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Biden’s War: Idaho deploys, yet again!

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 09AUG2022.

In August 2022, more than 6-hundred additional militia personnel deployed from Idaho.  The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s Task Force Rattler spent the past two years preparing for the deployment to The Middle East (South West Asia), as part of the never ending Operation Spartan Shield.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 09AUG2022.

The Idaho based Task Force Rattler also includes National Guard personnel from Montana, Ohio, Oregon and South Carolina.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 09AUG2022.

This is the second time, since November 2021, that the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team deployed to support Operation Spartan Shield.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 09AUG2022.

The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team also deployed to Iraq in 2004 and 2010This year, Idaho Army National Guard’s State Aviation Group C-12 Huron aircraft and crew deployed to Africa.  The Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Fighter Wing has deployed many times as well.  In June of this year, the 124th Civil Engineer Squadron was deployed to Oklahoma, because of flooding.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 09AUG2022.

Biden’s War, June 2022: IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON STUCK IN A DEPLOYMENT LOOP!

Biden’s War, May 2022: IDAHO MILITIA LAUNCHES NEWEST GUIDED ARTILLERY ROUNDS, IN PREPERATION FOR NEXT DEPLOYMENT

U.S. Disaster 2022: IDAHO AIR GUARD PREPS FOR SOCIAL COLLAPSE!

Biden’s War, April 2022: IDAHO’S FIRST TIME USE OF JAVELIN MISSILES, FOR YET ANOTHER DEPLOYMENT!

Biden’s War, November 2021: ‘REBELLIOUS’ SNAKE RIVER (IDAHO, OREGON) DEPLOYS! POLITICIAN BEGS IDAHOANS TO RESIST THE WILL OF BIDEN!

Trump’s War, May 2020: IDAHO AIR MILITIA’S (124th FW) EUROPEAN DEPLOYMENT CANCELED, SUDDENLY DEPLOYED TO MIDDLE EAST

Biden’s War: Idaho, Montana, Oregon stuck in a deployment loop!

“Families, employers, and citizens of Idaho, Montana and Oregon should be extremely proud and reassured that their Soldiers are motivated, well trained, and ready to represent their communities and the United States in a combat zone.”-Major Sam McDowell, commander of 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team

Sniper training. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAY2022.

‘Shoot house’ training. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 13MAY2022.

In May 2022, National Guard personnel from Idaho, Montana, Ohio, Oregon and South Carolina continued their ‘extended training’ (since March) for deployment to Camp Buehring, Kuwait, in just a few months, for the ongoing Operation Spartan Shield.

Idaho’s M1064 (M113 mortar carrier). Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 17MAY2022.

Launching 120mm mortar rounds. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 17MAY2022.

They have been assigned the official moniker of Task Force Rattler. They will be relieving Task Force Griz, another National Guard unit consisting of personnel from Florida, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Oregon (which deployed at the end of 2021).  It looks very much like the Idaho based 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team is stuck in a deployment loop.

So-called final Task Force Griz video report, by Sergeant Nicholas Ramshaw, 22MAY2022. Notice the Snake River Brigade patches:

Swedish made AT4 rocket launcher. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 12MAY2022.

“Back-blast area clear!” Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 12MAY2022.

The 12 months deployment of Task Force Rattler (2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion) will start with a short stop on Fort Bliss, Texas, for final deployment training, then on to Kuwait.

The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (Snake River) previously deployed to Iraq in 2004 and 2010. In 2016, the Idaho Air National Guard deployed to NATO Turkey, and recently more than 4-hundred Idaho Air National Guard personnel were suddenly deployed to Iraq/Kuwait in the summer of 2020 (they were supposed to deploy to NATO Europe). Also in 2016, an Oregon officer had to explain why the Snake River Brigade ‘invaded’ NATO Romania. And it was additionally revealed that Idaho is one of only 11 states that supply the most people, per capita, for U.S. military deployments! In fiscal year 2017, it was revealed that the Idaho Army National Guard was deployed to Bangladesh, Cambodia,  Canada, Germany, Guatemala, Korea, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Romania, Taiwan and Tanzania!  In 2018, Idaho Army National Guard’s 1st of the 168th General Support Aviation Battalion supported North Carolina’s deployment to Afghanistan.  Idaho Army and Air National Guard personnel were deployed during he supposed Pandemic in 2020-2021, and fought wildfires across the state last summer.  In February 2022, Idaho Army National Guard deployed C-12 Huron crews to somewhere in Africa.

