Programs
Utah Counter Drug (DDRO)
The Utah Counter Drug Program (UTCDP), a dedicated initiative within the Utah National Guard, harnesses the expertise of highly skilled Soldiers and Airmen to combat drug-related issues locally and globally. UTCDP plays a vital role in a comprehensive counterdrug homeland defense strategy by partnering with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. UTCDP excels in document and media exploitation, signal intelligence, information technology, and linguistic services, leveraging military-specific skills, cutting-edge equipment, and specialized personnel.
If you are interested in joining the Utah Counterdrug Program, please contact the following
Contact Information
Joining the Counter Drug Team:
UTCDP is open to service members with credentialed training in human resources, information systems/cyber operations, supply/logistics, military intelligence, geospatial mapping, and analytics.
Preference will be given to individuals with the following Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) or Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSC):
Army MOS
Air Force AFSC
However, there are opportunities for those in other military jobs to be hired and trained in a needed specialty as a secondary MOS/AFSC.
We are also interested in those who have abilities in any of the following languages:
- Arabic (Modern Standard)
- Japanese
- Arabic-Gulf
- Korean
- Arabic-Sudanese
- Mongolian
- Arabic-Syrian
- Persian-Afghan
- Cebuano
- Persian-Iranian
- Chinese-Amoy
- Portuguese
- Chinese-Mandarin
- Pushtu-Afghan
- Dutch
- Russian
- French
- Spanish
- German
- Tadjik
- Hebrew
- Tagalog
- Hungarian
- Thai
- Italian
- Urdu
- Vietnamese-Hanoi
While traditional citizen Soldiers and Airmen of the Utah National Guard are part-time, those with the right qualifications can volunteer for full-time missions within the Utah Counterdrug Program. These National Guard service members are placed on active duty status under Title 32 orders if selected. They receive all benefits of an active duty service member, including full pay based on rank, housing allowance, food stipend, specialty pay (foreign language pay if they qualify), full health care (TRICARE) coverage at little or no cost, and retirement benefits, to name a few.
West Traverse Mountain
The West Traverse Sentinel Landscape (WTSL) establishes mutual goals and trusted relationships with surrounding communities to prudently balance the military training needs of Camp Williams with conservation and compatible economic interests within the designated sentinel landscape area.
Sentinel landscapes are partnerships. The WSTL Committee steers initiatives that are achieved through a coalition of federal agencies, state and municipal governments, non-governmental organizations, and landowners.
Freedom Academy
The 63rd Annual Freedom Academy
The Utah National Guard is pleased to announce the 63rd Annual Freedom Academy, to be held at Camp W.G. Williams from July 13-18, 2025. We invite all student body officers as well as other student leaders within schools and communities to attend.
Freedom Academy costs nothing to the student or school other than transportation to and from Camp Williams. Freedom Academy covers all expenses during their stay.
A complete information packet will be mailed to the delegate once their name(s) are received. Delegate names are due by the deadline: May 31, 2025. If your delegate is unknown, indicate this by requesting a space be reserved for your school. Please email us at the email below with any questions.
If you have any questions, please contact the director, MAJ Tambra West, using the information below.
Contact Information
Phone
385-321-1616
Email
What is Freedom Academy?
How it Works
Freedom Academy is open to students between their junior and senior years of high school. All students with demonstrated leadership potential are encouraged to apply, though participation is limited to one or two students per school.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States when men and women were free."
— Ronald Reagan
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The Freedom Academy is a FREE, six-day leadership training event. Each day focuses on different themes and activities, giving students a profound sense of our nation’s freedoms and rights.