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Originally Posted by TM875
Pardon me, but I believe the National Gaurd was started in the 60s to...um... gaurd the nation along its boarders? Maybe?
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Off by about 320 years and wrong about the mission.
"The National Guard, the oldest component of the Armed Forces of the United States and one of the nation's longest enduring institutions, celebrated its 366th birthday in 2002. The National Guard traces its history back to the earliest English colonies in North America. Responsible for their own defense, the colonists drew on English military tradition and organized their able-bodied male citizens into militias. "
http://www.arng.army.mil/history/