Arkansas State Guard
As a military unit trained and funded solely by the state, it was immune to federal activation and deployment, unlike the National Guard.States which wanted to maintain a military force in order to protect against invasion, sabotage, riots, natural or man-made disasters while their National Guard was deployed were forced to create independent units solely under state control.[7] During the war, the Arkansas State Guard was called into service on several occasions, primarily for protection of infrastructure against saboteurs, disaster recovery, and aiding in searches for missing persons.The missions assigned to the Guard included:[8] One of the largest deployments occurred after a flood along the Arkansas river in May 1943.The State Guard was again called on to perform similar duties during flooding on the Arkansas and Ouachita rivers in April 1945.