IMO, you are not off base. Rank and file NG troops are not likely a problem, but the command structure might be.
From wikipedia:
“The state National Guard is organized into units stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia, and operates under their respective STATE OR TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR, except in the instance of Washington, D.C., where the National Guard operates under the PRESIDENT of the United States or his designee.”
Now governors and Presidents wouldn’t stoop to politics in making appontments and “operating”, would they...?
Right. I know there are still plenty of good people in the military, but it is the leadership I distrust the most.