No, but it is your responsibility to attend training with that state.
No. Lots of members serve in other states. You must have a residence and pay state taxes to be a resident .
yes There are actually 2 types of national guards. There is the Air National Guard which is part of the Air Force and the Army National Guard which is part of the Army. Then there is the State Guard which certain states have and work closely with the army national guard.
Yes. Each state has National Guard units.
State H.Q. of the Alabama National Guard.
The National Guard and Air National Guard can be (and have been) deployed. The Puerto Rico State Guard cannot.
No. There is an Army National Guard / Air National Guard unit in every US State, and in Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam, and the District of Columbia.
The National Guard is paid for with a combination of federal and state tax dollars.
The Governor of the state is the main person in charge of that state's National Guard. The President of the United States takes charge of any National Guard unit at any time they want to. An example would be; the Governor of the state deploys National Guard troops to floods and fires around the state when needed. The President will deploy National Guard troops overseas to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Governor of each state has the sole ability to mobilize that state's National Guard forces for emergencies.
Depends there are two national guard units the Army National Guard under overall authority of the U.S. Army and the Air National Guard under overall supervision of the U.S. Air Force
Non-Federalized: State Governor -> State Adjutant General -> State National Guard Units Federalized: President of the United States of America -> Joint Chief of Staff -> State Adjutant General -> State National Guard Units
Every state should have a "your state" Army (Air) National Guard OTAG-Office of the Adjudent General. Sample: Texas Army National Guard-OTAG, or Oregon Air National Guard, etc. Contact them.