Nice try, but wrong.

The National Guard (Air and Army) are agencies of the State or Territory where they reside, and their Commander in Chief is the Governor, or in the case of DC, the President.

They are paid for largely by federal dollars, but are also paid by State dollars.

When federalized, they act in the same capacity as other federal troops, which is the reason the federal government pays for training and equipment so the integration is seamless.

The "Reserve Component" part speaks to we all have federally-recognized and approved commissions in the Reserve for when we are federalized. For the enlisted, the process is different, but their ranks are federally recognized, as well.

The troops at Kent State were called up by the Governor, not the feds, so they were in State Active Duty status, paid for by the State of Ohio, not the feds. So they were not federal troops in any manner.

There is a distinction between the Guard and the Reserve and the Active components, and another distinction between State Active Duty and Title 32, where the Guard is paid by federal dollars. The distinctions are not trivial, and the Counsel of Governors sues the President regularly over issues of state sovereignty relative to the Guard, and other matters.

Your "facts" are incorrect.


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