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The Missouri State Defense Force (MSDF), formerly known as the Missouri Reserve Military Force, was the official state defense force of Missouri, deactivated in 2022. [1] As a state defense force, the MSDF was a reserve military force which served parallel to the Missouri National Guard.
State defense forces generally operate with emergency management and homeland security missions. Most SDFs are organized as ground units, but air and naval units also exist. [5][6] Depending on the state, they may be variously named as state military, state military force, state guard, state militia, or state military reserve.
The Missouri General Assembly passed the "Military Bill" on May 11, 1861, in direct response to the Camp Jackson Affair in St. Louis the previous day. The final version of the act approved on May 14 authorized the Governor of Missouri, Claiborne Fox Jackson, to disband the old Missouri Volunteer Militia and reform it as the Missouri State Guard to resist a feared invasion by the Union Army.
The Missouri National Guard traces its origins to the Missouri State Militia, which was federally funded state militia conceived in 1861 and called to service in 1862 during the Civil War. It was a force designed to protect Missouri from Confederate guerillas. The Missouri Army National Guard was formed in 1877.
Missouri’s defense contained the Eagles to just 14 yards of offense in the third quarter. ... After allowing a combined 82 yards through the air against Murray State and Buffalo, Castellanos ...
Founded. 1982. Location. Missouri, United States. Website. www.missourimilitia.com. The Missouri Militia is a paramilitary organization in the U.S. state of Missouri. The organization is not a formation of the Missouri State Defense Force (an element of the Missouri state militia). [1][2] The group is distinct from the Missouri National Guard ...
The modern Missouri ANG received federal recognition on 3 July 1946 as the 71st Fighter Wing at Lambert Field, St. Louis. The 131st Fighter Group and its 110th Fighter Squadron received federal recognition on 15 July. The 110th Fighter Squadron was equipped with F-51D Mustangs, and the mission of the Missouri ANG was the air defense of the state.
The Missouri Naval Militia is the currently unorganized naval militia of Missouri.Along with the Missouri Army National Guard, the Missouri Air National Guard, and the Missouri State Defense Force, the Missouri Naval is recognized under Missouri law as part of the organized militia of Missouri.