Incomplete list of U.S. model kit/hobby shop, retail/wholesale industry shutdowns from 2016 through 2017:
“The local hobby shop was closed up….No big deal, I thought….I can always go to another. Wrong. When I looked, every hobby shop within 50 miles of my house had been closed.”
California: After 45 years brick-n-mortar chain store, as well as mail […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of February, 2018: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production, spread of disease and extreme weather.
While I don’t like most of the crazy stuff […] Continue Reading…
27FEB2018 (16:19 UTC-07 Tango 06) 08 Esfand 1396/11 Jumada t-Tania 1439/12 Jia-Yin 4716
“The threat environment has changed.”-Lieutenant Colonel James Bowling, explaining that the new ‘threat’ is not terrorists using guns or bombs, or even vehicles, but using drugs
South Carolina Army National Guard’s 43rd Civil Support Team took part in a ‘multi-agency’ drug lab training session. […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of U.S. drugs related crimes and oddities for the month of February 2018.
“Teaching kids about the harms of drugs isn’t really a prevention tactic, it doesn’t really work. They know that drugs are dangerous.”-Alfgeir Kristjansson, School of Public Health at West Virginia University, making a statement about something that’s actually common knowledge but […] Continue Reading…
24FEB2018 (03:18 UTC-07 Tango 06) 05 Esfand 1396/08 Jumada t-Tania 1439/09 Jia-Yin 4716
“…some of our wing’s personnel are deployed worldwide almost every day of the year, this is an especially busy time for us. Every two years, we enter a deployment cycle when we know the Air Force will ask more of us, and now […] Continue Reading…
20FEB2018 (03:11 UTC-07 Tango 06) 01 Esfand 1396/04 Jumada t-Tania 1439/05 Jia-Yin 4716
“Savers has made it quite clear to us that they do not want these items. So in the spirit of good gift giving and charity, please remove your drugs before donating your clothing.”-Crestwood Police Department
In Crestwood, Missouri, the for-profit Savers Donation Center got something it […] Continue Reading…
Nigeria is the largest producer of oil in Africa. In 1970 Nigeria became a member OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries). Since about 2012 the United States reportedly reduced the amount of oil it was buying from Nigeria, yet increased military activities in the central African country, in the name of fighting terrorism.
Official […] Continue Reading…
Task Force Marauder, in Afghanistan, currently consists of National Guard units from Illinois, Iowa and South Carolina, operating AH-64 Apaches, UH-60 Black Hawks and CH-47 Chinooks.
Video of Task Force Marauder Army National Guard’s AH-64 Apache at FOB-Shorab in Afghanistan, 15FEB2018:
Video: SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA’S SWITCH-BLADE APACHE
Video of South Carolina Army National Guard’s 59th Aviation, Task Force Marauder FOB resupply mission via a Illinois National Guard 2-238th […] Continue Reading…
19FEB2018 (15:34 UTC-07 Tango 06) 30 Bahman 1396/03 Jumada t-Tania 1439/04 Jia-Yin 4716
“To say this is a typical deployment would be an under statement. This unit didn’t exist a year ago, not only is it new to Kentucky, it’s new to the Army’s force structure.”-Lieutenant Colonel Tom Roach
“National Guardsmen make up 39% of the operational […] Continue Reading…