-=> Quoting Blake Bowers to David North <=-
 DN>   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.
 BB> I guess you are just a bit confused.  Yes, the DOD has final say over
 BB> the national guard units.
      They have the ONLY say. These are Federal troops,
  carrying Federal ID cards and cashing Federal paychecks.
  They can be "borrowed" by the state with the permission
  of DOD.
 BB> But, what I am saying, is that the units also belong to the state, and
 BB> the units can be called to state duty by the governor of that state,
 BB> with only notification to forcecomm being the requirement insofar as
 BB> the federal side.
      First you agree that DOD has the final say, and then
  you say the state can take them with "only notification",
  and that coming after the fact ?
  I'm not the one that's confused.
  You might need to check up on just what that "notification"
  really says (or asks) and when it has to be submitted.
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