In this compelling and previously untold Scuttlebutt Podcast clip from Episode 7, Director of StateDefenseForce.com Jean Marciniak and Major (GA – Ret.) Beverly Shepard of the Georgia State Defense Force dive deep into one of the most remarkable missions in modern State Defense Force history — The New York Guard’s augmentation of The New York National Guard CERFP Team. This elite unit, composed of roughly 50% New York Guard soldiers and 50% Army and Air National Guard personnel, became the first fully operational CERFP Team in the nation. The hosts explore the team’s crucial homeland defense mission during the tense years following 9/11, when multiple terror plots were still being thwarted across the country. They also discuss the team’s potential for deployment beyond state borders, even internationaly — a prospect that echoed The Maryland Defense Force’s 10th Medical Regiment’s deployment to Bosnia alongside The Maryland Air National Guard.

The conversation also sheds light on the internal conflicts that eventually undermined this groundbreaking mission. Despite The National Guard’s support, certain “Old Guard” officers within The New York Guard opposed the CERFP augmentation mission, engaging in petty acts of sabotage — such as forbidding State Guard troops from wearing the CERFP patch simply because senior officers themselves were not authorized to wear it. The hosts unpack how these internal politics demoarlized the troops who took this mission on as an additional duty to their already State Defense Force missions. 

This mission was one of the most effective and forward-thinking partnerships between State Defense Forces and the National Guard in modern history.

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