Title 32 was born Aug. 10, 1956 For purposes of laws relating to the Militia, the National Guard, the Army National Guard of the United States, and the Air National Guard of the United States, however the actual force is dated back to Dec. 13, 1636.   A volunteer citizen force that will respond to civil unrest, natural disasters, labor strikes, wars, health emergencies and riots.   September 11, 2001 changed the world and the Title 32 soldier changed with it.  The Title 32 soldier is the nurse in your hospital or the police officer that pulled you over.  The Title 32 soldier sat next to you at work on Friday in a suit and Saturday bloused their boots.  After September 11, 2001, the Title 32 soldier was used fundamentally different from the first Gulf War and other previous wars in their heavy dependence on the National Guard and reserves and in the pace of deployments in support of OIF and OEF.  In 2009 the National Library of Medicine determined the Title 32 soldier at the end of OIF had 304,631 deployments, a 90% deployment rate to the congressionally mandated strength at 360,000.  A figure that not including the more than 50,000 troops in support of the Gulf States following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.  

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The Title 32 soldier is the Nasty Guard, The Weekend Warrior, Part Time Pilot, Rent-A-Grunt and just twisted enough to enjoy it and work in the civilian world.