Careers

Attorney Interest Roster

Position Type: Independent Attorney Network / As-Needed Legal Services
Location: Remote, with attorneys licensed in participating states and territories
Compensation: Determined separately for each engagement
Current Opening: Ongoing

The Office of Government & Legislative Affairs is developing a nationwide network of attorneys who may be available to provide legal guidance, representation, legislative analysis, or other professional services when laws, regulations, policies, directives, or government actions affect a State Defense Force.

We are seeking attorneys licensed to practice in the following jurisdictions:

Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

This is not an immediate employment offer, guaranteed assignment, or standing retainer. Attorneys who submit their information will be included in a confidential professional contact roster maintained by the Office of Government & Legislative Affairs. When a legal or legislative issue arises in their jurisdiction, qualified attorneys may be contacted to discuss their availability, experience, potential conflicts of interest, scope of representation, and proposed fees.

Potential Matters

Attorneys in the network may be contacted regarding matters such as:

– Reviewing proposed legislation affecting a State Defense Force or its personnel

– Analyzing military department policies, regulations, directives, or administrative actions

– Advising on state constitutional, statutory, administrative, employment, or military-law issues

– Assisting with legislative testimony, legal memoranda, public comments, or formal correspondence

– Advising on benefits, compensation, employment protections, workers’ compensation, educational assistance, or State Active Duty matters

– Responding to proposals that may improperly restrict, weaken, misrepresent, reorganize, or eliminate a State Defense Force

– Providing representation or referring the organization to appropriate counsel when litigation or administrative action becomes necessary

Preferred Qualifications

Applicants should:

– Hold an active license and be in good standing in at least one of the listed jurisdictions

– Have an interest in State Defense Forces, state military organizations, veterans’ affairs, public service, or legislative advocacy

– Be willing to consider occasional consultations or project-based legal engagements

– Be able to conduct an independent conflict-of-interest review before accepting any matter

– Maintain all applicable professional, ethical, confidentiality, and licensing requirements

Experience in administrative law, constitutional law, government relations, legislative affairs, military law, employment law, nonprofit law, civil litigation, or state government is helpful but not required.

Compensation and Engagement

Participation in the Attorney Interest Roster does not create an attorney-client relationship, employment relationship, partnership, or obligation to accept future work. No attorney-client relationship will be formed unless and until the attorney and the appropriate organization execute a separate written engagement agreement.

Depending on the matter and available funding, engagements may be paid, reduced-fee, or pro bono. Compensation, expenses, responsibilities, and the scope of representation will be discussed and agreed upon before any legal services begin.

Information to Submit

Interested attorneys should provide:

– Full name and professional title
– Law firm or organization, if applicable
– Email address and telephone number
– State or territory of licensure
– Bar admission status and year admitted
– Primary areas of legal practice
– Brief professional biography or résumé
– Jurisdictions in which services may be provided
– Whether paid, reduced-fee, or pro bono matters may be considered
– Any relevant experience involving legislation, government agencies, military organizations, emergency management, veterans, or nonprofit organizations

About the Office

The Office of Government & Legislative Affairs advocates for the creation, preservation, modernization, and expansion of State Defense Forces throughout the United States. The Office supports legislation and policies that strengthen these organizations and provide meaningful benefits and protections to their service members. It also monitors and responds to legislation, policies, directives, reports, and public proposals that may weaken, restrict, misrepresent, or eliminate State Defense Forces.

Attorneys interested in supporting this mission are encouraged to submit their professional information for future consideration.

Please note: Submitting information does not guarantee that an attorney will be contacted or retained. The Office will independently evaluate each matter, available funding, jurisdictional requirements, qualifications, and potential conflicts before requesting legal services.

Ready to Apply?

Interested in joining the State Guard & Defense Force Council team?

Please email your application materials to:

[email protected]

Include the position title you are applying for in the subject line.

Please Include

• Résumé — required
• Cover Letter –  (optional)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) – (optional)
• LinkedIn profile – (optional)
• Professional portfolio or website (optional), if relevant
• Writing samples, policy papers, published articles, design work, or other work samples,  optional and position-dependent
• Professional references — optional at the initial application stage

In the body of your email, please include:

• Your full name
• State of residence
• Best phone number to reach you
• The position you are applying for
• A brief introduction explaining your interest in the position
• Any relevant military, government, nonprofit, legislative, communications, research, legal, technical, or professional experience that may not be fully reflected in your resume

Suggested Email Subject

Application – [Position Title] – [Your Name]

Applications will be reviewed based on the requirements and needs of each position. Submission of application materials does not guarantee employment, appointment, volunteer placement, contracting, or other engagement with the State Guard & Defense Force Council.

The Office of Government & Legislative Affairs is seeking a Part-Time Legislative Advocacy Coordinator to support efforts to create, strengthen, and expand State Defense Forces through state legislation.

