First published 1917 National Guardsman Equipped for service Canteen Belt 30 Caliber US Army Rifle
Throughout the 19th century the Regular Army was small, and the state militias provided the majority of the troops during the Mexican-American War, the start of the American Civil War, and the Spanish-American War. With the Militia Act of 1903, part of the militia was federalized and renamed the National Guard and organized as a Reserve force for the Army; this is the official founding of the National Guard. In World War I, the National Guard made up 40 percent of the combat divisions in France. In World War II, the National Guard made up 19 divisions. One hundred forty thousand Guardsmen were mobilized during the Korean War and over 63,000 for Operation Desert Storm. They have also participated in peacekeeping operations in Somalia, Haiti, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bosnia, and Kosovo as well as for natural disasters, strikes, riots and security for the Olympic Games when they have been in the States. Following World War II, the National Guard aviation units that had previously been part of the Army Air Corps and its successor organization, the Army Air Forces, became the Air National Guard (ANG), one of two Reserve Components of the newly established United States Air Force. Naval forces, including reserve components, in the United States are considered "federal" forces due to the constitutional provision against states having ships of war in time of peace. Therefore there was no Naval National Guard, Marine Corps National Guard before or after the Second World War. As such, there is not Title 32 United States Code equivalent for the sea services, even though Alaska, California, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Texas and Ohio have incorporated Naval Militia units. In the case of organizations like New York's and South Carolina's naval militias, +/- 95% of the members hold concurrent federal status in the Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve or Coast Guard Reserve. In contrast, Ohio's naval militia is unarmed. At thi
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