“Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.

Army Times

Wouldn’t it make more sense to let the National Guard come home and do this, isn’t it what they were trained for?