The National Guard serves in three capacities: 'state active duty' (troops under state command and state funded), 'Title 32' (troops under state command but federally funded), and 'Title 10' (troops federally controlled and federally funded).
October 07, 2025
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definition
Baseline definitions of National Guard status options used in U.S. federal and state responses.
When National Guard personnel are operating under Title 32 of federal law, they are under state control and are not subject to the Posse Comitatus Act's restrictions on federal military involvement in domestic law enforcement.
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legal
Explains the legal status of National Guard forces when federal funds authorize state control under Title 32.