TY - BOOK AU - Mooney,Carla TI - U.S. National Guard: always ready, always there T2 - Freedom forces SN - 1621698238 (pbk.) PY - 2014/// CY - Vero Beach, Fla. PB - Rourke Educational Media KW - United States KW - National Guard KW - Juvenile literature N1 - Includes index N2 - Who protected the Americans before the Army, Navy, and Air Force? The National Guard is the oldest U.S. military branch. Find out what it takes to train and acquire the skills needed to be a Guard member. Action packed photos of real occurrences and interesting facts allow students to analyze and determine meaning of the text. This title allows students to determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone ER -