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I Am the Guard
Author: Michael Dale Doubler
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780160664496
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National Guard 101
Author: Mary Corbett
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Published: 2011-11-21
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1611210690
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“The first time I attended a National Guard family event in 1999, I felt like I had been abducted by aliens!” recalls Mary Corbett, author of National Guard 101: A Handbook for Spouses. “I didn’t understand anything! I had never been in an armory before. I didn’t know the difference between an officer and an enlisted soldier. I didn’t even know how to address the commander or his wife!” Corbett decided to “wing it,” rationalizing that since her husband was “just” a Guardsman she wasn’t a “real” military wife. After all, military spouses lived on bases, operated within a strict structure of rank, and dealt with long deployments. Thank goodness she didn’t have to worry about those things! Of course, she could have never guessed, and neither could anyone else, that in less than two years, four hijacked airliners would forever alter the purpose and public profile of National Guard soldiers and those who love them forever. On September 11th, 2001, Corbett became a military wife. But, as she realized later, she had always been one. Written in a lively and informal style, National Guard 101: A Handbook for Spouses demystifies the Guard’s unique hybrid civilian-military lifestyle. It is a must-read book for every National Guard family member. Corbett’s book covers a broad range of topics--from the history of the National Guard and understanding rank to Guard social life and Family Programs. Corbett also details the benefits and assistance resources available to Guard families and guides readers through the process of setting up a Personal Assistance League (PAL) to provide support during both short and long-term deployments. Ten years after National Guard 101’s original publication, National Guard spouses are still “holding down the fort.” In fact, in 2020, more National Guard troops were activated than any time since World War II due to the COVID-19 pandemic, wildfires, and civil unrest. Year after year, the National Guard evolves to meet different threat environments. What doesn’t change is the vital role that family members play in supporting soldiers.
I Am Your Guard
Author: Elizabeth Clare Prophet
Publisher: Summit University Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1932890122
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I Am the Guard
Author: Michael D. Doubler
Publisher:
Published: 2006-03-01
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9781422301869
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive account of the service & sacrifices of American citizen-soldiers since colonial times. Rooted in the English tradition of militia service & firmly established by the U.S. Constitution, the composition & service of the Army National Guard (ANG) has evolved in 3 distinct phases during the past 400 years: militias provided local protection & law enforcement, & fought in the American revolution; volunteer armies fought the Civil War & protected settlers during westward expansion; & after the Spanish-American War, with the Militia Act of 1903, the ANG became the organized, trained, & equipped federal reserve of the U.S. Army. Also traces the organizational development of the ANG & explains the powerful influences exerted on it. Illus.
In Katrina's Wake
Author: William B. Boehm
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13:
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Civilian in Peace, Soldier in War
Author: Michael Dale Doubler
Publisher: Modern War Studies (Paperback)
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780700612499
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →They were there at Concord Bridge. They shaped the vast volunteer armies of the Civil War. They have fought in America's major wars around the world. And they made the first military response on 9/11 after the World Trade Center towers crashed in Manhattan. The National Guard has had a singular place in American history as citizen-soldiers responding both to homeland crises and to the need for fighting power overseas. Michael Doubler now offers the first comprehensive history of the Guard to appear in over thirty years, tracing its role from the days of colonial militias to the dawn of a new millennium. Spanning more than four centuries, he records the Army National Guard's outstanding accomplishments in peace and war on behalf of both state and federal authorities. Originally published as I Am the Guard by the Government Printing Office and with only limited public distribution, this sweeping history is now available in a paperback edition that (in a new preface) updates the National Guard story up to the events of 9/11. Beginning with the first regiments formed in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Doubler chronicles how American militiamen have transformed themselves from a loose collection of local defense forces into a modern efficient reserve force. After action in the Spanish-American War, the militia era ended in 1903 with the creation of the modern National Guard as the federal reserve of the U.S. Army. In covering the last century, Doubler takes readers from Guard service in both world wars to Cold War duties, the Gulf War, and assignments in the Balkans. He tells of its not always friendly relations with the Regular Army, as well as of those times when Regulars and Guardsmen effectively reinforced each other to get the job done. The militia and National Guard have always concerned themselves with homeland defense, and as the current administration reviews national security, this book provides an opportunity to reconsider the role of the Army National Guard in America's latest war. With 2003 marking the modern National Guard's centennial, Civilian in Peace, Soldier in War offers a virtual primer on the military policy of the United States, showing us that citizen-soldiers have played a vital role in struggles against imperialism, fascism, and communism-and assuring us that they will be ready for the war on terrorism as well.
The Changing of the Guard
Author: Simon Akam
Publisher:
Published: 2021-03-02
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781922310279
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A revelatory, explosive new analysis of the British military today. Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century, Britain has changed enormously. During this time, the British Army fought two campaigns, in Iraq and Afghanistan, at considerable financial and human cost. Yet neither war achieved its objectives. This book questions why, and provides challenging but necessary answers. Composed of assiduous documentary research, field reportage, and hundreds of interviews with many soldiers and officers who served, as well as the politicians who directed them, the allies who accompanied them, and the family members who loved and -- on occasion -- lost them, it is a strikingly rich, nuanced portrait of one of our pivotal national institutions in a time of great stress. Award-winning journalist Simon Akam, who spent a year in the army when he was 18, returned a decade later to see how the institution had changed. His book examines the relevance of the armed forces today -- their social, economic, political, and cultural role. This is as much a book about Britain, and about the politics of failure, as it is about the military.
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