The Texas State Guard (State Defense Force) recently participated in a multi-county joint task force exercise. The State Guard worked with multi police departments, fire departments and the Office of Emergency Management to strength interoperability func ...
The NY Guard (State Defense Force) was recently activated to support and augment National Guard forces due to widespread flooding throughout the state. The Joint Task Force was compromised of the New York National Guard, New York Guard (State Defense For ...
Staff Sgt. Jon Van Holm is the first Georgia State Defense Force soldier to be awarded the Governors Twenty, a National Guard Marksmanship Competition held at Fort Stewart, GA. We commend SSGT Van Holm for this great achievement. Georgia State Defens ...
Senator Tom Umberg, a State Senator representing California's 34th District, was recently provided a tour of the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos. During his tour he was briefed about a California Military Department program known as STARBASE, ...
The Texas State Guard (State Defense Force) has within its organization an elite Maritime unit known as the Maritime Regiment. This unique unit has been utilized in a multitude of missions from Hurricane response to supporting the National Guard as well ...
In a news roundup of the Texas State Guard (State Defense Force) of the months of March & April it appears that the Texas State Guard has been very active in training events and joint task force missions. In March the Texas State Guard pa ...
The Texas State Guard (State Defense Force) recently had troops from their 2nd, 19th & Maritime Regiment undergo extensive search and rescue water training. The training focused on undergoing 'a bank cave fall into a body of water while in uniform an ...
The New York Guard (State Defense Force) recently activated and deployed nine soldiers to augment the New York National Guard during a winter storm that affected the Buffalo area. Here is the New York National Guard news exerpt: Soldiers of New York's S ...
The Texas State Guard (State Defense Force) took the month of February to have their newest recruits undergo medical training by safeguarding their casualty as they navigate a obstacle course. Other troops of the Texas State Guard receive HAZMAT Awarenes ...
The Maryland State Defense Force recently was paid a visit from Sgt. Maj. Siim Saliste of the Estonian Defense Force. The visit was part of a partnership program developed by U.S. Department of Defense’s State Partner Program. The initiative partners st ...