WASHINGTON — Military officials under congressional questioning on Thursday defended the deployment of the National Guard to American cities, saying the mobilization was lawful and troops were thoroughly trained to understand the limits of their authorities.

The National Guard is a reserve branch of the United States military that can be deployed by either the state or federal government. Although the National Guard is not the country’s primary fighting force, it is the oldest. Dating back to 1636, the ...

The New York Army National Guard was tops in recruiting and retaining Citizen Soldiers in 2025 out of the 54 state and territorial Army Guards in the United States. This was the fourth year in a row in which the New York Army Guard was the best in recruiting.

The two Iowa National Guard members killed in a weekend attack that the U.S. military blamed on the Islamic State group in Syria have been identified