What department does the National Guard belong to?

Answer 1

Try everywhere!..every state has a dif. requirement, but enjoy the branches or jobs of each...til the end of the war that we start is near peace....Bradley SChroer...

The Air National Guard is a branch of the United States Air Force. Like the Army Guard the commander in Chief is the Governor of the state they are in first, then the president of the US ultimately.

Technically speaking, the various Guard forces have two "states of being", and, depending on which they are in, they report to different command structures.

When in a "normal" state of being, the Guard acts as a state millitia, and reports to the Governor of the state they are raised in. When in this normal condition, the Guard liasons with the National Guard Bureau inside the Department of Defense, for coordinating training and exercises. However, while they may work in conjuction with normal military (active and reserve) forces during this condition, they are NOT actually a part of the other force (and, are not officially under the control of any military branch).

When a Guard unit has been "federalized" (i.e. the President decides, with the assent of Congress, that national security requires the services of a Guard unit), control and chain-of-command switch to the relevant armed service branch. So, in this case, an air national guard unit would switch to reporting into the Air Force chain of command, and would be used as would any normal Air Force unit.

Answer 2

Each falls under the executive branch and the office of the governor of their respective states. If deployed or nationalized, th NG (unit) falls under the Department of the Army, and ANG is subordinate to the Department of the Air Force. Technically it falls under the National Guard Bureau which has a federal office in Washington D.C. which under the Dept. of Defence falls into the Dept. of Army or Air Force depending which type is activated.

Answer 3

Yes.