Indeed -- many National Guard units have done 4+ deployments to Afghanistan or Iraq. There was an article a while back about how the Guard used to be fat-ass w

Indeed -- many National Guard units have done 4+ deployments to Afghanistan or Iraq. There was an article a while back about how the Guard used to be fat-ass weekend warriors with gear that was EOL or falling apart. After damn near 20 years of Afghanistan and Iraq most of those Guard units have been multiple times and are equipped and trained to something that resembles actually full-time line units. The Active Duty troopers still get better gear and training, but the Reserves & Guard are a completely different creature than a few decades ago.