National Guard

National Guard
The National Guard is a reserve military unit utilized by the United States of America and serves as a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. The National Guard has branches in all fifty states as well as the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam. Unlike the United States Army, members of the National Guard serve on a part-time basis either as an active guard or a reserve guard. The primary function of the National Guard is to supplement military forces of other branches of the Armed Forces during a national emergency, which may include terrorist attacks, and/or natural disasters.

Marvel Comics
At the beginning of the modern Age of Heroes, the National Guard was put on alert when several atomic research plants were destroyed after the buildings fell into unexpected cave-ins. The National Guard coordinated their efforts with the country's new adventure quartet, the Fantastic Four, who determined that these incidents were caused by the actions of a mysterious figure known as the Mole Man.