The coordinator will communicate with lawmakers, legislative staff, government officials, and partner organizations to educate them about proposed State Defense Force legislation and encourage support for bills that strengthen these organizations and their service members. The position will also assist with legislative research, advocacy materials, bill development, and public progress updates.

Primary Responsibilities
– Contact state legislators and legislative staff by telephone and email.

– Explain the purpose, provisions, and potential benefits of proposed State Defense Force legislation.

– Schedule or participate in meetings with lawmakers, staff members, and other stakeholders.

– Assist with researching existing laws, drafting legislative proposals, and reviewing bills and amendments.

– Track bill introductions, committee assignments, hearings, votes, amendments, and other legislative developments.

– Prepare regular progress reports and updates for the organization’s website, Patreon community, and supporters.

– Coordinate advocacy campaigns encouraging public and organizational support for priority legislation.

– Maintain accurate records of legislative contacts, communications, commitments, and follow-up actions.

– Ensure advocacy activities comply with applicable lobbying, disclosure, ethics, and nonprofit requirements.

This is a part-time position requiring several hours of work each week, with additional availability sometimes needed during active legislative sessions, committee hearings, or important votes. The ideal candidate will be professional, dependable, comfortable speaking by telephone, and strongly committed to advancing the State Defense Force mission.

About the Office

The Office of Government & Legislative Affairs advocates for the creation, preservation, modernization, and expansion of State Defense Forces throughout the United States. The Office supports legislation and policies that strengthen these organizations and provide meaningful benefits and protections to their service members. It also monitors and responds to legislation, policies, directives, reports, and public proposals that may weaken, restrict, misrepresent, or eliminate State Defense Forces.

Ready to Apply?

Interested in joining the State Guard & Defense Force Council team?

Please email your application materials to:

[email protected]

Include the position title you are applying for in the subject line.

Please Include

• Résumé — required
• Cover Letter –  (optional)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) – (optional)
• LinkedIn profile – (optional)
• Professional portfolio or website (optional), if relevant
• Writing samples, policy papers, published articles, design work, or other work samples,  optional and position-dependent
• Professional references — optional at the initial application stage

In the body of your email, please include:

• Your full name
• State of residence
• Best phone number to reach you
• The position you are applying for
• A brief introduction explaining your interest in the position
• Any relevant military, government, nonprofit, legislative, communications, research, legal, technical, or professional experience that may not be fully reflected in your resume

Suggested Email Subject

Application – [Position Title] – [Your Name]

Applications will be reviewed based on the requirements and needs of each position. Submission of application materials does not guarantee employment, appointment, volunteer placement, contracting, or other engagement with the State Guard & Defense Force Council.

The Office of Government & Legislative Affairs is seeking Volunteer Grassroots Outreach Representatives to help educate residents about proposed State Guard and State Defense Force legislation in their state.

Volunteers will contact residents to explain the legislation, answer basic questions using approved informational materials, and encourage supporters to respectfully contact their state delegate, representative, or senator. This position plays an important role in demonstrating public support and ensuring lawmakers hear directly from the constituents they represent.

Primary Responsibilities
– Call residents within states where State Defense Force legislation is being considered.

– Provide clear and accurate information about the proposed bill and its intended purpose.

– Encourage interested residents to contact their state legislators and respectfully request support for the legislation.

– Provide residents with publicly available legislator contact information and approved talking points.

– Record outreach results, questions, concerns, and expressions of support.

– Refer detailed legislative or policy questions to the Legislative Advocacy Coordinator.

– Participate in brief training sessions and follow approved outreach scripts and communication standards.

– Represent the organization professionally, respectfully, and without pressuring residents.

This is an unpaid volunteer position that generally requires making several dozen telephone calls each week during the state legislative session, typically between January and May. Volunteers should be comfortable speaking with members of the public, able to follow established scripts, and committed to courteous, factual, and responsible advocacy.

Benefits:

After orientation and first 25 completed calls
– Digital volunteer certificate

– Office of Government & Legislative Affairs lapel pin, patch, or decal

– Recognition on a volunteer honor roll, with permission

After 100 properly documented calls:

– One free item from SDFOnlineStore.com, up to a stated value

– Personalized letter of appreciation

– Volunteer service-hours verification

After 250 calls:

– Second free store item from SDFOnlineStore.com, up to a stated value

– “Legislative Advocacy Volunteer” certificate or challenge coin

– Featured volunteer recognition on the website or Patreon

After 500 calls or completion of the legislative session:

– Third free store item, from SDFOnlineStore.com, up to a stated value

– Annual Distinguished Advocacy Volunteer Award

– Professional recommendation or reference letter

– Priority consideration for future paid advocacy positions

– Full General Benefit Tier for our StateDefenseForce.com Patreon

Ready to Apply?

