“The benefit of sharing and collaborating in this space with our active duty counterparts is the opportunities we can provide prospective recruits. If a ‘customer’ isn’t looking for something full-time, they have Guard recruiters at their disposal. If they’re looking to explore full-time opportunities, active duty recruiters are twenty feet away.”-Senior Master Sergeant Casey Bermensolo, Idaho Air National Guard Recruiting
Idaho National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Joseph Morgan, 02MAY2023.
Idaho National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Joseph Morgan, 02MAY2023.
The grand opening was on 02MAY2023. The Total Force Recruiting Office is jointly operated by the Idaho Air National Guard and the USAF’s 368th Recruiting Squadron based on Hill Air Force Base, in Utah.
Idaho National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Joseph Morgan, 02MAY2023.
The USAF hopes this is a way of addressing the collapsing recruiting numbers: “This is the toughest it’s been in a long time for both active duty and Air National Guard recruiting. The fact that we’re forging these relationships and building this infrastructure during these complicated times, I believe, ensures our success going forward.”-Captain Annie Driscoll, USAF 368th Recruiting Squadron
So far, only two other states have USAF/Air National Guard Total Force Recruiting Offices; Illinois and Georgia.
Incomplete list of video reports, and links to news reports, of recent state National Guard developments, as of 26MAY2023:
More proof never ending deployments are having a negative effect on U.S. families:
ARKANSAS:
Arkansas Army National Guard Photo by Sergeant Maddie Fortune, 12MAY2023.
The Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion-153d Infantry Regiment, prepped for their deployment to the Middle East/Operation Spartan Shield!
National Guard video (by Sergeant Madeline Fortune) of Arkansas and Missouri Guard personnel learning how to use the Javelin for their deployment:
CALIFORNIA: National Guard deployed to San Francisco, as the drug crisis explodes in ‘The Golden City’!
FLORIDA: 8-hundred National Guard personnel deploying alongside police, to Texas!
ILLINOIS:
Illinois Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Trenton Fouche, 04MAY2023.
From 02-06MAY2023, the 6/54th Security Force Assistance Brigade conducted ‘pre-mobilization’ training.
IOWA:
U.S. Army photo by Master Sergeant Daniel Griego, 24MAY2023.
The Air National Guard’s 132nd Medical Group took part in medical training in the Gjakova District of Kosovo, 24MAY2023.
LOUISIANA: 773rd Military Police Battalion deploying to NATO-Europe!
MICHIGAN:
Michigan Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Patrick Mayabb, 13MAY2023.
Bravo Battery-1-182nd Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard, practiced loading their HIMARS onto a C-17, while deployed to NATO-Estonia, 13MAY2023.
New Jersey Army National Guard photo by Specialist Michael Schwenk, 21MAY2023.
On 21MAY2023, Army National Guard personnel boarded busses for Fort Polk, Louisiana, to take part in a massive ‘large scale combat operations in a multi-domain setting against a near-peer opposing force’ wargame. The more than 5-thousand National Guard personnel wargame will also include militia personnel from Puerto Rico!
New York Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Sean Madden, 06MAY2023.
New York and Massachusetts National Guard units conducted combat rescue Operation Jawbreaker training on Warren Grove Range, in New Jersey, 05-07MAY2023: “These Special Forces units can greatly enhance our warfighting and ground base defense capabilities so that we are able to better prepare for near-peer adversaries.”-First Lieutenant Al Romano
NEW YORK:
New York Army National Guard photo by Specialist Jean Sanon.
160 Army National Guard Military Police said goodbye to their friends and family during a deployment ceremony at Monroe Community College on 16MAY2023. They are deploying for the next year to NATO-Poland, but first stop is Fort Bliss, Texas, for additional training.
U.S. Army photo by Private Zachary Brown, 02MAY2023.
Rhode Island Army National Guard practiced loading their vehicles onto Rhode Island Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules, while on Fort Drum in New York, 02MAY2023.
NORTH CAROLINA: National Guard trains for cyber warfare, Operation Tobacco Road.
OHIO:
Ohio Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Sarah Stalder Lundgren, 05MAY2023.
Air National Guard F-16 Falcons took part in a large-scale readiness exercise, in Swanton, 05MAY2023.
