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Vehicle I-D: T-34-85, Patriotic War to Cold War and beyond?

This is just the tip of the spear of the long life of what is now the world’s most prolific and oldest battle tank still in use!

This is about the T-34 series battle tank specifically armed with the 85mm gun.  The main gun was a modification of the high velocity 85mm anti-aircraft gun. At first the D-5T version of the 85mm was used, but was quickly replaced by the slightly more compact Zis-S-53 gun.

Great Patriotic War (World War Two): June 1941 to May 1945.

The first T-34-85s, with the D-5T gun, are sometimes called the Model 1943 even though their production was from January-March 1944.

Early T-34-85 with D-5T gun. Note rounded fenders and mish-mash of two styles of roadwheels. One style of roadwheel uses a solid rubber tire, the other style has no rubber tire.

Production of the T-34-85 with the better Zis-S-53 gun began in March 1944, and was called Model 1944.  Improved versions were called Model 1945, Model 1946, etcetera, and these model designations did not necessarily refer to the year of production.

Germans use a knocked-out T-34-85, with D-5T gun, as a forward observation post.

During the Great Patriotic War (World War Two), the shape of the turret of the T-34-85 varied depending on which Soviet factory made it. The turret had to be enlarged to accommodate a radio and another crewman. Also, the positions of the turret ventilators shifted. Early on, the fenders were rounded, by the end of the war they were squared-off.

The early, smaller, turret of the T-34-85.

Silent German film, destroyed T-34-85s, 1944:

More silent German film, lots of burning T-34-85s, makes you wonder how the Germans lost:

Yugoslav T-34-85 in the village of Vinkovci, sometime in 1945. 

Torgau, Germany, April 1945, Soviets show-off their T-34-85 to a U.S. Major General Reinhardt, who is accompanied by Russian General Rossovsky (divisional general of the First Ukrainian Army):

Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).

After the Great Patriotic War, a standardized version of the T-34-85 was developed and several Eastern European countries got the job of upgrading and standardizing as many T-34-85s as they could.  Some of the East German and Czechoslovakian upgrades could be identified by the use of the German Notec (Notek) light and different styles of headlight brush guard.  Czechoslovakia also designed their own style of exhaust pipe covers, which reduced the amount of steel used to make them.

Silent Soviet film, Moscow Victory Day parade, 09MAY1949:

United Nations’ Korean Police Action, First Battle of the Naktong Bulge, August 1950. Silent U.S. Marine Corps film (dated 17AUG1950) of U.S. Marines and U.S. Army soldiers inspecting knocked-out North Korean T-34-85 in Yongsan Myon (aka Yeongsan-myeon):

South of Suwon, Korea, a T-34-85 that got knocked out when the bridge it was on was bombed by the U.S. Air Force. Photo dated October 1950.

Silent Soviet film, Soviet troops and their T-34-85s supposedly leave Berlin, Germany, early 1950s(?):

Silent film, T-34-85s parade in Budapest, Hungary, early 1950s(?)

Putting down the East German uprising, June 1953.

Silent film, T-34-85s put down worker riots on Potsdamer Platz, in what would become East Berlin, East Germany, June 1953:

This photo shows Soviet General Dibrova standing on top of a T-34-85, imploring protesting Germans to go home.

1953 was a bad year for the Soviet occupiers of what would become East Berlin.

This photo shows protesting Germans trying to break into a Soviet T-34-85.

The 1953 Berlin Crisis would not be the only time Germans rebelled against Soviet occupiers.

Film, D.D.R. (Deutsche Demokratische Republik, German Democratic Republic) NVA (Nationale Volks-Armee, National Folks’ Army aka East German army) shows-off their T-34-85s to the public, 1955-56(?):

Knocked-out Syrian T-34-85, Golan Heights 1957. This is a Czechoslovakian upgrade, the identifying feature are the ‘wavy’ style of exhaust pipe covers, which were specific to Czechoslovak upgrades.

