“…a perfect terrible storm.”: Crawling Mormon Crickets & Flying Grasshoppers join forces?

08 July 2021 (14:30-UTC-07 Tango 06) 17 Tir 1400/28 Dhu l-Qa’da 1442/29 Yi-Wei 4719

Children on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, get a lesson on how to eat crickets during a survival course. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Jessica Weissman.

When I first moved to Southeastern Idaho (25 […] Continue Reading…

Biden’s Borderland: More drugs, boat people, children alone……where’s the U.S. President?

Welcome to borderland hell under the new U.S. President, incomplete list of links to news/government agency reports as of 30 June 2021:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) video on how to enter the U.S. through airports, legally:

CBP video for cross-border semi-truck drivers, new bill of lading Automated Commercial Environment:

 

CALIFORNIA:  El Centro Sector captures convicted […] Continue Reading…

NATO Weapons: Apaches & Hinds, for the first time?

U.S. Army (USA) photo by Major Robert Fellingham.

During NATO wargame Saber Guardian-21/DEFENDER-Europe 21, Hungarian Mil 24s and U.S. AH-64s conducted live fire training, together for the first time.

U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Cole can’t help but grin from ear to ear, getting a ride in the […] Continue Reading…

Cascadia Rising: Prep for 2022, “…extraordinary levels of mass casualties…”!

“….plan, organize, equip, train, exercise for responding to and recovering from a catastrophic incident resulting in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, morale and/or government functions.”-Major General Bret D. Daugherty, Washington National Guard

Since a massive tsunami would render all the sea […] Continue Reading…

Hurricane 2021: U.S. Army loves giant Maps, FEMA preps for nation-wide disasters + pandemic!

“A secure and resilient nation with the capabilities required across the whole community to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk.”-Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

During the first week of June, 2021, U.S. Army’s Northern Command (aka Army North) conducted a Rehearsal of Concept […] Continue Reading…

Hurricane Michael: U.S. Navy to spend $9-million+ to repair 2018 damage!

Panama City, Florida, October 2018. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer photo by Brennon Claus.

Back in 2018, category 5 Hurricane Michael severely damaged Building 544 on Naval Support Activity (NSA) Panama City, Florida.  Building 544 is a research and development facility for Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC).

Damage […] Continue Reading…

Hurricane 2021: South Carolina preps Militia!

On 12JUN2021, the South Carolina National Guard conducted a Rehearsal of Concept (RoC) hurricane response discussion, on McEntire Joint National Guard Base.

South Carolina National Guard photo by Captain Jessica Donnelly.

“This is an ongoing process for us…For much of what we do, and what the Emergency Management Division does, we work […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Wildfire prep 2021: Oregon mobilizes for Red Card!

Camp Rilea, Warrenton, Oregon. Oregon National Guard photo by Master Sergeant John Hughel. Oregon National Guard photo by Master Sergeant John Hughel, 24JUN2021.

From 21 through 25 June, 2021, the Oregon National Guard conducted federal level Red Card (Incident Qualification Card) wildfire training for more than 110 militia […] Continue Reading…

Typhoon 2021: TCCOR prep

“Everyone should have their emergency supplies on hand already. Don’t wait until the last minute to go to the store to buy food. Purchase your supplies, get your free sandbags and you’ll be properly prepared.”-Master Sergeant Randy Golleher, U.S. Air Force, Okinawa, Japan

Kadena Air Base, Japan, 10JUN2021. U.S. Air Force […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Army spends your money building fire stations for Armenia!

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been busy building new fire/emergency response buildings, not in the United States, in the European(?) country of Armenia.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo.

U.S. taxpayers are unknowingly funding (through the United States European Command) the construction of three fire and rescue station projects […] Continue Reading…

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