Like, I know it's not unheard of.

But I was thinking, and I don't know all that much about the military hierarchy

but isn't it weird that the federal government is bypassing using the actual army for protection and using the national guard?

I thought national guard was meant to act supplementary to the army?

(I'm not implying anything, I'm just trying to figure out if it's weird, or I'm just not well-informed)