Czechoslovak T-34-85 with Notek, huge external fuel drums and two styles of roadwheels.

Experimenting with water fording.

U.S. Embassy photo. The first tanks deployed in the crisis that led to the building of the Berlin Wall were former Soviet but now East German T-34-85s, on 13AUG1961.

The 1961 Berlin Crisis was the last straw, resulting in the division of Berlin and the building of the Berlin Wall.  (Cold War 1961: BERLIN KRISE, ‘GAME OF CHICKEN’ M48A1 vs T-54/55!)

A Cuban T-34-85, supposedly during the April 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion.

Sometime in the 1960s, a T-34 recovery vehicle was used to position Czechoslovak T-35-85s for the Dukla Battlefield Military Open-Air Museum. Photo via Slovak Republic Ministry of Defense.

Sometime in the 1960s, a T-34 recovery vehicle was used to position Czechoslovak T-35-85s for the Dukla Battlefield Military Open-Air Museum. Photo via Slovak Republic Ministry of Defense.

In the late 1960s, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) built the May 16 Square, in Seoul. They used captured North Korean tanks, including this T-34-85, as a display. 27 years after the completion of the square (in 1971) it was torn-up to make the larger, greener, Yeouido Park.

Fresh T-34-85s for Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam (North Vietnam), in 1971, during training for what would become the 1972 Offensive against South Vietnam.

More preparations for the 1972 Offensive. This T-34-85 has two styles of roadwheels.

Knocked-out Cypriot T-34-85s, with U.S. M2 .50 caliber heavy machineguns, during the Turkish invasion of 1974.

I took this photo during a California Army National Guard drill weekend on Fort Irwin, California.

T-34-85 monument, Kiev, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, 20SEP1985. Photo by Don S. Montgomery.

Yugoslavian (possibly JNA, Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija) T-34-85, sometime late 1970s or 1980s.

Yugoslavians preferred the U.S. Browning M2 .50 cal heavy machinegun, over the Soviet version. Contrary to popular western belief, Yugoslavia was never a part of the Warsaw Pact.

The digital watch this guy is wearing indicates the photo was made probably in the 1980s. Also, notice the position of the turret ventilators, instead of two located next to each other, they are separate, one at the turret rear, the other at the turret front.

Post Cold War, Balkan Wars, War on Terror, Battle for Ukraine, 1992 to present:

An abandoned JNA-Serb T-34-85. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Glenn W. Suggs, 29FEB1996.

A rubberized Bosnian-Serb T-34-85.

Supposedly this photo shows a JNA-Serb T-34-85 withdrawing from Macedonia in 2001.

September 2010 video of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) T-34-85 museum exhibit:

Revealed in October 2015, North Korea still uses the T-34-85, it has been upgraded, including new tracks with rubber shoes/pads.

Restored T-34-85 in Zagan, Poland. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Shiloh Capers, 21OCT2017.

In the ongoing civil war in Yemen, it is reported that both rebels and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia backed militias are using T-34-85s.

Photo from 2018 or 2019 showing a Saudi backed Yemen militia T-34-85 being fired from outside the tank.

CGTN video, during a 2018 parade in Moscow the driver of a T-34-85 got antsy while loading onto a tractor-trailer, and drove off the trailer rolling the tank:

A train-load of Laotian T-34-85s heading for Russia, to be used in parades and movies.

CGTN video, Laos returns 30 operable T-34-85 tanks to Russia in January 2019 (the video incorrectly shows T-34-76 during WW2):

At the beginning of September 2020, the Institute of Military History decided to move the old T-34-85 ‘gate guards’ at the Dukla Battlefield Military Open-Air Museum to a new location in the village of Kapišová, that will make public viewing easier. Photo via Slovak Republic Ministry of Defense.

At the beginning of September 2020, the Institute of Military History decided to move the old T-34-85 ‘gate guards’ at the Dukla Battlefield Military Open-Air Museum to a new location that will make public viewing easier. Photo via Slovak Republic Ministry of Defense.

