Who pays the salary of the Army National Guard? The state or the fed gov? Who pays for the equipment training?

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Answer 1

To be more specific, it depends on whether the mission is a state or federal mission.

For example, when a National Guard unit gets sent to Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, or Kosovo, the federal government picks up the WHOLE tab, from the start of training to the end of the deployment. I was recently deployed to Kosovo with the National Guard, and I was under FEDERAL orders to go, so the federal government paid for it.

However, a few years ago, I was a part of the STATE mission in Texas to find parts of the space shuttle Columbia. In that mission, I was ordered by the state to go on active duty for the mission, so the state paid for it.

Almost all of the non-wartime training is paid for by the state. In other words, the state MAINTAINS the National Guard... Training, facilities, and equipment. But when you have training for a specific upcoming federal mission, the federal government will pay for it. My training for Kosovo was paid for by the federal government.

Examples of federal missions:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)
Operation Joint Guardian (Kosovo)

Examples of typical state missions:
Natural disasters (Hurricane, tornado, floods, wildfires)
State border missions
State counter-drug missions

To simplify it, if the soldier is getting deployed overseas, chances are it's a federal mission, but if they're staying in the state, chances are it's a state mission (but not always).

I don't have a specific website, but you can probably find most of this information on a page like Wikipedia or GlobalSecurity.org.

Answer 2

It depends, for a weekend drill and the 2-week annual training, my pay statements came from Defense Finance And Accounting and when the Federal Govt. shut down for like a week in the 90's drill got cancelled so that pay's from the feds. However when we pulled security on a nuclear plant in 02 our checks came from the state. Not really sure about the training equipment though, although you'll notice some states have better equipment than others.

Answer 3

The states pay for the national guard until they are federalized in times of war for instance. Then those that have been federalized are paid for by the federal government.