National Guard
President Trump memo gives military authority to operate from federal lands along the southern border
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that allows the U.S. military to conduct more activities on federal lands along the southern border. The military will be able to do things like construct border-barriers and set up monitoring equipment. The Secretary of Defense has leeway when determining what military activities will be needed to seal the […]
California National Guard Mobilized
More California National Guard troops sent to help fight Los Angeles fires Nicholas Slayton More troops from the California National Guard have been mobilized to help the fight against multiple fires in Los Angeles County. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Saturday afternoon that the state was doubling the amount of National Guard personnel deployed, with 1,680 […]
Bare necessities? Bears tore into MRE packets at a military supply room
A military base in Alaska recently discovered that MREs are not safe from bears. Military personnel contacted the Wildlife Conservation Law Enforcement Office, a.k.a. “JBER,” to report the incident. When law enforcement arrived at the scene, they saw evidence of the bear snack-fest. They found packages torn into and opened MREs across the floor. From […]
NG chopper crew grounded when their helicopter created wind
I was going to put this in my stupid people post, but it’s too good to not get its own post. As the hurricane relief efforts are still underway in North Carolina, it seems one National Guard helicopter crew ran afoul of common courtesy and made a big windy mess. It seems they were trying […]
A Utah National Guard sergeant major interfered with snooping Chinese nationals
Five Chinese nationals were confronted by a Utah National Guard sergeant major after midnight. They were at Camp Grayling where thousands of servicemembers were conducting summer training. The Chinese nationals told the sergeant major that they were “press” and then they proceeded to collect their belongings to depart. These individuals subsequently lied about this event […]
Is Tim Walz a Case of Stolen Valor?
When enough isn’t enough. We feel as if we really haven’t squeezed everything out of this yet, so… The folks at MilitaryPhony have sent us their work on Tim Walz. Although they are waiting on official military records, they decided to summarize the issues surrounding VP Candidate & Minnesota Governor Walz. As a community with […]
Natl Guard Chief says NG troops defending border is a waste of time
The Chief of the National Guard Bureau, General Daniel Hokanson, testified to Congress that the NG troops deployed to protect the southern border isn’t a militarily relevant mission. The quote is that it has “no military training value”, which seems pretty dense to me. He’d rather instead of deploying to defend the nation, they instead […]
Guardsmen related shooting being investigated
A member of the Indiana National Guard fired in the direction of an illegal alien. The incident that sparked the shooting involved an illegal alien stabbing another illegal alien on the Mexico side of the wall. The person that was shot escaped deeper into Mexico. Texan officials arrived at the scene to treat two wounded […]
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