Video of Yemen rebels destroying a government/Saudi militia T-34-85, sometime in 2022:

https://youtu.be/17zNO-PduVw

Russian ‘Z’ force BRDM drives past the T-34-85 monument in Armyansk, Crimea, 24FEB2022.

Restored T-34/85 takes part in parade rehearsals in Moscow, Russia, honoring the end of The Great Patriotic War. Photo by Bai Xueqi, 07MAY2022, via Xinhua News.

In 2022 and 2023, several news sources reported that both Ukraine and Russia were using T-34-85s in combat!

See more about T-34-85: Czech from Russia

T-34 in Angola: 1970s / 1980s

Vehicle I-D: Indonesia’s BMP-3F

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Marcus E. Melara, 19DEC2022.

United States (U.S.) ally Indonesia has been buying Russian made BMP-3Fs since 2010. A new order was placed in April 2019.

A U.S. Marine in front of a BMP-3F, 09SEP2023. USMC photo by Corporal Vincent Pham.

The BMP-3 is a Cold War era Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) first designed and produced by the Soviet Union in the 1980s, to replace the much older BMP-1 and 2.  BMP means Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty-Боевая Машина Пехоты, literally Combat Vehicle Infantry.

Banongan Beach, East Java, Indonesia. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Maria I. Garcia, 10SEP2023.

During this year’s U.S. taxpayer co-funded international wargame Super Garuda Shield 2023, Indonesia showed-off its BMP-3F.

Making smoke. USA photo by Specialist Josue Mayorga, 10SEP2023.

The BMP-3 has a 100mm cannon with a co-axially mounted 30mm machine-cannon, as well as anti-tank missiles and light machine guns.

In this U.S. Army video (recorded on 10SEP2023 by Specialist Josue Mayorga) you’ll see that Indonesia also operates the U.S./British made (BAE Systems subsidiary U.S. Combat Systems) AAVP-7:

USMC photo by Corporal Marcus E. Melara, 19DEC2022.

BMP-3F during wargame Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARaT)/Marine Exercise (MarEx), December 2022.

Cold War to Battle for Ukraine: NATO-ROMÂNIA MLI-84M1 JDER, NOT YOUR FATHER’S BMP!

NATO-SLOVAK BMP (BVP) & OT-90

New Cold War, 2022: RUSSIAN BTR-82A & BMP-3 WARM-UP THEIR GUNS!

Biden’s Borderland: Deportation flights, July-August 2023, adults & children!

Ramped-up deportation flight operations by U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP, aka Border Patrol). The flights are sometimes referred to as ‘repatriation flights’, or ‘removal flights’, or ‘family unit removal flight’.

In fiscal year 2022, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations sent 72-thousand-177 illegals back ‘home’ to more than 150 countries!

Family unit removal flights to Central American countries, from Louisiana, July 2023:

Family unit removal flights to Central American countries, from Texas, part one, July 2023:

Family unit removal flights to Central American countries, from Texas, part two, July 2023:

Repatriation flight from Harlingen, Texas, 02AUG2023 (one of several flights that took place that day):

Repatriation flight from Harlingen, Texas, 09AUG2023 (one of several flights that took place that day):

Repatriation flight from Harlingen, Texas, 10AUG2023:

Repatriation flight from Harlingen, Texas, 16AUG2023:

Flight to Cuba, 17AUG2023:

ICE removal flight, San Antonio, Texas, 23AUG2023:

Removal flight from Louisiana, 24AUG2023:

Removal flight from Louisiana to Ecuador, 30AUG2023:

Repatriation flight from Harlingen, Texas, 30AUG2023 (one of several flights that took place that day):

Removal flight from Louisiana to Peru, 31AUG2023:

Removal flight from Louisiana to Ecuador, 31AUG2023:

Removal flight from Louisiana to Jamacia, 31AUG2023:

Biden’s Borderland, June 2023:  DEPORTATION FLIGHTS CONTINUE, DESPITE BIDEN’S EFFORTS TO BLOCK!

