The Changing of the National Guard

Changing of the National Guard Since 9/11, state militias have become more of a federal fighting force Deployments: January 2005 (peak): 67,587 August 2011: Mhu31,692 September 2001: 5,004 Includes both foreign and domestic Sacrifice by state: National Guard members killed in action by state, per million population, 2001-2011 Vermont North Dakota South Dakota 110 Arkansas Wyoming Mississippi out of Louisiana of the 6,207 armed forces members killed in lowa Nebraska Maine Oregon action from 2001-2011 Alaska Georgia Kentucky Kansas were members of the National Guard Idaho Pennsylvania 1 Minnesota 11 Oklahoma 2010: Tennessee 122 New Hampshire Indiana Rhode Island 2009: 77 Illinois South Carolina 31 Hawaii 181 Michigan 18: Montana 18 North Carolina 81 Wisconsin 1 Massachusetts 81 Connecticut 81 District of Columbia 11 West Virginia 11 Colorado 31 New York 81 Missouri 1 Virginia 31 Alabama 31 New Mexico 3I Ohio 8 Guard member suicides One ștudy found that Guard members develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 29 percent more often than aċtive duty members one year after retúrning from Iraq* **★★ In 2008, Craig McKinley became the first four-star general in the history of the National Guard. McKinley received the promotion when he took over as chief of the National Guard Bureau. Nevada Arizona Utah 81 Washington & Maryland & California 1 Texas New Jersey 1 Florida 1 Delaware no Delaware National Guard member has been killed in action from 2001-2011 Sources: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Census Bureau, National Guard Bureau. * Thomas, Wilk, Riviere, McGurk, Castro, Hoge, "Prevalence of Mental Health Problems and Functional Impairment Among Active Component and National Guard Soldiers 3 and 12 Months Following Combat in Iraq," Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(6):614-623. The study surveyed 4,024 soldiers from Active Component infantry brigade combat teams and 1,585 soldiers from National Guard teams serving similar functions between 2004 and 2007. The numbers cited here refer to estimated PTSD prevalence based on DSM-IV symptom criteria. Stateline.org infographic by Mary Mahling, Daniel C. Vock and Evan Potler Changing of the National Guard Since 9/11, state militias have become more of a federal fighting force Deployments: January 2005 (peak): 67,587 August 2011: Mhu31,692 September 2001: 5,004 Includes both foreign and domestic Sacrifice by state: National Guard members killed in action by state, per million population, 2001-2011 Vermont North Dakota South Dakota 110 Arkansas Wyoming Mississippi out of Louisiana of the 6,207 armed forces members killed in lowa Nebraska Maine Oregon action from 2001-2011 Alaska Georgia Kentucky Kansas were members of the National Guard Idaho Pennsylvania 1 Minnesota 11 Oklahoma 2010: Tennessee 122 New Hampshire Indiana Rhode Island 2009: 77 Illinois South Carolina 31 Hawaii 181 Michigan 18: Montana 18 North Carolina 81 Wisconsin 1 Massachusetts 81 Connecticut 81 District of Columbia 11 West Virginia 11 Colorado 31 New York 81 Missouri 1 Virginia 31 Alabama 31 New Mexico 3I Ohio 8 Guard member suicides One ștudy found that Guard members develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 29 percent more often than aċtive duty members one year after retúrning from Iraq* **★★ In 2008, Craig McKinley became the first four-star general in the history of the National Guard. McKinley received the promotion when he took over as chief of the National Guard Bureau. Nevada Arizona Utah 81 Washington & Maryland & California 1 Texas New Jersey 1 Florida 1 Delaware no Delaware National Guard member has been killed in action from 2001-2011 Sources: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Census Bureau, National Guard Bureau. * Thomas, Wilk, Riviere, McGurk, Castro, Hoge, "Prevalence of Mental Health Problems and Functional Impairment Among Active Component and National Guard Soldiers 3 and 12 Months Following Combat in Iraq," Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(6):614-623. The study surveyed 4,024 soldiers from Active Component infantry brigade combat teams and 1,585 soldiers from National Guard teams serving similar functions between 2004 and 2007. The numbers cited here refer to estimated PTSD prevalence based on DSM-IV symptom criteria. Stateline.org infographic by Mary Mahling, Daniel