ABSTRACT
The United States National Guard Counterdrug Program (NGB-CD) is a national counter-narcotics program utilizing the National Guard membership in all of the 50 states. This program provides highly skilled personnel, specialized equipment, and facilities to support counterdrug law enforcement agencies (DLEAs) and community-based organizations to better respond to the changing drug threat in our Nation. It is our intention to be recognized by law enforcement entities, community-based organizations and our citizens as the premier support force seeking to create a drug-free Nation. Since 1989 the National Guard has been supporting law enforcement organizations in their efforts to counter the drug threat in the United States. On any given day the National Guard Counterdrug Program has over 3,000 Guard personnel on active duty nationwide supporting all the
fifty states and four territories with counterdrug programs. These efforts include providing personnel, training, facilities, assets, knowledge, methodology, and access to emerging technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing image processing, and global positioning systems (GPS).
