The National Guard and Reserves are branches of the active duty military.
All branches have a reserve component. The Army and Air Force also have a National Guard.
The National Guard serves as a reserve component of two federal forces - the Army (Army National Guard), and Air Force (Air National Guard). Policies, procedures, etc. adopted by these branches are subsequently adopted by their National Guard components.
Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, National Guard
No. Just cooks like all the other military branches.
The Civil War was a war not a branch of the service. The branches of service are Marines, Army, Navy and Air Force. There is also the National Guard and the Coast Guard.
Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, Air Force. Each state also has a National Guard, but all National Guards are officially part of the Army.
There are no National Guard boot camps. Boot camps are administered by the U.S. Army. All army branches train there whether active, Reserve or National Guard. These camps are located throughout the U.S.
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All service members are issued them, in all branches and components of the US military.
There are actually two National Guards, but when people say the National Guard they are probably (but not necessarily) talking about the Army National Guard. The other National Guard is the Air National Guard which is to the Air Force what the Army National Guard is to the Army.
No. There is only an Army National Guard and an Air National Guard.