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Flood Fighters: Louisiana Militia, it ain’t no 9-to-5 job!

20 August 2016 (12:34 UTC-07 Tango 01) 30 Mordad 1395/16 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/18 Bing-Shen 4714

“It brings me back to when Hurricane Katrina passed in 2005, and I saw the National Guard around all the neighborhoods. That’s what persuaded me to join.”-Sergeant Bryan Campo

Monroe, Louisiana

Since 12 August, more than 3-thousand 8-hundred Louisiana Army and Air National Guard personnel have been mobilized to help deal with the unexpected and unprecedented flooding that’s ongoing (due to rain upriver, along the Mississippi).

Denham Springs, Louisiana

From 12 August to 19 August, the state militia rescued more than 19-thousand residents and more than 2-thousand 6-hundred pets. More than 78-thousand 9-hundred MRE’s (Meals Ready to Eat), 465 tarps, more than 439-thousand bottles of water, 961,500 sandbags, more than 2-thousand 2-hundred cots and 1-thousand 7-hundred blankets were distributed!  National Guard Military Police are also providing security at some shelters.

Don’t think it’s a ‘9-to-5’ job, militia personnel are pulling 12 hour-shifts!

LOUISIANA MILITIA RESCUES FLOOD VICTIMS & THEIR PETS!

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U.S. Coast Guard: What happens to cows abandoned in flooded towns?

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18 August 2016 (02:29 UTC-07 Tango 01) 28 Mordad 1395/14 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/16 Bing-Shen 4714

On 16 August, while conducting search ops in Saint Amant, Louisiana, the U.S. Coast Guard spotted a herd of cows nonchalantly walking down the flooded main street of town:

Since 13 August, the U.S. Coast Guard has rescued more than 2-hundred people and at least 57 pets from the record level flooding in Louisiana!

LOUISIANA MILITIA RESCUES FLOOD VICTIMS & THEIR PETS!

U.S. COAST GUARD, 226 YEARS OLD!

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ObamaCare Fail: U.S. Army provides free vision care for desperate Texans!

17 August 2016 (17:33 UTC-07 Tango 01) 27 Mordad 1395/13 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/15 Bing-Shen 4714

“Beginning Sunday night there was a line of cars and people waiting to get their vouchers to be seen the following day. These patients slept in their cars and on the concrete outside the fence line of the high schools in hopes to be provided free health care!”-Major Brad Cunningham, U.S. Army optometrist

Desperate Texans lined up at Juarez-Lincoln High School in Mission, for free eye exams provided by the U.S. Army

If ObamaCare (Affordable Care Act) is so good why has the U.S. military ramped up free medical services for U.S. silly-vilians?

At the end of July the Brooke Army Medical Center took part in a Remote Area Medical mission in Rio Grande Valley.  986 full eye exams were conducted, 885 glasses made, and 58 people had to be refered to civilian specialists because of more severe eye problems.

OBAMACARE FAIL: U.S. MILITARY DEPLOYED TO RENDER FREE MEDICAL HELP TO 13-THOUSAND U.S. CITIZENS!

International, Technology, U.S.

World War Three, 2016: B-1, B-2 & B-52, the new ‘Integrated Bomber Force’, B-B-B-B-BAAD to the Bone!

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17 August 2016 (17:05 UTC-07 Tango 01) 27 Mordad 1395/13 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/15 Bing-Shen 4714

Bomber Assurance And Deterrence = BAAD

As a show of force against ‘enemies’ in the oil rich South China Sea area (anybody remember the U.S. occupation of Vietnam?) The U.S. Air Force is conducting strategic bomber ops using all three of its strategic bombers for the first time.

“The unique thing about our opportunities here as part of the continuous bomber presence is we really have the chance to train across all of the mission sets that the B-1 is capable of. We will routinely, on a day-in and day-out basis, get to train with the land, air and naval forces of both the US and our allies and partners in the region. It’s really an unmatched training opportunity for our squadron.”-Lieutenant Colonel Seth Spanier, commnader 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron

B-1B Lancer (aka Bone) from South Dakota takes part in bomber operations at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

“It also gives us the chance to work with other bomber aircraft we have inside Air Force Global Strike Command as well as some of our regional allies and partners for national security and deterrence in this part of the world.”-Lieutenant Colonel Keith Butler, 13th Bomb Squadron director of operations for the B-2

B-2 Spirit from Missouri taking part in bomber operations at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

“We’ve been out here the past six months flying Pacific Power Projection sorties, so all over the Pacific area of responsibility doing assurance deterrence missions.”-Captain Kaitlin Tardieu, B-52 driver

B-52 Stratofortress from North Dakota takes part in bomber ops at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

The B-1, B-2 and B-52 have been to the U.S. Territory of Guam before, but not as a combined bomber team.    The U.S. Pacific Command’s area of operation covers 52% of the world!

