Yes, good point. Deploying the National Guard is really expensive for a state.  Especially if you have them on orders for more than 30 days.  Then you have to pay not only base pay, but housing allowance and other limited benefits.  Not a good use of money IMO.  It’s probably cheaper to hire random idiots to do this.    Fortunately for the entire country, the Pentagon doesn’t want to pay out for NG troops past the 89 day threshold.  I think healthcare benefits kick in at 90 days (although anybody who wants to deal with TRICARE is welcome to try).  Title 10 across the country is going to get cut off in June.