“Today marked yet another milestone in the proud history of the Idaho National Guard as wildland firefighter ground crews mobilized and deployed to support the growing wildland fire threats across our state.”-Brigadier General Russ Johnson, Idaho National Guard Joint Staff
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.
On 04AUG2021, sixteen Idaho Air and Army National Guard personnel, who are federal Type 2 Red Card (Incident Qualification Card) certified, were deployed to assist the Idaho Department of Lands battle at least 15 wildfires across the Gem State.
To be Red Card certified means you’re literally are given a red card saying you are qualified to fight wildfires. IANG photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.
72 Idaho state militia personnel are Red Card certified: “We are currently training more Soldiers and Airmen as they volunteer for this mission in the hopes of building a large capacity consisting of several hand crews.”-Lieutenant Colonel Tony Vincelli, Task Force Timber Shield
IANG photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.
Two Idaho National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters have also been fighting fires, dropping more than 205-thousand gallons since July 13th.
An Idaho 1-183rd Aviation Battalion Black Hawk deployed to fight fires in California, in 2020. California Air National Guard photo by Captain Jason Sanchez.
Eight militia members have also been providing logistical support since July 21st, at the Idaho Fire Cache warehouse in Coeur d’Alene.
The U.S. Coast Guard says it captured 14 illegals from Cuba in this little boat, near the Bahamas, on 27JUL2021. The Cubans were sent home on 29JUL2021.
ARIZONA: U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel use a Black Hawk (spending lots of your money) to rescue an illegal from Guatemala, stranded on the Baboquivari Mountains, 26JUL2021:
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Third Class Jackson Adkins, 07AUG2021.
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was the first aircraft carrier since 1987 to undergo Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) by the U.S. Navy (USN).
USN photo, 08AUG2021.
The third and final FSST for CVN 78 was 08AUG2021.
USN photo, 08AUG2021.
USN photo, 08AUG2021.
USN photo, 08AUG2021.
USN video by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Novalee Manzella, third FSST for CVN 78, 08AUG2021:
USN photo by Mass Communications Specialist Jackson Adkins, 16JUL2021.
The second shock trial was held in July of this year. The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was also the subject of that shock test.
USN video, by Seaman Apprentice Zachary Guth, of first CVN 78 FSST explosion and swell, 18JUN2021:
The USN conducts shock trials of new-build ships to find out if they can withstand combat conditions. CVN 78 is the USN’s newest aircraft carrier, and already is controversial.
“Our adversaries have advanced weapons systems and advanced technology that they can use against us, so we need to be able to operate efficiently in austere situations and gain proficiency in those operations.”-Lieutenant Colonel Brian Wyrzykowski, 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard
Michigan Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant David Kujawa, 05AUG2021.
Claiming to be a first, intentionally operating combat aircraft from a U.S. state highway (such operations having been done in Europe since the Cold War), the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and Michigan Air National Guard conducted operation Thunder LZ (Landing Zone), beginning on 05AUG2021. Thunder LZ involved Michigan Air Guard A-10Cs, U.S. Air Force A-10Cs from Arizona, and USAF C-146As from Florida.
Michigan Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Scott Thompson, 05AUG2021.
Notice how close the A-10C touched down to the police and fire vehicles.
Michigan Air National Guard cockpit video of Alpena (aka M32) Highway landing, 05AUG2021:
Michigan Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant David Kujawa.
It is part of wargame Exercise Northern Strike. The highway is M-32, and involved the Michigan Department of Transportation, and a local electricity utility which had to take down some lines so the aircraft could safely land and take-off. Local police were on scene, as well as fire fighters just in case. But first, the M-32 had to be ‘taken’ (secured) by Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing.
Michigan Air National Guard video explainer, by Staff Sergeant Drew Schumann:
More Michigan Air National Guard video, by Staff Sergeant Drew Schumann, of A-10Cs landing on the highway:
What if you were driving down the highway when you saw this coming at you? More video from by Staff Sergeant Drew Schumann:
Landings and take-offs:
Michigan Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Scott Thompson, 05AUG2021.
