Yes, it is. Pay is set by the President and it's the same for the paygrades across the military. An E-5 in the US Army makes the same amount as an E-5 in the Marines or any other branch of the military. The different branches just have different incentives based Military Occupational Skills and other skills or duty stations such as a board a ship, in a combat zone, remote duty station, etc.
Both entities fall under the same pay scale. There is no difference in pay.
No. State activations of the National Guard are paid by the state, while federal activations are paid by the Department of Defense.
Their pay is the same.
A service member serving on active duty in the Coast Guard would receive more money from their branch of service than a National Guard member serving in a reserve capacity would. However, the pay scale is universal throughout the whole of the Armed Forces - an E1 in one branch gets paid the same as an E1 in any other branch, thus, someone who is in an activated National Guard unit, or someone who is in a National Guard unit as a full timer will receive the same base pay as anyone of equal rank and time in service in any other branch.
Yes.
The same as any other state. The amount paid is based on pay grade and time in service. When doing monthly UTAs, pay is based on the table used to determine pay for National Guard and Reserve members for their weekend drills. When called to active duty, they're paid according to the active duty pay scale.
Not likely. You would still be responsible for house payments. However, you would be paid some amount by the National Guard, probably more for active duty. No. While on active duty you receive regular duty pay and benefits, not from the National Guard (or Reserves), but from the Federal Government (Army, Navy, Air Force) (Marines & Coast Guard fall under Navy). Also time served on active duty counts toward retirement.
Depends on whether you're provided with barracks or not.
You must be a high school graduate or senior to enter the national guard to begin with.
all branches follow the same pay scale, so an E1 or Private in the army makes the same as an E1 in the Marines. supposedly the army will promote people faster than the Marines but it comes down to how hard you're willing to work at your job.
Pay is determined by rank and current duty status, not by occupation.
That depends on what type of discharge you got. If it is a general or dishonorable because you did not fulfill you're obligations with the Guard, then yes you are responsible to pay back what ever the amount was awarded to you.