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Subject: Re: National Guard and Reserves
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Date: 27 Mar 89 02:18:23 GMT
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Kneton A. Hoover writes:
>most countries have a civil guard in addition to the
>regular reserves (example: FRG).

I think you are mistaken with this sentence. The only thing I can think 
of that has a name like 'civil guard' is the german 
'Zivilschutz' (civil protection) which is part of the 'KatS' (Katastrophen 
Schutz - catastrophe prot.). This is a civilian, UNARMED service that has a 
helping function in case of large scale emergencies like forestfires maybe
plane crashes or train accidents. Parts of those units also give assistance to
other countries in case of emergencies. But it is in no way a military
unit, on the contrary: Germany (FRG) has a draft law with the option for
conscientious objectors to perform other, non-military, civil services like 
Zivilschutz. 

If you did mean something else ( which I don't know that might be ) please
let me know and throw the above in the ....

Reiner