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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 2003
Page
30
Citizens of colonial Massachusetts served as Minutemen a militia of farmers who trained for quick alarm responses. They fought British troops at Lexington and Concord in 1775 and helped embolden the call for independence proclaimed in 1776.
The Air National Guard numbers about 110,000 members and aids national air defense. After the Sept 11 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center the governor of New York activated the New York Army National Guard to bolster security at airports and train stations.
The president can call units into national service and assume commander in chief. About 15 percent of National Guard members are women. A Virginia Air National Guard doctor treats a young patient in El Salvador. Thanks are given to Dr. Michael D. Doubler, Les A. Melnyk, Kristen Patterson Jones, and Maureen Hearn for help with this story.
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