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The National Guard

May 01, 201819 minTranscript available on Metacast
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Episode description

Miranda Summers Lowe, Military Curator at the Smithsonian and active National Guard soldier, tells us the history of the Guard, the process for calling them out, and what sets them apart from other branches of the USAF. 

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