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Article: NATIONAL GUARD
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The National Guard consists of units (groups) of volunteer, part-time
soldiers from each of the 50 United States, Puerto Rico, and the District
of Columbia. The National Guard has two branches--the Army National
Guard with about 460,000 members, and the Air National Guard with
about 120,000 members.
The National Guard began in colonial times as the militia, groups
of civilian volunteers trained to deal with local emergencies. After
the Revolutionary War, the Constitution provided for the continuation
of the militia. In 1824, the New York State Militia named itself the
National Guard. By the beginning of the 1900s, most of the states
had followed New York's example.
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