Do you think the army national guard will ever become a full time component?

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:46:40 -0400

Response by CPT Enrique M. made Mar 27 at 2018 9:52 AM

CPT Enrique M. — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:52:03 -0400

you mean beyond AGR?

I don't think so. We already got regular Army.

Response by SSG Alan Pelletier made Mar 27 at 2018 9:54 AM

SSG Alan Pelletier — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:54:18 -0400

Fair question, I've never heard anyone ask.

The National Guard is primarily a state entity including funding and focus on combat arms and something combat support Mos's. Reserves are federally funded and is where you find your service and support jobs.

Keeping it simple, it may not reason to make the NG full time and I'm not sure how many states could fund that transition.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 27 at 2018 10:04 AM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:04:42 -0400

No. The NG has a very specific mission mandated by law. Also, we are the only military entity not bound by the Posse Comitatus Act. This basically means that we are able to support law enforcement and other civil authorities in cases of emergency. RA (T10) isn’t able to do this.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 27 at 2018 10:04 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:04:54 -0400

Other than deployment, no.

Response by SMSgt Thor Merich made Mar 27 at 2018 10:58 AM

SMSgt Thor Merich — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:58:46 -0400

No, there have a specific purpose. Kind of like a spare tire. It’s purpose is to be the spare. In time if need you pull the bad boy out of the trunk. Otherwise, it’s just waiting.

Response by SGT Eric Davis made Mar 27 at 2018 12:11 PM

SGT Eric Davis — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:11:51 -0400

No that’s defeats the purpose of it being the national guard!

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Mar 27 at 2018 12:46 PM

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:46:31 -0400

Only if you go AGR.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 27 at 2018 1:36 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:36:04 -0400

What would be the purpose of making the Guard full time. We have regular army for that, they just add and subtract Brigades as they need or don't need them.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Mar 27 at 2018 5:46 PM

SGM Bill Frazer — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:46:41 -0400

Don't think the economy can handle it, and they are stretched pretty far now, with deployments

Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 27 at 2018 9:05 PM

COL Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 21:05:45 -0400

NEVER! They are now an operational reserve which is already a lot more then they were before. There are always units deployed forward. They are owned by the state and supported by the federal government as an operational reserve. The country would not be able to afford keeping them full time. The only reason why the Army hasn’t been successful in doing away with them is because they are so cheap to maintain. The previous Army Chief of Staff would have been more than happy to take away all equipment and leave them gutted in the state. This one, not so much. So as long as they provide a service they will stay in the current status. They start to directly compete with the regular army for limited dollars and they will soon be pushed aside. The militia is in the constitution so they won’t go away but they could get gutted.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 28 at 2018 10:46 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 10:46:29 -0400

no, never.

Response by SSG Lonny Self made Mar 13 at 2020 2:27 PM

SSG Lonny Self — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 14:27:58 -0400

no that is not its function