A New bill has been proposed in the Washington State House - House Bill 1122, which would extend the age requirements for the Washington State Guard. Currently troops are to retire at the age of 68, but the bill would eliminate that requirement. It is cur ...
The Washington State Guard has been working as a bridge between the Washington Military Department and the Native American Tribes throughout the State. They are working with each Tribe to learn how they respond to emergencies and how best to assist them d ...
The Mississippi Army National Guard, Air National Guard, and State Guard Chaplains recently attended a joint training event, Chaplain Annual Sustainment Training (CAST). MS National Guard joint chaplain training called Chaplain Annual Sustainment Tra ...
The Georgia State Defense Force recently developed and published a recruitment advertisement on Local TV networks, WALB-TV, Albany, and WGCL-TV, Atlanta. The ad is professionally edited and designed and directs those who wish to join the State Defense For ...
Today we added a new section to the StateDefenseForce.com website. After months of research we have accumulated a list of the troop strength of each State Defense Force nationwide. We have reached out to the National Guard and other sources who have prov ...
Two Soldiers from the Ohio Military Reserve (State Defense Force) have recently been awarded the Ohio Commendation Medal for volunteering in multiple deployments in 2020 & 2021. AT21 provided the opportunity for two excellent Soldiers to be awarded f ...
Additional State legislation is pending in the Virginia House that includes the Virginia Defense Force. Yesterday we reported on legislation being proposed in Virginia that allows the state of Virginia to cover employer insurance costs while troops are on ...
A new piece of legislation have been introduced in Virginia that involve the Virginia Defense Force. House Bill 642 & Senate Bill 719 both allow the Department of Military Affairs to cover the employer portion of health care premiums for troops of the ...
Today, we are making some changes to the Legislation & Benefits Section of StateDefenseForce.com. We are planning on expanding and investing more time & effort into this section. In order to provide for such additional time & content we have m ...
The Ohio Military Reserve (State Defense Force) was recently appointed a new commander. Colonel Deano McNeil was named Brigade Commander of the Ohio Military Reserve. Colonel McNeil served in the United States Marine Corps before joining the Ohio Military ...
