| Noun | 1. | Army National Guard - a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergenciesarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" home reserve, National Guard - United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either U. S. Army, United States Army, US Army, USA, Army - the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare |