Reply #91: Yes. I misspelled a word. That is not relevant to this discussion.

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she enlisted to change her mos into the medical field--why you ask?

I don't remember asking.

The oath also includes the "and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice"

That includes deploying to a war zone with the rest of your unit. Even if you are having a hard time arranging for someone to care for your child.

You seem to think that the duty of the National Guard is to make sandbags during floods. Though they are often used during natural disasters here in the US, their first responsibility is war. It isn't to clean up after tornadoes or to put out brush fires.