National Guard
Eddison Hermond; missing National Guardsman found
Fox News reports the sad news that Maryland Guardsman Eddison Hermond’s body has been found in Maryland after he was swept away by raging flood waters; Hermond is a sergeant assigned to Camp Fretterd in Reisterstown, Md. He joined the Maryland Army National Guard in 2009 after serving in the Air Force for more than […]
C-130 crashes in Savannah, Georgia
According to the Savannah Morning News 5 people have been killed in the crash of a C-130 military transport aircraft; A C-130 Hercules cargo plane from Puerto Rico Air National Guard has crashed near the intersection of Ga. 21 and Crossgate Road in Savannah. Effingham County Sheriff spokeswomen Gena Bilbo says the intersection of Ga. […]
Puppet fallout
The other day, we talked about the Tennessee Air National Guard reenlistment video in which a senior NCO took her oath with a puppet. According to the Air Force Times, punishment has been meted out already; The Tennessee Air National Guard colonel who led a re-enlistment ceremony in which a senior noncommissioned officer recited her […]
Don Marostica is not a Vietnam veteran
Someone sent us their work on this fellow, Don Marostica who was a legislator in Colorado’s House of Representatives. He resigned that position and became the director of the state’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade. You’ll notice in the caption of the picture above, someone thought that Marostica is a Vietnam veteran. His […]
Texas National Guard deploys to border
ABC13 reports that about five hundred Texas National Guard troops have deployed to that state’s border with Mexico. The Texas Military Department tweeted a photo with the caption “Texas National Guard is currently on ground across the Texas-Mexico border with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, preparing for more operations and troops.” According to The […]
Training for war can be as dangerous as war
Last Wednesday, several instructors and students of the Mountain Warfare School at Camp Ethan Allen, Vermont tried to scale Smuggler’s Notch in order to gauge conditions for training. They were consumed by an avalanche, six members of the team were injured. In this video, Vermont National Guard Lt. Col. Matthew Brown, commander of Army Mountain […]
William Robert Dunbar pleads guilty to threatening VP
Bobo sends a link to the story of William Robert Dunbar who we wrote about in September when the Pennsylvania Guardsman threatened to assassinate Vice President Pence. According to the Tribune-Democrat, he pleaded guilty yesterday; Dunbar allegedly made the threat against Pence while on duty on Sept. 8 as a National Guardsman at the Army […]
J.W. Claburn and the National Guard
Inside Edition reports on 4-year-old J.W. Claburn who welcomed National Guard troops to his neighborhood in Richmond, Texas; Wes Claburn said he wasn’t surprised at his son’s gesture as he’s always taught him the importance of the military. “He’s just a sweet and good-hearted kid. He knew it was the military and he knows what […]
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