-=> Quoting Blake Bowers to Bill Newman <=-
 BN> I guess you are not aware of the time it takes to get a call-up
 BN> of National Guard in a non-war situation. First the local
 BN> government ahs to request the assistance from the governor then
 BN> it goes to the President of the U.S. The next step is that the
 BB> If a governor decided he needs the assistance of the National Guard of
 BB> his state, all he has to do is recall the units he needs, TO STATE
 BB> DUTY.  No action, other than notification to FORCECOM is required, to
 BB> the federal agencies.  
    I wasn't going to get into this one, being so far off-topic
  for a radio echo, but you might want to tell Gov. Perpich 
  (don't recall the state) about this, and drop a note to the
  Supreme Court as well (Perpich vs DOD).  Gov. Perpich told
  the Federal government they couldn't have his National Guard
  troops because he needed them more. The Supreme Court told the
  Governor that they're not his to begin with.  The legislation
  known as the "National Guard Act of 1903" that formed the
  National Guard is a piece of FEDERAL law, giving control of
  these troops to Congress and/or the President. In justifying
  the Act, Congress cited their constitutional authority to raise
  a  army, not their authority to oversee the state training of
  militias.
      In this state anyway, the uniforms say "U.S. Air Force",
   "U.S. Army", etc, and when the National Guard traded some
  property with the airport a few years back, DOD not the
  Governor had the final say on the swap.
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