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DeSantis Seeks 400 Members To Join Florida State Guard, One Director To Run The Force
June 1, 2022
Gov. Ron DeSantis is looking for 400 people to join the Florida State Guard, and a director to run the force.
The newly re-established Florida State Guard (FLSG) is the state’s civilian force that will assist in supporting state emergency response.
The state is seeking an individual with a strong background in military operations and culture to lead the men and women of the FLSG. The Director of the FLSG will be in charge of the 400 guard members and will oversee recruitment, training and mobilization of the force in the event of an emergency. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in military style operations, emergency management, leadership and problem solving, according to DeSantis. You can apply to be the Director of the FLSG here.
To be a member of the FLSG, Florida is looking for individuals between the ages of 18 and 60, to volunteer and train to ensure that the Guard is ready to step in when emergency strikes.
“If you love the state of Florida, have a desire to help your community, and have skills beneficial to protect the state from a disaster, we encourage you to apply to join the FLSG. Skilled Floridians with emergency response, law enforcement or military training are encouraged to apply,” according to a statement from DeSantis’ office. You can apply to be a part of the Florida State Guard here.
- Florida resident between the ages of 18 and 60, with a desire to serve the state.
- Willingness to work in a team.
- Tactical or emergency response knowledge.
- Ability to pass a physical.
- Ability to participate in annual weekend training.
- Ready to be a part of history.
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32 Responses to “DeSantis Seeks 400 Members To Join Florida State Guard, One Director To Run The Force”
To all of those who don’t back our awesome leader Governor Desantis.
Leave our beautiful state. Ba bye!!
Another great move by our great governor. If I were a bit younger, I’d be in line for it. Too bad there aren’t some Comms positions for older folks. Bunch of Amateur radio operators out here who could handle EmComm chores. How about it, Governor?
This is done to better protect Florida. No one will be able to call them out of state. They will only be use to help and support other Floridians. Never have to go north to risk life and limb in a riot, I would think this would appeal to alot of folks wanting to do more for their home state. And thank you to our great governor. He won’t ever be able to please everyone, to some political lines are more important than life lines.
Bravo Governer. Wish I was young enough to sign up.
Go Desantis. Making Florida Greater.
Well, he has been so successful at banning all that pesky critical race theory being taught in elementary school and using our money to bring lawsuit after lawsuit that are lost, then appealed and then lost again. And he was so helpful with the Skanska bridge issue.
Hope he lets the locals have control. The National Guard really has their disaster response down pat.
Jehoushua
Why don’t you move to New York or California?
Ridiculous. This is just another power play by the wannabe dictator DeSantis to show his minions how “macho” he is. He already controls the Florida National Guard–remember? He sent them to Texas during hurricane season to stick it to the feds.
And why is experience in “military style operations” a requirement for disaster response? Just think of the howls of protest if a Democrat governor was instituting this redundant boondoggle that reeks of a police state.
So now DeSantis has an armed force in place to “watch over” state elections and another armed force for emergency response. Maybe Ron should send the election police to The Villages where all of the Republicans voting multiple times for trump have been arrested.
Someone is drunk with power and wasting our money in Tallahassee…
They will be organized volunteers people.. Gheez wait for the next hurricane. People who waste time trying to sound smart about nazis rather than prepare will be singing their praises in no time.
Just hope we don’t get a Democrat AKA Communist governor elected next time though.
Ohio has had this for decades. I was a member there. We also assisted in emergency situations. Ie: blizzards, fliods; riots etc. Most of the time we assisted by collecting food to be distributed to those in need and toys for children etc.
It made us better people. Today people will cry about anything. Carry on Governor
Everyone telling you that this is happening because the governor can’t call on the national guard is lying to you. That’s flat out not true. The only purpose for this to exist is to create a police/military force that can exist outside the control of the president in order to institute an insurrection.
I like this, it is like deputies from the good citizens of USA being utilized in service for our state. Sounds like a good organization and utilization of resources in these trying times.
