Air National Guard

A massive California Air National Guard tanker dives into a Pacific Palisades canyon full of smoke, as the ground below rushes up and fills the windshield.

While he worked at an Air National Guard base, Teixeira obtained materials including maps, satellite images and intelligence on US allies, and then posted those documents to an online platform popular with gamers.

More than 6,700 Army and Air National Guard members from 16 states are assisting with the on-the-ground response, according to the National Guard.

Some terminated their service unimpressively, an example being former President George W. Bush, who trained as a pilot but never saw combat and whose service ended in a cushy Air National Guard billet.

Like many privileged young men looking to avoid combat in Vietnam, Bush had served in the Texas Air National Guard.