National Guard & Reserve Hats

The National Guard dates to 1636, and its recruiting slogan is the most famous promise in the military: one weekend a month, two weeks a year. As one writer put it, they did not mention the three-week annual training, the mobilization or the surprise drills. About 41 percent of the units deployed to Iraq in 2005 were Guard units, and the Guard has been mobilized every year since 2020 for domestic crises. Every member also holds a civilian job, which is why the Defense Department runs ESGR to mediate between employers and Guard and Reserve members. These National Guard and Army Reserve hats are written for that double life. The badges cover what people type into the search box: NATIONAL GUARD, ARMY RESERVE and AIR NATIONAL GUARD, plus CITIZEN SOLDIER and WEEKEND WARRIOR, the two names the community answers to and puts on its memes. The sentence designs carry the in-group jokes: the one weekend a month they were promised, the two bosses who are both annoyed, and being only a little in the Army. This page is about part-time service, distinct from the general Veteran Hats and from Military Spouse Hats. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. Choose one for drill weekend, or give one to the Guard member in your family who answers to two bosses.