ever hear of the California Defense Force?

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Apparently its a state militia, info on it is rather scarce (even its website is barren). Anybody a member or have any useful info? Its officially known as the California State Military Reserve and are active when there is an emergency when the national guard is deployed
 
I was a member of the Mississippi State Guard for awhile which I am sure is similiar to the California State Military Reserve. Most states have a state militia besides the National Guard. Some seem to be better supported by their states than others. During Hurricane Katrina, the "National Guard" soldiers at the Superdome in New Orleans actually appeared, to me, to be Lousiana State Guard. Also, I understand, that members of the New York state militia responded on 9-11.

I don't have any information on the California State Military Reserve but I can tell you about the Mississippi State Guard. The Mississippi State Guard is under the Mississippi Military Department, as is the Mississippi National Guard. It is open to all Mississippians of good character over the age of 18 who are not currently serving in the regular military, National Guard or reserves. They do run a background check on new recruits. It is purely volunteer as there is no pay, though the state can, but rarely does, pay per diem expenses when the state guard is called up. Guard members must provide and pay for their own uniforms though they do try to help each other out and surplus uniforms are sometimes available. State Guard soldiers do not serve outside the state. While I was in we never did any real military (combat) training or had weapons. We did drill though. We trained for natural disasters and usually operated disaster shelters with the Red Cross during emergencies. I was unable to participate during those as I was needed at the fire department where I worked. We met about once a month on a weekend day and our annual training was one weekend (Friday through Sunday) a year. While I was in it the State Guard was mostly made up of former military (many rather old men) and younger guys who were unable to serve in the regular military for medical reasons. To be honest, it was mostly made up of old men and cripples. But they wanted to serve their state and they were very patriotic. The Mississippi State Guard avoids using the term "militia" because of the private white supremacist militias and doesn't want to be confused with them. The Mississippi State Guard is a legitimate state government operated military organization and has members of both sexes and many races. My unit had black, white, filipino and a large number of Choctaw Indian members. I left the State Guard because I didn't have the time to devote the proper attention to my service with it and also because it was just as bureaucratic as the regular military.
 
CapCase said:
I was a member of the Mississippi State Guard for awhile which I am sure is similiar to the California State Military Reserve. Most states have a state militia besides the National Guard. Some seem to be better supported by their states than others. During Hurricane Katrina, the "National Guard" soldiers at the Superdome in New Orleans actually appeared, to me, to be Lousiana State Guard. Also, I understand, that members of the New York state militia responded on 9-11.

I don't have any information on the California State Military Reserve but I can tell you about the Mississippi State Guard. The Mississippi State Guard is under the Mississippi Military Department, as is the Mississippi National Guard. It is open to all Mississippians of good character over the age of 18 who are not currently serving in the regular military, National Guard or reserves. They do run a background check on new recruits. It is purely volunteer as there is no pay, though the state can, but rarely does, pay per diem expenses when the state guard is called up. Guard members must provide and pay for their own uniforms though they do try to help each other out and surplus uniforms are sometimes available. State Guard soldiers do not serve outside the state. While I was in we never did any real military (combat) training or had weapons. We did drill though. We trained for natural disasters and usually operated disaster shelters with the Red Cross during emergencies. I was unable to participate during those as I was needed at the fire department where I worked. We met about once a month on a weekend day and our annual training was one weekend (Friday through Sunday) a year. While I was in it the State Guard was mostly made up of former military (many rather old men) and younger guys who were unable to serve in the regular military for medical reasons. To be honest, it was mostly made up of old men and cripples. But they wanted to serve their state and they were very patriotic. The Mississippi State Guard avoids using the term "militia" because of the private white supremacist militias and doesn't want to be confused with them. The Mississippi State Guard is a legitimate state government operated military organization and has members of both sexes and many races. My unit had black, white, filipino and a large number of Choctaw Indian members. I left the State Guard because I didn't have the time to devote the proper attention to my service with it and also because it was just as bureaucratic as the regular military.
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thank you! That is exactly how it is here from what i read, however i couldnt find anything on the medical reasons (they didnt bother elaborating is medication would a be a problem, thats why the military wouldnt let me in) excellent! thanks (and google wasnt much help actually)
 
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