Prepping the Abrams. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAY2022.

Load-out. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAY2022.

“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt

U.S. Disaster 2022: MONTANA MILITIA DEPLOYS AFTER MAJOR FLOODING!

2017: SNAKE RIVER MILITIA (?) SPENDS TAXPAYER MONEY BUILDING HOSPITALS IN CENTRAL AMERICA!

POCATELLO, IDAHO, MILITIA RETURNS FROM MALAYSIA, IS IT ABOUT THE OIL?

2016: SNAKE RIVER M1A2 SEP, LIVE FIRE ROMANIA!

MONTANA MILITIA ENJOYS BEING THE ‘BAD GUY’ IN ROMANIA!

SNAKE RIVER IFVS INVADE ROMANIA!

 

U.S. Disaster 2022: Montana Militia deploys after major flooding!

Lowered to a flooded home as SaR ops continue, 16JUN2022. Montana Army National Guard photo.

Since 13JUN2022, Montana Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk  helicopters have rescued more than 87 people trapped by record flooding, following a weekend downpour that dumped more rain than expected.

16JUN2022, Montana Army National Guard photo.

Interestingly, and you could call it perfect timing, back in February 2022, the Montana Army National Guard revealed plans to lease helicopter hanger space in the Eastern part of the state, due to the fact there was no National Guard search and rescue (SaR) presence in that part of the state: “If you look at a map of the U.S., that area Montana, southern Montana, northern Wyoming, that area is the largest area in the U.S. that does not have military aviation coverage.”-Colonel Rob Oleson, Director of Aviation and Safety, Montana Army National Guard

16JUN2022, Montana Army National Guard photo.

On 15Jun2022, additional militia personnel were sent to Caribou County, to assist local law enforcers by operating seven checkpoints in the Red Lodge area.

Red Lodge, Montana Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Edward Warner, 16JUN2022.

The flooding in the Red Lodge area is considered historic, ripping homes away and even flooding towns with large river rocks.

Montana Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Edward Warner, 16JUN2022.

The road checkpoints are expected to be operating at least until 22JUN2022.  Montana National Guard video by First Lieutenant Bayard Lewis, 15JUN2022, personnel deploy for checkpoint duty:

Montana Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Edward Warner, 16JUN2022.

Fort Harrison command center. Montana National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Michael Touchette, 15JUN2022.

Beartooth Slingshot Rentals drone video of flooding, 13JUN2022:

16JUN2022, Montana Army National Guard photo.

KTVQ report, 13JUN2022:

Red Lodge, Montana Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Edward Warner, 16JUN2022.

U.S. Disaster 2022: IDAHO AIR GUARD DEPLOYS TO CHEROKEE NATION!

HURRICANE HUNTERS ISSUE WARNING

Vehicle I-D: Fury vs Mig

MiG-17 on the left, Fury in the middle, MiG-15UTI on the right. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Tristan Truesdell, 13JUL2019.

In July 2019, the state of Montana was invaded by marauding MiG-15UTI and MiG-17, and a lone FJ-4 Fury came to The Big Sky state’s defense.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Tristan Truesdell, 13JUL2019

MiG-17. USAF photo by Airman First Class Tristan Truesdell, 13JUL2019.

It was part of an air show at Malmstrom Air Force Base.

VEHICLE I-D: MIG 17 V U.S. NAVY FERRARI

POCATELLO AIRPORT 02 AUGUST 2014: MIG-15 UTI & MIG-17

POCATELLO AIRPORT 02 AUGUST 2014: FJ-4 FURY

 

Idaho Militia turns information into lethal weapon!

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“Information is a weapon the brigade yields. We’re training Soldiers on their mission command weapons systems. We’re making information more lethal.”-Chief Warrant-3 Jerred Edgar, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Captain Robert Taylor, 10FEB2018.

Idaho’s Army National Guard signal personnel spent the early part of February learning how to kill using information.  Actually, the 116th Cavalry Brigade (Snake River) has signal corps personnel spread across four northwestern states, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Oregon.

Typically a “Signal Corps develops, tests, provides, and manages communications and information systems”, but this year the Idaho based Snake River militia decided to weaponize the information they gather in an exercise they called Signal Gunnery: “We wanted to create a process that trains crews in a manner similar to tank gunnery to create shared understanding with commanders.”-CW3 Jerred Edgar

Can you see me now? Idaho Army National Guard photo by Captain Robert Taylor, 10FEB2018.

