Relatively poorly trained National Guard troops, if I remember correctly. Nonetheless, the times ARE interesting.
Yes, it was the NG. I have no knowledge of their training, though. Those were horrible times. I hope it doesn’t come to that again but I fear it will.
What is not generally known about the National Guard troops at Kent State, is that they had just completed a week or more duty at a coal mine site where a violent strike was going on and they were being shot at. Thus you had tired troops who had been shot at put into a new, potentially violent, situation.