Back in 2010, National Guard units began preparing for Homeland Response Force (HRF) operations in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). By 2012, ten National Guard led HRF units, consisting of between 5-hundred and 6-hundred personnel each, and coordinating with FEMA’s ten Regions of operations, had been established.
On 10MAY2022, the Utah National Guard unveiled their new FEMA Region 8 Collapsed Structure Venue, located on Camp Williams. It will be used by both military and civilian emergency response units for ‘all hazards’ training.
Utah Army National Guard photo by First Sergeant John Etheridge, 10MAY2022.
FEMA Region 8=Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming.
Utah Army National Guard photo by First Sergeant John Etheridge, 10MAY2022.
Utah National Guard video, by Staff Sergeant Jordan Hack, of rescue demonstration using the new Region 8 Collapsed Structure Venue:
Simulated collapsed garage. Utah Army National Guard photo by First Sergeant John Etheridge, 10MAY2022.
‘Intelligence collectors’ board a UH-60 Black Hawk during Panther Strike 2014 at Camp Williams, Utah. California Army National Guard photo Specialist Brianne M. Roudebush, 18JUN2014.
It was revealed at the end of February 2022, that United States President Joseph R. Biden Junior authorized a $1-billion contract to build Kuwait a new defense ministry headquarters (HQ), but wait, that’s just the tip of the iceberg! Like all the other construction recently completed for Kuwait, the HQ building will be designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and built by U.S. contractors.
It’s not the first time U.S. taxes will be spent on construction in Kuwait. The U.S. has been spending tax dollars on Kuwait since Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm, three decades ago!
U.S. Air Force video report, by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen, published on 04APR2022, concerning how the 386th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron uses local vendors to supply U.S. personnel based on Ali Al Salem Air Base:
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen, 14FEB2022.
On 14FEB2022, the U.S. Air Force’s 386th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron inspected the construction of eight new dorms on Ali Al Salem Air Base.
U.S. Army video report, by Sergeant Ian Valley, of 02FEB2022 ribbon cutting ceremony for U.S. taxpayer funded pier and water break at the Kuwait Naval Base:
“The physical devastation will be significant, and the humanitarian impacts will be felt far beyond the earthquake zone. Now is the time to come together, question, and challenge our plan so that when one of the biggest natural disasters to strike our nation takes place, we are ready to act.”-Willie G. Nunn, FEMA Region 10
In the past week the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Region 10 conducted Cascadia Rising 2022 Rehearsal of Concept ‘pre-exercise’ (also calling it a “discussion-based exercise”) at the Pierce County Readiness Center on Camp Murray, Washington.
Giant floor map used in the recent Cascadia Rising exercise.
A much larger multi-state exercise is scheduled for June 2022, involving the National Guard of the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, as well as various tribes and federal agencies, Department of Defense, and the Canadian Province of British Colombia.
KING5 connects CoViD with Cascadia:
Oregon creates new Cascadia proof Treasury building:
Washington State’s Emergency Management Division says having an old fashioned radio is key to survival:
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Caleb Parker, 28APR2022.
On 28APR2022, more than 20 U.S. Air Force Airman deployed from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to The Middle East for missions in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.
U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Don Bevis, senior commanding officer of NATO–mission Iraq, and Laeticia van Asch, NATO Mission Iraq regional security officer, attend the Ambassadors Day event, 21APR2022. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Bree-Ann Ramos-Clifton.
U.S. Army photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer, 10APR2022.
Peshmerga trucks, loaded with the latest in U.S./NATO taxpayer funded weapons, ammo and other equipment, leave a ‘forward logistics element’ (Erbil Air Base) on 10APR2022.
U.S. Army photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer, 06APR2022.
On 06APR2022, U.S./NATO taxpayer funded U.S. Mossberg made rifles/shotguns and Russian designed RPGs were given to Peshmerga forces (Regional Guard Brigades) in Erbil, Iraq.
Welcome to borderland hell under the U.S. President, highly incomplete (just the tip of the iceberg) list of videos and links to news/government agency reports as of 30 April 2022:
U.S. Coast Guard District 7 video, from 27APR2022, of a Haitian boat approximately 60 miles northwest of Cuba. The boat was intercepted with 64 illegals onboard:
On 19APR2022, the U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a taxpayer funding video report justifying its reliance on hi-tech equipment, why Singapore is an important partner in policing smuggling that is targeting the U.S., and continued border policing operations with a focus on “rescuing” victims of human smuggling:
On 11APR2022, the USCG District 7 “rescued” 67 illegals from Haiti, 15 miles southeast of Anguilla Cay, Bahamas:
On 10APR2022, the USCG District 7, handed over 88 illegals from Haiti to the Haitian Coast Guard. Video by Lieutenant David Steele:
USCG District 7 photo, 09APR2022.