C. Vock and Evan Potler Changing of the National Guard Since 9/11, state militias have become more of a federal fighting force Deployments: January 2005 (peak): 67,587 August 2011: Mhu31,692 September 2001: 5,004 Includes both foreign and domestic Sacrifice by state: National Guard members killed in action by state, per million population, 2001-2011 Vermont North Dakota South Dakota 110 Arkansas Wyoming Mississippi out of Louisiana of the 6,207 armed forces members killed in lowa Nebraska Maine Oregon action from 2001-2011 Alaska Georgia Kentucky Kansas were members of the National Guard Idaho Pennsylvania 1 Minnesota 11 Oklahoma 2010: Tennessee 122 New Hampshire Indiana Rhode Island 2009: 77 Illinois South Carolina 31 Hawaii 181 Michigan 18: Montana 18 North Carolina 81 Wisconsin 1 Massachusetts 81 Connecticut 81 District of Columbia 11 West Virginia 11 Colorado 31 New York 81 Missouri 1 Virginia 31 Alabama 31 New Mexico 3I Ohio 8 Guard member suicides One ștudy found that Guard members develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 29 percent more often than aċtive duty members one year after retúrning from Iraq* **★★ In 2008, Craig McKinley became the first four-star general in the history of the National Guard. McKinley received the promotion when he took over as chief of the National Guard Bureau. Nevada Arizona Utah 81 Washington & Maryland & California 1 Texas New Jersey 1 Florida 1 Delaware no Delaware National Guard member has been killed in action from 2001-2011 Sources: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Census Bureau, National Guard Bureau. * Thomas, Wilk, Riviere, McGurk, Castro, Hoge, "Prevalence of Mental Health Problems and Functional Impairment Among Active Component and National Guard Soldiers 3 and 12 Months Following Combat in Iraq," Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(6):614-623. The study surveyed 4,024 soldiers from Active Component infantry brigade combat teams and 1,585 soldiers from National Guard teams serving similar functions between 2004 and 2007. The numbers cited here refer to estimated PTSD prevalence based on DSM-IV symptom criteria. Stateline.org infographic by Mary Mahling, Daniel C. Vock and Evan Potler Changing of the National Guard Since 9/11, state militias have become more of a federal fighting force Deployments: January 2005 (peak): 67,587 August 2011: Mhu31,692 September 2001: 5,004 Includes both foreign and domestic Sacrifice by state: National Guard members killed in action by state, per million population, 2001-2011 Vermont North Dakota South Dakota 110 Arkansas Wyoming Mississippi out of Louisiana of the 6,207 armed forces members killed in lowa Nebraska Maine Oregon action from 2001-2011 Alaska Georgia Kentucky Kansas were members of the National Guard Idaho Pennsylvania 1 Minnesota 11 Oklahoma 2010: Tennessee 122 New Hampshire Indiana Rhode Island 2009: 77 Illinois South Carolina 31 Hawaii 181 Michigan 18: Montana 18 North Carolina 81 Wisconsin 1 Massachusetts 81 Connecticut 81 District of Columbia 11 West Virginia 11 Colorado 31 New York 81 Missouri 1 Virginia 31 Alabama 31 New Mexico 3I Ohio 8 Guard member suicides One ștudy found that Guard members develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 29 percent more often than aċtive duty members one year after retúrning from Iraq* **★★ In 2008, Craig McKinley became the first four-star general in the history of the National Guard. McKinley received the promotion when he took over as chief of the National Guard Bureau. Nevada Arizona Utah 81 Washington & Maryland & California 1 Texas New Jersey 1 Florida 1 Delaware no Delaware National Guard member has been killed in action from 2001-2011 Sources: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Census Bureau, National Guard Bureau. * Thomas, Wilk, Riviere, McGurk, Castro, Hoge, "Prevalence of Mental Health Problems and Functional Impairment Among Active Component and National Guard Soldiers 3 and 12 Months Following Combat in Iraq," Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(6):614-623. The study surveyed 4,024 soldiers from Active Component infantry brigade combat teams and 1,585 soldiers from National Guard teams serving similar functions between 2004 and 2007. The numbers cited here refer to estimated PTSD prevalence based on DSM-IV symptom criteria. Stateline.org infographic by Mary Mahling, Daniel C. Vock and