Committee to Support and Defend
The oath has no discharge date.
The mission didn’t end when your service did. The Committee to Support and Defend recruits, trains, and deploys veterans to defend the Constitution — and every member stands in the formation.
Our magazine — Issue No. 1 is here
The Constitutional Defender
The oath doesn’t expire when you hang up the uniform. Fifty-six pages built on that idea.
Constitutional education without the legal jargon, current events read through timeless principles, and veterans still serving with ballots, volunteer hours and leadership. Read the whole issue free in your browser, or take the PDF with you.
Why we exist
We recruit, train and deploy veterans to save our republic, as they continue to honor their oath to support and defend the US Constitution.
We are a strong voice for military members, past and present.
We encourage community service, leadership, and participation in elections.
We educate and assist during elections to safeguard the votes of all military.
We show up. Because the oath has no expiration date.
When I was a Battalion Commander, I did not need people who agreed with me from a distance. I needed people who would stand in formation, shoulder to shoulder, ready to execute the mission. The Committee to Support and Defend operates on that same principle.
— LTC Allen B. West (Ret.), Executive Director
Join today
Membership is free.
This isn’t about fundraising. It’s about force strength — a national formation of veterans, active-duty members, military families, and patriots who believe the oath has no discharge date.
A Community That Has Your Six
A national network of veterans, active-duty members, military families, and patriots who believe the oath has no discharge date.
Monthly Live Muster with LTC West
Not a webinar you sit through — a real-time formation where you ask questions and engage with fellow members.
Military Voting Alerts & Updates
When legislation or bureaucracy threatens those who serve, you’re the first to know. We track all fifty states so you don’t have to.
Constitutional Rights Intelligence
Regular briefings on the issues that hit veterans and military families — from the 2A to free speech. Facts, not spin.
Priority Event Invitations
First access to CSD events — local, national, and online — before they open to the public.
Pocket Constitution & Member Card
Sent as soon as you join, so you always have the nation’s owner’s manual on hand.
Take action
Sign the petition to secure our elections.
You swore to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Protecting the ballot is part of that oath.
In our 250th year, elections still fail to be secured against fraud and foreign interference. We are delivering this petition — signed by veterans, their families and their friends — to policymakers at the federal and state level. It takes a minute, and it costs nothing but your name.
Robert B. Carleson Freedom Scholarship
Raising the next generation of constitutional defenders.
Robert B. Carleson founded the ACRU and served President Reagan as the architect of welfare reform that put states, not Washington, in charge. The scholarship that bears his name invests in students who will carry that constitutional conviction forward.
From LTC Allen West & the front lines
California Dreamin’, Unconstitutionally