Tension between National Guard and Active Duty Army?

there have always been tension between active, reserves and national guards since the early 80's i was one of those who talked about the reserve and national guard until i got off active duty and went national guard i notice mainly one thing in the national guard we were lot more laid back active duty was always tense for no reason at all most units i was in

National Guard regardless of which branch. Will fight beside you when called up to do so! When a National Guardsman is fighting beside you. Are you going to criticize them because they are National Guardsmen? Not me! I stand behind every branch the National Guard regardless of which branch they served. National Guard doesn’t get the credit they so deserve! And National Guard should get every VA benefits just like us full time veterans!

You haven’t lost the same as regular army have. Be realistic. The NG was designed for state emergencies. The US Government was wrong in their expectations of the NG filling in for regular troops. The NG should be congratulated for taking on the job of better trained troops, but the reality is you are weekend warriors.

I am going to state Two points and exit for this Thead. I will not write pages to protect my opinions, Nor will i argue about it after i stated my opinion The National Guard/ reserves in my time of service were not any where near active duty Soldiers in Training, Discipline, Knowledge, as the active Duty Soldiers.
I served with and trained both Found out long term they were no where close equal to active Duty. I have been retired since 1996 so things may have changed.

I started my military career as a National Guard warrior. Like all active and guard units, you have your "soso's" and your "standout" units. I deployed to Bosnia, Italy and Iraq under the Guard. I deployed to Kuwait, Arifjan, Camp Buring and the Kuwaiti Naval Base as an active duty OCT/M. Doesn't matter if you are Guard or Active, it's your damn sworn duty to be the best damn soldier for your assigned unit be stateside or deployed. Your only concern as a warrior is to prove to yourself that you deserve to be a part of the best damn fighting force in this world...Active or Guard,

Like water off a duck. When soldiers stop talking smack, then it is time to worry…. Something is about to blow…

The active will always look down on the NG. There's no changing that. The thing is in the NG most of us do our job in the civ world gaining much more exp. I've worked with a rice units that all they did was train simulated missions cause that's all they can do. Where as I have both trianing & applied it to civ jobs & gained actual real world exp & learned to adapt & apply it to military missions.

Now there is always that friendly joking on each other that is just all fun & games. We laugh & they laugh. All in good fun. Cause at the end of the day we all wear the uniform & took the same oath. While I believe the NG is better is better than active because of our real world applications since we are called to do the job in emergency. There are things active will do better cause they have the time & resources to do it.

My Guard Unit was an Engineer Unit that held the vanguard of the German Panzer divisions trying to get through at the Battle of the Bulge. They held them for three days until relieved by Patton. Had they gotten through they would have gotten into 3 million gallons of gas and probably would have retaken Paris. I was in the active Army, Army Reserve and with the National Guard. I served in combat with both active and guard and both are an integral part of the Army.

I spent 32 years in uniform. National Guard, reserve, active duty, and yes to combat deployments. I can tell you that no one component can do it alone we all need each other and of course there’s a lot of jabs and we’ve been going on, but it should all be in good fun. We are stronger and better when we all have that mutual level of respect and work towards a common goal.

I had a combination of service, four years USN, four years Army Reserve, Medic, two years GA Army National Guard, Medic, remainder Navy Reserve and attached to Fleet Marine Force as a Corpsman. Good training USAR, GA ARNG had its issues. USNR and Fleet Marine Force superior training. Compared to my USAR unit and USNR/FMF unit the NG lacked resources and training opportunities for a Battalion Aid Station and were not ready for work in an Army Hospital. The NG Soldiers were dedicated and as proficient as training would allow but way too much "state politics" and Old Boy" system at work. USAR unit drilled in an Army Hospital, USNR unit drilled in a near by Army Hospital or Navy Branch Clinic or Fleet Hospital training site. ARNG didn't have those opportunities on usual drill weekends. Assessment by Col. Roach is correct. In my USNR unit we had Physicians, Dentists, Registered Nurses and Physician Assistants and a Pharmacist as officers. In the enlisted ranks there were Registered Nurses, a Psychologists, a University Professor, Emergency Medical Technicians, an X-ray technicians, a Lab Technicians and an Educator. My USNR unit could man and run any standard hospital, Fleet Hospital or Battalion Aid Station where we were assigned. FMF Corpsman ran Marine Corps PT if serving with Marines. At age 45, I was chasing 18 and 22 YO Marines around in the Field. ARNG where I served couldn't do that. Readiness of the ARNG depends much on the state in which they are located.