[OL Hickory]

not sure now...but i seem to recall when I got the call for Iraq I was called to duty from the president of the united states...not my brigade commander....but then again i was in the guard

[verity]

You are to be congratulated for placing your duty to your Country above all else.

[colorado tanker]

I haven’t gone back to check, but I think the President has to call a Guard unit into Federal service to deploy them with the Army.