National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards.
National Guard may refer to:
Africa
National Guard (Egypt), a paramilitary force under the command of the Ministry of Defense
Army National Guard, a reserve force of the United States Army which functions as the ground component of the state-level militia while not in federal service
Air National Guard, a reserve force of the United States Air Force which functions as the air component of the state-level militia while not in federal service
The Iraqi National Guard (NG; Arabic:الحرس الوطني, al-Ḥaras al-Waṭanī) was part of the new Military of Iraq but has since been absorbed by the Iraqi Army controlled by the interim government. Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, United States Coalition Provisional Authority Chief Paul Bremer disbanded the military apparatus of Iraq as existed under Saddam Hussein. As the security situation in occupied Iraq deteriorated and the Iraqi insurgency became increasingly active, the U.S. set up, recruited and trained the new security force in order to combat the insurgency. Despite attacks by insurgent and terrorist groups, the Iraqi National Guard was able to recruit many Iraqis from the vast ranks of the unemployed. The force has been used to assist Coalition troops in combatting the insurgency. However, there have been several instances where they have refused to take military action against fellow Iraqis, such as in Fallujah, deserted, or allegedly aided the resistance.
The Army Comrades Association(ACA), later the National Guard, then Young Ireland and finally League of Youth, but better known by the nickname The Blueshirts (Irish:Na Léinte Gorma), was a far-right organisation in the Irish Free State in the early 1930s. The organisation provided physical protection for political groups such as Cumann na nGaedheal from intimidation and attack by the anti-Treaty IRA. Some of its members went on to fight for the Fascists in the Spanish Civil War.
Most of the political parties whose meetings the Blueshirts protected would merge to become Fine Gael, and members of that party are still sometimes nicknamed "Blueshirts".
Origins and early history
In February 1932, the Fianna Fáil party was elected to lead the Irish Free State government. On 18 March 1932, the new government suspended the Public Safety Act, lifting the ban on a number of organisations including the Irish Republican Army. Some IRA political prisoners were also released around the same time. The IRA and many released prisoners began a “campaign of unrelenting hostility” against those associated with the former Cumann na nGaedheal government. There were many cases of intimidation, attacks on persons, and the breaking-up of Cumann na nGaedheal political meetings in the coming months. In view of the increased activities of the IRA, National ArmyCommandant Ned Cronin founded the Army Comrades Association in early 1932. As its name suggested, it was designed for Irish Army veterans, a society for former members of the Free State army. The Blueshirts felt that freedom of speech was being repressed, and began to provide security at Cumann na nGaedheal events. This led to several serious clashes between the IRA and the ACA. In August 1932, Dr. Thomas F. O'Higgins, a Cumann na nGaedheal TD, became the leader of the ACA. By September 1932 it had over 30,000 members.
Minnesota (i/mɪnᵻˈsoʊtə/; locally[ˌmɪnəˈso̞ɾə]) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The name comes from the Dakota word for "clear blue water". Owing to its large number of lakes, the state is informally known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord (French: Star of the North).
Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 21st most populous of the U.S. States; nearly 60 percent of its residents live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paulmetropolitan area (known as the "Twin Cities"), the center of transportation, business, industry, education, and government and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation.
The Minnesota River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of nearly 17,000 square miles (44,000km2), 14,751 square miles (38,200km2) in Minnesota and about 2,000sqmi (5,200km2) in South Dakota and Iowa.
It rises in southwestern Minnesota, in Big Stone Lake on the Minnesota–South Dakota border just south of the Laurentian Divide at the Traverse Gap portage. It flows southeast to Mankato, then turns northeast. It joins the Mississippi south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, near the historic Fort Snelling. The valley is one of several distinct regions of Minnesota. Of Dakota language origin, the name Minnesota means "sky-tinted water or cloudy-sky water", from mní (often transcribed as "minne" or "mini") meaning "water" and sóta meaning "sky-tinted" or "cloudy sky", and, refers to the milky-brown color its waters take on when at flood stage. An illustration of the meaning of these words was shown by dropping a little milk into water. For over a century prior to the organization of the Minnesota Territory in 1849, the name St. Pierre (St. Peter) had been generally applied to the river by French and English explorers and writers. Minnesota River is shown on the 1757 edition of Mitchell Map as "Ouadebameniſsouté [Watpá Mnísota] or R. St. Peter". On June 19, 1852, acting upon a request from the Minnesota territorial legislature, the United States Congress decreed the aboriginal name for the river, Minnesota, to be the river’s official name and ordered all agencies of the federal government to use that name when referencing it.
Minnesota 78 is an old selection of grapevine, developed at the University of Minnesota, United States. It was extensively used in breeding by Elmer Swenson, with its Vitis riparia background providing a degree of adaptation to the harsh climate of the upper Midwest.
Although recorded as a cross of Beta by Witt, many have doubted this pedigree, and Swenson suggested that the male parent may be Jessica, a cross of Vitis labrusca by a variety of Vitis aestivalis. Because Witt appears to have been lost, prcluding genetic testing, the truth may never be known.
Jennifer Mayerle was there as Minnesota soldiers recently reported for duty, again (3:29).
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1,100 Minnesota National Guard Troops In Afghanistan
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Minnesota National Guard struggling to find new recruits
While the COVID-19 pandemic is partly to blame, the military recruitment crisis predates the outbreak.
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Minnesota National Guard members take part in cultural exchange with Norway soldiers
For the past week, a group of soldiers from Norway have been in the state preparing for a soldier exchange.
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The People of the Minnesota National Guard
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Minnesota National Guard needs more chaplains
The Minnesota National Guard is hoping a higher calling can help rally more recruits.
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The 400 Minnesota National Guard members sent to Afghanistan to assist with operations amid the United States' withdrawal have returned safely to Kuwait where t...
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National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards.
National Guard may refer to:
Africa
National Guard (Egypt), a paramilitary force under the command of the Ministry of Defense
Army National Guard, a reserve force of the United States Army which functions as the ground component of the state-level militia while not in federal service
Air National Guard, a reserve force of the United States Air Force which functions as the air component of the state-level militia while not in federal service
Hegseth, who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan while serving in the MinnesotaNational Guard, promised during his confirmation hearing to focus on warfighting and lethality, in a perceived contrast to ...
... and volatile behavior, including an incident in which Hegseth apparently became extremely drunk in a strip club while wearing his MinnesotaNational Guard uniform — a violation of military law.
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After graduating from Princeton in 2003, Pete Hegseth was commissioned as an infantry officer in the MinnesotaNational Guard ... National Guard in 2021, Pete Hegseth was pulled from his unit assigned to protect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Hegseth served in the MinnesotaNational Guard, was forced out of two veteran’s not-for-profits due to public drunkenness and misconduct, then became a Fox News host.
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Hegseth served in the MinnesotaNational Guard, was forced out of two veteran’s not-for-profits due to public drunkenness and misconduct, then became a Fox News host.
Much of the attention during the hearings is likely to focus on Pete Hegseth, a former MinnesotaArmyNational Guard officer, whom Trump has nominated for ...
He did repeatedly invoke his experience as an ArmyNational Guard officer as his best qualification for the job. Hegseth deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan as an infantry officer in the Minnesota National Guard and later the D.C.