National Guard

noun

state military forces, in part equipped, trained, and quartered by the U.S. government, and paid by the U.S. government, that become an active component of the army when called into federal service by the president in civil emergencies. Compare militia ( def 2 ).

National Guard

sometimes not capitals the armed force, first commanded by Lafayette, that was established in France in 1789 and existed intermittently until 1871
(in the US) a state military force that can be called into federal service by the president

National Guard

The volunteer military forces of each state, which the governor of a state can summon in times of civil disorder or natural disaster. Through congressional and presidential order, the National Guard can be called into service in the regular United States army.

The assault, caught on tape, stunned the country and resulted in riots that brought in the National Guard.

If I were the powers that be, it would not have taken me three days to call the National Guard.

An Army National Guard colonel charged with knowingly exposing a woman to HIV faced his accuser in a military courtroom on Monday.

The problem was that Ernst was in Kuwait with the 1168 Transportation Company, a National Guard supply unit that she commanded.

They served in the volunteer Donbass Battalion, one of three specially organized National Guard battalions.

In September, 1791, the call to arms summoned the fire-eating captain of the National Guard to sterner scenes.

M. Bataille was a captain in the National Guard, a fact which he allowed no one to ignore.

The prayer was granted, and a popular army was raised, called the National Guard, three millions strong.

He then joined the national guard, in which he was before long promoted to the rank of captain.

This officer had, at his disposal, a national guard of several hundred men, organised by his own orders.

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