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ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Army National Guard mean?
• ARMY NATIONAL GUARD (noun)
The noun ARMY NATIONAL GUARD has 1 sense:
1. a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies
Familiarity information: ARMY NATIONAL GUARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Army National Guard; ARNG
Hypernyms ("Army National Guard" is a kind of...):
home reserve; National Guard (United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Holonyms ("Army National Guard" is a part of...):
Army; U. S. Army; United States Army; US Army; USA (the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare)
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