OKLAHOMA: National Guardsman arrested in Texas!
TENNESSEE: 1-hundred militia personnel deploying to Texas!
Washington National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Adeline Witherspoon, 10MAY2023.
On 10-11MAY2023, the Washington and Montana National Guards spent the weekend conducting FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Region 10 training to integrate guard units with federal and local civilian emergency response personnel, for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear disasters. The training included load-up of a C-130J Super Hercules: “This is a true joint-training event between the Washington and Montana National Guard and active duty. This was also the first time we practiced loading onto a C-130J airframe.”-Senior Master Sergeant Adam Brunneman
Washington Army National Guard photo by Private First Class Abigail Clark, 07MAY2023.
Washington Army National Guard’s Field Support teams 1556 and 1567 deploying to U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom) and Central Command (CentCom) areas of responsibility.
Washington Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Adeline Witherspoon, 30APR2023.
At the end of April, the Washington National Guard began prepping for the 2023 wildfire season.
Washington DC:
Washington DC National Guard photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen, 21APR2023.
DC Air National Guard personnel prepare for possible deployment from Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland, 21APR2023.
On 23JAN2023, about 4-hundred New York Army National Guard ‘Air-Cav’ Militia personnel deployed for Kuwait, however, their first stops will be Pennsylvania and Texas for additional training. Many of the Soldiers will be providing CH-47F Chinook helicopter support for the Mississippi Army National Guard, in South West Asia (The Middle East). According to the New York National Guard, there are already at least 1-thousand-8-hundred New York Army National Guard Soldiers deployed across the world, including assisting with training Ukrainian troops in NATO-Germany!
Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Captain Travis Mueller, 20JAN2023.
Illinois Army National Guard Specialist Xzavier Marte, 17JAN2023.
On 17JAN2023, the Illinois Army National Guard’s 933rd Military Police Battalion conducted a deployment ceremony, they are deploying to support U.S. Southern Command (SouthComm) operations.
Illinois Army National Guard Specialist Xzavier Marte, 17JAN2023.
On 11JAN2023, it was revealed that Michigan Army National Guard has Soldiers inside Syria! The National Guard Bureau’s photo-montage-video claims to show the militiamen conducting weapons qualifications inside Syria:
Utah National Guard photo by Ileen Kennedy, 09JAN2023.
The Michigan National Guard Family Programs Office provides support for families of the Michigan National Guard, they may be reached at 1-888-MICH-FAM. Multiple deployments to The Middle East were made in 2022.
Florida National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Christopher Vann, 06JAN2023.
“The request for additional support shows just how challenging this fire season is and how critical our MAFFS aircraft, aircrews and maintenance personnel are to supporting NIFC [National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho].”-Colonel Jeremy Ford, 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard
Wyoming ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Jon Alderman.
On 19JUL2021, a Wyoming Air National Guard (ANG) C-130H MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) was activated, and on 20JUL2021 was sent to battle wildfires in California.
Wyoming ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Jon Alderman.
The C-130H has been upgraded with a new propeller system.
Wyoming ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Jon Alderman.
Wyoming ANG video by Jacqueline Marshall, 19JUL2021:
Wyoming ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Jon Alderman.
Also on 19JUL2021, Colorado ANG activated a MAFFS to fight the fires in California. Music video announcement by Staff Sergeant Laura Fitsmorris:
CAL FIRE Air Tanker Base, McClellan Park. Nevada ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Paula Macomber.
Nevada’s ‘High Rollers’ just had their mission in California extended until August 26th!
MAFFS aircraft are only activated when it becomes clear that the private sector water bombers are overwhelmed, or will soon be, by the volume of wildfires.
These are just a few of the U.S. military operations happening across the North American region for the Gregorian month of May, 2018.
ALABAMA: More proof ObamaCare-ACA is a total failure; U.S. Department of Defense deployed hundreds of Active, Guard and Reserve personnel from around the U.S. for the Alabama Wellness Innovative Readiness Training mission.
ALASKA:The National Guard Best Warrior Region VI 2018 competition was held on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. State militia competitors come from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming.
