Deployment means National Guard members arrive in the location 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 the location, not merely assigned or in transit. <p>The following constitutes deployment and resolves YES: Governor activates Guard with deployment to the location, Guard units arrive in the location on emergency orders, Federal activation placing Guard in the location, Inter-state Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) deployment to the location, pre-positioned Guard units activated for operations in the location, or any number of Guard members (even one) officially deployed.</p> <p>The following does NOT constitute deployment and resolves NO: deployment announcements without actual arrival, Guard placed on standby/alert status only, units staged outside the location without entering, training exercises or routine drills, Guard members traveling through the location 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, or canceled deployments that never materialize.</p> <p>Special provisions: At least one Guard member must physically arrive in the location. 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 the location 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.</p>