From the Smoky Mountain News:
The National Guard 210th and 211th Military Police Companies from Western North Carolina were recently placed “on alert.”
The National Guard uses the “on alert” status as a way to forewarn companies and their families that they may be needed for a mission or deployment. The 211th unit is based in Haywood County and the 210th in Macon County.
“It just means that they have the potential of being mobilized. That doesn’t necessarily mean that they will be used,” said Cpt. Rick Scoggins, a spokesman with the North Carolina National Guard.