What is the difference between the Army and the Army National Gaurd?

Answer 1

The term 'Army' includes the Army National Guard.

There are three components to the US Army.
1) The Active Duty force
2) The Army Reserve
3) The National Guard

Both the Army Reserve and the National Guard are 'reserve components' of the Army. The primary difference between the two is that the National Guard has a dual peacetime role. Th Guard is not only capable of providing trained combat units to the Army when needed for overseas service but is also capable of responding to local emergencies.

Answer 2

Army is full time 24/7, National Guard is 1 weekend a month, 2 weeks in the summer. I'm in the National Guard and have been deployed 2 times since 9/11 in a 5 year time frame I've been on active duty status 3 1/2 years. In the National Guard the President of the United States is Commander in Chief, the governor in the respected states has power to call up the National Guard on state issues under state orders not federal orders in other words state orders mean the state has to pay the bill, federal orders the federal government pays the bill, the President however has the final authority over the National Guard as well as the entire US services.

Answer 3

To start with, some of you have it way off. The tradional National Guard is one weekend a month and 2 weeks a summer. Not to include their basic training and AIT when they first get in. Now within the National Guard, there is also AGR (Active Guard Reserve) which work full time. When the National Guard first came about, it was intended to be used for issues that happen within the United States. Floods, tornados, hurricanes, etc.. Now days, that is not the case, that has all changed. YOUR National Guard is used just like the regular Active Duty Army. Of the total military force that is over seas "fighting the war on terror", the Natioanl Guard and Reserve make up almost half. The Natioal Guard was not made to do this. Not that I gripe about it. I feel very honored and proud to have served my country in Iraq. But the strain it puts on the state back home is hard one. Should the National Guard and Reserve go over seas? YOU BET!!

Answer 4

The Army National Guard is part of the Army, but it is a reserve organization. In the ANG, you attend drills one weekend a month, and go on 15 day active duty deployments every year. In addition, you are also subject to call up for national disasters, state disasters, and to supplement the active duty when and where needed. I spent 22 years in the Air National Guard, and during that time spent 6 months in Turkey for a call up, and 3 months in Kuwait for a call up. Once you retire, though, you are simply a retired Army (Air Force) at whatever rank you held. Then, there is no difference between active duty and Guard.

Answer 5

army is active duty, where your job is the army. the national guard is like the "back-up" army so to speak. the national guard is a part time thing where you have a regular job, but a few times a month you get together and do training and such. national guard generally help out with disasters at home. the guard can also be called into actice duty and deployed like other soldiers

Answer 6

Allright.... The ARMY soldier is a regular active-duty American soldier..... The ARMY NATIONAL GAURD is more of like America's defense... THey don't get deployed as much, but they're still active-duty.. My Dad's in the ARMY.... I got a friend whos dad is in the National Guard.... Essentially, the differences are that you fight less but you do more in the National Guard....

Answer 7

The Army is on Active Duty while the
National Guard is on reserve Duty. The national guard recieves orders from the state Govoner, but can be fedralized and deployed to war.

Answer 8

There are technical and legal differences that have been described in the other answers. But over in Iraq, to avoid the concept that regular active duty members are better than members of the national guard or members of the various state guard they have a motto. That motto is is One Team, One Fight. So right now at least in Iraq there really isn't any difference between the two.

Answer 9

For one thing, the National Guard falls under the command of the respective state govenors, rather than the President being the Commander In Cheif of the Army.

Answer 10

army= full time soldiers, they get the military benefits (BAH, free medical, etc...)
Army National Guard= Work one weekend a month, don't get any military benefits, Get Deployed to war just as much as an active duty Army soldier does
Hubby's in the Army National Guard and has been deployed twice, one was a state side deployment to N.C. and the other was a year deployment to Iraq.

a military wife