Labor Shenanigans: Taxpayer supported GLOBAL ‘TENT FOR REFUGEES’ SUPPLIES U.S. COMPANIES WITH CHEAP LABOR!

U.S. Disaster, Lahaina Fire Fiasco update: Will the use of electric cars result in EPA ‘Super Fund’ status for residents?

This is just a fraction of the fiascos taking place not just on Maui, but through out Hawaii.

Honolulu Star Advertiser, 09SEP2023: Family Assistance Center is moving to new FEMA location in Lahaina.

Will the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declare Lahaina burn area to be a ‘Super Fund’ HazMat site, blamed on Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations, denying property owners access? Local TV news report from 07SEP2023:

Honolulu Civil Beat, 07SEP2023: Hawaii’s New Chief Housing Officer Is Resigning!

On 07SEP2023, Maui County issued a new map showing which areas of Lahaina are open to residents who want to return:

Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Security Forces Squadron patrol the streets of Lahaina (along with other military personnel assigned to JTF 5-0) that apparently escaped the wrath of the fire, 07SEP2023, video by Staff Sergeant Matthew Foster:

KITV, 06SEP2023: FEMA is rejecting applications for assistance!

On 06SEP2023, emergency responder shares his experience fighting the Lahaina Fire.  Reveals this is not the first time Lahaina has burned, he finds it strange that the same properties that burned in previous fires burned again and that properties that escaped previous fires also escaped this fire:

As of 04SEP2023, the wildfires on Maui are still burning, state Attorney General hires independent investigator to determine what caused the fires:

02SEP2023, residents react to Lahaina Mayor’s ineffective explanation of his actions the day Lahaina burned:

FEMA finally opened a ‘Disaster Recovery Center’ in Lahaina, on 01SEP2023.

U.S. military personnel assigned to Joint Task Force 5-0 (JTF 5-0) decontaminate the shoes of civilian contractors working the burn area of the city of Lahaina. Hawaii Army National Guard video by Sergeant Lianne M. Hirano, 28AUG2023:

The U.S. Navy’s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1) conducted search operations in Lahaina Harbor, 27AUG2023. Hawaii Army National Guard video by Sergeant Lianne M. Hirano:

Hawaii News Now, 24AUG2023Images of FEMA workers at luxury Maui hotels stir anger.

Lahaina to be rebuilt as Smart-City, without consent of Lahaina residents? Hawaii residents vent frustration at the State’s ‘Build Beyond Barriers’ plan to rebuild their community, which is apparently being done without the input of the residents. It turns out that the Build Beyond Barriers plan is actually a covert ‘smart-city’ redevelopment plan for several cities in Hawaii:

Residents vent frustrations at seeming lack of empathy from local officials:

KITV, 21AUG2023: Eight thousand people applied for FEMA assistance, so far!

On 18AUG2023, Maui County issued a notice to residents explaining why they are not being allowed in the burn area, including “Hazardous materials including asbestos, lead, ash, heavy metals, oils, fire retardants, pesticides, silica dust, and other hazardous materials.”

On 18AUG2023, the Department of Defense reported that 691 military personnel were deployed to Maui as part of JTF 5-0.

13AUG2023, Hawaii’s governor “suspends additional laws to facilitate emergency response, recovery, and rebuilding.”

On 09AUG2023, FEMA authorized the use of federal taxpayer funding to help Hawaii fight the wildfires near Lahaina.

U.S. Disaster, 18AUG2023: FEMA RESPONSE, LAHAINA FIRE, so far!

16AUG2023: LAHAINA FIRE, JTF 5-0 DEPLOYS!

11AUG2023:  LAHAINA FIRE, HAWAII MILITIA DEPLOYS! Includes U.S. Coast Guard video of the fire as viewed from USCG boats sitting off shore, no rescue attempt!