Red Flag Alaska 2018 included units from NATO countries
ARKANSAS:
Arkansas National Guard deployed Lakotas to the New Mexico/Mexico border, as part of Operation Guardian Support
ARIZONA:
National Guard personnel clear brush as part of Operation Guardian Support in Yuma
Missouri National Guard preps for air patrol of border, in Tucson, as part of Operation Guardian Support
CALIFORNIA: Why does our government keep insisting the War on Terror isn’t about religion? In violation of the U.S. Constitution, Travis Air Force Base became the headquarters for Firefighters for Christ, a specifically christian organization using christianity to influence firefighters from Sweden, the Philippines, Germany, Northern Ireland, Canada and Switzerland: “While the experiences of someone who is Muslim or Jewish may differ from our own, we enjoy the opportunity to deepen each other’s spiritual resilience.”-John Speakman, Travis Fire Emergency Services
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan inspected border wall construction efforts in Calexico
National Guard getting briefed on their deployment to border patrol near San Diego, as part of Operation Guardian Support
U.S. Border Patrol at Friendship Park just south of Imperial Beach
Video of Australian’s invading (?) Camp Pendleton (RIMPAC):
Video report Fort Hunter Liggett burned by wildfires:
Cub Scouts help Army Corps of Engineers restore native plants along the Santa Ana River
Army Corps of Engineers declares debris removal, from January’s Santa Barbara County mudslides, complete
CANADA:U.S. Army Reserve units from California and South Dakota took part in Maple Resolve 18-01, Wainwright, Alberta.
COSTA RICA:
The USAF spent three weeks training Costa Rican police in anti-drug ops
DELAWARE:
Attempting to save taxpayer’s money by installing solar panels at Dover Air Force Base
EL SALVADOR: Texas Air National Guard video explainer of what they’re doing in El Salvador:
67th Signal Battalion, from Georgia, video explainer of what they’re doing in El Salvador:
Video report Puerto Rico National Guard serving up food in El Salvador:
Your tax dollars at work building schools in El Salvador:
FLORIDA:
Your tax dollars at work at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, 23MAY2018
Video report U.S. Special Operations Command CAPEX in Tampa:
New York Air National Guard attends Kool Skool at Camp Raven
GUATEMALA:
U.S. military personnel honored by Guatemala with the Medalla Monja Blanca (Medal of the White Nun), after spending a year training up elite naval special forces in counter-narcotics operations.
HAWAII: Video National Guard responds to volcano:
HONDURAS:
USA Sergeant First Class Levon Fernandez awarded the Soldier’s Medal for Heroism for helping two Honduran pilots after their plane crashed
INDIANA: Video report NetWars Operation Cybershield:
Military propaganda at the Indy 500
LOUISIANA:
Louisiana National Guard deployed Lakotas to the Texas/Mexico border, as part of Operation Guardian Support
MARYLAND:
Army Corps of Engineers begins jetty project on Rhodes Point Smith Island
NEW MEXICO:
Region 7 Best Warrior Competition
Red Flag Rescue 18-2
NEW YORK:New York Army National Guard along with State Police, U.S. Health and Human Services, Brookhaven Labs and the Federal Bureau of Investigation took part in a Weapons of Mass Destruction training event at the Plum Island Animal Disease Research Facility.
USN/USMC personnel help renovate a building in Brooklyn-NYC for Habitat for Humanity
Video San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Arlington during Fleet Week:
Video USAF Alpha Warrior Challenge:
New York Army National Guard’s 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion deploys to Kuwait
OKLAHOMA:
290 Army National Guardsmen from across the nation took part in Air Assault, Pathfinder and Rappel Master Schools in Oklahoma
OREGON:
Oregon National Guard CH-47 Chinook crews trained for expected ‘domestic missions’, mainly responding to natural disasters
I’m still upset over how many local TV news reporters and anchors still say “Have a happy Memorial Day.” Only the ‘enemy’ would be happy about that.
Oregon Army National Guard fire their M119 Howitzers at Willamette National Cemetery, for Memorial Day
PANAMA:
U.S. tax dollars and military personnel help the Panamanian Ministry of Health hand out drugs to silly-vilians
PENNSYLVANIA:
Pennsylvania National Guard plans for hurricane season
PUERTO RICO: Video of funeral for Major José Ramón:
Army Corps of Engineers and taxpayer funded contractors so far have collected 4-million cubic yards of dead vegetation since Hurricane Maria hit in September 2017!
