Kansas National Guard
Kansas National Guard | |
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U.S. National Guard | |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Governor Laura Kelly |
Current TAG | Major General David Weishaar |
The Kansas National Guard, is the component of the
Background
The
Mission
The
The U.S. National Guard may be called into federal service in response to a call by the
Because of the dual missions of the National Guard, Guardsmen are required to take two oaths of enlistment; one for the United States and one for the State of Kansas.
Active duty callups
Kansas National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by
For much of the final decades of the twentieth century, National Guard personnel typically served "One weekend a month, two weeks a year", with a portion working for the Guard in a full-time capacity. The current forces formation plans of the U.S. Army call for the typical National Guard unit (or National Guardsman) to serve one year of active duty for every three years of service. More specifically, current Department of Defense policy is that no guardsman will be involuntarily activated for a total of more than 24 months (cumulative) in one six-year enlistment period (this policy is due to change 1 August 2007, the new policy states that soldiers will be given 24 months between deployments of no more than 24 months, individual states have differing policies).
The State Guard is a theoretical military entity authorized by both the Kansas Constitution and Kansas statutes.[1][2] The State Guard would be the state’s authorized militia and might assume the state mission of the Kansas National Guard in the event National Guard components are federalized. The Kansas State Guard was the official state defense force of Kansas during World War I and World War II which was created when the Kansas National Guard was federalized. It is not currently in existence, despite a failed effort in the Kansas Legislature to reactivate Kansas's state defense force.[3]
References
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- References cited
- "Article Eight: Militia". Kansas Constitution. Kansas State Library. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- "Kansas Statutes: Chapter 48, Article 5, Section 1. State Guard". Kansas State Legislature, 2015 session. State of Kansas. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- Rothschild, Scott (September 29, 2007). "Lawmakers consider creating State Guard". LJWorld.com. Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved 8 August 2016.