[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

"...limiting their deployments overseas..."

Yes. The concept for the National Guard, as I have generallly seen it, is not for use in multiple overseas skermishes. WWII was a different matter. If one wants to volunteer for any and all military actions around the world, let it be in the Army, Navy, Marine Corp, Air Force. Let volunteers for the guard know that they are not volunteering for everything that comes along. For those who want to volunteer 'part time' for anything, let them do so through the Reserves.

[George W. Bush]

The concept for the National Guard, as I have generallly seen it, is not for use in multiple overseas skermishes. WWII was a different matter.

That's how most people see it. National Guard can be sent for the short term. But long-term deployments like rotation into the occupation of Iraq are something for the regular Army.