This really going to go down? "this" being America

[John]

It is? This is talking about an active Army brigade being assigned to home, not national guard.

Sounds more like they're making them do a NG equivalent while they're home. Probably because all our National Guard are in Iraq. :?

Yes and no. The military has been an active participant (although not entirely disclosed) in natural disasters for some time. The purpose of the latest legislation is aimed at granting them more "official" authority to do so, provide a domestic deployment option (to minimize time away from families), and give our armed forces more "humanitarian" training.