U.S. Disaster: Michigan Militia, 1st ever Mass-Evac of Mackinac Island!

On 07SEP2023, the Michigan Army National Guard was activated to help local and federal agencies evacuate silly-vilians (civilians) from Mackinac Island!

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.

The 1437th Engineer Company had to use pontoon bridges to build a temporary port, some of which had to be airlifted by CH-47 double rotary wing Chinooks from Detachment 1-Company Bravo-238th General Support Aviation Battalion.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.

This first-ever training scenario was meant to evaluate an evacuation plan created by the Mackinac County Emergency Management team, in conjunction with federal, state, and local agencies.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.

Safe Harbor video part one, by Master Sergeant Helen Miller:

The scenario, called Operation Safe Harbor, was that the existing ports on the island had become blocked, and the residents needed to be evacuated. The motivation behind the creation of the scenario was not adequately explained.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.

Safe Harbor video part two, by Master Sergeant Helen Miller:

U.S. Disaster: Just a little bit of what the various U.S. state’s National Guard units were tasked with in August, 2023!

OREGON PREPS FOR WMDS & HAZMAT ‘INCIDENTS’ AT GLOBAL SPORTING EVENTS?

LAHAINA FIRE, FEMA RESPONSE, so far!

August 2023: National Guard

This is just a little bit of what the various U.S. state’s National Guard units were tasked with in August, 2023.

On 29AUG2023, Florida Army National Guard’s 868th Engineer Company deployed to clear fallen trees in residential areas, in Suwannee County. About 5-thousand-5-hundred National Guard personnel have been deployed. Video by Sergeant Marc Morgenstern (edited by me):

On 29AUG2023, Florida Army National Guard’s 868th Engineer Company deployed to clear the roads in Suwannee County.  Video by Sergeant Marc Morgenstern (edited by me):

West Virginia Air National Guard 130th Air Wing’s (aka Charlie West) C-130J-30 Super Hercules conducted ‘turnarounds’ on an abandoned coal mine, 25AUG2023. The former coal mine is now called Camp Branch Drop and Landing Zone (near Logan), and is now used by the military.  Video by Senior Master Sergeant Eugene Crist:

After five days of grueling events, on 18AUG2023 U.S. Army Forces Command (ForsCom) announced the winner of its Best Squad competition: Idaho Army National Guard’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (‘Snake River Brigade’)!

Four West Virginia Air National Guard 130th Airlift Wing C-130J-30 cargo planes trained for the September Fly Away Readiness Exercise-Validation (FLARE-V). Video by Airman First Class Kaden Salmons, recorded on 17AUG2023:

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Patrick Mayabb, 16AUG2023.

On 16AUG2023, Michigan Army National Guard’s 125th Infantry Regiment returned from a yearlong deployment to Syria.

On 16AUG2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Service (FPS) Police and the Oregon National Guard’s 102nd Civil Support Team joined with the city of Eugene Police Department and Fire Department, as well as other organizations, conducted training to prepare for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) threats and other hazardous incidents at sporting events.

Nevada Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Paula Macomber, 16AUG2023.

Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing deployed their C-130H MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System), after being activated on 16AUG2023 by the Boise, Idaho, based National Interagency Fire Center.

From 14 through 17 August, the ‘New England’ area Air National Guard CERFP (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Force Package) Detachment 1 conducted a HazMat/CBRN disaster response evaluation involving decontamination of survivors, on Joint Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Video by Air National Guard Technical Sergeant Victoria Nelson (edited by me):

New York Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jonathan Pietrantoni, 16AUG2023.

From 12 through 16 August, the New York Army National Guard’s 466th Area Support Medical Company worked alongside Brazilian Army peers during Operation Paraná-3 in the State of Parana, Brazil.

Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Milt Spalding, 14AUG2023.

On 14AUG2023, personnel with Kentucky Army National Guard’s Headquarters/Headquarter’s Battery-138th Field Artillery Brigade said goodbye as they deployed to Kuwait/Iraq/Syria (Operation Spartan Shield).

