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Oregon Wildfires: Militias love it, CH-47F airborne firefighter!

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20 SEP 2017 /20:16 UTC-07 Tango 06 (30 Sharivar 1396/29 Dhu l-Hijja 1438/02 Ji-Yu 4715)

“We love doing this. This is our favorite part of the year!   …..We run a great risk in this, if there’s an up-draft of heat, or a down-draft, we have to be able to be ‘Johnny-on-the-spot’ to keep us in the air. There’s a lot more challenge in it, risk versus reward. It’s super rewarding when we are combating open flame all day long.”-Sergeant Joseph Ford, Oregon National Guard

Oregon Army National Guard’s Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment has dropped more than 4.5-million liters (1.2-million U.S. gallons) of water using three of their new CH-47 F-model Chinooks, in the past month and a half.

“Where else can you go where you get to do this? I have the coolest job in the world! One morning I’m at my home station, and later that afternoon I’m 5-hundred-miles away, supporting a state mission and dropping buckets of water. I get a lot of satisfaction doing these state missions.”-Sergeant Jeremy Maddox

“Those Air Attack guys have been doing this often for 20-to-30 years to get to this level, they know the big picture…we can’t put the fire out completely, but what we can do is help control it, and keep it from spreading certain directions.”-Chief Warrant Officer 2 David Brannen

“There is a lot of helicopter on the Chinooks back here (behind the flight deck or cockpit), that the pilots can’t see. Our job is to paint a picture for them, a mental picture they can’t see, so they know and feel comfortable with what we’re going into. It takes a lot of trust in the back-seaters from the pilots. It’s a team effort. Without one, the job can’t be accomplished.”-Sergeant Jeremy Maddox

MONTANA, OREGON & WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOY TO FIGHT WILDFIRES!

KIT BASHING: SPECIAL OPS BOEING MH-47 CHINOOK, POCATELLO AIRPORT

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Maria: Vermont Militia deployed to Virgin Islands!

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This is what hurricane Irma did to the only hospital on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Vermont National Guard medical personnel deployed to the U.S. Virgin Islands on 16 SEP 2017, originally to support Hurricane Irma recovery efforts, but now to help with Hurricane Maria recovery:

U.S. Army & Air Force medical personnel provide medical care to people on U.S. Virgin Islands

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Food Crisis Irma: Arizona, California, Minnesota militias deliver sustenance!

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19 SEP 2017 (06:18 UTC-07 Tango 06) 28 Sharivar 1396/27 Dhu l-Hijja 1438/29 Wu-Shen 4715

“This is why we do what we do. It’s an opportunity to help people who need help, and I think it’s why most of us serve in the National Guard.”-Technical Sergeant Michael Gunderson, Air National Guard

While the U.S. Virgin islands are about to get walloped by category 5 Maria, National Guard units from three states are still flying in food aid for people suffering from Hurricane Irma.

Since 09 SEP 2017, 24 hours AirLift Control Flight(ACLF)-Contingency Response Flights have been underway at the Cyril E. King International Airport.  Along with federal agencies and civilian contractors several thousands of tons of supplies have been delivered.

IRMA: MILITARY RESPONSE, SO FAR

IRMA FOOD CRISIS: COAST GUARD ALREADY HANDING OUT MREs!

U.S. FOOD CRISIS, AUGUST 2017: HARVEY KILLS TEXAS CROPS?

HARVEY FOOD CRISIS: MARINES DELIVER THE GOODS TO ORANGE!

HARVEY FOOD CRISIS: MASSIVE FOOD DELIVERY OPS FOR TEXAS UNDERWAY!

HARVEY FOOD CRISIS: BORDER PATROL MAKES HOME DELIVERIES!

Idaho

Great Reneger: Idaho Militia record number of deployments in one year?

“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt

What was that about not being the World’s police force?  We can’t really blame President Trump, after-all these deployments were set up in 2016 under the Obama regime.

Idaho Army National Guard is serving in eight of nine global regions designated by the U.S. Department of Defense.   Besides taking part in war-games across the United States, for fiscal year 2017 Idaho Army National Guard personnel will spend time in Bangladesh, Cambodia,  Canada, Germany, Guatemala, Korea, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Romania, Taiwan and Tanzania.

GREAT RENEGER: OFF-SHORING OF U.S. JOBS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL INVESTOR MORALE IMPROVES!

POCATELLO MILITIA RETURNS FROM MALAYSIA, IS IT ABOUT THE OIL?

2016: SNAKE RIVER M1A2 SEP, LIVE FIRE ROMANIA!