Interested in joining the State Guard & Defense Force Council team?

Please email your application materials to:

[email protected]

Include the position title you are applying for in the subject line.

Please Include

• Résumé — required
• Cover Letter –  (optional)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) – (optional)
• LinkedIn profile – (optional)
• Professional portfolio or website (optional), if relevant
• Writing samples, policy papers, published articles, design work, or other work samples,  optional and position-dependent
• Professional references — optional at the initial application stage

In the body of your email, please include:

• Your full name
• State of residence
• Best phone number to reach you
• The position you are applying for
• A brief introduction explaining your interest in the position
• Any relevant military, government, nonprofit, legislative, communications, research, legal, technical, or professional experience that may not be fully reflected in your resume

Suggested Email Subject

Application – [Position Title] – [Your Name]

Applications will be reviewed based on the requirements and needs of each position. Submission of application materials does not guarantee employment, appointment, volunteer placement, contracting, or other engagement with the State Guard & Defense Force Council.

StateDefenseForce.com and the State Guard & Defense Force Council Office of Government & Legislative Affairsare seeking a Legislative Assistant to support the organization’s growing legislative, government-relations, policy, and public-outreach activities.

The Legislative Assistant will be responsible for preparing, sending, receiving, tracking, and organizing communications with State and Federal lawmakers, State Defense Forces, State Military Departments, military commands, government agencies, think tanks, defense-policy organizations, and other individuals and organizations involved in State Defense Force legislation and policy.

A major responsibility of this position will be ensuring that the Office of Government & Legislative Affairs maintains accurate and organized records of its communications, legislative activities, advocacy campaigns, constituent outreach, and follow-up requirements.

The Legislative Assistant will also assist with outreach campaigns to lawmakers and constituents and help coordinate the Volunteer Grassroots Outreach Representatives who support legislative advocacy initiatives throughout the United States.

This position requires strong organization, professionalism, attention to detail, good written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple ongoing legislative and administrative matters.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist the Office of Government & Legislative Affairs with legislative, governmental, policy, and administrative activities.

Legislative & Government Communications

Prepare, send, receive, and organize professional communications involving:

State Representatives and State Senators

Governors and other State Government officials

State Defense Forces / State Guards

State Military Departments

Adjutants General and senior military leadership

Members of the United States Congress

Congressional offices and committees

Federal Government agencies

The Department of War

The National Guard Bureau

U.S. Military Commands

Think tanks

Defense-policy organizations

Military and veterans organizations

Emergency-management and homeland-security organizations

Non-governmental organizations involved in defense and public policy

Other individuals and organizations involved in State Defense Force legislation, policy, missions, training, benefits, funding, and organizational development

Prepare and send professional emails to lawmakers, government officials, military officials, policy organizations, and other stakeholders.

Make telephone calls on behalf of the Office of Government & Legislative Affairs when assigned.

Receive and document incoming telephone calls and correspondence.

Prepare formal letters, legislative correspondence, policy documents, informational materials, and other professional communications.

Conduct follow-up communications when responses have not been received or additional information is required.

Ensure correspondence is professional, accurate, respectful, and consistent with the position and policies of the State Guard & Defense Force Council.

Refer unusual, sensitive, or significant communications to Office leadership when appropriate.

Communications Tracking & Recordkeeping

The Legislative Assistant will be responsible for helping maintain a comprehensive record of communications conducted by the Office of Government & Legislative Affairs.

Responsibilities include:

• Track outgoing and incoming legislative emails.

• Maintain records of telephone calls and significant conversations.

• Record the date, recipient, subject, and purpose of important communications.

• Catalog correspondence sent to or received from lawmakers, government agencies, State Military Departments, State Defense Forces, military commands, and policy organizations.

• Maintain organized records of physical mail and certified mail.

• Track when correspondence was sent, delivered, answered, returned, or requires additional follow-up.

• Maintain records relating to individual legislative, policy, research, and advocacy initiatives.

• Organize communications into appropriate documents, databases, spreadsheets, folders, or organizational systems.

• Ensure records can be easily located by Office leadership when needed.

• Identify unanswered communications and matters requiring follow-up.

• Maintain an accurate historical record of the Office of Government & Legislative Affairs’ legislative and governmental activities.

Accurate recordkeeping is a major component of this position because the Office may be engaged in numerous legislative and policy initiatives simultaneously across multiple States and at the Federal level.

Physical & Certified Mail

The Legislative Assistant will use approved online mailing services utilized by the organization to prepare and distribute physical and certified correspondence.

Responsibilities may include:

• Prepare official letters for mailing.

• Verify names, titles, offices, and mailing addresses before correspondence is sent.

• Submit correspondence through approved online mailing services.

• Send physical letters and documents.

• Send certified mail when required.

• Track certified-mail delivery status.

• Maintain proof-of-mailing and delivery records.

