Federal Service
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Federal Service is a term applied to United States National Guard
members and units when called to active duty to serve the federal government
under Article I, Section 8 and Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution and the US Code, title 10 (Department of Defense
), sections 12401 to 12408.
United States National Guard
The National Guard of the United States is a reserve military force composed of state National Guard militia members or units under federally recognized active or inactive armed force service for the United States. Militia members are citizen soldiers, meaning they work part time for the National...
members and units when called to active duty to serve the federal government
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and...
under Article I, Section 8 and Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution and the US Code, title 10 (Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
), sections 12401 to 12408.
See also
- National serviceNational serviceNational service is a common name for mandatory government service programmes . The term became common British usage during and for some years following the Second World War. Many young people spent one or more years in such programmes...
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