On 14AUG2023, Hawaii Army National Guard personnel joined with Regular Army (RA) and Army Reserve units in deploying to Maui, under JTF 5-0 (Joint Task Force 5-0), in response to the Lahaina Fire.

The New York and Utah Army National Guard joined together and cooked meals for the thousands of personnel, from across the U.S., who attended the Northern Strike wargame on Camp Grayling, in Michigan. Video by Sergeant Alan Prince, 11AUG2023:

Militia personnel with the Iowa Air & Army National Guard conducted a joint ‘domestic’ exercise (climate disasters, social rebellion, etc) at Camp Dodge from 07-10 August 2023.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Joseph Morgan, 08AUG2023.

On 08AUG2023, after a yearlong deployment to Kuwait/Iraq/Syria (Operation Spartan Shield), hundreds of Idaho Army National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team personnel began their return home.

During August 2023, the Oregon National Guard went to Viet Nam to learn about sea walls, and other forms of natural disaster management. Oregon is one of the U.S. Pacific Coast states in the ‘line-of-fire’ for the next catastrophic Cascadia Event (massive earthquake & tsunami). Video interview by Sergeant First Class Timothy Hughes:

Montana National Guard photo by Captain Jonathan Hamm, 06AUG2023.

On 06AUG2023, Montana Army National Guard’s 1889th Regional Support Group deployed to Kuwait/Iraq/Syria (Operation Inherent Resolve).

Pennsylvania Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Alexander Farver, 04AUG2023.

Pennsylvania‘s Air and Army National Guard conducted the weekend wargame Iron Keystone, 04-06AUG2023.  It was the first time that three of Pennsylvania’s Air Guard Wings took part in the state wargame.

Alaska Army National Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer-2 Ben Haulenbeek, 03AUG2023.

Alaska Army National Guard deployed their UH-60L Black Hawks to wildfire duty.  The order came from the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection routed through the State Emergency Operations Center.

Indiana Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Hector Tinoco, 03AUG2023.

On 03AUG2023, Indiana Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion-163rd Field Artillery Regiment returned home after being deployed to Iraq.

On 03AUG2023, the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing deployed one of their C-130H MAFFS from Cheyenne to Klamath Falls Airtanker Base, Oregon, to assist with fire fighting operations across the Pacific Coast of the United States. The deployment order came from the National Interagency Fire Center based in Boise, Idaho. Video by Senior Airman Edward Hermsen:

Ohio Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Sarah Stalder Lundgren, 03AUG2023.

Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing board a C-17 Globemaster-III, 03AUG2023, deploying to Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin, for wargame Northern Lightning.

The ‘pland-emic’ paranoia has had unexpected negative effect; the number of licensed foster care families in Nevada has been cut in half! Now the desperate state of Nevada has turned to its National Guard personnel to deal with a growing problem of lack of foster care parents: “Children in foster care need strong and supportive caregivers who are willing to work with biological families and the Department of Family Services to reunite children with their families. Historically, military families and individuals have proven to be the type of special people who provide loving and stable homes to support children.”-Allyson Manumaleuna, Foster Care Recruitment and Training for Clark County Department of Family Services

Michigan Air National Guard photo by Tom Demerly, 02AUG2023.

On 02AUG2023, Michigan‘s Air National Guard prepped for a possible ‘active shooter’ incident on Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

On 01AUG2023, about 50 militia personnel of the Oklahoma Air & Army National Guard deployed to the Texas/Mexico border, under operation Task Force Minuteman. Every month, the Task Force personnel will be refreshed with about 50 more state militia personnel. Video report by Sergeant Reece Heck:

August 2023: TEXAS MILITIA: The Texas Military Department had a birthday, jumping from helicopters in Kosovo, never ending border patrols.

UTAH MILITIA: A presidential campaign visit, ‘blackout’ medical training in the country of Australia, prepping to deploy to the continent of Africa, jumping from helicopters, blowing-up Michigan!

