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Like most things, it depends. In Title 32 status (state control), the National Guard chain of command goes through their state command channels to the governor and stops there. In Title 10 status (active duty), a National Guard member or unit is given an assignment to a specific unit - which may be an active unit, a reserve unit, or another National Guard unit. So the answer varies a lot. For instance, in 2001 a National Guard division (the 29th) was placed in charge of US Army forces - which included all three components - in part of Bosnia. Operationally they worked for the senior NATO commander in Bosnia and thus up the chain to SACEUR, an American four-star, while administratively their chain of command went to US Army Europe. There were probably additional wrinkles I don’t remember as I was not there.There exists an entity called the National Guard Bureau, whose members are in Title 10 status even though most are National Guardsmen. These are assigned formally to the Army Staff or Air Staff as appropriate. They coordinate federal funding, training standards, and other inputs to the several states and receive feedback from the states. The NGB is not in the chain of command.

Under Title 32 National Guard (NG) soldiers and airmen are under the exclusive control of the governor of the state or territory the are assigned. As such they can be used at the governor’s discretion for state emergencies. All states and territories are required to have some form of National Guard presence. Some states choose to have State Defense Forces (SDF) or state militias (authorized but not required) in addition to the National Guard Forces.In CA, the SDF reports to and is under the direction of the adjutant general (TAG). The military department consists or the Army Guard, Air Guard, the SDF, and some Youth Programs. The TAG reports to the governor and coordinates with the pentagon. The SDF in CA consists or three branches, Army, Air and the recently activated Naval Militia.Federal Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force) are Title 10 troops, under direct federal control vs. state control. NGB troops can be easily transferred from Title 32 (state control) to federal control (Title 10) in which case the soldiers are assigned to the appropriate matching command. If memory serves me right NGB troops under title 32, state control are not subject to posse comitatus whereas Federal troops are.SDF forces, simply put, are the states private army and receive no federal support but are exclusively under state control. We used to joke that in a national emergency it takes one phone call to activate NGB to federal troops. For SDF it takes two phone calls. There have been a few instances where SDF soldiers (usually prior service) have been placed on active duty because of the need for their special skills but it’s fairly rare.Regarding Naval Guard units, what would they do? USCG covers all coastal waters and some internal, all national boundary waters to the high seas are covered by the Navy and major ports like NY have their Port Authority, so there’s nothing for an individual state to be concerned with that isn’t already covered. Infantry soldiers can support police. Internal waterways fall under state control and in the case of CA I believe that responsibility is assigned to the Department of Fish and Wildlife which receives support from the Naval Militia which gets some additional training from the USCG, something like that.Note that the USCG falls under the Department of Homeland Security and is assigned to USN only in times of war. Again, our laws restrict how federal troops can be used within the country. For example, the president can legally put Army troops on a border to defend against foreign incursions BUT cannot use them to put down civil disobedience within the nation. They can be used to support disaster relief. When hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast one of the first relief elements on scene was USNS Comfort, (USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) - Wikipedia) one of the Navy’s floating hospitalsIt’s takes a while to sort it all out but the lines are carefully drawn and it works.

In the US military, until perhaps 1996, every time an enlisted member reenlisted, they received a new DD-214. So, an individual who enlisted as a Regular in 1966 might have received one every 4–6 years throughout their entire 30 year active career, or perhaps 6 or so. Give or take one or two. Their final DD-214 would encapsulate not just their last period of enlistment (since their last DD-214), but also cover their entire career with some of the entries, since it was the retirement document and needed to be usable for certain purposes to “explain” the entire 30 year career.After the mid-1990’s, although the Services still had the authority to issue them as required by Service regulations, typically they were only issued at end of a servicemember’s active service, whether that was 4 years, or 30 years. This is for Regular enlisted members.Officers, on the other hand, do not enlist, and since their commissions are free-standing Offices of trust and responsibility, they remain in effect without pause from the moment they are issued and accepted, to the moment when the officer either resigns their commission, or the commission is withdrawn (whether “with prejudice,” or for simple administrative reasons).Along the way, an officer with a Regular commission may accept a Reserve commission. In such cases, as for Regular enlisted who transfer to the Reserve after completing their Regular enlistment obligated contracts, the Regular officers receive a DD-214 to commemorate the various required information pertaining to the end of that period of Regular service.Reserves (officer or enlisted) who transfer to the Regulars usually, but not always, are simply transferred without issuance of a DD-214. There are certain situations where certain reserves do receive them, but that is uncommon.For reserves, DD-214’s are normally only issued upon the completion of several specific events:The completion of the entire Initial Active Duty for Training (IADT) sequence of basic training + follow on training + all required MOS training.The completion of any part of the above, if the IADT sequence is broken down into discrete parts (such as certain programs for college students who only take IADT training during the summers between their years of schooling).The completion of even one day of active duty, if called to active service under Executive Orders to participate in a national emergency