After signing a contract for National Guard for 6 years, when the contract expires are you considered active?

Question

Also, when your contract is up are you a free person or can still be called for? I'm just confused on how all this National Guard stuff works. Just wondering.

Answer 1

  Following your term of service in the National Guard your service is over unless you re-up, the same as the regular forces, however you can be federalized by an act of the President and placed on temp. Active service this was done in the Korean War. The reserves and National Guard were made active duty. Now they just get called up to serve with the regular forces but stay with their home units.  

Answer 2

You will still have two years left in the Inactive Reserves, which is where you don't attend drill or get paid, but you can still be called to duty.

Answer 3

When you sign a contract you are signing an eight year contract. regardless of whether you take 6 years active or 2 years. If you take 6 years you will then have 2 years inactive reserves in which they can call you back during that time. If you take two years active, you are then inactive reserves for six years.