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Red Bank & South Fire helicopter ops

Video September 15, 2019 Hutchins AAron

During the second week of September, 2019, California National Guard flew at least 290 firefighters to the Red Bank Fire and the South Fire, which are burning in rugged terrain.

Video California National Guard CH-47 Chinook ferries fire fighters to the Red Bank Fire in Tehama County:

Official video explainer of UH-60 and CH-47 operations:

Firefighters work 24 hour-shifts, here’s video of Black Hawks bringing back tired fire crews:

The UH-60s and CH-47s also played water bombers. In just one day, 10 September, they dropped 70-thousand-974 gallons of water just on the South Fire!

Video, UH-60M water bombing:

Daily maintenance was conducted on the six California National Guard helicopters assigned to help fight the Red Bank and South fires.

IDAHO WILD FIRES 2019: MD-87 WATER BOMBER, NEW KING AIR FAC

OREGON WILDFIRES: MILITIAS LOVE IT, CH-47F AIRBORNE FIREFIGHTER!

U.S.

Mount Whitney Death Trap, SAR Money Pit

Image September 14, 2019 Hutchins AAron

14 September 2019 (15:05 UTC-07 Tango 06) 23 Shahrivar 1398/14 Muharram 1441/16 Gui-You 4717

California Army National Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Paul Mantiply, 25AUG2019.

It might look like Afghanistan, but it’s not.

Photo via Inyo County SAR, 25AUG2019.

On 25AUG2019 near Iceberg Lake, California, the National Guard’s Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, flew-in Inyo County SAR (Search And Rescue) crews, about 13-thousand-8-hundred feet up Mount Whitney, to rescue a wounded female hiker. She was injured when a boulder cut loose and wedged her in a crevice.

Photo via Inyo County SAR, 25AUG2019.

The Inyo County SAR crew had to hike up to where the hiker was, just 7-hundred feet short of the 14-thousand-505 feet (4421 meter) peak, because the CH-47F helicopter couldn’t fit in-between a crevasse: “We attempted to hoist her out, but we didn’t have the rotor clearance the first time. We were down to about ten feet between the blades and the granite.”: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Paul Mantiply

Photo via Inyo County SAR, 25AUG2019.

The hiker was delivered to medical personnel at Bishop Airport, no word on her condition.

SAR ops are becoming so common place, across the U.S., and most SAR ops are paid for by taxpayers: “The United States Coast Guard is the leader in SAR operations, coming to the assistance of an average of 114 people per day at a total cost of $680 million annually…… It does not include man hours or money tied to the training of the personnel.

The National Park Service (NPS) is another agency heavily involved in SAR operations. In 2007, the NPS logged almost 3,600 incidents of search and rescue, 136 of which resulted in fatalities. This resulted in almost $5 million in associated expenses.

Other SAR missions around the Unites States are carried out by local sheriff’s offices, which are typically a mix of county employees working in concert with a staff of unpaid volunteers.”

In August 2018, mountaineering news outlet Outside declared Mount Whitney to be an “Overcrowded Catastrophe”, the author blames “Summit fever, a lack of mountaineering skills, and the allure of social media”, as well as weather conditions.

But Mount Whitney has a long history of injuries and deaths:

Inyo County SAR recent missions

June 2019; Body of missing hiker from Virginia found on Mt. Whitney

May 2019; Gonzaga leadership alums save hikers stranded overnight on California’s Mount Whitney

Mt Whitney Multiple Injuries June 11 2018

May 2018; Hiker, mountain climber fall to their deaths

July 2017; Mt Whitney SAR activity

August 2016; My Mt. Whitney day hike: up was easy; down … I’d rather not remember

This video from 2015 shows how easy it is to slip and fall;

September 2013; Man falls to death at Mt. Whitney

October 2010; Mt. Whitney climbers learn weather can shift wildly

July 1990; Hikers Find Death, Terror at Summit of Mt. Whitney

BlindBatNews: RESCUING DOGS, AND DOGS WHO’LL RESCUE YOU!

