The National Guard

Civics 101

NHPR

History, Government, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Miranda Summers Lowe, Military Curator at the Smithsonian and active National Guard soldier, tells us the history of the Guard, the process for calling them out, and what sets them apart from other branches of the USAF. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Civics 101 is supported in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
0:04.4	Civics 101!
0:08.1	What do you know about the National Guard?
0:09.8	I know the National Guard has offices in our city in Concert and they're all across the country.
0:14.6	Yeah.
0:15.1	Well, what do you know about the National Guard?
0:16.8	I know.
0:18.0	Well, I remember commercials that go something like,
0:20.3	at the Army National Guard, you can.
0:23.4	You can what, though? I don't know what they do, Nesses.
0:25.9	I'm not sure what they do.
0:28.7	I'm Hannah McCarthy.
0:29.8	And I'm Nick Kepady-Cher.
0:31.0	And this is Civics 101.
0:32.6	And today we're talking about the Army National Guard.
0:36.6	Well, I'm curious what they do and how they train. I know they train on weekends.
0:39.3	I'm pretty sure they're called in often for natural disasters,
0:42.3	like evacuating people for hurricanes or things like that.
0:44.8	Do they like have an air siren that's like,
0:46.4	calling the National Guard?
0:47.8	I think I know that it's the kind of thing that can help you pay for school.
0:52.4	I'm also curious as to who authorizes the use.
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