Que useful idiots squackng about fascism. They must hand that propaganda down to belt out over social media.
what’s sad is reading the comments on here..people whining aboabout Disney…( have you looked around lately? if that’s your biggest problem then your in a bubble) or complaining abou too much policing… that thought process is why new york, california, Chicago etc are in ruins..however you are more than welcome to live there, I’m sure that would be a great idea
the only gripe I got on DeSantis is he welcomed way way wayyy too many ppl here and it’s causing issues on the roads, finding goods or even being able to enjoy beaches or stores..can’t fit 1000 ppl in a 10 person raft..
This is a great idea he is trying to protect us, what he is doing
is Making sure we have resources to when something happends, president Biden can’t just sit there and refuse to help…so DeSantis wants a group that HE can call on and rely on to help ensure the safety of Florida. It’s not that hard..
and it’s brilliant..making his own solutions vs waiting to
be another victim of the many issues team Biden purposely puts upon people. Gotta open your eyes a little..
@Keveo Well you got it partly correct there bud. While the National Guard is federally funded the control of the guard remains with the governor of each state with the exception of Washington D.C. which does answer to the president.
This means that DeSantis can call them out whenever he wants too. This new “national guard” is nothing more than a backyard militia put together to impress DeSantis cronies it is both an abuse of power and state funds OUR funds this money could go into a fund to help rebuild after hurricanes that will inevitably hit us. It could be put into state projects to help with alternative energy to bring down our incredibly high power bills (thanks FPL). There are so many great things these funds could do but funding a national guard for the national guard isn’t one of them.
Our National Guard already does a phenomenal job of handling hurricanes helping with rescues, evacuations, handing out food and water. They have been doing it for decades now, and there is no need for another secondary guard.
The difference between a State Guard and the National Guard is that the National Guard can be federalized by the President, while the State Guard cannot. This serves as a contingency force in the case that essential National Guard units are federalized and the state still needs emergency response capability.
This is a waste of our tax dollars! The national guard is called up as soon as emergencies are called! Desantis wants state guard to oversee elections which is what election and poll workers are for! Desantis is making Florida a police state more and more.
Keveo – wrong – Governor can call up for state emergencies. No reason for separate Guard.
The National Guard is Federal and is called upon only during national/state emergencies by the President. The state national guard can be call upon during a state of emergency issued by the Governor.
A state guard can be called upon anytime the Governor see’s fit. It is basically the Governors Police Force! LOL.. Hail to the Chief!
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DeSantis already has the National Guard he can call up for the same situations. Why spend our tax dollars on a redundancy?
Can you do this if you have a Felony history?
Isn’t this what the National gardens is for. ?
Fantastic idea! We should name them something that flows a little better, maybe use some alliteration to make it catchy, like the Sunshine State Guard!
Sociopaths dream come true. Uniform gun authority
We have 12000 National Guard in Florida that Governor Desantis is Commander in Chief. Is this duplication for a reason? Be nice if we could use those rules across the board on social media.
Too bad this Florida State Guard couldn’t be in place for the Hurricane season, which starts TODAY! The Florida budget, which funded the Florida State Guard, was passed on MARCH 22, 2022. Since one of the main purposes of the Florida State Guard is for responding to disasters (like hurricanes) does it seem disingenuous for the Florida State Guard not to be already in place and ready for the hurricane season?
Florida has enough cops and people pretending to be cops. Florida is becoming one of the biggest police states in the union. Ordinances, laws and committees like these are what pave the way.
Great idea, will we get a secret handshake or a salute?
I do like this governor!! Governor Desantis knows what’s coming and appears to be doing all he can to look out for Floridians.
Thank you Gov. Desantis.
It appears Disney has become the enemy of the American family. So glad to finally have a Governor who will stand up to their brain washing propaganda!!!!
Thank you gov. Desantis for all u do.. I was born and raised here in the great state of Florida
Thank you Gov. DeSantis for stepping outside the box and looking after those in your state. Refreshing.