July, 2023: WYOMING’S 1ST EVER VIGILANT GUARD, CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE, SOCIAL UPHEAVAL!

June, 2023:  NATIONAL GUARD PREPS FOR ‘BIG ONE’ IN THE WABASH VALLEY, RIOTS & CBRN EVENTS EXPECTED!

August 2023: Utah Militia

This is just a little bit of what the Utah Air & Army National Guard accomplished in August, 2023.

Camp Growl, Queensland, Australia. Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Alejandro Lucero, 01AUG2023.

On 01AUG2023, while deployed to Australia, the 144th Area Support Medical Company conducted ‘blackout’ (night-time) medical operations during international wargame Talisman Sabre (22 July to 04 August).

Utah Army National Guard photo by Captain Jeffrey Brenchley, 06AUG2023.

On 06AUG2023, Utah’s 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) militia personnel jumped from a perfectly good UH-60 Black Hawk rotary wing, into Deer Creek Reservoir near Heber City.  The 19th SF Group Airborne is one of only two Army National Guard Special Forces (SF) units, the other unit is in Texas (197th Special Troops Support Company).

Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Rich Stowell, 08AUG2023.

On Camp Williams, in Utah, the 204th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) spent their yearly ‘summer camp’ preparing for their deployment to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), which is based in the Republic of Djibouti.  The 204th MEB will deploy to the African continent in Spring 2024.

Utah Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Nicholas Perez, 09AUG2023.

On 09AUG2023, the Adjutant General of the Utah National Guard greeted U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior on Roland R. Wright Air National Guard base (Salt Lake City).  Biden was in Utah for a one-day ‘Campaign Reception’.

Utah’s 2nd Battalion, of the 222nd Field Artillery, pounded Michigan with their M109A6 Paladin Self Propelled Guns (SPG) during wargame Northern Strike, on Camp Grayling.  Video by Staff Sergeant Daniel Garas (edited by me), 12AUG2023:

Video by Staff Sergeant Daniel Garas showing a Utah M109A6 on the move:

On 23AUG2023, a Utah Army National Guard 1st Battalion-211th Aviation Regiment AH-64 Apache rotary wing launched a AGM-114 Hellfire missile at a smoking target on Granite Peak Range, near Dugway. Video by Staff Sergeant Cambrin Bassett:

Tactical Toilets, 2022:  UTAH INVADES IDAHO!?

August 2023:

 TEXAS MILITIA

August 2023: Texas Militia

The Texas Military Forces (TMF) was founded in February 1823, today it is comprised of the Texas Air National Guard, Texas Army National Guard and the Texas State Guard. The TMF is administered by the Texas Military Department (TMD), which was established on 05AUG1836.

In addition to the ongoing border patrols, this is just a little bit of what the Texas Air & Army National Guard accomplished in August, 2023.

On 22AUG2023, the Texas Army National Guard’s 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team jumped from a perfectly good UH-60 Black Hawk rotary wing, over Kosovo, in NATO Europe. Video by Sergeant Gauret Stearns:

While watching the Point of View (PoV) video, calculate how long it takes the parachutist to hit the ground (when he says “ow!”) after jumping from the helicopter:

11AUG2023, Texas Army National Guard UH-60 water-bombs a wildfire near the community of Lockhart, in Caldwell County. Texas Military Department photo by Michael Linan.

Texas Army National Guard photo by Captain Nadine Wiley De Moura, 10AUG2023.

On 10AUG2023, Texas Army National Guard’s 197th Special Troops Support Company (STSC) Special Operations (SO) Airborne (A), conducted M249 and M240 machinegun qualifications. The 197th STSC is one of only two Army National Guard Special Forces (SF) units, the other unit is in Utah (19th SF Group Airborne).

Photo by Julie Briden-Garcia, 09AUG2023.

