[familyop]

"If the phones are dead and power is out good luck mobilizing the National Guard. My unit has a hard enough time getting some people to show up for scheduled drill or contacting them through their phone numbers."

My unit for the first six years was all spit, polish and high speed. *Snap!* ...typical for combat platoons. But guarding power lines would be one ugly-boring guard mount. ...like guarding an empty quarry all night during initial training. ...more of a job for Buddhist monks or something, meditating on nothingness. ;-)

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Who are they kidding?

The combined National Guard could not begin to guard everything.

People have no concept as to what a hopeless task this would be.

I envision the National Guard being used to protect the elite political class and to hell with the rest of America. We would be completely on our own.

The entire system would completely break down within a couple of days and it would be dog-eat-dog.