The USAF says using highways is part of its ‘near peer threat’ Agile Combat Employment (ACE) tactic. The aircraft used are C-146As (Dornier 328) and A-10Cs: “The A-10 allows us to land a lot more places to get fuel, weapons and other armaments so we can operate anywhere, anytime. This will allow us to get away from using built-up bases that our adversaries can target, by moving much more rapidly.”-Captain John Renner, 354th Fighter Squadron, Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona
Michigan Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Scott Thompson, 05AUG2021.
Michigan Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Scott Thompson, 05AUG2021.
Staff Sergeant Andrew Schumann shows what it looks like to see a C-146A land on the highway:
Notice that the U.S. military’s C-146A Wolfhound (Dornier 328) wears a ‘silly-vilian’ (civilian) paint scheme. More video of A-10Cs and the C-146A:
20JUN2016, National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Amy M. Lovgren.
It’s not the first time using a highway for A-10Cs from Michigan’s 127th Wing. In June 2016, 127th A-10Cs used a highway in Estonia, during wargame Saber Strike.
Since the days of the undeclared Cold War, NATO and ‘enemy’ forces have practiced using highways for impromptu air bases. The use of Michigan’s M-32 is supposedly the first time a highway within the U.S. was used for such operations. Sounds like the Cold War never went away.
A supposed ‘leak’ of a U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) report revealed that vaccines are not working to prevent infections, or to stop the spread of pathogens. The new data also shows that it is actually vaccinated people that have become the biggest threat to people who are not vaccinated, not the other way ’round!
U.S. Navy photo by Macy Hinds.
One of the Powerpoint subtitles to the leaked CDC report is Breakthrough cases may reduce public confidence in vaccines, and also mentions Primary Vaccine Failure. Breakthrough cases refer to vaccinated people getting infected and sick, even hospitalized, by the very thing the vaccine was supposed to prevent. Click on this to read the leaked CDC Powerpoint presentation.
In this video, Doctor John Campbell discusses the recently ‘leaked’ U.S. CDC’s Powerpoint presentation to the U.S. Congress, which explains why the CDC wants a return to mask wearing for everybody (vaccines actually turn people into super incubators/spreaders):
In this video, the U.S. state of Georgia warns residents that the Delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox, even if you’ve been vaccinated, vaccines will not halt the spread of new variants:
“These prototypes have been purposely built utilizing what we have learned to date with RCVs and to give us an opportunity to further drive the RCV Campaign of Learning. The prototypes will be used by soldiers in operational experiments to develop the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) that our Brigade Combat Teams will utilize to bring new levels of lethality to our forces through the combining of Manned and Un-Manned Teams (MUM-T).”-Major General Ross Coffman, Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team
Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, 12MAY2021. U.S. Army photo by Dan Heaton.
At the end of May 2021, the U.S. Army had five new Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) prototypes to play with. Two types of robot tanks are being tested, RCV-Light and RCV-Medium. The goal is to have RCVs ready for the 2022 Phase Two Soldier Operational Experiment (SOE, to be held on Fort Hood, Texas).
Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, 12MAY2021. U.S. Army photo by Dan Heaton.
By the end of June 2021, the RCV-M (nicknamed Ripsaw M5 by its developers, not to be confused with earlier Ripsaw robots) tank began live-fire testing on Fort Dix (Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), New Jersey.
Bore-sighting weapons, Fort Dix, 29JUN2021. USA photo by Kevin C. Mcdevitt.
The RCV-M has the usual for a robot M240 machine gun, and for the first time a XM813 main gun: “This is the first system that we’ve developed where we have a gun of this caliber mounted on the robot, a completely unmanned robot, and that is also controlled from a different location or within the manned combat vehicle, it’s certainly unique.”-Cristian Bara, Ground Vehicle Systems Center
Prepping to go down-range, 29JUN2021. USA photo by Kevin C. Mcdevitt.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Jack LeGrand.
