"State National Guards can carry out a variety of duties in response to natural disasters and times of crisis, and that can include crowd control. They can also be armed for specific missions but can use their weapons in self-defense, just like all military personnel.
National Guardsmen are trained in crowd control techniques and use visored helmets, shields, batons -- techniques designed to minimize any escalations in violence."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/national-g...ry?id=70953206
https://www.dvidshub.net/image/61186...ntrol-training
https://kentuckyguard.dodlive.mil/20...aining-a-riot/
Ohio National Guard Crowd Control Training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGAlwcL6Ox8
They were training for a riot. Hundreds of California Army National Guard military police,
https://www.army.mil/article/178615/...young_visitors
See also FM 3-19.15
Oh here:
Army crowd control training via google:
https://www.google.com/search?ei=WJL...cv9BXkQ4dUDCAw