Video of B-1, B-2 & B-52 take-offs from Guam:

USAF news report on BAAD:

OPERATION PACIFIC PATHWAYS: OBAMA PREPS FOR WAR WITH CHINA, AT SAME TIME SELLS CHINA NUCLEAR MATERIALS!

U.S., AUSTRALIA & JAPAN INVADE VIETNAM, AGAIN! PREPS FOR WAR WITH CHINA!

OBAMA SENDING 60% OF NAVAL FLEET TO SOUTH CHINA SEA OIL FIELDS!

International, U.S.

Columbia invades Louisiana!

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17 August 2016 (16:15 UTC-07 Tango 01) 27 Mordad 1395/13 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/15 Bing-Shen 4714

Sharkmouth FAC A-29 Super Tacano

Just days after unprecedented rainfall, causing ongoing deadly flooding, the air force of South American country Columbia seized Barksdale U.S. Air Force Base in Louisiana!

Columbian C-130 Herky Bird parked in front of USAF B-52 Stratofortress

A-29B Super Tucano COIN (COunter INsurgency) birds and C-130 transports of the Fuerza Aérea Colombiana touched down at Barksdale the day after the record flooding began.

National Guard F-16

 Don’t worry, It’s not a real invasion, it’s part of wargames called Green Flag East, and includes F-16s from the Alabama and Texas militias.  Video of FAC arrival:

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Paratroopers have their own official National Airborne Day! Video shows you why!

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In 2001 the U.S. Congress created National Airborne Day, which is every 16th of August:

VEHICLE I-D: C-17 DUMPS HMMWVS ON SOUTH CAROLINA, AWESOME VID!

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE 82ND AIRBORNE HITS THE GROUND?

45 YEARS OF C-130 MAFFS OPS. WHO WOULD’VE KNOWN WILDFIRES WOULD BECOME SUCH A PROBLEM?

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Louisiana Militia rescues flood victims & their pets!

16 August 2016 /21:17 UTC-07 Tango 01 (27 Mordad 1395/13 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/15 Bing-Shen 4714)

Since 762mm (30 inches) of rain fell on 12 August 2016 more than 3-thousand 3-hundred Louisiana National Guard personnel are conducting rescues, security, aid and confort missions in response to the record flooding in The Pelican State.  Neighboring Mississippi has also sent state militia to help out.

Mississippi National Guard CH-47 lifting giant sand bags for use against the Louisiana flood

In one 24 hours period the National Guard rescued 5-hundred people and 61 pets, using 66 trucks, 20 boats and five helicopters!   Here’s video of rescues by militia Black Hawks, and aerials of the record level flood:

 

U.S. highway 190 through Denham Springs

Here’s video of Louisiana militia conducting rescues by truck:

SIGN OF THINGS TO COME: KENTUCKY MILITIA TRAINS FOR WATER RESCUES IN INDIANA!

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USAF admits Reserve Airmen not getting paid!

10 August 2016 /21:12 UTC-07 Tango 01 (21 Mordad 1395/07 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/09 Bing-Shen 4714)

The U.S. Air Force has round-a-boutly admitted that Reserve unit personnel are not getting paid for travel expenses.  The revelation was made as the USAF boasted about a new voucher program that has significantly increased payouts.

The new program is being tested at Dover AFB in Delaware, by the 512th Airlift Wing.  According to the 512th Financial Management office, in August 2015 there were 113 Airmen who were owned money for travel expenses (this is just for Reserve Airmen who drill at Dover).  Under the new system that’s been dropped to 27 in July.

The new system has been so succesfull that Technical Sergeant Nathan Rivard wrote “Since August 2015, the office has seen a drastic increase in the amount of travel vouchers. The FM team of three has pushed through an average of 500 travel vouchers a month and regularly reviews approximately 650 vouchers a month….”

Remember, this new system is only being tested at one AFB. Who knows how many Reservists at other U.S. Air Force bases aren’t getting paid?  Of course senior level personnel have been accusing lower level personnel of not properly submitting payout requests, although finance managers admitted that it was a complicated process.