Michigan Volunteer Defense Force - Current Activity

Current Activity

Today the Michigan Volunteer Defense Force is organized as a state-wide brigade with three regional commands. These three area commands are supported by eight field battalions located within joint Michigan State Police and Office of Public Health Program districts. Each battalion command has three detachments and each detachment three sections, all of which are being developed to serve and support community needs across the State of Michigan. All eight battalions have these missions:

•Support MI's Receipt, Store and Stage (RSS) of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)

•Support MI with certified Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)

•Support the MING JS (Joint Staff) with county liaison officers (LNO)

•Support the MING JS with Joint Operation Center (JOC) staffing

•Support the MING JS with Joint Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration (JRSOI) staffing

•Support the MING JS with Cyber Network Defense staffing

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