces → hasReserveComponent → United States National Guard ⓘ
milConnect → hasUserGroup → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard members
this entity surface form: National Guard components
this entity surface form: National Guard
Champ de Mars Massacre → involves → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard
Guardians → militaryStatus → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard (planned component)
North American F-100 Super Sabre → operator → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard units of the United States
Department of Defense → oversees → United States National Guard ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of Defense
this entity surface form: National Guard of the United States (when federalized)
National Guard Bureau → overseesComponent → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard of the United States
Air National Guard → partOf → United States National Guard ⓘ
Arkansas National Guard → partOf → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard of the United States
Army National Guard → partOf → United States National Guard ⓘ
California National Guard → partOf → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard of the United States
Illinois National Guard → partOf → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard of the United States
Texas Military Forces → partOf → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard of the United States
1970 United States postal strike → participant → United States National Guard ⓘ
United States militia forces → predecessorOf → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard of the United States
this entity surface form: National Guard
United States Volunteers → relatedTo → United States National Guard ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code → relevantFor → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard members
Chez Veterans Center → serves → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard members
Joint Chiefs of Staff → serviceBranchesRepresented → United States National Guard ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code → subjectMatter → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard
DS Logon → usedBy → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard members
Humvee → usedBy → United States National Guard ⓘ
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve → worksWith → United States National Guard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Guard