This is an article by Robert Hastings, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, June 25, 2025.
As disasters become more frequent, states face pressure to expand response capacity without raising costs. With stretched National Guard resources, limited federal support, and finite mutual aid, states have an overlooked resource: Title 32 State Defense Forces.
Learn more about this trained and cost-effective resource.

Robert Hastings
Robert Hastings is a retired brigadier general in the Texas State Guard, a retired Regular Army officer, and a former Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. He is the author ofPeople First: Mission Alwaysand principal of Robert Hastings & Associates, a strategic communications consultancy focused on aerospace and defense.
- Robert Hastingshttps://domesticpreparedness.com/author/robert-hastings