While the 88th Area Command of the New York Guard (State Defense Force) spent their October weekend training drill focusing on their backup MERN (Military Emergency Radio Network) Communications system, the 56th Area Command focused on Land Navigation. Ba ...
New York Guard Troops from the 88th Area Commands recently spent their October Training Weekend focusing on Communications. One of the missions the New York Guard has been tasked with by the New York National Guard was to provide an emergency communicatio ...
The Mississippi State Guard (State Defense Force) recently held their 2022 Annual Training. The training included casualty extraction, setting up emergency field tents, medical and emergency communication classes. This type of training is heavily utilized ...
The Texas State Guard (State Defense Force) recently held a training exercise to simulate an attack on the Texas State infrastructure system. Earlier this year they reached out to the Virginia Defense Force Cyber Defense Team to begin planning a defense e ...
A few weeks ago, The Alaska National Guard & State Defense Force were activated to respond to the towns affected by the Typhoon Merbok which affected most of Western Alaska. The troops were deployed among several regions to help communities rebuild. D ...
The Georgia Macon-Bibb county Emergency Management Agency was recently featured on the Georgia State Defense Force YouTube channel. Theyhad a few words to say about the relationship and experience they have working with the Georgia State Defense Force. ...
The 1st Brigade of the Texas State Guard (State Defense Force) recently held a ceremony for Brigadier General (BG) Robert Hastings. BG Hastings was awarded the Texas Superior Service Medal as well as the Texas Outstanding Service Medal for having served f ...
We just released our latest Commanders Briefing Podcast episode on all Podcast platforms. In this episode we sit down with the Commanding General of the California State Guard, Major General Jay Coggan. In this episode we discuss the latest missions of th ...
The Virginia Defense Force recently held a commissioning ceremony for four new officers at the National Museum of the United States Army. The class, composed of many Prior Service Navy servicemen, finished their Officer Candidate School in eight months in ...
Since the initial formation of the State Defense Forces in 1917 they had been tasked with many missions over the century. From guarding the coastline to protecting vital state infrastructure like Dams & Power plants during World War I and World War II ...
