Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:20 PM 9/1/05 +0200, Paul wrote: >As I understand it, in the US each state has it's National Guard which >would normally be responsible for this kind of thing. Problem is, as >Sonny pointed out, someone decided they'd be best placed to fulfil >their duties by sitting in sandbagged tents in Iraq. Each state in the US also has a State Guard who are supposed to take over the National Guard's civil defense and security functions when the Guard is mobilized; for instance, during the Second World War, State Guard units patrolled bridges and railway crossings and the like and provided civil disaster relief as well as anti-looter duty during the Detroit race riots. State Guard personnel are normally retired military or police types, along with a number of medical sorts. (In some states, obtaining a license as an LPN or RN automatically signs you up in that State Guard.) I have heard nothing about the State Guard being employed.in the current problem. I do know that most of the National Guard units in the rest of the US are not being mobilized: there are very few Virginia Army National Guard folks in either Iraq or Afghanistan, and the State announced today that there would be no mobilizations for Katriona duty. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505