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During the last few years as hurricanes moved past or at times into South Carolina causing widespread damage to power lines and roadways the South Carolina State Guard has repeatedly been activated to assist in clearing obstructions. When activated the State Guard sends out its troops with chainsaws as well...

The South Carolina State Guard recently held a Field Training Exercise (FTX) that employed crucial skills and training of their Search & Rescue Teams. The exercise started with the State Guard simulating an event in which a casualty was discovered in the woodlands. They quickly deployed troops from their 1st...

Last month The Georgia State Defense Force conducted their 2022 Annual Training. The training involved a library of courses and training including Search & Rescue, Evacuating casualties from Black Hawk helicopters, Medical training, as well as Emergency Communications. Most State Defense Forces have been assigned the mission of Emergency Communication...

Soldiers from the Connecticut Army National Guard recently were invited to judge the Connecticut Foot Guard’s Charleston Medal Competition. This competition features multiple squads from the Second Company of the Governor’s Foot Guard who compete with one another to see which can achieve the best in Drill & Ceremony Award....

The Tennessee State Guard (State Defense Force) 2022 Initial Entry Training class recently held its final training exercises and graduated from Basic Training. The Tennessee State Guard requires every new recruit to go through an Initial Entry Training program unless they served in the United States Military. This Initial Entry...

Many State Defense Forces have Cyber Defense Units that assist and augment their National Guard, one of those State Defense Forces is the South Carolina State Guard. Recently the unit spent their weekend drill training on identifying and removing malware from infected computers. Malware is also known as malicious software...

1st Lt. Christopher Beck of the Texas State Guard was recently awarded the Texas Purple Heart. He was awarded this prestigious award for his actions helping save his fellow soldiers while under attack in Iraqi. While returning to base his convoy was ambushed with a mortar attack, which injured him...

A few weeks ago the Maryland Defense Force and Virginia Defense Force participated in a joint Cyber Security Exercise. The exercise involved the 256th Cyber Defense Unit (CDU) of the Maryland Defense Force and the 31st Cyber Battalion of the Virginia Defense Force. Both units simulated a ransomware attack on...

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. Based out of Long Island, New York, the troops went over these...

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 communications system ready to go online in the event...

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 during a state emergency such as a hurricane, tornado, or other severe weather. Every State...

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 exercise where the Virginia Team would attempt to break...

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. During their mission in Hooper Bay, Alaska State Defense...

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. Source: Georgia State Defense Force