or contingency, e.g., mobilized/activated for Operations Iraqi or Enduring Freedom, Desert Storm, etc. All periods of duty under mobilization orders must be covered by a DD-214, regardless of length.The completion of 91 or more consecutive days of active duty under orders other than mobilization orders, such as standard Active Duty Operational Support (ADOS) orders, whether funded by active or reserve dollars (ADOS-AC or ADOS-RC).The completion of a contractual tour (usually 2–4 years) by a reserve member of any Services’ Full Time Support program ordered to active service under 10 USC 12310 or associated statutes:Army and Air Force — Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) (whether Title 10 or Title 32),Marine — Active Reserve (AR),Navy — Full Time Support (FTS),Coast Guard — Reserve Personnel Administration (RPA).Certain other occasions, as prescribed by each Service regulations.Reserves whose contract ends when not serving on active duty, for example, at the end of their 8-year statutory Military Service Obligation (MSO) contract, will not normally receive a DD-214. Instead, they will receive an Honorable Discharge certificate and a letter, whether in person from their reserve unit or in the mail, declaring them to have completed all statutory and contractual requirements, and separating them from all further military status. (The National Guard uses “NGB Form 22” to accomplish many “end of reserve service” actions, a very commendable form that I wish the federal forces would adopt to commemorate similar actions…)For officers who continue serving beyond their 8-year MSO, but do not take any actions to affirmatively resign their reserve commissions, by law they must meet certain participation requirements, the equivalent of one day of reserve duty per month — or 12 days per year — or they will begin to receive warning notices from their Service telling them that they either must mail in a letter of resignation of their commission, or begin participating to comply with the law. If they have 2 consecutive years when they fail to meet the participation requirements, they will be referred to their Service HQ for due process notifications and a board action that, unless the officer takes steps to prevent it, will result in withdrawing (usually without prejudice) their commission, and issuing a discharge certificate (see below) confirming that the officer is now a civilian and has met all statutory and contractual obligations of their military service.NOTE: there is often a misunderstanding about officer commissions…they are issued “for the pleasure of the President…” This means that an officer’s commission may be revoked before the officer has served all their obligated service…if such action is warranted by circumstances, i.e., “the President wished it to happen…and so it did.” It also means that the officer might continue to serve, with the same commission, beyond retirement and hold their commission until the day they die, i.e., “the President was happy to see that officer continue to serve.” But, if “the President is displeased” and withdraws the commission through due process, or the officer voluntarily resigns their commission (after having met the 8-year MSO obligation), then the former officer has NO military standing, has NO commission, and CANNOT be recalled to any form of military service other than any other civilian…A “former officer” (unless reenlisted) has no military status, no military duty, no commission, i.e., the commission is not theirs to keep for life.And this is the actual Office, the special trust and confidence, not the parchment scroll that hangs on the wall. That is NOT the actual commission; the scroll is a symbol, a representation of the commission that is an extension of the sovereign power and authority of the President as an Officer of the United States. Once the officer’s commission is withdrawn, that Office ceases to exist, and the former occupant of that Office is left sitting outside in the parking lot, holding their box of belongings after security escorted them out…figuratively speaking. They are no longer Officers of the United States.Those reserves who have some troubling aspects to their career might — and that’s a HUGE might — receive the General (under Honorable conditions) Discharge certificate…but, honestly, the percent of reserves who receive that slightly lesser discharge is tiny, as in probably 1% or less per year.However, if a reserve’s career is cut short by a disciplinary reason (i.e., court-martial), or a serious civilian offense (off the military’s clock, so jurisdiction is with the civilian court), or just plain stops showing up to their monthly drill weekends (“failure to participate,” which is a type of misconduct), they can be (and often are) completely discharged out of the reserves…thus completely out of the military.In such cases, unless they were on active duty orders and the court-martial sentence included a Bad Conduct Discharge or a Dishonorable Discharge (or Dismissal for commissioned officers), most unit commanders will convene an administrative separation hearing to determine the rowdy reserve’s future: in most such cases, the offender will receive an Other Than Honorable discharge, the lowest form of administrative discharge, and they will be completely severed from all military status.There is no longer an OTH Discharge certificate (there used to be…but it was stopped perhaps 15–20 years ago…waste of paper actually), so reserves who are discharged from the Service with an OTH simply receive a letter informing them why, no other paperwork, no DD-14.Although it all goes into their military personnel file…Bottom-line: experiences may vary by the decade(s) of service, the Service in which serving (as their regulations are slightly dissimilar), the nature and length of that service, and other factors.Most enlisted members who serve for one enlisted obligated contract, typically 4 years, will receive one DD-214 for their entire career.Other enlisted members who serve an entire career, 20+ years, may similarly only receive one DD-214 for their entire career, which is their retirement DD-214.Officers may receive only one DD-214, at the time they resign their Regular or Reserve commission (if serving on active duty), or only one at the time of their retirement. Or they may receive several, especially if they come and go in the reserves.Reserves may receive multiple DD-214s, one for every time they are mobilized for a contingency, regardless of length or purpose, as well as for their IADT period, and any other period of active duty served of 91+ consecutive days.