On 09APR2022, approximately 17 miles northeast of Punta Maisi, Cuba, the USCG District 7 captured, oh I mean ‘rescued’ 89 illegals from Haiti. The USCG claims the Haitian ‘voluntarily’ left the boat and ‘agreed’ to be sent back to Haiti (at U.S. taxpayer expense, of course)!
Italy:
U.S. Army photo by Cameron Porter, 05APR2022.
The U.S. Army’s Logistics Readiness Center, in Livorno, began sending humanitarian aid to Moldova, to help that tiny country deal with Ukrainian refugees.
ARIZONA: Yet again, U.S. Customs and Border Protection had to ‘rescue’ illegals stranded/injured on the Baboquivari Mountains. Video by Ozzy Trevino, 14APR2022:
U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Savannah Roy, 08APR2022.
The U.S. Air Force delivered a new MQ-1C-25 drone (unmanned aerial vehicle UAV) to Fort Huachuca. U.S. Army soldiers from Fort Stewart, Georgia, will use it to patrol the border with Mexico for the next two months. The ‘-25’ indicates the MQ-1C is the new Extended Range Gray Eagle.
U.S. Army photo by Brandon Mejia, 16FEB2022.
The U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is about 48 miles from the border with Mexico (if you’re heading to Los Algodones), and borders with California. YPG Conservation Law Enforcement Officer Sergeant Shawn Baker says there has been a huge increase in ‘trespassing’ in the past few years, based on the number of new vehicle trails, aerial photos, and ‘in-person contacts’. Sergeant Baker stops short of blaming illegal immigrants, but warns that YPG has a lot of unexploded bombs spread across the desert, some going back to World War Two.
Near Yuma’s border with Mexico, CBP reports 10-thousand illegal crossings per week:
Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Lerone Simmons, 28APR2022.
On 28APR2022, U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major James Porterfield, Command Senior Enlisted Leader of NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) and USNorthCom (U.S. Northern Command), got a tour of a Mobile Surveillance Camera (MSC) site near San Diego. The MSC is operated by the 381st Military Police Company, Indiana Army National Guard. USNorthCom is tasked with providing Mobile Surveillance Camera operators, Intelligence analysts, and aviation support operations via various state National Guard units.
Taxpayer funded College of the Canyons helps illegals:
‘Free’ taxpayer funded medical care for hundreds of thousands of illegals begins 01MAY2022:
FLORIDA:
USCG District 7 photo, 18APR2022.
The USCG claims they ‘rescued’ 84 illegals, in various homemade boats, about 17 miles south of Marathon on 18APR2022, and returned them to Cuba on 27APR2022.
USCG District 7 photo, 16APR2022.
About 17 miles south of Ramrod Key, the USCG ‘rescued’ 67 illegals from Cuba on 16APR2022, sending them back to Cuba on 18APR2022.
USCG photo, 01APR2022.
On 01APR2022, the USCG District 7 ‘rescued’ 70 illegals from Cuba, approximately 45 miles south of Marathon. The USCG says they were sent back to Cuba.
The body of a Texas Army National Guardsman, Specialist Bishop Evans, who died trying to rescue illegals from drowning, is recovered, Tennessee politician Diana Harshbarger says “The rest of the country needs to wake up!”:
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Michael Clark, 12APR2022.
Canada’s Ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, discusses traffic control operations for cargo ships with Laird Hail, Director of the Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Control System, on Base Seattle, 12APR2022. Canada and the U.S. work together regarding ocean going vessels using the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Washington DC:12APR2022, Russia-Ukraine crisis forces U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to meet with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. Apparently the number of refugees fleeing the war are at crisis levels, and finding countries willing to take enough in is now a problem:
This is not a complete list of U.S. Army/Air Force/National Guard deployments for the month of April, 2022.
U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Joshua Zayas, 06APR2022.
On 06APR2022, the U.S. Army’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, deployed from Fort Carson, Colorado, to NATO Poland.
Pre-deployment training also included the use of Javelin anti-tank missiles, for the first time in Idaho! 27MAR2022, Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.
Idaho National Guard photo by Elizabeth Adams, 07APR2022.
Due to the now seemingly never ending Idaho National Guard deployments, currently involving more than 1-thousand-4-hundred Army and Air National Guard personnel, the Idaho National Guard Service Member & Family Support Division hosted the first ever Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program, on 07APR2022. Idaho is a geographically large rural state with a population of only about 1.9-million (just under a quarter of the population of the megalopolis of New York City).
Iowa Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 20APR2022.
Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing deployed on 20APR2022, for the CentCom (Central Command) Area of Operation (AO) in The Middle East. Just like Idaho, Iowa’s National Guard are also conducting rotating deployments, as one unit returns home another is heading out. Iowa is geographically smaller than Idaho, yet has 3.1-million people according to the latest Census estimates.
South Carolina Army National Guard photo by Private First Class Ana-Grace Catoe, 20APR2022.
On 20APR2022, South Carolina Army National Guard said an official good-bye to Company A, 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command. 50 personnel and eight UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters are deploying to Egypt to conduct a Multinational Force and Observers ‘peacekeeping’ mission on the Sinai Peninsula.
U.S. Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations warehouse, Dover AFB, Delaware. USAF photo by Jason Minto, 21APR2022.
On Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations specialists are stocking-up supplies in the Mortuary Affairs warehouse.
U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sergeant Andrew McNeil, 23APR2022.
The U.S. Army Reserve’s 88th Readiness Division conducted a Yellow Ribbon deployment event in Bloomington, Minnesota, on 23APR2022. Yellow Ribbon events are meant to prepare families for the upcoming deployments. Minnesota’s population is estimated to be 5.7-million.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders poses with members of the 158th Fighter Wing during a deployment ceremony at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vermont, 28APR2022. Vermont Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Richard Mekkri.
Vermont is a geographically tiny state, with a population of more than 600-thousand people.
Vermont Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Richard Mekkri, 28APR2022.
On 28-29APR2022, under the cover of darkness Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing deployed to NATO Europe: “We are proud to send our Airmen to support the collective defense of our allies and partners. This deployment demonstrates some of the strategic capabilities the Vermont Air National Guard can provide to the nation when needed.”-Major General Greg Knight, adjutant general of Vermont
Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of U.S. drug related crimes and oddities for the month of April 2022:
Mexico’s president secretly shutdown a U.S. trained anti-drugs unit a year ago, revealed this year by a Reuters investigation, president says the U.S. trained anti-drug unit was corrupt:
Fentanyl crisis now out of control in The Bay Area:
FLORIDA: Sheriff’s department volunteer deputy arrested for selling drugs while using a police car:
Drugged-out man runs through traffic, bites cop:
U.S. Coast Guard District 7 photo, 25APR2022.
On 25APR2022, the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a fishing boat that had not been inspected, and the operator was not enrolled in a random drug testing program required under federal law (46 C.F.R. 16.230).
Prison cop pleads guilty to smuggling drugs:
Police release body-cam video of the aftermath of a wedding party where guests reported they had been drugged, the bride was arrested:
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Eric Rodriguez, 11APR2022.
The U.S. Coast Guard off-loaded an estimated $11-million worth of illegal drugs at USCG Base Miami Beach, 11APR2022.
IDAHO: “Last year we had 3-thousand pills seized, this quarter alone we’ve had over 10-thousand pills that we seized!”-Roger Schei, Police Chief for the City of Pocatello, Bannock County
Sheriffs from around Idaho say the rural state is now dealing with a fentanyl crisis, they blame pro-drug Oregon:
ILLINOIS: Drugged-out man jumps off train, steals ambulance, rants about drug addiction:
PENNSYLVANIA: Homeless drug addicts in Philadelphia, posted 29APR2022:
PUERTO RICO:
U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET photo by Ricardo Castrodad, 18APR2022.
USCG sailors offload bales of cocaine on Coast Guard Base San Juan, 18APR2022.
Silent USCG video, 04APR2022, Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley’s crew offloaded approximately 1-thousand kilograms of seized cocaine, on Coast Guard Base San Juan:
This follows the U.S. taxpayer funded federal government operations that assist the private sector’s container (aka ConEx, a portmanteau of Container and Express) operations, from 01 January 2022 through 29 April 2022:
U.S. Coast Guard-ANT Muskegon photo, 29APR2022.
On 29APR2022, the U.S. Coast Guard Lake Michigan sector was dispatched to rescue a commercial bulk carrier that ran aground on a sand bar at the entrance to Muskegon.
On 25APR2022, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the gates on the Black Rock Lock for the first time this year. The Black Rock Lock is the only water route for deep draft ships between The Great Lakes and ports on the upper Niagara River.
Photo via the Office of the Fiji Maritime Surveillance Rescue Coordination Center, Republic of Fiji Navy.
22APR2022, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro pays a visit to the Port of Suva, Fiji. It is part of Operation Blue Pacific, to boost ‘security’ in the Indo-Pacific and counter ‘illegal activity’.
U.S. Coast Guard District 11 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Taylor Bacon, 10APR2022.
On 08APR2022, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), California Department of Fish and Wildlife Office of Spill Prevention/Response, and Marin County went into action to save the 564-foot container ship Wan Hai 176. The Singaporean registered container ship lost power and went adrift approximately seven miles off the coast of Point Reyes, California. The Wan Hai 176 was towed into San Francisco Bay on 10APR2022.
