Is the National Guard Prepared for Border Security? - Jim Kouri
March 21, 2009
By Jim Kouri
Once again, political leaders in Washington - most of whom have no military or law enforcement experience - are making overtures to deploying U.S. National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. However, a question that needs to be answered prior to such a deployment is: Are National Guard units prepared for such a deployment?
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the global war on terrorism have triggered the largest activation of National Guard forces since World War II. As of June 2004, over one-half of the National Guard's 457,000 personnel had been activated for overseas war fighting or domestic homeland security missions in federal and state active duty roles.
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