• Record returned, undeliverable, or unanswered correspondence.

• Notify Office leadership when important correspondence has been successfully delivered.

Legislative & Constituent Outreach Campaigns

The Legislative Assistant will assist in coordinating outreach campaigns involving lawmakers, government officials, State Defense Force personnel, and constituents.

Campaigns may involve efforts to:

• Build public support for beneficial State Defense Force legislation.

• Inform constituents about legislation affecting State Defense Forces and their personnel.

• Encourage constituents to respectfully contact their elected representatives regarding State Defense Force legislation.

• Inform the public about proposed policies that may negatively affect State Defense Force personnel, readiness, recruiting, retention, missions, or public safety.

• Advocate for legislation improving State Defense Force compensation.

• Advocate for legislation improving benefits and protections for State Defense Force personnel.

• Support efforts to strengthen State Defense Force training, missions, resources, equipment, and organizational readiness.

• Advocate for the preservation and expansion of State Defense Forces.

• Support efforts to establish State Defense Forces in States that currently do not maintain them.

• Assist with national and State-level legislative and policy initiatives developed by the Office of Government & Legislative Affairs.

The Legislative Assistant may assist in preparing:

• Constituent call scripts

• Legislative talking points

• Informational documents

• Email templates

• Physical-mail campaigns

• Contact lists

• Outreach instructions

• Campaign records

• Legislative updates

• Volunteer guidance materials

Grassroots Outreach Representative Management

The Legislative Assistant will help coordinate the organization’s Volunteer Grassroots Outreach Representatives.

Grassroots Outreach Representatives assist the Office of Government & Legislative Affairs by communicating with constituents and raising awareness of State Defense Force legislative and policy issues.

Responsibilities may include:

• Assign outreach initiatives to Volunteer Grassroots Outreach Representatives.

• Explain the objective of individual legislative campaigns.

• Provide approved talking points, scripts, documents, and instructions.

• Maintain communication with participating volunteers.

• Answer routine questions concerning assigned outreach activities.

• Track volunteer outreach activity and campaign progress.

• Maintain records of completed constituent contacts when required.

• Ensure volunteers follow approved messaging and organizational policies.

• Identify questions or problems requiring Office leadership attention.

• Help onboard new Grassroots Outreach Representatives.

• Assist with organizing larger constituent-outreach campaigns involving multiple volunteers.

• Help determine where additional volunteers may be needed based on legislative activity or geographic requirements.

The Legislative Assistant should maintain a professional and supportive relationship with volunteers while ensuring assigned outreach efforts remain organized and consistent with Office policy.

Legislative & Advocacy Standards

The Legislative Assistant should conduct all government and legislative communications professionally, accurately, and respectfully.

Communications with elected officials, government agencies, military organizations, constituents, and outside organizations should represent the State Guard & Defense Force Council in a professional manner.

The Legislative Assistant should distinguish between:

• Official organizational positions and personal opinions

• Legislative advocacy and partisan political activity

• Confirmed information and information still requiring verification

• Routine communications and matters requiring leadership approval

• Public information and internal or sensitive organizational information

• Matters that can be handled independently and matters requiring escalation

The Office of Government & Legislative Affairs is focused on State Defense Force legislation, policy, military readiness, personnel, benefits, organizational development, and related governmental matters rather than partisan political activity.

When a situation is unclear, the Legislative Assistant should preserve the relevant records and refer the matter to Office leadership.

The Legislative Assistant will be provided guidance regarding State Defense Forces, current legislative initiatives, organizational policies, correspondence standards, outreach procedures, and recordkeeping practices.

Desired Qualifications

The ideal candidate should demonstrate strong organization, reliability, professionalism, attention to detail, and written and verbal communication skills.

Professional legislative or government experience is beneficial but not required, and candidates who demonstrate good judgment, dependability, professionalism, and a willingness to learn are encouraged to apply.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Ability to professionally send and respond to emails.

• Strong written communication skills.

• Ability to prepare properly worded letters, documents, and correspondence for lawmakers, government agencies, military officials, and professional organizations.

• Ability to communicate professionally by telephone.

• Strong organizational and administrative skills.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Ability to maintain accurate records.

• Ability to manage multiple ongoing assignments simultaneously.

• Ability to track deadlines and follow-up requirements.

• Ability to identify unanswered correspondence or overdue actions.

• Ability to work independently after receiving instructions.

• Ability to follow established policies and procedures.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality when handling internal or sensitive communications.

• Good professional judgment when communicating with government and military officials.

• Basic proficiency with computers, email, word-processing software, spreadsheets, shared documents, and online services.

• Ability and willingness to learn new software and administrative systems.

• Ability to coordinate and communicate with volunteers.

• Good time-management skills.

• Ability to conduct basic research when necessary to identify lawmakers, committees, agencies, officials, organizations, or contact information.

