Army National Guard
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- proper noun
- US
:
Guardia Nacional del Ejército
- Dozens of Air and Army National Guard members worked to deliver supplies to distribution centers in 18 counties.
- Army National Guard unit
- Army National Guard soldiers
- Army National Guard brigade
Examples
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In the past 10 years, Jon Ksepka has been deployed to Iraq three times with the Minnesota Army National Guard's 34th MP Company out of Stillwater.
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I learned he was a member of the Army National Guard from Washington State, whose tank battalion unit was scheduled to be deployed to Iraq in February 2004.
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Yeah, I was, um, Army National Guard, and, you know, coming straight out of high school, needed money for college.
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I'm in the Army National Guard and currently going to college for military history.
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After a year of serving our country in Afghanistan, more than 40 members of the Maryland Army National Guard returned home.
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I enlisted in the Army National Guard and entered Army ROTC after the hostages were released.
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Loh is a member of the Virginia Army National Guard who volunteered to deploy with the Texas division for Operation New Dawn.
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He now oversees an Army National Guard that has people in 86 different countries.
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Mills retired from the New Hampshire Army National Guard in 2012 after nearly 20 years of service.
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Cofer is training to receive a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army National Guard upon graduation.
Synonyms
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3.7
A military group in each United States state that governors or federal leaders call in emergencies
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A group of trained soldiers not on active duty who can be called in emergencies
A part-time group of soldiers who help in local emergencies and overseas missions
People who train as soldiers and can be called to serve in emergencies
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituent words 'Army' (military force), 'national' (country-level), and 'guard' (protective force) combine to give a clear general sense of a country-level military or protective force, so learners who know the parts will likely infer it refers to a national military guard. However, the specific institutional status (a civilian reserve of part-time soldiers with dual state/federal roles and domestic/overseas duties) is specialized information not predictable from the words alone, so full understanding requires prior exposure.
Etymology
Army National Guard comes from the idea of local people who are also soldiers and who 'guard' their towns and help the whole country when needed. Army means soldiers, National shows they can serve the whole 'nation', and Guard shows they protect communities, which is why today the Guard is a part-time force that helps at home and abroad.