No not exactly first. But they do deploy and perform training duties overseas.
The US Coast Guard only protects the United States, they do not go over seas to fight.
My first time being deployed with the Guard, I spent 19 months on active duty. Legislation passed since then is supposed to prevent any member of the National Guard or Reserve from being activated for a period of more than 12 months.
The U.S. Coast Guard .
My dad was a member of the national guard and was on alert but never went over seas . He spent nine years in the reserve as communications cheif. I am trying to find out if he is intitled to a plaque on his grave saying he was a national guardsman.
Because he's in the JAG corps so he's a paper jockey no need for him to go overseas.
Well, the North Carolina National Guard deployed to Iraq in 2004, then again in 2009, and that would seem pretty representative. As operations in Iraq wind down, you'll notice less frequent deployments of the National Guard. Some specialised units - such as the Special Forces units of the National Guard - will, however, see more recurring deployment than line units.
Yes, and they often do.
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Oceans and seas, waters outside of national jurisdiction are also referred to as the High Seas or Mare liberum.
Reluctance to participate in other military adventures over-seas. Until 1983, America's first over-seas military campaign; against Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury).
Royal Over-Seas League was created in 1910.