Well, the state only really gets involved with their National Guard in appointing the senior officers and when they are activated for an emergency. The rest of the time it's run with federal dollars and is busy sending people to the same training that the active duty receives and trying (and failing) to meet the active duty readiness standards.

It's also staffed mostly by people that were prior active duty but didn't have enough years to retire, so they are rounding out their careers in the National Guard so they can get some form of military pension.

The exception would be things like how Texas is using their National Guard on the border, and have a couple states refused to order their National Guard soldiers to get covid vaccines. There usually isn't a conflict between the feds and the National Guard. Could that and will that change? Let's see how everyone's feeling after the next election.

Well, the state only really gets involved with their National Guard in appointing the senior officers and when they are activated for an emergency. The rest of the time it's run with federal dollars and is busy sending people to the same training that the active duty receives and trying (and failing) to meet the act of duty readiness standards.

It's also staffed mostly by people that were prior active duty but didn't have enough years to retire, so they are rounding out their careers in the National Guard so they can get some form of military pension.

The exception would be things like how Texas is using their National Guard on the border, and have a couple States refused to order their National Guard soldiers to get covid vaccines. There usually isn't a conflict between the feds and the National Guard. Could that and will that change? Let's see how everyone's feeling after the next election.