On 29JUL2021, an EQ-4B Block-20 Global Hawk made its final landing on Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB), in North Dakota.
USAF photo by Senior Airman Dakota C. LeGrand.
In a May 2021 statement, leaders of the Department of the Air Force asked the U.S. Congress for permission“to repurpose the RQ-4 Block 30 funds” for other “intelligence” gathering platforms. The previous year the U.S. Air Force (USAF) asked to retire Block-20 and Block-30 RQ-4s, but Congress expressed concern for front line units which rely on the Global Hawk’s high altitude recon missions. The now retired EQ-4B is a version of the RQ-4.
It looks more and more like The Pandemic is actually a cover-up for some kind of global lockdown. Incomplete list of links to news reports and studies, as of 02AUG2021:
Ohio Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Kregg York.
The state National Guard is greatly reducing its pandemic response force to just 40 personnel, and will focus on logistics and vaccinations, at least until federal funding runs out in September.
Washington; While claiming to have a high degree of confidence in vaccines, U.S. Navy Hospital Bremerton covertly admitted vaccines don’t work when they mandated mask wearing: “Regardless of vaccination status, masks will be worn whenever indoors in Department of Defense controlled buildings, such as the clinics and hospital, in areas of substantial or higher community transmission. Do not enter without a facemask!”-Captain Jeff Feinberg, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton
“Receiving the PGK NET was a great opportunity that will enhance the battalion and the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s lethality on the battlefield. We purposely sought to field the PGK prior to the brigade’s upcoming mobilizations. If the PGK capability exists in the theater of operations we end up in, then our soldiers will be trained to employ it and bring a precision capability to the fight.”-Lieutenant Colonel Eric Orcutt, 1st Battalion 148th Field Artillery Regiment
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Crystal Farris.
The Idaho Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment (FAR), headquartered in Pocatello, learned how to use ‘smart’ artillery projectiles known as the M1156 Precision Guidance Kit (PKG).
During the last two weeks of July 2021, the 1-148 FAR was in next door Wyoming, on Camp Guernsey, for annual ‘summer camp’ training. The ‘smart’ projectiles they were launching through their M1096A6 Paladin 155mm gun tubes uses aerodynamic fins on the fuze to steer the projectile on target. If the smart projectile happens to be not so smart and impacts outside 150 meters of the target area, it won’t explode.
Not only does PKG make artillery projectiles more accurate, it’s hoped that accuracy will save taxpayers some money by not needing as many ‘dumb’ projectiles.
Round=projectile+case
Projectile=bullet, shot, slug
Cartridge Case=case or shell containing propellant
The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, of which the 148th FAR is a part of, is scheduled for deployment in 2022 (apparently the location is still hush-hush, and this is despite President Biden’s pull-out from Afghanistan and his order to cease combat ops in Iraq).
Vehicle I-D:
1-116th Cav, 1-148th FA, Pocatello, Idaho. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.
Gowen Field, Idaho, 23JUL2021. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.
Between June 30th and July 29th, the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s Peace Vanguard unit conducted AH-64 Longbow Apache gunnery on the Orchard Combat Training Center for the tenth year now, but this time they got to use Idaho’s new DAGIR system: “The scoring is instantaneous. The second a target is hit, we know about it. It’s a great feature because sometimes you’re not sure if the round went through the target or not.”-Lieutenant Colonel Jack Denton, U.S. Army Flight Training Detachment
Idaho ArNG photo by Thomas Alvarez, 23JUL2021.
The RSAF Peace Vanguard is based on the Arizona National Guard’s Silverbell Army Heliport, where they’ve been flying eight AH-64Ds since 2001.
Idaho ArNG photo by Thomas Alvarez, 23JUL2021.
Idaho’s Orchard Combat Training Center has at least 23 gunnery/bombing ranges. Currently it is one of only two DAGIR ranges in the entire U.S.
