Colledge announced he’s joining the Army National Guard on Twitter on Tuesday.
Since I know little about the military, I was somewhat curious of the distinction between the Army and the Army National Guard.
Not that I’m trying to belittle his service, but there’s pretty substantial difference between regular Army and Army National Guard. The latter is more like the Army Reserves, in that they are not active-duty military. Although they can be deployed in an emergency and often are, the National Guard is usually the crew called in when there’s a natural disaster or something like Ferguson happens.