In this Scuttlebutt clip, host Jean Marciniak, Director of The State Guard & Defense Force Council, co-host Major (GA-Ret.) Beverly Shepard, and special guest Major General Anthony Woods (TX-Ret.) examine the decline and eventual end of The Alabama S ...
The Louisiana State Guard (State Defense Force) once again demonstrated its commitment to service and community engagement through its participation in the Legion of Mars Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans. As the parade rolled along the historic Uptown ro ...
During their February training drill, soldiers of the 2nd Brigade of the Texas State Guard dedicated their weekend to mastering and certifying on one of the most critical disaster-response tools in the state’s emergency management arsenal, the Emergency ...
The State Guard & Defense Force Council is proud to announce the launch of a new website and initiative that reflects one of the most important missions we have ever undertaken. The QuartermasterCorps.com website is now live, serving as the foundatio ...
We’re are announcing a new origin article to StateDefenseForce.com’s library of original articles. First we would like to introduce a new author to our team, Captain (TX) David J. Walker, an author who brings an immense amount of knowledge and experience ...
Over the past few weeks we reported on Winter Storm Fern and how it tore across large portions of the United States, bringing with it crippling snowfall, sheets of ice, sub-freezing temperatures, and widespread power outages that left communities paralyz ...
Over the past several days, we highlighted a significant milestone for the Georgia State Defense Force with the successful graduation of its most recent Initial Entry Training (IET), commonly referred to as Basic Training. Those newly graduated soldiers ...
Our recent coverage of Winter Storm Fern and the powerful Bomb Cyclone that followed documented one of the most destructive and wide reaching winter weather events to strike the Southeastern United States in years. Together, these systems brought histori ...
In Episode 10 of Scuttlebutt we examine warning signs behind the disbandment of four State Defense Forces in just a decade, using the near-disbandment of the Connecticut Governor’s Guard in 2025 as a critical case study. In this clip, the discussion deta ...
Over the course of December and the months leading up to it, the staff and contributors of The Center for State Defense Force History delivered truly exceptional work preserving the legacy of America’s State Defense Forces. Drawing on contributions from ...
