Federal Service

Federal Service is a term applied to United States National Guard members and units when called to active duty to serve the federal government under Article I, Section 8 and Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution and the US Code, title 10 (Department of Defense), sections 12401 to 12408.

Famous quotes containing the words federal and/or service:

    “The proposed Constitution ... is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    “The Service without Hope
    Is tenderest, I think—
    ...
    There is no Diligence like that
    That knows not an Until—”
    —Emily Dickinson (1831–1886)