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Wasn't the army involved in getting the LA riots under control? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Ang

Wasn't the army involved in getting the LA riots under control? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots

lostlogin 8y ago
I think the US national guard are deployed on the sourthern border now? https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1487387/national-guard-troops-deploy-to-southern-us-border/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1487387/nationa...
- adventured 8y ago
  The US National Guard is not the same as the US Military as it's typically thought of. It's a state-based, part-time reserve force. The governor of a state typically orders the deployment of its national guard. For example, a state can (several have) refuse to deploy its guard forces to the border against the wishes of the US President. The guard is directly controlled in each state by the adjutant general: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_adjutant_general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_adjutant_general If the US Military attacked a state - let's say in a manner of unprovoked aggression of some terrible sort - it would be the responsibility of the the state's national guard to defend the state against the federal aggression. The US Government can attempt to federalize a state's guard forces for its own use, in this hypothetical conflict scenario it's hard to tell what the hell would happen (probably a mixed loyalty outcome, some would refuse, some would go with the Feds).
  - AnimalMuppet 8y ago
    This actually came to a head at Little Rock during the Civil Rights era. Brown v Board of Education allowed black students to attend the main (white) high school. The governor called out the National Guard to block them. Eisenhower brought in the 101st Airborne (!) to tell the National Guard to sit down and shut up.
  - DoreenMichele 8y ago
    National Guard units are under the dual control of the state and the federal government. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United...

Wasn't the army involved in getting the LA riots under control? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots

lostlogin 8y ago

I think the US national guard are deployed on the sourthern border now? https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1487387/national-guard-troops-deploy-to-southern-us-border/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1487387/nationa...

adventured 8y ago
The US National Guard is not the same as the US Military as it's typically thought of. It's a state-based, part-time reserve force. The governor of a state typically orders the deployment of its national guard. For example, a state can (several have) refuse to deploy its guard forces to the border against the wishes of the US President. The guard is directly controlled in each state by the adjutant general: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_adjutant_general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_adjutant_general If the US Military attacked a state - let's say in a manner of unprovoked aggression of some terrible sort - it would be the responsibility of the the state's national guard to defend the state against the federal aggression. The US Government can attempt to federalize a state's guard forces for its own use, in this hypothetical conflict scenario it's hard to tell what the hell would happen (probably a mixed loyalty outcome, some would refuse, some would go with the Feds).
- AnimalMuppet 8y ago
  This actually came to a head at Little Rock during the Civil Rights era. Brown v Board of Education allowed black students to attend the main (white) high school. The governor called out the National Guard to block them. Eisenhower brought in the 101st Airborne (!) to tell the National Guard to sit down and shut up.
- DoreenMichele 8y ago
  National Guard units are under the dual control of the state and the federal government. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United...