Deployment means National Guard members arrive in any U.S. commercial airport on official deployment orders, under State Active Duty (SAD), Title 32, or Title 10 activation, for operational missions (not routine training), with actual presence in any U.S. commercial airport, not merely assigned or in transit.

The following constitutes deployment and resolves YES:

• Governor activates Guard with deployment to any U.S. commercial airport
• Guard units arrive in any U.S. commercial airport on emergency orders
• Federal activation placing Guard in any U.S. commercial airport
• Inter-state Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) deployment to any U.S. commercial airport
• Pre-positioned Guard units activated for operations in any U.S. commercial airport
• Any number of Guard members (even one) officially deployed

The following does NOT constitute deployment and resolves NO:

• Deployment announcements without actual arrival
• Guard placed on standby/alert status only
• Units staged outside any U.S. commercial airport without entering
• Training exercises or routine drills
• Guard members traveling through any U.S. commercial airport to another destination
• Planning/assessment teams without follow-on deployment
• Off-duty Guard members acting as civilians
• Guard at permanent facilities (armories) not on deployment orders
• Recruitment or community relations activities
• Canceled deployments that never materialize

Special provisions:

• At least one Guard member must physically arrive in any U.S. commercial airport.
• Deployment must be for operational purposes, not training.
• If deployment is announced then canceled before arrival, resolves NO.
• Presence for transit only doesn't count.
• Re-deployment of already-present units to new locations within any U.S. commercial airport counts only if they were not previously on deployment orders.
• Both Army National Guard and Air National Guard deployments count.
• Federal military (non-Guard) deployments do not count.