The National Guard serves in three capacities: 'state active duty' (troops under state command and state funded), 'Title 32' (troops under state command but federally funded), and 'Title 10' (troops federally controlled and federally funded).
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definition
Baseline definitions of National Guard status options used in U.S. federal and state responses.
Under Title 10 of the U.S. Code, the president may federalize the National Guard when the country is under invasion, rebellion, danger of rebellion, or when the president, with the 'regular forces', is unable to execute the laws of the United States.
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legal
Statutory criteria that can trigger federal activation (federalization) of the National Guard.