Guard units train one weekend a month, more or less, and activate for at least two weeks per year for more intense refresher training. If Perry and his brain trust are clever they should be able to do a bunch of re-scheduling and leap-frogging of regular drills to minimize the financial effects of a mobilization. But Perry said he would send the Fedgov the bill for the stand-up anyway so I assume he already has that paperwork going. In either case money can’t be used as an excuse for foot-dragging-—there’s plenty of it-—like, oh, say, pulling a billion out of the EPA. Just to throw a dart at an overfed gummint.
I don’t think they can dodge around the training requirements to have the Fed pay for their border duty. My memory is that NG training listed date/time and PLACE of duty.