The week long Signal Gunnery brought at least 60 personnel from four states together at Orchard Combat Training Center (OCTC), south of Boise.  It’s hoped this weaponizing-info-exercise becomes a annual event.

IDAHO MILITIA RANKED 2ND ONLY TO U.S. ARMY!

U.S. NAVY: SICK CALL WITHOUT GOING TO SICK CALL?

Updated: Seven Facts explain why Flu Vaccines fail!

This article was first written in 2017, now updated (at end of article) with list of links to articles/scientific reports about vaccine failures as recently as 2020.

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“Primary vaccine failure occurs when an organism’s immune system does not produce antibodies when first vaccinated.”Vaccination, Mechanism of Function, Wikipedia

Recently the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) admitted that traditional flu injections have a 37% failure rate (63% effective), and a nearly 100% failure rate for spray vaccines!  Keep in mind that there is not a mandatory health tracking/reporting system in the United States.  The data the CDC gets is voluntary, based on each state’s own government health department’s policies.  During the 2013-14 H1N1 pandemic I discovered that some states, like Oregon, did not track influenza cases.  This means the vaccine failure rate could actually be much higher in the U.S., than what has been voluntarily reported!

In the 2013-14 influenza season individuals were reporting that relatives were dying from H1N1 despite getting vaccinated for it: “That’s the kicker of the whole thing. She had the flu shot, we all did! Pamela Giusti, sister of 49 years old Massachusetts woman who died in February 2014

(The U.S. CDC and Food & Drug Administration run a Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).  It’s not a way of testing a vaccine before approval for use, it relies on individuals to report health problems after vaccination and most people don’t even know about VAERS.)

Mexico is a much better example of flu-shot-failure because Mexico has a socialized healthcare system (100% government-taxpayer funded) and vaccinations are supposedly mandatory.  By February 2014, 20-million Mexicans had been vaccinated for H1N1, and other flus, yet by that same month 390 people had died specifically from H1N1 (a total of 420 people dying), and the number of new infections were in the thousands every week!  

Mandatory vaccinations in Mexico fail to prevent thousands of infections and hundreds of deaths every year!

Even as recently as 2016, hundreds of Mexicans still died from influenza despite massive yearly flu vaccination campaigns by the government: “….the influenza season 2016-2017 reported 5,691 confirmed cases and 489 Mexican deaths.”  

Fact 1: Influenza viruses are among the fastest evolving viruses on the planet.  This means that by the time a vaccine is developed for a specific flu variant it could change enough to render the vaccine useless.   During the 2013-14 flu H1N1 pandemic in India, doctor Kutikuppala Surya Rao revealed “…swine flu viruses are undergoing changes at the genome level (ribo-nucleic acid) which is why the available vaccines, that are in use since 2009will not be effective against the virus.”

Now realize that despite years of vaccinating for H1N1, this year British empire’s (Commonwealth of Nations) India is on track for an H1N1 epidemic.  So far this flu season, health officials in Rajasthan state report that 1-out-of-3 flu tests are positive for H1N1.  Currently 33.9% of Rajasthan flu infections are H1N1, and 224 people have died!

Back to Mexico. Already this year 60 people have died in Mexico from H1N1, despite the government run vaccination program.  Fadela Chaib, with the United Nations World Health Organization (UN-WHO), said The virus is being described in the United States as a new subtype of A/H1N1. Mexico so far hasn’t said anything about the virus, what type of virus it is.”  This means the current vaccine for H1N1 won’t work.

The sparsely populated U.S. state of Montana is already voluntarily reporting that more than 30 people are sick with influenza, 12 hospitalized, unusual for so early in this year’s flu season.  Here in Idaho, one person has already died from influenza.  The man from the town of Hayden is the first person in the U.S. to die from flu this 2017-18 season.   So far no word on which flu variant (strain) the man died of.  It should also be noted that the 2016-17 flu season was the deadliest for the rural state of Idaho, 72 people died compared to the yearly average of 23.   There is currently a push to get residents to voluntarily get vaccinated, despite the fact that there is plenty of proof out of Australia that this year’s vaccines are no good.

