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  • VANGCDP Civil Operations help coalitions broaden capacity
    From the 30,000 foot level this whole opioid/heroin crisis is as fuzzy as the Hollywood Hills on a hazy summer's day. But after spending the afternoon with 20 (17 in the room and three on teleconference) members of Community Coalitions of Virginia, the opioid crisis became as clear as Los Angeles after the Santa Ana winds blow through.
  • NYNGCD member named Civil Operater of the Year
    "The root cause of the smuggling issue along the border is "'America's insatiable demand for drugs,'" Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin said. As a means to help curb that demand, the National Guard Counterdrug Program's Civil Operations Program works with community-based organizations (CBO). The Civil Operations specialist identifies local resources and develops partnerships for anti-drug CBOs to make them more dynamic and influential in their effort to turn the tide against the "insatiable demand for drugs."
  • VA CD Aviation provides eyes in the sky
    You can run but you can’t hide, an old adage that proved true to form for an illicit drug trafficking suspect in Virginia during the summer of 2016. The Virginia Counterdrug Task Force (VACDTF) provided aerial reconnaissance from the UH-72A Lakota with a Mission Equipment Package to support Homeland
  • MSNGCDP teams with SPP to conduct information exchange
    Mississippi National Guard Counterdrug Program (MSNGCDP) personnel in conjunction with the Mississippi National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) personnel visited, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Dec. 14-18 to conduct an information exchange. The information exchange focused on informing Mississippi’s state partner, Uzbekistan, how the MSNGCDP uses a “Whole of Government” approach to support law enforcement agencies in deterring, detecting and interdicting illicit narcotics.
  • VANGCDTF helps minimize fentanyl risk to LEAS
    RICHMOND, Va.—Fentanyl Exposure Kills. A stark message recently put out by the Drug Enforcement Administration warning the police and the public about the dangers of fentanyl. “Fentanyl is deadly,” acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg said in a DEA video. “Exposure to an amount equivalent to a few grains of sand can kill you. You can be in grave danger even if you unintentionally come into contact with fentanyl…”
  • Ohio NG Counterdrug Civil Ops develops coalition mentoring program
    COLUMBUS, Ohio--Five years ago, Capt. Matthew Toomey, Program Manager of the Ohio National Guard Counterdrug Program’s Civil Operations, found himself like an ill-equipped homeowner facing autumn’s steady stream of falling leaves: no matter how hard he toiled, the piles grew higher and thicker.

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