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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3516087, member: 57463&quot;]No. Texas, like a dozen or more other states, has its own organized militia. (State Guard Association of the United States <a href="https://sgaus.org" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sgaus.org" rel="nofollow">here.</a>) Authorized by Congress in the same act that took away the National Guards, the State Defense Forces answer to their governors. We cannot be federalized. We cannot be sent overseas. (In fact, we cannot even go to another state unless there pre-exists a memorandum of understanding.) We answer to the same Adjutant General as the Air and Army Guards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Intended for home defense during times of war, we have held a variety of roles over the past century (since 1940 here in Texas). In Massachusetts, they are just a horse platoon honor guard for the governor. In South Carolina, Texas, California, Alaska, Ohio, New York and some other states, we have primary roles for emergency response. (Generally, we are not issued weapons, certainly not in the 21st century.)</p><p><br /></p><p>You should check it out. I joined because I was writing contracts for emergency management for the Texas Department of Public Safety and I brought some FEMA slides and workbooks into agreement with each other for a class in SPONTANEOUS VOLUNTEERS IN A DISASTER. People who want to show up to help mean well, but are often problematic. Not wanting to be &quot;the disaster within the disaster&quot; I looked for training. I have CERT training, also, but the State Guard was absolutely the best training. Different states are different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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