Just a question

[roguevalley]

I was watching the news and a national guardsman was shown who will be going on his THIRD deployment in this war. It was wrenching to watch him and his family. Since the Guard belong to their states, is it possible for a governor to keep them from deploying?

If the guard is going out again in your state, would a campaign to the governor to keep them from going work?

[uppityperson]

1. It couldn't hurt.

"National" guard my a**

[babylonsister]

2. Wasn't there a gov who tried this tactic (Wyoming? somewhere

where they needed their firefighters) and got shot down, maybe last year?

[krispos42]

3. I don't think they can once federalized

To do some otherwise would be rebellion.

However, I wonder if things got bad enough, the NG would rally to a governor instead of the Pentagon.

Scary, scary thoughts.

[trof]

5. Sad but true. prez trumps gov. My unit was federalized by JFK

in Birmingham during the 'troubles' there in the 60s.

[krispos42]

6. Historic times

You must have seen some scary stuff

[babylonsister]

4. Not Wyoming, Montana, and it went nowhere:

n March 2005, Schweitzer sparked controversy by suggesting that Montana's National Guard troops be recalled from service in Iraq to assist firefighting during Montana's wildfire season.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Schweitzer

[TwilightGardener]

7. There was a recent meeting of gov's who expressed concern

for their guard being overused and not being available for state emergencies, but I don't know if they even brought it up with Chimpy when they met with him.