Familiarity or experience with any of the following is beneficial but not required:

• Government

• Political science

• Public administration

• Legislative affairs

• Government relations

• Public policy

• Military affairs

• Military service

• Emergency management

• Homeland security

• Legal studies

• Nonprofit organizations

• Constituent services

• Advocacy organizations

• Administrative support

• Professional writing

• Research

• Volunteer coordination

Military service is not required.

Training and guidance regarding State Defense Forces, military terminology, legislative procedures, organizational standards, government communications, advocacy campaigns, and Office of Government & Legislative Affairs procedures will be provided.

This is a paid, part-time position. Compensation will be structured to remain competitive with comparable legislative support, government affairs, nonprofit advocacy, administrative, research, and professional communications positions.

This position is remote. Because legislative and government affairs activities may develop throughout the week, the Legislative Assistant should be able to regularly review correspondence, track responses, update records, communicate with volunteers, and identify matters requiring follow-up.

The position may be particularly well suited for individuals with experience or interest in government affairs, legislative offices, military organizations, veterans organizations, nonprofit advocacy, constituent services, public policy, political science, public administration, legal studies, administrative support, professional communications, research, or volunteer management.

Most importantly, StateDefenseForce.com is looking for someone who is dependable, organized, professional, attentive to detail, comfortable communicating with government and military officials, and committed to helping strengthen America’s State Defense Forces.

Benefits:

Industry-comparable compensation

• Compensation designed to remain competitive with comparable legislative support, government affairs, nonprofit advocacy, administrative, research, and professional communications work.

• Compensation provided for assigned Office of Government & Legislative Affairs responsibilities.

• Opportunities to increase compensation through additional approved duties, responsibilities, projects, or assignments.

After 3 months of continuous and positive work

• A MacBook Neo provided by StateDefenseForce.com for professional use, subject to the organization’s equipment-benefit terms.

• Continued eligibility for additional assignments and expanded responsibilities within StateDefenseForce.com and the Office of Government & Legislative Affairs.

StateDefenseForce.com Patreon access

• Full access to all content available through the StateDefenseForce.com Patreon Page — General Tier — Click Here For All The Benefits

State Defense Force Online Store benefit

• Eligibility to purchase merchandise available through SDFOnlineStore.com / The State Defense Force Online Store at cost.

• One no-cost item of your choosing every 3 months from The State Defense Force Online Store.

• Ability to request to having a custom apparel item or accessory designed specifically for you.

Advancement opportunities

• Priority consideration for future StateDefenseForce.com and State Guard & Defense Force Council positions for which the individual is qualified.

• Existing team members who demonstrate reliability, initiative, good judgment, leadership ability, professionalism, and consistently high-quality work may be considered before the organization begins a broader external candidate search.

• Potential advancement opportunities may include Senior Legislative Assistant, Legislative Affairs Coordinator, Government Affairs Coordinator, Legislative Researcher, Policy Researcher, Constituent Outreach Coordinator, Grassroots Outreach Manager, Legislative Program Manager, Government Relations positions, public affairs, organizational communications, research, State Guard Administration, assistant director positions, departmental leadership, and other StateDefenseForce.com or State Guard & Defense Force Council positions.

Service recognition

• Plaques, certificates, commemorative items, service awards, and other forms of recognition for sustained service to StateDefenseForce.com and the State Guard & Defense Force Council.

• Recognition for significant years-of-service milestones to StateDefenseForce.com.

• Additional recognition for exceptional contributions to the Office of Government & Legislative Affairs, StateDefenseForce.com, and the State Guard community.

Ready to Apply?

Interested in joining the State Guard & Defense Force Council team?

Please email your application materials to:

[email protected]

Include the position title you are applying for in the subject line.

Please Include

• Résumé — required
• Cover Letter –  (optional)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) – (optional)
• LinkedIn profile – (optional)
• Professional portfolio or website (optional), if relevant
• Writing samples, policy papers, published articles, design work, or other work samples,  optional and position-dependent
• Professional references — optional at the initial application stage

In the body of your email, please include:

• Your full name
• State of residence
• Best phone number to reach you
• The position you are applying for
• A brief introduction explaining your interest in the position
• Any relevant military, government, nonprofit, legislative, communications, research, legal, technical, or professional experience that may not be fully reflected in your resume

Suggested Email Subject

Application – [Position Title] – [Your Name]

Applications will be reviewed based on the requirements and needs of each position. Submission of application materials does not guarantee employment, appointment, volunteer placement, contracting, or other engagement with the State Guard & Defense Force Council.

StateDefenseForce.com is seeking a Social Media Moderator to help maintain a professional, respectful, factual, and mission-focused environment across StateDefenseForce.com social media communities.

