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When ordered by the Adjutant General,
provide an organized, trained, disciplined,
rapid response volunteer force to assist
state and local government agencies, and
civil relief organizations in impending or
actual emergencies to assure the welfare and
safety of the citizens of Alabama. The Alabama
State Defense Force (ASDF) is the state
guard (official militia) for the State of
Alabama allowed by the Constitution of
Alabama, The Code of Alabama and Executive
Order . It
has an authorized strength of 1,000 members
and is organized on the United States Army
structural pattern. The ASDF is under the
control of the Governor of Alabama, who
serves as the state's Commander in Chief,
and comes under the authority of The
Adjutant General
(TAG) of Alabama.
The ASDF is
led by its own Commander. The ASDF Commander
and the General Staff are posted at Fort
Taylor Hardin in Montgomery, Alabama. The
ASDF Commander holds the grade of Major
General.
The official
and primary mission of the ASDF, as defined
by the
Code of Alabama,
is to establish a cadre (of not more than
1,000 persons) that will be subject to the
call of The Adjutant General of Alabama
after partial or full mobilization of the
Alabama National Guard. More specifically,
the State Defense Force will be prepared to
provide:
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Communications
with the ALNG
Joint
Operation Center (JOC).
-
Custodial
duties and security of facilities and
property.
- Family
assistance.
-
Recruiting to strength levels authorized
by The Adjutant General.
- Responses
to tasking from TAG through the ALNG EOC.
- Surveys
of key facilities.
- Assist
Homeland Defense and The Citizens Corp.
as needed and directed by the Governor
of the State, the TAG and the ASDF
Commandeer
A secondary
mission of the ASDF is to provide manpower
and relief assistance to the Alabama
Emergency Management Agency (EMA) during
natural disasters and other civil
emergencies within the State of Alabama. The
ASDF cannot be deployed beyond the State of
Alabama for missions while on state active
duty.
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