ENTANGLED SEA TURTLES RESCUED BY U.S. COAST GUARD

COLORADO MILITIA LAKOTA RESCUE TRAINING

IDAHO MILITIA PREPS FIREFIGHTERS FOR COMING NATURAL DISASTERS!

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U.S. military provides taxpayer funded pet care in Appalachia!

Video September 8, 2019 Hutchins AAron

08 September 2019 (05:59 UTC-07 Tango 06) 17 Shahrivar 1398/08 Muharram 1441/10 Gui-You 4717

Taxpayer funded military veterinarians provide medical services for pets, 28AUG2019. Photo by Major Jeffrey Gruidl.

In August, the U.S. military conducted the now annual Appalachian Care, started under President Obama when it became obvious that ObamaCare/ACA (Affordable Care Act) would not cover everybody. But not only are humans provided taxpayer funded healthcare, so are their pets.

Michigan Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Sonia Pawloski, 22AUG2019.

Michigan Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Sonia Pawloski, 20AUG2019.

Michigan Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Sonia Pawloski, 22AUG2019.

Since 2014 the Appalachian Care/Appalachian Mountain Individual Readiness Training (IRT) ops have been taking place at various locations across the Appalachian Mountain region.

Communities interested in hosting an IRT mission can contact one of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense by going to https://irt.defense.gov

OPERATION APPALACHIAN CARE; PROOF OBAMACARE FAILED, AND OBAMA KNEW IT DID!

U.S.

Dorian: How to evacuate thousands of U.S. Marines

Image September 4, 2019 Hutchins AAron

On 03SEP2019, the threat of Hurricane Dorian forced Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, to start evacuating basic trainees.

Their new temp-home will be Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia.

The trainees packed their rucks, and were handed a box of rations, and told to “Get on the bus!”

Hundreds of contracted tour buses rolled in to take them to Georgia.

It’s actually easy to evac thousands of military personnel, they’re under orders, and the food and transportation are provided. Realize how hard it is to get millions of silly-vilians to evacuate, without providing taxpayer funded food and transportation, or a place to go-to, before-hand.

I don’t know if this guy is yawning or yelling, but I’m sure there was a lot of hurry-up-and-wait.

VEHICLE I-D: USMC HAWKER HUNTER(?) spotted in South Carolina

VEHICLE I-D: USMC AAV7 VID-FEST

WHAT DO THE MARINES DO WITH ALL THAT AMMO THEY CAN’T USE?

MARINES GUILTY OF ENDEMIC VIOLENCE? GHOSTS OF MY FATHER & GRANDFATHER!

Hurricane HARVEY: MARINES USE AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT TANKS TO SAVE LIVES!

U.S.

Vehicle I-D: Join the U.S. military get a classic car?

Video September 3, 2019 Hutchins AAron

This is a pic-n-vid round-up of some of the car shows across the U.S. involving U.S. military personnel, in 2018-19.

Iron & Ink, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, February:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Isabelo Tabanguil, 24FEB2018.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Isabelo Tabanguil, 24FEB2018.

Also in February, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, ironically used this old maintenance intensive MG to promote the concept of saving money:

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Alexis P. Docherty, 26FEB2018.

In March, the city of Twentynine Palms, California, tried to make Marine Corps personnel fell better about being stationed in the Sun:

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Rachel K. Porter, 31MAR2018.

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida:

Mustangs take part in a public relations car-show on Eglin AFB, 27APR2018. USAF photo by Samuel King Junior.

The Sergeant Slaughter truck was part of the car show on Eglin AFB, Florida. USAF photo by Samuel King Junior, 11MAY2019.

At Fort Benning, Georgia, hosted the Teal Wheels automobile show as part of April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month:

U.S. Army photo by Bryan Gatchell, 28APR2018.

USA photo by Bryan Gatchell, 28APR2018.

