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NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units
Synonyms:
National Guard Bureau; NGB
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("National Guard Bureau" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("National Guard Bureau" is a part of...):
home reserve; National Guard (United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either)