All units are prone for deployment on a rotating basis.
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The minimum is 180 days of active service duty.
The National Guard and Air National Guard can be (and have been) deployed. The Puerto Rico State Guard cannot.
Yes, very recently National Guard from Mass. were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan
It wouldn't come own to one single name. When National Guard units are activated and deployed, whole units are deployed, and these will often be activated as attachments to Regular Army units. The National Guard has been involved in OIF since it kicked off, and several National Guard units were called up simultaneously.
I think you mean deployed. Yes, females in the National Guard can get deployed.
Because he's in the JAG corps so he's a paper jockey no need for him to go overseas.
They get deployed, as well. For a good part of the war in Iraq, National Guard and reserve troops actually were the majority of military personnel in-country.
If you are deployed, it can be for a year or less.
My first time being deployed with the Guard, I spent 19 months on active duty. Legislation passed since then is supposed to prevent any member of the National Guard or Reserve from being activated for a period of more than 12 months.
The National Guard's mission changed to include going to wars with the passing of the National Defense Act of 1916. This act authorized the federalization of the National Guard in times of war or national emergency, allowing them to be deployed overseas. Since then, the National Guard has served in various conflicts, including World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Just because you are deployed, does not mean you are immune to receiving any disciplinary charges against you.