In May 2018, Airmen got to ride in the kool kars at the 20th Annual Altus, Oklahoma, car show:

F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, Father’s Day Car Show:

Also in June, the Gearhead Car Show at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico:

In September, near San Angelo, Texas, the Goodfellow Air Force Base took part in the Ruckus at the Rec Camp, including a car show:

A Lamborghini Gallardo ‘landed’ on the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar flightline, during the MCAS Miramar Air show:

I Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion Car Show at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, September:

Also in September, the 15th Annual Cruisin’ Keesler Car Show at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi:

Another September car show took place at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma:

September seems to be THE month for car shows on military bases. Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Kentucky:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Employees’ Wheels to Work car show, Walla Walla, Washington, October:

Also in October, officials at Luke Air Force Base , Arizona, tricked people into attending a health fair by holding a car show:

In November, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, a car show was held to celebrate the re-opening of the base Auto Hobby Shop:

VEHICLE I-D: U.S. MILITARY FERRARI AND LAMBORGHINI

1942 FORD FIRETRUCK RETURNS TO SERVICE WITH THE USAF!

NHRA SPONSORS RACING IN IRAN, CHEVY VS BMW!

2016 CHUBBUCK DAYS MASS BAPTISM BY FIRE….TRUCK!

Technology, U.S.

Airborne Hurricane Hunters, when did it all start?

Video September 2, 2019 Hutchins AAron

The first hurricane (typhoon) hunter was a pilot flying a Second World War T-6 Texan through the eye of a hurricane, on a dare! Realizing that flying through a hurricane was doable, the U.S. Air Force set upon a long journey of modifying aircraft to collect weather data about hurricanes.

The first data collected, in 1944 by B-25 bombers (WB-25 Army Hurricane Reconnaissance Unit), is credited with saving hundreds of lives. Prior to the development of airborne hurricane hunters, thousands of people in the United States died as a result of hurricanes, but after the use of flying weather trackers the average death toll dropped significantly.

Painting by Thomas Wojahn of a WB-50 of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Falcon Alpha Mission-1957.

Perhaps the name The Hurricane Hunters came from the the title of a book first published in 1955 about the U.S. military’s obsession with tracking hurricanes. Download your free copy here.

Silent U.S. Navy film, from 1961, showing the use of the EC-121 Warning Star (WV-2) ‘AWACS’ as a hurricane hunter:

Hunter AFB, WB-47E City of Savannah Hurricane Hunter I, September 1963.

Even the B-47 strategic bomber (WB-47) was used as a Hurricane Hunter.

WC-130 Hercules f the 815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 920th Weather Reconnaissance Group, being prepared for a mission to monitor Hurricane Allen, August 1980.

Official USAF video history report, including the T-6, B-25, B-29 (WB-50) and C-130:

A USAF WC-130 Hercules from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, ‘Hurricane Hunters’, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. USAF photo dated 1995.

But it not just lives that are saved with the creation of airborne hurricane hunters, in this 2018 video report about the purpose of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi) it’s revealed that mass evacuations of the public cost one-million USD per mile of coastline! Taxpayer costs can be reduced by providing accurate weather data to allow for more timely evacuation orders:

HurricaneHunters.com

WC-130J & WP-3D: HUNTING DORIAN

T-6 SNJ TEXAN POKEY AIRPORT, 2012 & 2014

International, U.S.

New Jersey National Guard saving pets in Qatar!

Image August 19, 2019 Hutchins AAron

19 August 2019 (05:28 UTC-07 Tango 06) 28 Mordad 1398/17 Dhu l-Hijja 1440/19 Ren-Shen 4717

A struggling pet shelter in Doha, Qatar, has only three full-time staff members and more than 130 dogs and cats! It’s looks more like a farm.

Staff Sergeant Lia Carter, New Jersey National Guard.

