[JRandomFreeper]

State guard. NOT the national guard. Different animals, different funding buckets.

/johnny

[VerySadAmerican]

It’s strictly volunteer and I don’t know that there is a budget.

[Lazamataz]

In New York, the State Guard was barely military. We wore the uniforms, we learned drill and basic military radio, etiquette, how to read a topo-map and how to navigate with it, and how to liason with civilian police (we were MP's). We even got an abbreviated civilian police training to learn how they work.

But we were granted no firearms, nor any true combat training.

Not sure the State Guard will be very effective.

[elcid1970]

In South Carolina the State Guard is a volunteer organization. Most of its members are veterans or retired military.

Main mission: hurricane & disaster relief.