USCG District 11 video, chasing down the Wan Hai 176, 09APR2022:
USCG District 5 photo, 13MAR2022.
On 13MAR2022, Hong Kong registered Evergreen container ship Ever Forward ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay, near the Craighill Channel, Maryland. Ever Forward was on its way to Norfolk, Virginia.
USCG District 5 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Kimberly Reaves, 10APR2022.
On 10APR2022, ConEx boxes are removed in an attempt to lighten the ship.
USCG District 5 photo by Petty Officer Second Class Devin Erfourth, 17APR2022.
On 17APR2022, the USCG, Maryland Department of the Environment, and Evergreen Marine Corporation worked to refloat the Ever Forward. It took five weeks to repair damage caused by the grounding, and to unstick the 1-thousand-95-feet long ship.
Photo by George Mason University Department of Police and Public safety, 17APR2022.
USCG District 9 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Jessica Fontenette, 08APR2022.
On 08APR2022, USCG District 9-Marine Safety Unit Cleveland conducted their routine inspection of containers coming through the Port of Cleveland.
Photo by Michael Dougherty, 23MAR2022.
On 23MAR2022, the USCG and the U.S. Army demonstrated their port defense operations on the Cape Fear River, in North Carolina. The demonstration also included fly-overs by Florida Air National Guard F-15s, an Alabama Air National Guard KC-135, and a U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry.
USCG District 9 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Gregory Schell, 29MAR2022.
In March 2022, the Canadian Coast Guard joined with USCG in breaking the ice on Lake Superior, to provide a clear path for container ships heading to or from Duluth, Minnesota.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Glenn Fawcett, 07FEB2022.
In February 2022, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations provided taxpayer funded Super Bowl security for the Port of Long Beach.
In January 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inspected the Port of Baltimore’s Dundalk and Seagirt Marine Terminals in Maryland. There are claims that the port is now the top ‘e-commerce’ port in the United States. Port operators credit this to the ‘Pandemic’ shipping problems which resulted in a lot of container ships being rerouted from other overstressed ports.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation uses Arizona wildfires to warn Canadians:
CALIFORNIA: Sheep being used to prevent wildfires:
California Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Michelle Ulber, 21APR2022.
It was revealed on 21APR2022, that California Air National Guard increased the size of fire-retardant ground storage tanks on Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme. The new tanks increased the storage capacity from a 10-thousand gallons to 50-thousand gallons, to accommodate more MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) aircraft and the U.S. Forest Service’s Very Large Air Tankers (VLAT).
Video, by Master Sergeant Nieko Carzis, of California Air National Guard prepping their C-130Js for MAFFS operations, 19APR2022:
Colorado Division of Fire Prevention/Control and the Colorado Army National Guard conclude a more intense fire training:
U.S. Air Force Reserve C-130H transports, on Peterson Space Force Base, are prepped for MAFFS operations, 21APR2022. Music video by Technical Sergeant Justin Norton:
California Air National Guard C-130J tests its MAFFS while on Gowen Field, Idaho, 25APR2022. California Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Michelle Ulber.
Gowen Field, Idaho, conducted 2022 MAFFS training for C-130 crews. (April 2017: MAFFS BOMBS IDAHO!)
Nevada Air National Guard sent two C-130H aircraft to Idaho for MAFFS prepping. Nevada Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Thomas Cox, 26APR2022.
Video of Road 702 wildfire, from 23-24APR2022, by Nebraska State Patrol:
Photo via Captain Joshua Miller.
Nebraska Army National Guard HEWATT (M1158 HEMTT Water Tender) attacks the Road 702 fire, 24APR2022.
Home video, 24APR2022, showing Nebraska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk dropping water on flames near Willow County homes, a child is heard saying “thank you!”:
Earlier, a U.S. Air Force HMMWV, from F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, got caught in the Road 702 fire and didn’t survive (the crew did survive), USAF video by Airman Landon Gunsauls:
For the first time since the U.S. Air Force was created 75 years ago, a USAF Major General has been court martialed! USAF video report by Christopher Decker and Ryan Law, 26APR2022:
CASCADIA RISING, FEMA PREPARATIONS, CANADA ONBOARD!
U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES UNDER FIRE! GRATEFUL CHILD THANKS NATIONAL GUARD AS FIRE APPROACHES HOMES!
FEMA PREPS LOCAL POLICE FOR SOCIAL COLLAPSE!
UTAH, HOME BASE FOR MASSIVE NSA DATA CENTER, TRAINING NATIONAL GUARD TO SPY ON YOU USING LLVI!
