(6) six years is the depolyment goal timeline for a National Guard unit.
The arforgen deployment goal timeline for a national guard unit is once every 6 years.
The arforgen deployment goal timeline for a national guard unit is once every 6 years.
(6) six years is the depolyment goal timeline for a National Guard unit.
Arforgen applies to regular army and reserve component (Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve) units.
To be a National Guardsman is your decision, but refusing a deployment can get you into trouble.
All units are prone for deployment on a rotating basis.
The US Army National Guard and Air National Guard are the United States' military reserve force. The National Guard forces may be called into active duty by their respective governors to aid in times of domestic emergencies such as natural disasters. Deployment to foreign soils for sustained active duty operations is also possible such as was seen following the September 11 terrorist attacks.
NG units, like RA units, require pre-mobilization time to complete the ARFORGEN and READY FORCE training designated for units deploying into the theater of operations. This training is normally 90 days in duration. Units are then deployed for 12 months, with an added 90 days post-deployment period in order to accomplish post-deployment tasks and return the unit to homestation. 365 plus 180 equal 545.
You may be eligible for a military and/or emergency deployment discount. Contact the insurance carrier to learn more.
There is a website dedicated to americans fallen in Afghanistan called "remember the fallen". Although National Guard falls under the US Army, they may be listed as US Army and not National Guard. Once a guardsman is activated, he/she becomes active duty army until returned back to guard status when deployment is completed. The same goes for the Air National Guard, they become US Air Force personnel.
Very few National Guard units were sent to Vietnam, even though the draft was in effect. This led to the creation of the Total Force Policy, which effectively established the Regular Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard as a single, unitary force, and is the reason the deployment of National Guard units has been so widespread in Iraq (both in 1991 and in the current operation) and in Afghanistan.
There are actually two National Guards, but when people say the National Guard they are probably (but not necessarily) talking about the Army National Guard. The other National Guard is the Air National Guard which is to the Air Force what the Army National Guard is to the Army.