(08-01-2020, 08:25 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(08-01-2020, 07:55 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: I'm not sure you fully understand the functions of Guards and Reserves. Their level of training and the roles they contribute in domestic and overseas contingencies is very different.

The only overseas contingency that the US National guard should ever be involved in is an emergency in a US territory such as Puerto Rico or American Samoa. 
If we ever need to set up a roadblock in Baghdad again, it can be done with army or Marines or even private contractors. Even if it's beneath their training. Just not the National guard.

Dude. Shut up. You have never served and don't know what you're talking about. I'm an Army veteran and don't know exactly what Jagibelieve and Homebicuit are saying (regarding ships and other Navy stuff) because the Navy and Marine Corps speak a very different language than the Army. But I know they know what they're talking about and are making you look like an idiot. 

The Coast Guard is not military. They are not Department of Defense. They are Homeland Security. Their job is vital to our nation but they are not technically military and the 23 year old Guardsman I know who is stationed in Florida would tell you the same thing. 

So please, be quiet. Unless you want to continue being made to look foolish, in which case carry on.

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