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The Michigan Volunteer Defense Force is a military force duly constituted as a state defense force and an element of Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. The MI VDF was reorganized from the former Michigan Emergency Volunteers by Adjutant General Thomas Cutler in 2004 to fill a homeland security role in the State of Michigan. As of October 2011 the MI VDF is commanded by COL William Ewald a retired United States Army colonel.