Tension between National Guard and Active Duty Army?

Frankly many national guard have real world disaster relief experience that some active duty doesn't. They occasionally have been forced into riot police roles as well. They are expected to keep in shape on their own and work on their mos during weekend drills once a month and one two week drill a year. They do this as well as holding down a job and/or school. Also some of those national guard and reserve soldiers/sailors came from active duty too.
So just because they don't sit in the motor pool doing another maintenance check, have another class from the common task manual, impromptu drill and ceremonies practice or have another full platoon equipment inventory, makes them inferior to active duty? Okay, whatever makes you feel better about the busy work you have to do while waiting to use your training for something.

I worked (AD) as a ANG liaison to the Military Airlift Command, Command Surgeons office. We helped the ANG units out and provided AD guidance ("I'm from HQ and I'm here to help"). I was always amazed of the talent in a ANG unit (same for Reserve). You guys drilled, exercised, trained, deployed...all while balancing a full time job on the outside. AD, for instance, would give ANG and Reserve a hard time in Aeromedical Evacuation units, when actually, the AD had a 24 or 35 month assignment and back to the hospital. ANG and Reserve flight nurses spent an entire career in AE! Really, how do you top that? Think of it as an interservice rivalry. If the last 25 years hasn't demonstrated the true value and spirit of our National Guard and Reserve brothers and sisters... something is horribly wrong!

I always looked at it as we are all on the same team, whether reserves, NG, Marine, AF, or Army Medic like myself. We give each other a hard time but we are all brothers. Some of my friends were SF and would razz me for working in a hospital. We serve where we are needed for the overall goal.

I was active then got out and went guard then back to active. The biggest problem I’ve found is that since guardsman are usually older than an active duty soldier or have excessive TIG that a lot of them are screwups. This is not the case as an spec/Corp, sgt, ect until someone higher up on the chain leaves the guard. This is because NG does not promote based on promotion boards but by slot.

To act like you couldn't expect the Guard to do their job is insane! Guard units spent more time deployed, back to back deployments, than many of their active components. The active side could refresh their troops before deploying. The Guard didn't have that advantage so most of the same troóps deployed 5, 6, 7 times. This idea that the Guard is somehow less experienced than active Army is insane. If you want to talk about unprepared, inexperienced look no further than the IRR components of the Army.

As an AD member I have seen each Guard unit I have worked with is different. Some should have never been allowed to deploy. Some (Red Bulls/MN-IA?) were more squared away than their AD partners in the same AO. Everyone always remembers the jacked up, and easily forgets the competent non-spotlight Ranger.

The tension is massive I worked in Washington DC and when they went to school together it was gone cause the course I work with they would not pass if they did not work together

No different in the other branches, we would be screwed without those SMs not careerists when it gets serious. But, the old definition of commitment and involved comes to mind. Ham and eggs, the chicken is involved, the pig committed. No disrespect intended with regard to heroism, our reservists have proven their bravery many times. Bottom line, most AD SMs in the Navy are not particularly fond of reservists, based on my experience.

When I was a young SSG teaching logistics at Fort Carson the NG and reserve people were calling me sir. Always has been friction and there always will be.

I have seen it a few times. But in the end, they work together pretty well. One Army One Fight.