Incomplete list of National Guard deployments/incidents for January 2024.
On 07JAN2024, Georgia Army National Guard’s 161st Military History Detachment officially said good-bye as they prep to deploy to The Middle East, to document the escalation! Video interview by Staff Sergeant Rydell Tomas:
On 11JAN2024, Oklahoma Army National Guard’s Charlie Company-1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter Battalion)-244th Aviation Regiment-90th Troop Command is training on Fort Hood (now officially called Fort Cavazos), Texas, for deployment to Kosovo, to support the larger deployment of Georgia Army National Guard’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Video interview by Staff Sergeant Reece Heck:
Despite the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment-separation of church and state, on 12JAN2024 the Ohio Army National Guard held a deployment ceremony in the First Christian Church, for the deployment of their 1137th Signal Company. The 1137th will provide installation, recovery, repair and maintenance of telecommunications networks in The Middle East.
On 14JAN2024, more than 1-thousand-8-hundred militia personnel with New Jersey Army National Guard’s 102nd Cavalry Regiment-44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed for The Middle East. Video by Specialist Michael Hayes:
On 17JAN2024, personnel with Washington DC’s Air National Guard deployed for The Middle East. Video by Master Sergeant Arthur M. Wright:
Video by Sergeant First Class Whitney Hughes, 19JAN2024, showing deployment training for Army National Guard units from Iowa, Louisiana and Oklahoma, undergoing training to take part in the larger deployment of Georgia Army National Guard’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to Kosovo in NATO-Europe:
On 21JAN2024, more than 150 militia personnel with Arizona Army National Guard’s 856th Military Police Company conducted a deployment ceremony on Bushmaster Field in Phoenix. The unit is deploying to The Middle East.
About 1-hundred Airmen and their KC-135R Stratotanker, with Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing, deployed for assignment on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Video by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 24JAN2024:
29JAN2024, local Arizona news reporting Arizona National Guard might have been wounded by the attack in Jordan. A KTAR report said a not-yet known number of Arizona National Guard members were wounded in the attack, according to Major General Kerry Muehlenbeck. Including the Arizona National Guard, there was a total of 350 state National Guard personnel on the outpost.
The Arizona Army National Guard deployed a unit to The Middle East in February 2023. Note in the TV report the famous-last-words stated several times; “We hope they have fun.” :
Biden’s Forever Wars: “ABOUT TO GO DOWNRANGE.” DEPLOYMENTS (December thru 1st week of January) TO RING-IN 2024!