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Remind us: What exactly is the National Guard?

  • Written by Frances Tilney Burke, PhD student, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

President Donald Trump recently announced his plan to dispatch National Guard troops to the southern border to assist with security efforts.

The Army National Guard is the oldest defense force in the nation, formed in 1636 as three militia regiments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony armed to defend against the Pequot Indians.

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