Fact 2:  Vaccines are based on the previous flu season’s strains, and are issued based on ‘scientific guesstimation’ on what will be the dominant strains during the new flu season.  In Australia, this ‘scientific guesstimation’ is at fault for creating a 156% increase in cases of ‘Horror Flu’.  Doctors are reporting the vaccinations are having no effect, even the UN-WHO said this year’s vaccines are “suboptimal”Despite that fact, taxpayer funded arrogant Aussie health czars are instead blaming the Horror Flu epidemic on unvaccinated children, calling them Super Spreaders!

Fact 3: Doctors can’t cure a viral infection, only your body can do that, the best doctors can do is treat the SYMPTOMS of the infection.  Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital reported in 2014 that anti-viral treatments won’t help certain people: “…elevated nasal levels of the cytokines MCP-3 and interferon alpha 2 (IFNa2) and elevated blood levels of interleukin 10 (IL-10) at diagnosis predicted more severe symptoms later. Increased blood levels of IL-10 and MCP-3, as well as interleukin-6, at diagnosis predicted hospitalization later. MCP-3 and IFNa2 promote inflammation. IL-10 suppresses inflammation. Elevated IL-10 levels often signal that the body is trying to shut down the inflammatory response.”Researchers Discover Immune Signature That Predicts Poor Outcome in Influenza Patients

Despite this scientific fact, ignorant health czars around the world are still telling people to get ‘medication’ at hospitals if they get sick: “…there are several reports of flu going around and one of them is swine flu but it is being treated and if people have these symptoms they should go to health facility to get the necessary medication.”-Mark van der Heever, Western Cape Health Department, British empire’s (Commonwealth of Nations) South Africa

I include this anti-viral fact in with vaccines because many people seem to think vaccines are a form of treatment for viral infections.  They are not, they’re an attempt to prevent infection.  Recently a woman in the British empire’s United Kingdom wrote an opinion piece in which she ignorantly stated “I realised the safest way to live is to stay out of hospital or avoid intervention if you possibly can….     Vaccinating against a flu you haven’t caught yet seems to be the opposite of this.”   Which brings us to the next Fact.

Fact 4: If you’re already sick, even if not with flu but something else, vaccinations don’t work!  Having a compromised immune system renders the intent of vaccinations inert.  Studies continue to show that if you’re already dealing with something that’s stressing your immune system, your immune system can’t adequately respond to the vaccine.  What I find interesting is how shocked pro-vaccine doctors are when these studies come out.

This year doctors at Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital were shocked to learn from their own study that flu vaccines have almost no effect on children fighting cancer.  

This also questions the practice of putting multiple vaccines into one shot.  There are also efforts to create a single shot where every vaccine (not just flu) is crammed into it.  If your immune system can’t handle vaccinations while already fighting off infection, then how can it handle dozens of vaccinations at one time?

Fact 5: Vaccines are fragile, even slight temperature changes during storage can render them useless, or even make them toxic.  At the beginning of 2017 there were reports from around the world of people dying after getting vaccinations.  Those reports are true, but UN-WHO czars blamed it on improper storage and handling of the vaccines by supposedly trained health workers. 

In 2015 the deaths of babies, and hospitalization of 29 people, in mandatory vaccine Chiapas, Mexico, was blamed on improper storage of vaccines.   I find it strange that such improper storage of vaccines is happening more and more, so-much-so that many healthcare companies are racing to create ‘foolproof’ storage systems.

Fact 6: Vaccines are made with many ingredients, some of which people are allergic to.   Besides being allowed to use trace amounts of toxic metals to make vaccines, most are made with chicken eggs and people allergic to chicken eggs should avoid those vaccines.  However, In 2016 the U.S. CDC advised that people with egg allergies can get vaccinated if “…under the supervision of any health care provider who is able to recognize and manage severe allergic conditions.”   As a person who clinically died in the 1970s due to an allergic reaction to a medication administered by an incompetent military doctor at the U.S. Embassy hospital in Tehran, Iran, (revived by a competent military doctor who realized what happened) I say to the CDC “Fuck you, I’m not willing to take that chance!”

Allergies bring up another point, many vaccine reactions are being blamed on a person’s genetic disposition.  Yes, healthcare czars are now blaming adverse vaccine reactions on your DNA, not on the vaccine!  Recently, in the British empire’s United Kingdom, yet another teenaged girl suffered paralysis after getting the HPV vaccine.  In fact, HPV vaccine is associated with the onset of as many as 45 medical conditions.  However, after a study in Denmark the authoritarian ‘experts’ are now blaming it on undiagnosed pre-existing medical conditions, which takes us back to Fact 3, compromised immune systems.

