Inside the U.S. Military: The U.S. National Guard

Inside the U.S. Military: The U.S. National Guard — page 5
At times members of the national guard also take orders from the president During war or other national emergencies the president may send the national guard overseas to fight for their country When this happens it means the members are called to active duty While being in the national guard is generally a time part job and not an duty active position people enlisting need to consider the fact that they can be called to fight time full as an duty active soldier for up to two years people who have served on active duty or in another military branch don’t have to meet all the same requirements as new enlistees For example they may be older than 35 or 39 8