SOUTH CAROLINA: USMC video prepping for hurricanes:
TEXAS:
South Carolina National Guard deployed their Lakotas to Texas as part of Operation Guardian Response
Airmen from Dyess AFB deploy to Afghanistan
Texas Army National Guard 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment deploys to the Horn of Africa
UTAH: 807th Medical Command Deployment Support video explainer:
WASHINGTON: Video 100 years of the Army Chemical Corps:
“…Overlooked by the proponents of this plan are the implications for our country’s system of checks and balances, and ultimately the liberty of our citizens.
The Army’s layered rhetoric, designed to dupe Congress and the American people into believing its plan is best, consistently echoes a dangerous and loaded argument — the idea that state governors have no need for Apache helicopters.
If we accept that argument, we embark further down a slippery slope and there will be little to stop the Pentagon from taking all National Guard war-fighting equipment in the future. What will be next? Tanks, fighter aircraft, air tankers or field artillery? What about our M-4 and M-16 rifles?
The Army’s hasty declaration that the Guard does not need combat capability for state missions conveniently ignores the many reasons it’s here in the first place.
It’s the National Guard that defends the homeland. The Guard ensures the sovereignty of our airspace through fighter-alert missions throughout the country. The Guard is our initial crisis-response force for everything from natural disasters to terrorist attacks. And as a vital component of the ‘Total Army,’ the Guard fights and wins our nation’s wars overseas alongside active-duty service partners.
The most important reason is deeply rooted in the Constitution. Many of America’s Founding Fathers, studying the precedents set by the British and Roman empires, believed the greatest threat to liberty was a large standing army that they viewed as an unchecked power dangerous to a free republic.
They therefore gave Congress — the branch of government most representative of the American people — the power to raise and support armies in times of need. They also gave Congress the power to provide for the calling forth of the colonial militia, the predecessor to the National Guard, to suppress insurrections and repel invasions.
This division of power meant that power was checked and helped limit the blunders of a large centralized government by dispersing power to citizens through their state governments.
It stands to reason that the size of the Army’s active component should contract in times of peace. After Sept. 11, 2001, the Army swelled from 480,000 to 570,000 at the peak of the war while the other services maintained relatively consistent manpower levels. Today, the Army’s short-term solution has long-term consequences, as it wants to plunder combat-arms equipment and resources from its reserve component because presumably it’s difficult for them to accept postwar downsizing.
The real solution to the Apache debate is one that falls in line with the Constitution and provides adequate forces amid historic cuts to the defense budget. The Army must reverse its plan and divert soldiers and equipment from the active component to the National Guard, where they can be maintained at a fraction of the cost. America can keep its highly trained, combat-capable soldiers right here, where they are always ready, always there.
States do need Apache helicopters, and virtually every other capability found in the National Guard, because the people of a free republic need their states to have them.”
Air National Guard Major General Michael T. McGuire, Adjutant General for Arizona National Guard
Southeast Idaho’s Bear Lake & Minnetonka Cave
More proof ObamaCare-ACA is a total failure; U.S. Department of Defense deployed hundreds of Active, Guard and Reserve personnel from around the U.S. for the Alabama Wellness Innovative Readiness Training mission.
The National Guard Best Warrior Region VI 2018 competition was held on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. 
State militia competitors come from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming. 
U.S. Army Reserve units from California and South Dakota took part in Maple Resolve 18-01, Wainwright, Alberta. 
More proof ObamaCare-ACA is a total failure; U.S. Department of Defense deployed hundreds of personnel under Operation Empower Health- Greater Savannah, 
New York Army National Guard along with State Police, U.S. Health and Human Services, Brookhaven Labs and the Federal Bureau of Investigation took part in a Weapons of Mass Destruction training event at the Plum Island Animal Disease Research Facility.
Army Corps of Engineers and taxpayer funded contractors so far have collected 4-million cubic yards of dead vegetation since Hurricane Maria hit in September 2017!
