Story by Master Sgt. Michael Leslie | Texas Joint Counterdrug Task Force | 08.26.2020
Soldiers of the Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force partnered with the LifeSteps Council on Alcohol and Drugs and the Williamson County Mobile Outreach Team to create a video for Overdose Awareness Day Aug. 26 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock, Texas....
Story by Staff Sgt. Jerry Griffis | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 03.09.2013
On the outskirts of a medium-sized town in Orgun district stands a 200-foot symbol of freedom. The symbol is not a statue or a memorial in the traditional sense. To some who knew Saadim Khan, it is a memorial to its founder. The symbol is a radio tower. Radio Milma broadcasts from this tower, throughout the district, the voice of the people of Orgun and of Afghanistan....
Story by Capt. Kara Greene | California Counterdrug Task Force | 06.20.2012
National Guard civil operations specialists regularly combat social taboos surrounding drug and alcohol use. But some taboos are too great to combat alone, so in California, civil operations specialists combine forces with Counterdrug Task Force intelligence analysts to provide more robust support to community based organizations (CBOs) in their efforts to decrease the demand for drugs by the......
Courtesy Story | California Counterdrug Task Force | 03.21.2012
Niland, a community off the beaten path in a remote part of California, partnered with the California National Guard for “Kick Butts Day” March 21, 2012. The annual event was held by the Calipatria Unified School District and the Imperial County Public Health Department and was aimed at providing information for parents and children in a predominately Spanish-speaking community. The event......
Courtesy Story | California Counterdrug Task Force | 10.18.2011
Nine puzzled recruits stare at a series of ropes and wonder how they’re going to use a 2 1/2-foot plank to cross them. Their goal is to get themselves and a box of "serum" across the five rope hurdles and over a wall to fictional disaster victims without touching the ground beneath them. They begin to reach over a starting line to bridge the first two ropes with the plank but they can barely......
Courtesy Story | California Counterdrug Task Force | 10.08.2011
Students from 27 middle and high schools across Orange County participated in a Rugged Outdoors Physical Experience System (ROPES) course led by four members of the Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) Team, Joint Task Force Domestic Support – Counterdrug, Southern Region Command, California Army National Guard as part of Red Ribbon Week Oct. 8, 2011, at California State University Fullerton....
Courtesy Story | California Counterdrug Task Force | 04.30.2011
The California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force supported the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day with the goal of removing old, unused, and potentially dangerous prescription drugs from home medicine cabinets Saturday, April 30, 2011....
Story by Capt. Kara Greene | California Counterdrug Task Force | 08.19.2010
Schools may take a break from formal education during the summer, but for the 10 noncommissioned officers of the California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force prevention team, it’s no time for vacation. In fact, the summer months are when operations are kicked into high gear....