Fact 7:  It takes about two weeks for your body to adequately respond to a vaccine, and some vaccines require more than one application.  During the response time you can still get infected, which could explain why so many people report getting sick right after getting the shot, and if you do get sick after getting the shot you just wasted your time, and in many cases here in the United States where most vaccines are not ‘free’ you just wasted your money.  There are several vaccines against other diseases that require multiple applications over a specific period of time, screw that up and they won’t work.  Then there’s the data (or lack of data) that show some vaccines that were once thought to be good for life, are not: “…..we don’t know how long protection really lasts; we are just guessing.  There are no long-term studies proving that vaccines are effective.  Independent studies show far less effectiveness than government position papers.ModernAlternativeHealth

An unhappy looking U.S. Navy Lieutenant gets a mandatory flu shot at Polaris Point, Guam, 20 OCT 2017

Updated list of links to reports about increased vaccine failures:

South African Pet Magazine’s 2020 article about Reasons for Vaccine Failure in your pets.

Here’s a 2020 update to the growing number of documented measles vaccine failures worldwide: The Glaring Problem Officials Are Ignoring. Part I: Measles Vaccination

Here’s another 2020 update; I revealed that the United Kingdom admitted that a 7-hundred percent increase in mumps infection was caused by the vaccine itself!

2019 update on failure of rabies vaccines (does this explain the increasing numbers of animals becoming rabid?): Rabies vaccine failure in a dog?

Failure rate from 2018-19 U.S. flu season.

2018 report on HPV vaccine failure rates: Failure Rates May Be Higher in Women, Girls With HIV

2017-18 U.S. flu season:  AS MANY AS 20% OF CHILDREN WHO DIED HAD FLU SHOT!

VACCINE FAIL: U.S. CDC SAYS SPRAY FLU VACCINES DON’T WORK, BRITISH HEALTH OFFICIALS PUSH FOR MORE SPRAY VACCINATIONS! WHOSE SCIENTIFIC DATA SHOULD YOU TRUST?

Future Medicine, 2017 article: Causes of impaired oral vaccine efficacy in developing countries

2015 report on vaccine failures in chickens: Main challenges in poultry farming

INFLUENZA, February 2014: H1N1 NOT NORMAL “HER LUNGS HEMORRHAGED!” MORE PROOF THE MEDIA MISLEADS ABOUT VACCINATIONS! WOMAN WHO GETS FLU SHOT, DIES! OBAMACARE KILLS INSURANCE FOR WOMAN FIGHTING H1N1! CATS DYING FROM H1N1! DEATHS SKYROCKET IN VACCINATED MEXICO!

Montana, Oregon & Washington National Guard deploy to fight wildfires!

“The western fires are not stopping. They’re just getting bigger.”-James Casaus, Incident Commander

“If we don’t start managing our forests, the forests are going to start managing us. The fires burning across Montana are a catastrophe, and we need all available resources to combat this threat.”-Steve Daines, senator for Montana

On 13 SEP 2017, Montana’s Air National Guard deployed to fight at least 21 wildfires in The Treasure State.

Montana has so far spent $50-million USD in state taxpayer funding fighting fires!

NBCMontana: Wildfire update, 14 SEP 2017

On 09 SEP 2017, the Oregon National Guard continued another round of firefighting training conducted by the state Department of Public Safety.  So far five groups of Oregon National Guard personnel have gone through the training.  Oregon has so far spent 28-million state taxpayer dollars fighting 18 wildfires.

U.S. Army personnel chow down after helping to fight fires in Oregon, 10 SEP 2017

So far, the U.S. Forest Service has spent a record 2.1-billion federal tax dollars fighting wildfires across the western United States!

Video, Washington National Guard firefighting ‘mop-up’ ops 09 SEP 2017:

IDAHO CONDUCTS MASSIVE MAFFS TRAINING, IN PREPS FOR HOT WILDFIRE SEASON!

MAFFS : WILDFIRE SEASON 2018 GOING TO BE A HOT ONE!

150 years, Montana Militia!

Fort Harrison, Montana, open house 08 JUL 2017.

