Answer:
Explanation:
The Army National Guard is older than the United States of America. The first National Guard units were the
colonial militias used to defend the original thirteen colonies. For most of US history militia units served as the
largest part of the US Army in times of war. The states, rather than the federal government, trained and armed
these militia units. This meant that many of the units had inferior weapons or lacked proper training. At the
start of World War I, the US government created the National Guard from the state militias of the United
States. Since then, the US Army has funded and trained the National Guard and used National Guard Units in
times of war or emergency.
