[aculeus]

Some points:

1. Any National Guard outfit can be federalized by Executive Order. No declaration of war or other acts of Congress needed.

2. Most of the soldiers slaughtered on Omaha Beach were National Guardsmen which is why a small town in Virginia (Bedford) lost more men per capita than any community.

3. Compare Clinton to Bush: leading anti-American demos in London and doing who-knows-what on that trip to Moscow versus volunteering for the Guard.

[PhiKapMom]

Exactly! Tinker AFB has a fairly new active Reserve unit for Tankers now.

The Tulsa ANG flew the no fly zone of Iraq from the time it was established until Gulf War II.

That is what has made me livid at the remarks of the RATs -- it is demeaning the sacrifices that our Guard and Reserves. Not to mention, the Air Force cannot meet its flying commitments without the Reserves and Guard.