“We started out just wanting to find the animals in Doha, Qatar’s capital, and see what was going on with rescues.”-Staff Sergeant Lia Cater, New Jersey National Guard, who helps rescue strays in her hometown of Queens, New York

“We took 100 pounds of dog food and 50 pounds of cat food. The shelter’s staff was overwhelmed to see us. They had never had such a large group come out all at once and volunteer.”-Staff Sergeant Lia Cater, New Jersey National Guard, who helps rescue strays in her hometown of Queens, New York

“They primarily need people to come out and walk dogs, help the dogs exercise, and give the animals some personal attention.”-Staff Sergeant Lia Cater, New Jersey National Guard, who helps rescue strays in her hometown of Queens, New York

“This program gives something for everyone to look forward to. It is also good for relations between the U.S. and Qatar.”-Sergeant Jimmy Simmeron, New Jersey National Guard

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

OPERATION APPALACHIAN CARE; PROOF OBAMACARE FAILED, AND OBAMA KNEW IT DID!

GREAT RENEGER: GUARD DEPLOYMENTS SO COMMON EVEN BEERS ARE NAMED AFTER THEM

U.S.

Operation Appalachian Care; Proof ObamaCare failed, and Obama knew it did!

Video August 17, 2019 Hutchins AAron

17 August 2019 (17:34 UTC-07 Tango 06) 26 Mordad 1398/15 Dhu l-Hijja 1440/17 Ren-Shen 4717

Virginia Air National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Andrew Layton, 17AUG2019.

Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training 2019 began 16AUG2019, and ends on the 29th (that’s according to the military info, but the facebook page says 19-26). It involves National Guard, Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Army, Army Reserve and Navy Reserve personnel conducting ‘free’ (taxpayer expense) to the public medical care in Wise County, Virginia.

Virginia Air National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Andrew Layton, 17AUG2019.

Military personnel will provide medical, dental, optometry and even pet care! So much for ObamaCare-ACA, these Appalachian Care/Appalachian Mountain IRT operations began under President Obama precisely because Obama knew people were not covered under the Affordable Care Act. Official video report from 2014:

Since 2014 the Appalachian Care/Appalachian Mountain Individual Readiness Training ops have been taking place at various locations across the Appalachian Mountain region.

Communities interested in hosting an IRT mission can contact one of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense by going to https://irt.defense.gov

OBAMACARE DEATH SPIRAL, JANUARY 2019:“MARKET DEMANDS”

U.S.

CERFP hit the fan in Illinois!

Video August 13, 2019 Hutchins AAron

C-ERFP stands for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Enhanced Response Force Package (ERFP). It happened in Illinois at the end of July 2019. Did you hear about it?

The Illinois National Guard’s CERFP unit is responsible for Search and Extraction, Decontamination, and Medical Treatment of victims of human-made or natural disasters.

They conducted CERFP training at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, 26JUL2019, focusing on rescuing people from a collapsed building. Ooh, looks like that one lost its head as well as its clothes!

Here’s video of how they’ll rescue your sorry butt during a disaster in a ‘contaminated’ area:

RESCUING DOGS, AND DOGS WHO’LL RESCUE YOU!

IDAHO BLACK HAWKS HEAD SOUTH, DOWN CENTRAL AMERICA WAY, FOR MASS CASUALTY EVAC!

ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE IN WISCONSIN, OPERATION PATRIOT NORTH IS UNDERWAY!

U.S.

Rescuing dogs, and dogs who’ll rescue you!

Video August 12, 2019 Hutchins AAron

Fast spreading forest fire forced the Alaska National Guard to rescue 26 people and two dogs from a recreation lodge on 23JUL2019.

On 19JUL2019, Kentucky Air National Guard’s Master Sergeant Rudy Parsons checks out para-rescue dog Callie after a skydive. She’s carried in a bag strapped to his front. According to the press release, Callie is the only para-rescue dog in the U.S. Department of Defense.

Kentucky National Guard’s Callie the rescue dog taking part in Patriot North disaster training in Wisconsin, 17JUL2019.

KENTUCKY DOG CALLIE TRAINS TO RESCUE ALASKANS FROM A HC-130J!

Official video report, from February 2019, about Callie the first U.S. para-rescue dog who can jump out of a perfectly good airplane:

On 07JUL2019, a woman and her dog were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard, after a small landslide caused her and one of her three dogs to fall, at Lake Michigan.

Video of Lake Michigan rescue: