Re: [OT] Free CalTex Interplanetary Federation in the making

There are 50 National Guard organizations, one for each state, which may

be called upon in times of war and are frequently called in to help deal

with natural disasters. The Reserve formations are Federal units, under 
direct Pentagon control and incorporated into the National OOB and 
national security planning.

Brian Burger wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Alan E Brain wrote:
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>>>"What's TA?"  Asked the Yank.
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>>Territorial Army.
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>>Militia in the original sense, closest US equivt is National Guard,
but
>>Army Reserve is possibly even closer.
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>Er, what *is* the difference between the US NG & the Army Reserve,
anyway?
>The Guard seem to get all the publicity of the two...
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>Brian.
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