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[[File:National Guard Memorial Museum photo D Ramey Logan.jpg|thumb|The National Guard Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.]] | [[File:National Guard Memorial Museum photo D Ramey Logan.jpg|thumb|The National Guard Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.]] | ||
[[File:161117-Z-II459-011 (30807248800).jpg|thumb|A South Carolina Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook supporting the South Carolina Forestry Commission to contain a remote fire near the top of Pinnacle Mountain in Pickens County, South Carolina, November 17, 2016]] | [[File:161117-Z-II459-011 (30807248800).jpg|thumb|A South Carolina Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook supporting the South Carolina Forestry Commission to contain a remote fire near the top of Pinnacle Mountain in Pickens County, South Carolina, November 17, 2016]] | ||
National Guard units played a major role in providing security and assisting recovery efforts in the aftermath of the | National Guard units played a major role in providing security and assisting recovery efforts in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001 and [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/44368/hurricane_katrina_response_national_guards_finest_hour|title=Hurricane Katrina response: National Guard's finest hour|last=Orrell|first=John|date=August 27, 2010|website=[[United States Army]]|access-date=September 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ang.af.mil/Media/Article-Display/Article/2772122/national-guard-members-reflect-on-911-experiences/|title=National Guard members reflect on 9/11 experiences|last=Smith|first=Erich|date=September 13, 2021|website=[[Air National Guard]]|access-date=September 26, 2024}}</ref> | ||
In 2005, National Guard members and reservists were said to comprise a larger percentage of frontline fighting forces than in any war in U.S. history (about 43 percent in Iraq and 55 percent in Afghanistan).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www3.illinois.gov/PressReleases/showpressrelease.cfm?recnum=3783&subjectid=39|title=Nationwide Grassroots Drive To Aid Military Families Picks Up Steam|date=March 22, 2005|website=Illinois.gov{{Snd}} Illinois Government News Network (IGNN)}}</ref> There were more than 183,366 National Guard members and reservists on active duty nationwide who left behind about 300,000 dependents, according to U.S. Defense Department statistics. In 2011, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. stated that "Every Guard brigade has deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and over 300,000 Guardsmen have deployed in this war."<ref>{{cite web |last=Salzer |first=Darron |title=Casey: National Guard very different today than 30 years ago |publisher=National Guard Bureau |url=http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2011/03/030411-Casey.aspx |access-date=March 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722212113/http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2011/03/030411-Casey.aspx |archive-date=July 22, 2011}}</ref> | In 2005, National Guard members and reservists were said to comprise a larger percentage of frontline fighting forces than in any war in U.S. history (about 43 percent in Iraq and 55 percent in Afghanistan).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www3.illinois.gov/PressReleases/showpressrelease.cfm?recnum=3783&subjectid=39|title=Nationwide Grassroots Drive To Aid Military Families Picks Up Steam|date=March 22, 2005|website=Illinois.gov{{Snd}} Illinois Government News Network (IGNN)}}</ref> There were more than 183,366 National Guard members and reservists on active duty nationwide who left behind about 300,000 dependents, according to U.S. Defense Department statistics. In 2011, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. stated that "Every Guard brigade has deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and over 300,000 Guardsmen have deployed in this war."<ref>{{cite web |last=Salzer |first=Darron |title=Casey: National Guard very different today than 30 years ago |publisher=National Guard Bureau |url=http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2011/03/030411-Casey.aspx |access-date=March 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722212113/http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2011/03/030411-Casey.aspx |archive-date=July 22, 2011}}</ref> | ||