The Social Media Moderator will be responsible for reviewing new participant requests, approving or declining submitted posts, monitoring member comments and discussions, enforcing established community rules, and helping ensure StateDefenseForce.com social media platforms remain focused on State Defense Forces, the U.S. military, military history, emergency management, and related subjects.

This position requires good judgment, consistency, professionalism, and the ability to enforce organizational rules impartially. The Moderator must be comfortable reviewing potentially controversial material, distinguishing legitimate military or State Guard discussion from prohibited political or hateful content, and taking appropriate moderation action when violations occur.

The Moderator will primarily oversee the StateDefenseForce.com Facebook Group and Discord Group while also monitoring comments and community activity on additional StateDefenseForce.com social media platforms and the organization’s Discord community.

Primary Responsibilities

– Moderate the StateDefenseForce.com Facebook Group and ensure members, posts, comments, and discussions comply with established group rules.

Participant Request Review

– Review new Facebook Group participant requests and available public profile information before approving admission to the community.

– Review publicly visible Facebook group affiliations and other relevant public information when necessary to determine whether an applicant appears to have an identifiable affiliation with radical or extremist organizations prohibited under StateDefenseForce.com community rules.

– Moderation decisions concerning prohibited organizations should be based on reasonably identifiable public evidence of organizational affiliation or activity rather than assumptions about an individual’s personal beliefs, background, identity, or political viewpoint.

– Preview posts submitted by prospective or existing members before publication when Facebook moderation tools allow.

– Determine whether proposed posts are relevant to State Defense Forces, State Guards, the U.S. military, state military departments, the National Guard, emergency management, military history, or other subjects permitted by StateDefenseForce.com.

– Approve participant requests and submitted posts when the applicant and content comply with StateDefenseForce.com community standards.

– Decline, remove, or refer content for administrative review when it violates established rules.

Facebook Discussion Group

– Monitor comments and discussions within the Facebook Group for rule violations, misinformation, personal attacks, political arguments, prohibited advertisements, unauthorized fundraising, or other inappropriate content.

– Issue warnings, suspensions, or recommendations for permanent bans according to the established StateDefenseForce.com enforcement process.

– Maintain appropriate records of significant warnings, suspensions, recurring violations, and permanent bans when required.

– Refer unusual, serious, unclear, or potentially sensitive moderation matters to StateDefenseForce.com leadership rather than making unsupported assumptions.

– Maintain a professional and impartial demeanor when communicating with members regarding moderation decisions.

StateDefenseForce.com Facebook Group Rules

The Social Media Moderator will enforce the following established community standards:

1. DO NOT POST ANY CONTENT THAT VIOLATES OPSEC

Members may not post information, photographs, documents, operational details, locations, schedules, or other material that may violate Operational Security requirements.

A State Defense Force or US Military organization’s authorized Public Affairs Office should be treated as the appropriate source for official distribution of operational news, photographs, and information.

When a user posts material reasonably believed to create an OPSEC concern should not be approved and should be referred to StateDefenseForce.com leadership when necessary.

Serious OPSEC violations may result in immediate removal and permanent exclusion from the group.

2. DO NOT POST Advertisements

Users may not post advertisements or links to commercial advertisements unless specifically authorized by StateDefenseForce.com administration.

This prohibition includes advertisements for private training courses, products, services, events, businesses, or other commercial activities unless prior approval has been provided.

3. DO NOT POST Hateful or Misleading Messages

Users may not post hateful, abusive, threatening, or deliberately inflammatory messages concerning other members, organizations, military personnel, government officials, public figures, or current or former Presidents.

Users may not knowingly distribute false or misleading information or present fabricated information as established fact.

Disagreement and respectful discussion may be permitted when relevant to the mission of the group, but personal attacks and hateful conduct are not permitted.

4. DO NOT POST Crowd Funded Campaigns

Users may not post links to crowdfunding campaigns such as GoFundMe, Kickstarter, or similar fundraising platforms without prior administrator approval.

Unauthorized fundraising posts should be declined or removed.

5. DO NOT POST Political News or Information

The StateDefenseForce.com community is intended to remain focused on State Defense Forces, military subjects, and related organizational matters rather than partisan political debate.

Users may not post, link, or share articles, videos, audio segments, memes, commentary, or other material primarily intended to promote or oppose a political party, candidate, ideological movement, or partisan political viewpoint.

Material involving legislation, government policy, elected officials, or military policy may still be relevant when directly connected to State Defense Forces, but discussions must remain focused on the substantive State Guard or military issue rather than partisan advocacy.

6. DO NOT LINK to Unauthorized Websites

Users can post links leading to:

– U.S. military organizations

– State and local government agencies

– Official State Defense Force or State Guard organizations

– State Military Departments

– National Guard organizations

– Established military associations and veterans organizations, such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars

Links to unrelated, questionable, unofficial, or prohibited websites should not be approved without administrator authorization.

