“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!