,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ge  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,february #ae1 #bjac 
,mrs4 ,miller of ,michigan 7for herself1
 ,mr4 ,hunter1 ,mr4 ,walz1 and ,mr4     
,rahall7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,armed ,services          
,,resolution  ,recognizing #cgf years of
 service of the ,national ,guard and    
affirming congressional support for a   
permanent ,operational ,reserve as a    
component of the ,armed ,forces4        
,whereas the first volunteer militia    
unit in ,america was formed in #afcf in 
,massachusetts ,bay1 followed by other  
units in the colonies of ,virginia and  
,connecticut2 ,whereas from the opening 
salvos at ,lexington and ,concord1 to   
the conclusion of the ,american         
,revolutionary ,war in #aghc1 the       
volunteer patriots and minutemen of the 
,american militia helped create the     
,united ,states of ,america2 ,whereas   
the ,american founding fathers wrote    

article ,i1 section #h1 of the ,united  
,states ,constitution to keep the       
militia model1 authorizing only a small 
standing military force that could      
organize1 train1 and equip militia      
volunteers when needed2 ,whereas the    
,american militia answered the call     
during the second war with ,britain in  
#ahab2 ,whereas in the #aith century1   
during the ,mexican-,american ,war1 the 
,united ,states ,civil ,war1 and the    
,spanish-,american ,war1 ,state militia 
volunteers mustered when called and more
 than #cjj1jjj gave their lives in      
service of the ,united ,states of       
,america2 ,whereas in ,world ,war ,i1   
nearly all ,national ,guardsmen were    
mobilized into ,federal service1 and    
while they represented only #ae percent 
of the total ,united ,states ,army1 they
 comprised #dj percent of the ,american 
divisions sent to ,france and sustained 
#dc percent of the casualties in combat2
 ,whereas in ,world ,war ,,ii1 the      
,national ,guard comprised #ai ,army    

divisions and #bi observation squadrons 
with aircraft assigned to the ,united   
,states ,army ,air ,forces2 ,whereas the
 ,national ,defense ,act of #aidg formed
 the ,air ,national ,guard1 created a   
minimum of one flying unit in each      
,state1 with the result of more than    
#dd1jjj ,air ,guard troops serving in   
,korea and #d1jjj ,air ,guard troops in 
,vietnam2 ,whereas the ,air ,national   
,guard flew #cj1jjj sorties and #ej1jjj 
combat hours during ,operation ,desert  
,storm over #cg days and were some of   
the first units into the fight2         
,whereas1 on ,september #aa1 #bjja1 the 
first fighter jets over ,new ,york ,city
 and ,washington1 ,,dc1 were ,air       
,national ,guard ,f-#ae and ,f-#af      
aircraft from ,massachusetts and ,north 
,dakota1 with over #djj more ,air       
,national ,guard fighter aircraft on    
alert by that afternoon2 ,whereas       
#fjj1chg ,air and ,army ,national ,guard
 soldiers and airmen have deployed in   
the many campaigns since #i_/aa2        

,whereas ,air and ,army ,national ,guard
 soldiers and airmen have been involved 
in countless domestic response missions1
 including missions in response to      
hurricanes1 tornadoes1 floods1 and      
forest fires2 ,whereas during the ,cold 
,war1 the ,national ,guard was regarded 
as a ,strategic ,reserve to be held in  
case of a ,soviet invasion of ,europe1  
yet1 since #i_/aa1 the ,national ,guard 
and the ,federal ,reserves have made the
 transition to an ,operational ,reserve1
 in constant use and rotation for       
missions at home and abroad2 ,whereas   
the ,operational ,reserve has time and  
again demonstrated its readiness to meet
 operational requirements1 and its      
mission- and cost-effectiveness and     
volunteerism are the heart of modern    
,united ,states military service2 and   
,whereas the ,operational ,reserve must 
be sustained by a fully manned and fully
 funded ,national ,guard in the spirit  
intended by the ,framers and enshrined  
in article ,i of the ,constitution3     

,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives--  7#a7 recognizes 
the critical importance of the          
,operational ,reserve as a component of 
the ,armed ,forces1 particularly as a   
means of preserving combat power during 
a time of budget austerity2  7#b7       
supports making permanent the           
,operational ,reserve as the cornerstone
 of military manpower in the decades to 
come2  7#c7 repudiates proposals to     
return the ,reserve ,components to a    
diminished or purely strategic role in  
,united ,states national security2  7#d7
 affirms the growth of the ,operational 
,reserve as circumstances warrant2 and  
7#e7 recognizes the dual-status1        
,state-,federal ,national ,guard as the 
foundation of the ,operational ,reserve 
and of military manpower now and in the 
future4