DOD Sees New Role for National Guard in Forging Global Partnerships

By Sebastian Sprenger / June 20, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Senior Pentagon leaders are eying an increased role for the National Guard in the military's campaign to forge alliances with foreign security forces in conflict-prone regions around the world, defense officials tell InsideDefense.com . The move is part of a recent effort by senior Defense Department officials to better coordinate the planning of National Guard forces under the control of the state governors and the active duty forces operating under the Pentagon's federal direction. The secret Guidance for the Employment...

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