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. Source: Georgia National Guard
Senator visits STARBASE
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, a…
Texas Maritime Unit perfect Search & Rescue skills
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…
Texas State Guard has been busy…
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…
Texas State Guard undergo extensive SAR water training
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…
New York Guard augments National Guard during Winter Storm
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…
