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 ...
During The New York Guard's (State Defense Force) Annual Training multiple classes from various schools participated in the Leaders Reaction Course (LRC). This specialized course is a Field Training Exercise (FTX) designed to develop teamwork and test lea ...
The New York Guard (State Defense Force) has for decades been assigned the mission of providing emergency radio communications to New York’s Division of Military & Naval Affairs (DMNA) during emergency situations. Their Military Emergency Radio Networ ...
During the New York Guard’s Annual Training week the a new Initial Entry Training Class (Basic Training) was held for new recruits who recently joined the State Guard. The New York Guard (State Defense Force) requires every new recruit to go through an In ...
Each year during Annual Training the New York Guard holds a Professional Leadership Course (PLC) for those troops in the Guard seeking to be promoted to E5 - Sergeant. This weeklong training took the candidates through a wealth of classes, field instructi ...