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Montana, Oregon & Washington National Guard deploy to fight wildfires!

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“The western fires are not stopping. They’re just getting bigger.”-James Casaus, Incident Commander

“If we don’t start managing our forests, the forests are going to start managing us. The fires burning across Montana are a catastrophe, and we need all available resources to combat this threat.”-Steve Daines, senator for Montana

On 13 SEP 2017, Montana’s Air National Guard deployed to fight at least 21 wildfires in The Treasure State.

Montana has so far spent $50-million USD in state taxpayer funding fighting fires!

NBCMontana: Wildfire update, 14 SEP 2017

On 09 SEP 2017, the Oregon National Guard continued another round of firefighting training conducted by the state Department of Public Safety.  So far five groups of Oregon National Guard personnel have gone through the training.  Oregon has so far spent 28-million state taxpayer dollars fighting 18 wildfires.

U.S. Army personnel chow down after helping to fight fires in Oregon, 10 SEP 2017

So far, the U.S. Forest Service has spent a record 2.1-billion federal tax dollars fighting wildfires across the western United States!

Video, Washington National Guard firefighting ‘mop-up’ ops 09 SEP 2017:

IDAHO CONDUCTS MASSIVE MAFFS TRAINING, IN PREPS FOR HOT WILDFIRE SEASON!

MAFFS : WILDFIRE SEASON 2018 GOING TO BE A HOT ONE!

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Irma: Massive deployment to U.S. Virgin Islands!

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U.S. Virgin Islands National Guard PoD operation 13 SEP 2017

The U.S. Virgin Islands has its own National Guard unit, but it’s not enough to deal with Irma.  They’ve been operating at least five Point of Distribution (PoD) centers for several days now, handing supplies to thousands of people in the U.S. territory.

Tennessee National Guard load their Blackhawk into a New York National Guard C-17, prior to deploying to U.S. Virgin Islands on 13 SEP 2017

National Guard units from Kentucky, New York and Tennessee have deployed to the U.S. Virgin Islands, along with federal agencies.

Kentucky National Guard Blackhawk, U.S. Virgin Islands, 08 SEP 2017

Video, Idaho’s Mountain Home AFB 366th Logistics Readiness Squadron deploying mobile air traffic control tower onboard South Carolina based 437th Airlift Wng C-17 Globemaster-3:

U.S. Marines deliver supplies, 10 SEP 2017

USN SeeBees clear routs, 13 SEP 2017

U.S. Postal Service delivers supplies to U.S. Marines 12 SEP 2017

IRMA: U.S. BORDER PATROL DEPLOYS TO BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS!

IRMA: U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS RESCUES!

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Harvey: 3 weeks later Rescue Recons continue!

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Air and Army National Guard units from dozens of states deployed to Texas to deal with the aftermath of Harvey.  Some units have returned home, some were shifted to Florida when Irma hit, but even now Harvey Rescue Recon operations are still ongoing in Texas.

Three weeks later property in Orange, Texas, still flooded. Pic taken on 10 SEP 2017

09 SEP 2017 Port Arthur, Texas, the Oklahoma National Guard distributed everything from water to cleaning products to generators

09 SEP 2017 residents of Holiday Beach, Texas, thank Oklahoma National Guard personnel for the help

Video report, Arkansas National Guard in Lumberton, Texas, 11 SEP 2017:

The Texas National Guard, along with civilian volunteers and municipal employees, operates warehouses where donations of supplies (that’s right, donations, not taxpayer funded stuff) are consolidated before distribution: “The amount of donations we receive is never consistent. Most nights we receive about two, but during the day we can receive anywhere from five to ten, sometimes even more.”-First Lieutenant Heather Seidl

Former NBA player Stephen Jackson’s academy used as aid distribution center in Port Arthur, 09 SEP 2017

Arkansas National Guard unload a semi-trailer filled with supplies for Kountze, Texas, 09 SEP 2017

Video, Brigadier General Patrick Hamilton explains ongoing National Guard rescue recon ops, 10 SEP 2017:

Onward Christian Soldiers? Texas Guard units, as well as civilian volunteers from Louisiana, used the First Baptist Church in Port Neches for Rest & Recovery

Texas National Guard about to recover a stuck Dodge Ram in Orange County, note the license plate

Rescue Recon mission Houston, Texas, 05 SEP 2017

Recovery of a beached oil drilling ship in the Aransas Pass near Corpus Christi, 04 SEP 2017

HARVEY: MARINES USE AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT TANKS TO SAVE LIVES!