I'm pretty sure most National Guard in different states have done these "civil defense" things since the ghetto riots and student protests of the 1960s.
No they were way underfunded then, especially in the 70's and 80's.
I don't know about that. There was also the Cold War worst case scenario ones they did that were pretty vast. Post-9/11 they've gotten a lot more money and toys (compared to the 1990s) and have been having fun tho
all they're doing is running out of a helicopter
thats scary?