
Story by Capt. Andrew Layton May 30, 2023 at 05:48PM CAMP ĀDAŽI, Latvia – The National Guard is an organization of citizen-soldiers. For most of the year, its members have civilian occupations – some are firefighters, police officers, teachers, mechanics and electricians – but when military duty calls, they drop everything to put on their uniforms and support U.S. national security interests.
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