The National Guard is a military reserve organization of the United States Department of Defense. It is composed of reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force: the Ar
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Army National Guard soldiers at New York City's Penn Station in 2004
Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers reinforcing local law enforcement in protests in front of the Baltimore City Hall, 2015.
First muster of the East Regiment (present-day Massachusetts Army National Guard) in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Spring 1637, as imagined by artist Don Troiani in the 1980s
The District of Columbia National Guard is the branch of the National Guard of the United States based in the District of Columbia. It comprises both the D.C. Army National Guard and the D.C. Air Nati
(From left to right): District of Columbia Militia commanding generals, Brig. Gen. Richard Simms (January 18, 1918 – March 31, 1920), Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan (April 28, 1920 – April 10, 1934) and Brig. Gen. William Harvey (June 4, 1913 – August 17, 1917)
DCNG service member performed security duty during Obama inauguration, January 2009. (photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty images.)
Enlisted men of the 1st Separate Battalion, an all African-American unit, examining weapons in the old army arms room prior to World War I