7. NO MEMBERS WITH PROHIBITED EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Individuals may not use the StateDefenseForce.com community to promote, recruit for, coordinate with, or distribute material for violent extremist organizations, unlawful private militias, terrorist organizations, or other organizations prohibited by StateDefenseForce.com policy. Any such post will be immediately removed and the member banned,

When reviewing prospective participants, the Moderator may examine relevant publicly available information, including publicly visible Facebook group memberships, when permitted by the platform.

Moderation decisions should be based on identifiable conduct, public organizational affiliation, promotion, recruitment, or other reasonably verifiable evidence. Moderators should not attempt to infer prohibited affiliations solely from political beliefs, religion, race, ethnicity, nationality, military service, or other personal characteristics.

Questions concerning unclear affiliations should be referred to StateDefenseForce.com administration.

8. No Unfounded Accusations

Users may disagree with information published by StateDefenseForce.com, but accusations that StateDefenseForce.com articles or news items are deliberately false or fabricated must be supported by credible source material.

Members challenging a factual statement should be encouraged to provide supporting documentation from an appropriate official, educational, governmental, military, or established media source.

Disagreement itself is not prohibited; unsupported accusations, harassment, or repeated claims of fabrication without evidence may be moderated.

9. DO NOT DISCUSS Non-Government Entities

Users may not post news, promotional material, recruiting information, or discussions concerning organizations representing themselves as State Defense Forces, State Guards, militias, or military organizations when those organizations are not established or recognized by a government authority. ie. North Carolina State Defense Force

The StateDefenseForce.com community is focused on legally established government State Defense Forces, State Guards, State Military Reserves, National Guard organizations, and related official military institutions.

10. Suspension & Ban Process

Unless a violation is sufficiently serious to justify immediate administrative action, members who violate group rules will normally receive one warning.

If another violation occurs within the following 90 days, the member may be suspended from the group for 28 days.

If another violation occurs within 90 days after reinstatement from suspension, the member may be permanently banned from the group.

Serious violations involving OPSEC, threats, harassment, extremist recruitment, unlawful activity, or other significant safety concerns may be immediately escalated to StateDefenseForce.com administration and may warrant removal without following the standard progressive-warning process.

Multi-Platform Social Media Moderation

The Social Media Moderator will also help monitor StateDefenseForce.com activity across other social media platforms.

These may include:

– X

– Reddit

– Bluesky

– Threads

– Instagram

– TikTok

– Mastodon

– Other StateDefenseForce.com social media platforms established in the future

The Moderator will review notifications and alerts concerning comments, replies, mentions, or discussions involving StateDefenseForce.com content.

The Moderator may remove, hide, report, or escalate content that violates StateDefenseForce.com community standards when the platform provides the appropriate moderation tools.

Examples may include:

– Hateful or threatening comments

– Personal attacks

– Political arguments unrelated to the State Guard topic being discussed

– Spam or unauthorized advertising

– Unauthorized crowdfunding campaigns

– Promotion of non-government militia organizations

– Extremist recruitment or promotional content

– Deliberately misleading information

– Repeated unfounded accusations

– Content that may create an OPSEC or safety concern

– Other material prohibited under StateDefenseForce.com community standards

Moderators should distinguish between legitimate disagreement and prohibited conduct. A member criticizing a policy, article, organization, or decision does not automatically violate community rules merely because the criticism is negative.

Discord Community Moderation

The Social Media Moderator will regularly visit and monitor the StateDefenseForce.com Discord community.

Responsibilities include:

– Review active conversations and discussion channels.

– Help ensure discussions remain related to State Defense Forces, State Guards, the U.S. military, National Guard, military history, emergency management, StateDefenseForce.com projects, or other approved subjects.

– Redirect conversations that begin significantly departing from the purpose of the community.

– Prevent discussions from becoming partisan political debates.

– Address personal attacks, harassment, hateful content, unsupported accusations, or disruptive behavior.

– Remove spam, unauthorized advertisements, prohibited fundraising, or inappropriate links.

– Monitor discussions for potential OPSEC concerns.

– Encourage respectful disagreement and professional discussion.

– Issue warnings or other moderation actions in accordance with StateDefenseForce.com policies.

– Escalate serious or uncertain matters to StateDefenseForce.com leadership.

Moderation Standards

The Social Media Moderator should enforce organizational rules consistently and impartially.

Moderation decisions should be based on the content or conduct involved rather than whether the Moderator personally agrees or disagrees with a member’s opinion.

The Moderator should attempt to distinguish between:

– Legitimate disagreement and personal attacks

– Policy discussion and partisan political advocacy

– Factual mistakes and deliberate misinformation

– Military discussion and promotion of unauthorized militia organizations

– Constructive criticism and unsupported accusations

– Strong opinions and hateful conduct

– Publicly released military information and information that may create an OPSEC concern

When a situation is unclear, the Moderator should preserve the material when practical and refer the matter to StateDefenseForce.com leadership for review.

