New Mexico- American Legion Discuses its Part in Home Guard

January 11, 2026

Article from the Monday December 12, 1940 edition of the Albuquerque Journal discussing the formal formation of the New Mexico State Defense Force or Home Guard. The American Legion Adjutant stated that Guard would be called “State Defense”. Plans were for the New Mexico Governor John E. Miles to appoint an Executive Officer to appoint

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Patriots Drilling Without Pay in New State Militias

January 4, 2026

Article from the Sunday October 30, 1988, edition of the Alamogordo Daily News by David L. Langford about “one of the nation’s best kept military secrets”.  This article talks about how today’s militias train as auxiliaries to the National Guard for when on the battlefield fulfilling federal missions.  These modern militias can trace their roots

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