Are governors in charge of their National Guard units?

[paineinthearse]

Have the National Guard troops stationed in Iraq been federalized, or are they under the command of their various states' governors?

Under what authority were they called up and shipped out of state?

It's time for the governors, especially the Dems, to say ENOUGH and order their units home and/or to the gulf coast.

[trof]

1. In Iraq, they're federalized.

At home, the guv is C. in C.

[MildyRules]

2. They can't order them home

if they have been federalized.

[napi21]

3. Governors command their states NG, unless they have been

Federalized. Those ar ethe ones who are now in Iraq.

As far as I know, one state Gov. must ask for help from any other state, and that state's Gov. will decide to deploy or not.

[SlipperySlope]

4. Settled during the Civil Rights era

Settled when President Eisenhower federalized Arkansas National Guard against the will of the Governor over the Little Rock Nine. The National Guard serves first and primarily at the will of the President, and secondarily at the will of the governor.

Really screws the whole "militia is the national guard" argument that the gun grabbers use.