National Guard
That pesky 10th Amendment thing
12H sends us a link from US News which tells of the problems that the DoD’s decision to grant dependent status to same sex couples is causing among the various states in contradiction to their own laws; Texas was the first of nine states that have said it will not issue military identity cards to […]
Marine/Guardsman sacrificed himself for middle school kids
There was a shooting at a Middle school in Nevada today, if you hadn’t heard. Two people died in the gunfire – a teacher and the shooter, according to Business Insider. the teacher was Michael Landsberry a former Marine (in the mid-80s) and a current member of the Nevada National Guard; A witness told the […]
#@&!! TDY Fraud
I alluded earlier to a problem in the Arizona Air National Guard. It looks like the subject of this article was the reason. It appears as if some of those assigned to the 214th Reconnaissance Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard and based in Tucson, were really enduring a hardship tour operating those remotely-piloted aircraft (RPAs). […]
Colorado National Guard rescue hundreds
The Associated Press reports that the Colorado National Guard has broken through the flood waters there to rescue about 1750 Coloradans from the rising waters; National Guard helicopters and truck convoys broke through to paralyzed canyon communities where thousands of stranded residents were eager to escape the Rocky Mountain foothills. But not everybody was willing […]
Guardsmen plead guilty in bonus scam
Four former and current National Guardsmen pleaded guilty in almost a quarter-million dollar scam to defraud the Guard Recruiting Assistance Program (G-RAP) which paid bonuses as enticement to attract folks to enlist according to the Department of Justice; Melanie D. Moraida, 33, of Pearland, Texas; Kimberly N. Hartgraves, 28, of League City, Texas; Lashae C. […]
Guardsman reinstated in Postal Service; cleans up
Stars & Stripes reports that SGM Richard Erickson was reinstated by an administrative judge from the Merit Systems Protection Board after he was fired by the Postal Service for “excessive use of military service”, whatever that is. He was fired back in 2000; Garry Wade Klein, the administrative judge from the Merit Systems Protection Board, […]
Happy Birthday, National Guard
Today the National Guard celebrates it’s 376th Birthday. The Guard has changed a lot in the thirty-plus years since I joined when their annual training was was a two week kegger. The military organization we know today as the National Guard came into existence with a direct declaration on December 13, 1636. On this date, […]
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