150th Anniversary Montana National Guard:

90th Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment, 19th Special Forces, Montana Army National Guard parachute on Fort Harrison, Montana, 08 JUL 2017.

19th Special Forces, Montana Army National Guard, prep to jump 08 JUL 2017.

Oklahoma Militia responds to chemical attack

Snake River Militia (?) spends taxpayer money building hospitals in Central America!

05 April 2017 / 20:14 UTC-07 Tango 06 (17 Farvardin 1396/09 Rajab 1438/10 Jia Chen 4715)

Former National Guardsmen from Montana, now Army Reservists (but still wearing the patch of Idaho based Snake River Brigade), are in the Central American country of Belize building hospitals and schools under a U.S. Southern Command sub-operation called Double Head Cabbage.

Former Snake River Brigade member Sergeant Ramon Firestone, from Montana, measures a 2×4 for use in making roof supports in Belize

Belize was once a colony of the British empire, called British Honduras, gaining so-called independence in 1981.  In 2006 oil was discovered in the area known as Spanish Lookout.

Double Head Cabbage is part of a larger operation between United States and Belize, called Beyond the Horizon 2017.  Beyond the Horizon will provide free medical help to the people of Belize, at U.S. taxpayer expense!

Specialist Troy Hanson, from Montana. Defense Department reports say he’s with Army Reserve, but note the National Guard Snake River Brigade patch on his sleeve.

Interestingly the personnel from Montana claim to belong to a federal Army Reserve unit, yet they wear Idaho National Guard’s Snake River Brigade (116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team) patch (see pics above).

The Army Reserve unit the personnel claim to be from is known as the 672nd Engineer Company.  I discovered that the 672nd was deactivated back in June 1959, but reactivated in September 2008.

The Montana reservists are wearing the National Guard patch on their right sleeves to indicate they were deployed to a combat zone with the Snake River Brigade.  Recently rules were changed concerning the wearing of the ‘combat patch’.  For a long time the size of the unit you deployed with, how long you were deployed in a combat zone, and whether or not Congress actually declared war, determined the wearing of the combat patch.  Another problem has been that some brigade level commanders actually banned the wearing of combat patches.  The wearing of the combat patch is voluntary.

VEHICLE ID: SNAKE RIVER M1A2 SEP, LIVE FIRE ROMANIA!

CANUCKS JOIN SNAKE RIVER MILITIA, AIR ASSAULT MOVE TO CONTACT, ROMANIA!

116TH SNAKE RIVER’S 2015 NTC ROTATION

World War Three: 116th Snake River’s 2015 NTC Rotation

Oregon National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

D Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT), Oregon Army National Guard. Oregon National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

In August 2015, the 116th Cavalry (Cav-al-ry, not Cal-vary) Brigade Combat Team (Idaho, Montana & Oregon) deployed to Fort Irwin, California, for Total Force Warfare training.

Oregon National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

Oregon Army National Guard photo by Specialist Michael Germundson.

126th Engineers, backhoes & bulldozers:

126th Engineers explainer:

M113 based M106 mortar carrier. Oregon Army National Guard photo by Specialist Michael Germundson.

M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicle. Oregon Army National Guard photo by Specialist Michael Germundson.

Logistics (lots-o-trucks), M2s and M1A2s arrive at Fort Irwin:

M2A3 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. Oregon Army National Guard photo by Specialist Michael Germundson.

Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

Idaho National Guard COLT (Combat Observation Lasing Teams) of the 1-148 FA (HQ in Pocatello), identified by the AN/TVQ-2 Ground/Vehicular Laser Locator Designator (G/VLLD, usually called a ‘glid’) mounted next to the .50 cal machine gun. Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne. In 1998, I was at NTC representing the 1-148 FA as a FiST/V (Fire Support Team Vehicle) crewman.

Maneuvers:

Idaho Army National Guard UH-60, M240 door gunner with A Company, 1st Battalion, 183rd Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion. Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

The August 2015 NTC rotation (15-09) also included National Guard units from six other states, providing air support through Task Force Talon:

Arkansas Army National Guard’s 1036th Engineer Company supports the 116th CBCT by detonating an M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MCLC, pronounced mic-lic). Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

Video, Combined Arms Live Fire, “On the way!”:

The last time the 116th went to NTC was in 1998, with yours truly.

1998 Desert Avenger certificate of appreciation

“THIS IS WHERE ARMOR FIGHTS!” IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD