Re: Does the USA have a "war measures act"?
PD...in my father's lengthy fatigue-wearing career, he went from US Army to full time Connecticut National Guard back to US Army. He spent a lot of time in downtown Hartford during the riots.
"National" Guard is sort of a misnomer, actually, as they do belong to the states are are called out on a state-by-state-by-situation basis.
Occasionally, they even get to do fun stuff. I remember my father being particularly proud of building things. (He also liked tanks and big trucks, but I truly believe that if the Tonka Company had been hiring he would have taken a completely different career path.)
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