On 09AUG2023, the Texas Air National Guard’s 136th Airlift Wing (AW) began a program called Honorary Commanders (aka Guardians Program).  Seven silly-vilian (civilian) sector employers were chosen for a two years mission to help increase public awareness and understanding of the 136th AW.  Part of the job of an Honorary Commander is to attend scheduled drills.

On 09AUG2023, a 136th AW C-130J Super Hercules took part in a ‘Maintenance University’ on Savannah Air National Guard Base (Hilton Head International Airport) in the state of Georgia. Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Victoria Coursey.

Biden’s Borderland, June 2023:  THREE MORE STATES DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD TO TEXAS!

Biden’s Borderland, May 2023: IDAHO DEPLOYS STATE POLICE TO TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER!

Vaccine Fail: Israel proved Natural Immunity beats out mRNA Immunizations, in 2022!

“Naturally acquired immunity confers stronger protection against infection and symptomatic disease caused by the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, compared to the BNT162b2 2-dose vaccine-indued immunity.”Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Naturally Acquired Immunity versus Vaccine-induced Immunity, Reinfections versus Breakthrough Infections: A Retrospective Cohort Study

The study focused on data from Maccabi Healthcare Services (MHS), Israel’s second largest Health Maintenance Organization, the study was published 01JUL2022 in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.

“SARS-CoV-2-naive vaccinees had a 13.06-fold (95% confidence interval [CI], 8.08–21.11) increased risk for breakthrough infection with the Delta variant compared to unvaccinated-previously-infected individuals, when the first event (infection or vaccination) occurred during January and February of 2021.”

“After adjusting for comorbidities, we found a 27.02-fold risk (95% CI: 12.7 to 57.5) for symptomatic breakthrough infection as opposed to symptomatic reinfection (P < .001)”

“This is the largest real-world observational study comparing naturally acquired immunity, gained through previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, to vaccine-induced immunity, afforded by the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine. Our large cohort, enabled by Israel’s rapid rollout of the mass-vaccination campaign, allowed us to investigate the risk for additional infection—either a breakthrough infection in vaccinated individuals or reinfection in previously infected ones—over a longer period than thus far described.

Our analysis demonstrates that SARS-CoV-2-naïve vaccinees had a 13.06-fold increased risk for breakthrough infection with the Delta variant compared to those previously infected, when the first event (infection or vaccination) occurred during January and February of 2021. The increased risk was significant for a symptomatic disease as well.”

U.S. Navy personnel deployed to the British empire’s island of Diego Garcia, get vaccinated on 09AUG2023. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Raquell Williams.

Vaccine Perfidy: U.S. CDC ADMITS, IMMUNIZED PEOPLE ARE MORE AT RISK OF INFECTION! YET, PUSHES FOR MORE IMMUNIZATIONS?

Vaccine Perfidy: U.S. CDC admits, Immunized People are more at risk of Infection! Yet, pushes for more Immunizations?

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Personnel with the U.S. funded Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services, administers ‘free’ immunizations on the island of Guam, 03AUG2023. U.S. Army photo by Major Chelsea Kersten.

CoViD Omicron variant BA.2.86.

Quotes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Risk Assessment Summary for SARS CoV-2 Sublineage BA.2.86, dated 23AUG2023: “BA.2.86 may be more capable of causing infection in people who have previously had COVID-19 or who have received COVID-19 vaccines.”

“The large number of mutations in this variant raises concerns of greater escape from existing immunity from vaccines and previous infections compared with other recent variants…    Nearly all the U.S. population has antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 from vaccination, previous infection, or both, and it is likely that these antibodies will continue to provide some protection against severe disease from this variant.”

Despite these statements, the U.S. CDC ‘talks-out-both-sides-of-its-mouth’; in the same Risk Assessment they push for more vaccines while stating that vaccinated people will get infected!

U.S. Air Force medic administers a COVID-19 Omicron booster at an undisclosed location in The Middle East, 20OCT2022. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Jeffery Foster.

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