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Title: Alabama State Defense Force Authors: Venue: Wikipedia Year: unknown Canonical: wiki:alabama-state-defense-force URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_State_Defense_Force Collector: wikipedia OA: true ABSTRACT The Alabama State Defense Force (ASDF) is the state defense force of Alabama, allowed by the Constitution of Alabama, federal law, the Code of Alabama, and Executive Order. It has an authorized strength of 1,000 members and is organized on the United States Army structural pattern. The ASDF is under the control of the Governor of Alabama, as the state's Commander in Chief, and comes under the authority of The Adjutant General (TAG) of Alabama. The ASDF is an adjunct, volunteer, augmenting force to the Alabama National Guard. Currently, the ASDF is inactive awaiting reorganization by the Alabama National Guard. The organization has renamed itself to the Alabama Service Corps, a nonprofit organization that carries on the State Defense Force mission until reactivated.