The article “The Texas Medical Rangers in the Military Response of the Uniformed Medical Reserve Corps to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita 2005” by Colonel (TXSG) James L. Greenstone provides a detailed account of the Texas Medical Rangers’ unprecedented deployment during the twin disasters of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It explains how the Texas Medical
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The article “The Texas Medical Rangers and Thousands of Patients” by Sergeant First Class Brenda Benner, TXARNG, highlights the vital humanitarian work of the Texas State Guard Medical Reserve Corps, also known as the Texas Medical Rangers, during the 2006 Operation Lone Star mission in the Rio Grande Valley. It describes how Texas Army National
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The article “Summary of Available State Defense Force After Action Reports from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Deployments” by Colonel Martin Hershkowitz (MDDF-Ret.) provides a consolidated overview of how multiple State Defense Forces (SDFs) across the nation responded to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. It highlights the pivotal role SDFs played when National Guard units
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The article “Developing Vibrant State Defense Forces: A Successful Medical and Health Service Model” by COL (MD) H. Wayne Nelson, COL (MD) Robert Barish, BG (MD) Frederic Smalkin, LTC (MD) James Doyle, and COL (MD) Martin Hershkowitz presents an in-depth study on how State Defense Forces, particularly the Maryland Defense Force (MDDF), can effectively build
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The article “The Role of State Defense Forces in Homeland Security” by COL John R. Brinkerhoff (USA-Ret.) argues that State Defense Forces (SDFs) are a vital yet underutilized component of America’s homeland security framework. It explains that SDFs serve as organized, armed, and disciplined state troops available to governors when the National Guard is federalized
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Here are the articles contained within the State Defense Force Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Fall 2005 along with a one-sentence summary for each: America’s State Defense Forces: An Historical Component of National Defense by Dr. Kent G. Sieg — Traces the origins and constitutional basis of State Defense Forces as descendants of early American
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The article “A Condensed History of California’s State Defense Forces” by SSgt. D. Carl Ehlig provides a detailed chronological overview of the evolution of California’s state military organizations from their early militia roots to the modern California State Military Reserve. It begins by tracing the origins of state defense forces to the 1940 National Defense
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The article “Maryland Defense Force 10th Medical Regiment: Past, Present and Future” chronicles the evolution of the Maryland Defense Force’s (MDDF) medical component from its limited aid-station beginnings to becoming one of the most advanced State Defense Force medical units in the nation. It details how leadership under Brigadier Generals Barranco, Lucas, Smalkin, and Wilson
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