[SandRat]

National Guard Ping

[minus_273]

"369th birthday of the National Guard "

I believe the national guard traces its origins back to colonial periods.

[Billthedrill]

Man, I dunno, that's 1636. Maybe Pilgrims with blunderbusses qualify. Maybe it's a typo.

[Popman]

There going to need a pretty big cake to hold all those candles.

[Marine_Uncle]

What the hell is the United States National Guard doing in Kosovo? Slick and his SoD told us our boys where only going to be there for about a year.

[StarCMC]

Well Happy Birthday to the Guard then!! WOoohooo!!!

[GloriaJane]

Happy Birthday to the National Guard!

[Bommer]

When was the National Guard "founded"?

The National Guard is the oldest military organization in the United States whose lineage of 357 years of service can be traced back to four units in Massachusetts. The 181st Infantry, 182nd Infantry, 101st Field Artillery and the 101st Engineer Battalion have the oldest lineage in the National Guard and the U.S. Army. They were organized on December 13, 1636 when the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ordered the organization of the colony's military companies into three regiments, the North, South and East Regiments. The colonists had adopted the English militia system which obligated all males, between the ages of 16 and 60, to possess arms and participate in the defense of the community. The early colonial militia drilled once a week and provided guard details each evening to sound the alarm in case of attack. The growing threat of Pequot Indians to the colony required the militia to be at a high state of readiness.

[American in Israel]

Bring our boys home, let the Kosovoian Palestinians set up their own "Palestine". The National Guard should be guarding our Nation not expressing globalist ideals on other nations.