Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposes reestablishing a Florida State Guard. (WJXT)

Gov. Ron DeSantis connected Thursday announced much than $100 cardinal successful backing proposals to enactment Florida’s National Guard and to reestablish the Florida State Guard.

The Florida State Guard is simply a civilian-based unpaid unit that DeSantis said would assistance the National Guard during state-specific emergencies.

During a hurricane, earthy catastrophe oregon different authorities emergency, civilians “trained successful the champion exigency techniques” could beryllium called successful done the Florida State Guard to assistance the Florida National Guard, DeSantis said.

He noted that Florida would beryllium the 23rd authorities with a authorities defender recognized by the national government.

The Florida State Guard has not been progressive since World War II. It was primitively created arsenic a replacement for the Florida National Guard portion the defender was deployed overseas.

“I deliberation Florida is successful the number of states that has allowed this to spell defunct,” DeSantis said. “So we’re blessed to beryllium capable to bring that back, and I deliberation it’ll beryllium thing that’ll beryllium good.”

Ad

DeSantis’ fund includes $3.5 cardinal to reestablish the Florida State Guard.

The fund connection besides includes:

  • $87.5 cardinal to grow the existing readiness halfway successful Miramar and to found 3 caller armories successful Homestead, Gainesville and Malabar

  • $8.9 cardinal for existing armory maintenance

  • $2.2 cardinal for a caller office for the National Guard Counter Drug Program

  • $5.1 cardinal to enactment Florida National Guardsmen seeking higher-education degrees

  • $12.2 cardinal successful scholarships for children and spouses of deceased oregon disabled veterans

  • $3.6 cardinal to amended basal infrastructure

“We are arrogant of our veterans and active-duty subject members and arrogant of what our communities bash to enactment them,” DeSantis said. “Florida is 1 of the astir seasoned affable states, and I deliberation determination are precise fewer places that you would alternatively beryllium connected work than successful the authorities of Florida. As a veteran, I truly admit what everyone who wears the azygous does successful our authorities and americium excited astir these proposals -- they volition spell a agelong mode and person a meaningful impact. In Florida, we are going to proceed our momentum of supporting our military, supporting our veterans and being bully stewards of our subject installations.”

Copyright 2021 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.