Two soldiers from the Ohio State Defense Force recently participated in the Norwegian Ruck March. The Challenge involves a 18.6-mile Foot March with a 25-pound ruck pack while wearing their full boots and uniform. Troops who complete the march in the resp ...
One of the most physically and mentally demanding professions in the military is that of MOS 92G Army Culinary Specialist. These troops wake up long before reveille to ensure a hot breakfast is waiting for the hungry troops. They spent the rest of the day ...
1st Lieutenant Christopher Beck of the Texas State Guard was recently awarded the United States Military Purple Heart. 1st. LT Beck served in Operation Iraqi Freedom III and while medically evacuating an injured soldier he he was injured when a mortar rou ...
Yesterday was a big day for Staff Sergeant Bernadette Ramirez of the California State Guard (State Defense Force). She was awarded the President Volunteer Service Award for serving nearly 1400 hours in 2021. She was then presented with the California Stat ...
One of the key training courses New York Guard troops underwent during their Annual Training week was Engineering Field Operations. This training event focused on responding to emergency and disaster events. As the New York Guard is called on more and mor ...
The Georgia State Defense Force is celebrating 37 years of continuous service to the State of Georgia and the United States this week. The origins of the Defense Force can be traced back to units in the early 1700's. Its official birthday begins in 1917 w ...
The 2022 New York Guard (State Defense Force) Initial Entry Training class went through a multitude of training courses during their weeklong basic training. One of those sessions included a STOP THE BLEED course where the recruits learned how to quickly ...
The 2nd Brigade of the Texas State Guard (State Defense Force) have recently spent many of their weekend training drills developing their Search & Rescue (SAR) skillset. Between classroom instruction and in the field exercises they are ensuring their ...
The Georgia State Defense Force recently held a ceremony to recognize and congratulate the new class of Officers that recently graduated from the Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC). The Officers can now remove their training O.C.S. ranks and replace t ...
After spending days working on the revamp of the StateDefenseForce.com Online Store we are proud to unveil the new web store today. Since we recently re-organized our company with the State Guard & Defense Force Council being the parent branch of Sta ...
