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>I actually think the National Guard would welcome any help they can get, I know a lot of them browse /k/. if it goes mega SHTF and US government is gone completely they would have no reason to push us away.
Except, that is not how Continuity of Government works.
The US Government wouldn't just disappear. Since the Eisenhower Administration the US Government has dumped TRILLIONS into Continuity of Government (COG) on all levels. Once the flag goes up, all government offices will transfer to their hardened facilities, with essential personnel in tow.
The National Command Authority (POTUS, VPOTUS, SecDef, SecState) once nestled into their new abode, would declare a National Emergency and Martial Law, thus giving control of US infrastructure over to the Military.
In between the time of “the incident” and the NCA declaring a National Emergency, State Governors and Adjutant Generals would be mobilizing their Guard units and other assets (Law Enforcement, Emergency Services, Emergency Management, ect…) to predetermined staging/marshalling areas. Once the NCA declares a National Emergency/Martial Law, Combined Arms Guard units would secure whatever was deemed Strategic Infrastructure at the State or National level. This includes dams, locks, roadway, rail lines, petroleum reserves/storage, munitions plants/stockpiles, refineries, bridges, water reservoirs/aqueducts, food production facilities/warehouses, airports, ports, ect… as outlined in Presidential Directive
Currently, some 50,500 miles of rail and road fall into the Strategic Highway Network (STRAHNET) and Strategic Rail Corridor Network (STRACNET). These lengths would fall under the control of the Department of Defense and would be considered Strategic Infrastructure.
Within seventy-two hours, the XVIII Airborne Corps, various NORTHCOM assets, and others within the Rapid Deployment Force (battalions of the 75th Rangers and various Marine Expeditionary Units, within CONUS) would be deployed to Power Projection Platforms and Power Support Platforms around the country (Priority 1 installations), then deployed to bolster Guard units and secure additional facilities.
Initially, a structure like a dam would have a unit no smaller than a company deployed to secure it. Broken down, (lets say an Infantry Company) you're looking at three rifle platoons, a heavy weapons section, mortars section, ect… depending on the priority of the dam (or whatever the structure may be) an entire Brigade Combat Team could be deployed or at the very least have it with the Brigade Area-of-Operations, this allowing the company at the dam, not only their company -evel support, but battalion-level Fires, FACC/JTAC, Intelligence, ect…
Following right along with the “help them” theme.
The Guard isn't going to look at a group of 25-50 Cold War-era gear clad, Mosin griping innawoods dwellers as “help”. “Local Militia” is what you'd be labeled and depending on what intelligence has to say, and what orders have come down the line, could be considered hostile or at the very least a nuisance to unit operations. (The browsing of /k/ by the minuscule amount of Guardsman or any military members for that matter has no effect on policy, doctrine, or directives)
The most that'll happen, assuming intel (along with policy and directives) have determined you to be benign in terms of a threat, is they'll pump you for information regarding the local area (HUMINT), maybe toss some MREs at you, and tell you to keep out of the local AO.
If you're deemed hostile. You stand no chance, not even enough of one to form a cohesive thought about taking a defensive posture.
Now, this is assuming that whoever in the Chain-of-Command hasn't decided upon their on cognizance to disarm the civil populace by force beforehand. If that's the case, you're royally fucked. The only way around this is to keep out of the public eye at all times from the beginning, which is what you should be doing to begin with (OPSEC/PERSEC).
This is all assuming the “event” is something minute like an economic collapse or social breakdown, rather than a Scalar Weapon, Nuclear Conflict, or some other major catastrophe you can manage to not be burned, blinded, or killed by.