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[quote=Anonymous]NO ONE seems to understand or want to acknowledge that serving in the National Guard is not the same as being a full-time active duty servicemember. Including senators, it seems.

There is a distinct difference between the full-time active duty military and National Guard members.

While the vast majority of National Guard members are dedicated, highly-skilled and competent, they sadly serve under a system that is well-known to be much more corrupt and incompetent. When in the State, they do NOT fall under the DoD. It is only when they are Federalized.

There have been innumerable instances of corruption and mis-management as evidenced by many news articles, like this one from a few years ago:

USA Today Nov 25, 2021 - "The National Guard system – crucial to America's military defense and vital to state emergency operations – is reeling from corruption and misconduct that reflect overarching command failures, a USA TODAY investigation has found.

For more than two decades, state Guards from Alaska to California to Delaware have been shaken by scandals, often exposed by whistleblowers who are subjected to retaliation amid coverups.

In Maryland, a Black soldier was taunted and forced to wear chains as punishment.

In Vermont, an Air Guard commander allegedly flew a fighter jet to the nation's capital, where he had a tryst with a Pentagon official.

In state after state, soldiers have been sexually assaulted or harassed, only to suffer reprisal from executive officers.

Throughout the National Guard system, which consists of 54 independent state and territorial militias, soldiers and airmen have complained for decades about abuses that suggest a failure of culture and oversight.

Critics contend that pervasive corruption and a lack of transparency betray America's nearly 445,000 National Guard troops while shielding culprits, even as Guard units are relied upon more than ever.

“It’s a structural deficit of accountability,” said Dwight Stirling, a California National Guard attorney and director of the Center for Law and Military Policy. “What you get there is one thing – corruption."
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