DN>   Supreme Court as well (Perpich vs DOD).  Gov. Perpich told
 DN>   the Federal government they couldn't have his National Guard
 DN>   troops because he needed them more. The Supreme Court told the
 DN>   Governor that they're not his to begin with.  The legislation
 DN>   known as the "National Guard Act of 1903" that formed the
 DN>   National Guard is a piece of FEDERAL law, giving control of
 DN>   these troops to Congress and/or the President. In justifying
 DN>   the Act, Congress cited their constitutional authority to raise
 DN>   a  army, not their authority to oversee the state training of
 DN>   militias.
I guess you are just a bit confused.  Yes, the DOD has final say over
the national guard units.  So, if a unit is on state duty, and gets called
to federal duty, they must respond in support of that federal duty.
Absolute, without a doubt.  No one is saying anything different.
But, what I am saying, is that the units also belong to the state, and
the units can be called to state duty by the governor of that state, with
only notification to forcecomm being the requirement insofar as the federal
side.
Again, at any time during that state duty, they can be called to federal 
uty,
whether or not the governer likes it.
 DN>       In this state anyway, the uniforms say "U.S. Air Force",
 DN>    "U.S. Army", etc, and when the National Guard traded some
 DN>   property with the airport a few years back, DOD not the
 DN>   Governor had the final say on the swap.
Yes, and????
It was no doubt federal property, assigned to that national guard.  Of
course the DOD would have final say.  
What was the point?
Again, to call up the national guard, for state duty, the gov of the state
merely has to call them to state duty.  This is often done, when the AG of
the state knows they are going to be federalized, and he wants to get
a jump on things, or when the unit is needed for instate disaster duty.
Call your local National Guard commander, and check it out.
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