The Moderator will be provided guidance concerning StateDefenseForce.com moderation practices, escalation procedures, and organizational standards.

Desired Qualifications

The ideal candidate should demonstrate good judgment, patience, reliability, professionalism, and the ability to enforce rules consistently.

Experience in professional social media moderation is beneficial but not required, and candidates who demonstrate good judgment and a willingness to learn are encouraged to apply.

Preferred qualifications include:

– Familiarity with Facebook Groups and Facebook moderation tools.

– Familiarity with Discord.

– Familiarity with major social media platforms such as X, Reddit, Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, TikTok, or Mastodon.

– Ability to evaluate posts and comments objectively.

– Strong written communication skills.

– Ability to communicate respectfully with members during disagreements.

– Ability to remain calm when dealing with hostile or argumentative users.

– Strong attention to detail.

– Ability to follow established policies and escalation procedures.

– Ability to work independently.

– Willingness to regularly check community notifications and moderation queues.

– Familiarity with the U.S. military, National Guard, State Defense Forces, military terminology, OPSEC concepts, or military public affairs is beneficial but not required.

Military service is not required.

Training and guidance regarding State Defense Forces, military terminology, organizational standards, moderation procedures, and StateDefenseForce.com community policies can be provided.

This is a paid position. Compensation will be structured to remain competitive with comparable social media moderation, community management, and digital media positions.

This position is primarily remote. Because social media activity occurs throughout the week, the Moderator should be able to check participant requests, moderation queues, notifications, comments, and Discord discussions regularly.

The position may be particularly well suited for individuals with experience in social media management, participate in The StateDefenseForce.com Facebook group discussions, online community moderation, Discord administration, military organizations, veterans organizations, public affairs, communications, digital media, or community management.

Most importantly, StateDefenseForce.com is looking for someone who is dependable, fair, professional, attentive, comfortable enforcing established standards, and committed to maintaining a respectful community centered on America’s State Defense Forces.

Benefits:

Industry-comparable compensation

– Compensation designed to remain competitive with comparable social media moderation, community management, digital media, and online communications work.

– Compensation provided for assigned StateDefenseForce.com social media moderation and community-management responsibilities.

– Opportunities to increase compensation through additional approved duties, responsibilities, or assignments.

After 3 months of continuous and positive work

– A MacBook Neo provided by StateDefenseForce.com for professional use, subject to the organization’s equipment-benefit terms.

– Continued eligibility for additional assignments and expanded responsibilities within StateDefenseForce.com.

StateDefenseForce.com Patreon access

– Full access to all content available through the StateDefenseForce.com Patreon Page — General Tier — Click Here For All The Benefits

State Defense Force Online Store benefit

– Eligibility to purchase merchandise available through SDFOnlineStore.com / The State Defense Force Online Store at cost.

– One no-cost item of your choosing every 3 months from The State Defense Force Online Store.

– Ability to request to have a custom apparel item or accessory designed specifically for you.

Advancement opportunities

– Priority consideration for future StateDefenseForce.com positions for which the individual is qualified.

– Existing team members who demonstrate reliability, initiative, good judgment, leadership ability, and consistently high-quality work may be considered before the organization begins a broader external candidate search.

– Potential advancement opportunities may include Senior Social Media Moderator, Social Media Manager, Community Manager, communications leadership, editorial leadership, podcast production, multimedia production, public affairs, organizational communications, research, Government and Legislative Affairs, State Guard Administration, departmental leadership, and other StateDefenseForce.com positions.

Service recognition

– Plaques, certificates, commemorative items, service awards, and other forms of recognition for sustained service to StateDefenseForce.com.

– Recognition for significant years-of-service milestones to StateDefenseForce.com.

– Additional recognition for exceptional contributions to StateDefenseForce.com and the State Guard community.

Ready to Apply?

Interested in joining the State Guard & Defense Force Council team?

Please email your application materials to:

[email protected]

Include the position title you are applying for in the subject line.

Please Include

• Résumé — required
• Cover Letter –  (optional)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) – (optional)
• LinkedIn profile – (optional)
• Professional portfolio or website (optional), if relevant
• Writing samples, policy papers, published articles, design work, or other work samples,  optional and position-dependent
• Professional references — optional at the initial application stage

In the body of your email, please include:

• Your full name
• State of residence
• Best phone number to reach you
• The position you are applying for
• A brief introduction explaining your interest in the position
• Any relevant military, government, nonprofit, legislative, communications, research, legal, technical, or professional experience that may not be fully reflected in your resume

Suggested Email Subject

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Applications will be reviewed based on the requirements and needs of each position. Submission of application materials does not guarantee employment, appointment, volunteer placement, contracting, or other engagement with the State Guard & Defense Force Council.