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Most US cops, in the face of real opposition, would be about as brave as Uvalde police during a school shooting. I mean, sure, if the cartels were made up of a couple of grannies, or some protesting students, they'd be all over it like Trump on a 13 year old. But they're not.
The police have overwhelming force. There are a lot of them, they can call for backup, more cops, to national guard. They have militarized gear, military surplus, and the national guards have real military gear to a degree. Even then they could call for help from people and form militias. The cartels wouldn't stand a chance.
The national guard is the military, they have military gear. Just straight up, access to all the military gear that exists. They have the same jobs, and training and same equipment as the active duty counterpart.
The national guard is under the control of the states, excepting presidents commandeering them in an emergency. They also are like weekend warriors, people that live in the state and are like part time. The military is people that are on full time terms, outside the areas they live in, and with vastly more advanced gear. But yeah they both are military but not the same at all.
Active duty marines or army in the streets is quite different than national guard.
This is the Army National Guard, they are by design held to the same training duty standards as their active duty counterpart. If we were talking about the army reserves I could see your point, as they don’t have combat roles, but the National Guard does. There is no marine corp national guard, there is however a marine reserve, which is again a different thing still than the national guard.
They have the same uniforms, the same service name tapes, use the same equipment, basic and advanced training, deploy to the same areas overseas to do the same jobs. They are also subject to UCMJ when in uniform. Can go even go active duty upon to request.
It’s literally not that different