Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube
The problem is that in the event of a revolution, the NG would fall apart. There would be loyalists, and revolutionaries, who would be in command? People could desert, but they wouldn't be in the NG any more.
Just like the active army in such a case - so fears of a great federal military presence is really not well founded. Just look at the Civil War period. A good portion of the active military split and went to the south.

It's not as if the NG would up and defend the state in an organized fashion from the people who are supposed to be giving them orders.
One must understand how the National Guard is organized


The National Guard of the State of Oregon command structure is the same as every other state. The Oregon National Guard is commanded by The Adjunant General of the State of Oregon. The TAG works directly for the govenor of your state. The TAG also has a dotted line to the National Guard Chief in Washington. The units within the State also have two lines of command. The Infantry units in Oregon are part of an enhanced Infantry Brigade that a Brigade Commander commands. THe one star general must is an officer of the Oregon National Guard first and then has a dotted line chain of command to an active duty division. Only when the unit is activated by the Federal Government does it fall under Federal control. Other then the 2 week Annual Training period the National Guard Units are completely controlled by the state.