Evan Potler Changing of the National Guard Since 9/11, state militias have become more of a federal fighting force Deployments: January 2005 (peak): 67,587 August 2011: Mhu31,692 September 2001: 5,004 Includes both foreign and domestic Sacrifice by state: National Guard members killed in action by state, per million population, 2001-2011 Vermont North Dakota South Dakota 110 Arkansas Wyoming Mississippi out of Louisiana of the 6,207 armed forces members killed in lowa Nebraska Maine Oregon action from 2001-2011 Alaska Georgia Kentucky Kansas were members of the National Guard Idaho Pennsylvania 1 Minnesota 11 Oklahoma 2010: Tennessee 122 New Hampshire Indiana Rhode Island 2009: 77 Illinois South Carolina 31 Hawaii 181 Michigan 18: Montana 18 North Carolina 81 Wisconsin 1 Massachusetts 81 Connecticut 81 District of Columbia 11 West Virginia 11 Colorado 31 New York 81 Missouri 1 Virginia 31 Alabama 31 New Mexico 3I Ohio 8 Guard member suicides One ștudy found that Guard members develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 29 percent more often than aċtive duty members one year after retúrning from Iraq* **★★ In 2008, Craig McKinley became the first four-star general in the history of the National Guard. McKinley received the promotion when he took over as chief of the National Guard Bureau. Nevada Arizona Utah 81 Washington & Maryland & California 1 Texas New Jersey 1 Florida 1 Delaware no Delaware National Guard member has been killed in action from 2001-2011 Sources: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Census Bureau, National Guard Bureau. * Thomas, Wilk, Riviere, McGurk, Castro, Hoge, "Prevalence of Mental Health Problems and Functional Impairment Among Active Component and National Guard Soldiers 3 and 12 Months Following Combat in Iraq," Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(6):614-623. The study surveyed 4,024 soldiers from Active Component infantry brigade combat teams and 1,585 soldiers from National Guard teams serving similar functions between 2004 and 2007. The numbers cited here refer to estimated PTSD prevalence based on DSM-IV symptom criteria. Stateline.org infographic by Mary Mahling, Daniel C. Vock and Evan Potler Changing of the National Guard Since 9/11, state militias have become more of a federal fighting force Deployments: January 2005 (peak): 67,587 August 2011: Mhu31,692 September 2001: 5,004 Includes both foreign and domestic Sacrifice by state: National Guard members killed in action by state, per million population, 2001-2011 Vermont North Dakota South Dakota 110 Arkansas Wyoming Mississippi out of Louisiana of the 6,207 armed forces members killed in lowa Nebraska Maine Oregon action from 2001-2011 Alaska Georgia Kentucky Kansas were members of the National Guard Idaho Pennsylvania 1 Minnesota 11 Oklahoma 2010: Tennessee 122 New Hampshire Indiana Rhode Island 2009: 77 Illinois South Carolina 31 Hawaii 181 Michigan 18: Montana 18 North Carolina 81 Wisconsin 1 Massachusetts 81 Connecticut 81 District of Columbia 11 West Virginia 11 Colorado 31 New York 81 Missouri 1 Virginia 31 Alabama 31 New Mexico 3I Ohio 8 Guard member suicides One ștudy found that Guard members develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 29 percent more often than aċtive duty members one year after retúrning from Iraq* **★★ In 2008, Craig McKinley became the first four-star general in the history of the National Guard. McKinley received the promotion when he took over as chief of the National Guard Bureau. Nevada Arizona Utah 81 Washington & Maryland & California 1 Texas New Jersey 1 Florida 1 Delaware no Delaware National Guard member has been killed in action from 2001-2011 Sources: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Census Bureau, National Guard Bureau. * Thomas, Wilk, Riviere, McGurk, Castro, Hoge, "Prevalence of Mental Health Problems and Functional Impairment Among Active Component and National Guard Soldiers 3 and 12 Months Following Combat in Iraq," Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(6):614-623. The study surveyed 4,024 soldiers from Active Component infantry brigade combat teams and 1,585 soldiers from National Guard teams serving similar functions between 2004 and 2007. The numbers cited here refer to estimated PTSD prevalence based on DSM-IV symptom criteria. Stateline.org infographic by Mary Mahling, Daniel C. Vock and Evan Potler