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Missouri Militia preps for disasters, again!

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03 JUN 2017 (13:33 UTC-07 Tango 06) 13 Khordad 1396/08 Ramadan 1438/09 Bing Wu 4715

For the fourth year in a row Missouri Air-Militia personnel spent their annual training prepping for natural disasters.  Already this year Missouri National Guard personnel responded to record level floods, in May.

While Missouri Army National Guard units are spending their Summer assisting with Force-on-Force training at California’s NTC, Missouri Air Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing spent their fourth yearly training season at Camp Clark:

ALASKA MILITIA PREPS FOR HEROIN EPIDEMIC!

VERMONT MILITIA NEEDS MEDICS, BUT CAN YOU ‘STICK IT’?

Technology

Vehicle I-D: NTC and the Bradley

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M3A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle during Decisive Action Rotation 20-04 at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, California, 08FEB2020.

M2A3 Bradley from 1st Battalion, 163rd Cavalry Regiment, Montana Army National Guard (part of 116th CBCT based in Idaho), NTC 01JUN2019. Oregon Army National Guard photo by Corporal Alisha Grezlik.

Bird’s eye video view of National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, California:

Company B, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard during NTC rotation 02JUN2017. Mississippi Army National Guard photo by Specialist Christopher Shannon.

Mech-Infantry storms NTC desert city:

Staff Sergeant Dustin Carter gives you a short video tour of the M2A3 Bradley:

“Fill ‘er up!” 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, refuel their Bradleys during Decisive Action Rotation 16-09, August 2016. U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Jordan Roy.

3rd Platoon, A Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th CBCT, August 2015. Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

Bravo Troop, 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Decisive Action Rotation 14-09, August 2014. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Ashley Marble.

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Randis Monroe, Decisive Action Rotation 14-06, April 2014.

MILITIA UH-60L LOOSES WINDSHIELD AT NTC!

VEHICLE ID: KC-10 TIGER STRIPED F/A-18D & A-10C

MISSISSIPPI MILITIA ‘CLEANS UP’ ITS ACT AT NTC!

116TH SNAKE RIVER’S 2015 NTC ROTATION

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Alaska Militia preps for heroin epidemic!

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On 31 MAY 2017, Alaska National Guard delivered heroin overdose treatments to the remote community of Galena, claiming that there isn’t a problem now, but, that they’re simply being prepared.

In this official video interview Alaska National Guard reveals they are prepping, with help from Project Hope, for the heroin/opioid epidemic hitting the lower 48 to make its way north:

OBAMA LEGACY: WHO’S THE BIGGEST DRUG PUSHER? OBAMA!

FALSE FLAG :  ARE DALLAS COPS ON DRUGS?

NOVARTIS CAUGHT ILLEGALLY PUSHING DRUGS IN IDAHO, AGAIN!

Technology, U.S.

Militia UH-60L looses windshield at NTC!

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On 20MAY2017, a Missouri Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk suffered a damaged windshield while flying over Fort Irwin (National Training Center, NTC), California. The new windshield arrived for replacement on 30MAY2017:

Staff Sergeant Tim Morgan took this pic of a UH-60 Blackhawk under the Milky Way Galaxy 30MAY2017, at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California.

Mississippi National Guard video, by Staff Sergeant Tim Morgan, of Missouri UH-60 operations on NTC, 30MAY2017:

MISSISSIPPI MILITIA ‘CLEANS UP’ ITS ACT AT NTC!

VEHICLE I-D: NEW HH-60M BLACK HAWK FOR HAWAIIAN MILITIA MEDEVAC

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Texas special forces ‘weathermen’ para-dive into Lake Worth!

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31 May 2017 (14:50 UTC-07 Tango 06) 10 Khordad 1396/05 Ramadan 1438/06 Yi Si(5th) 4715

“Know the ground, know the weather; your victory will then be total.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War (about 2-thousand-4-hundred years ago)

USA Special Ops parachute rigger gets ride from USCG after jumping into Lake Worth.

With the help of the Fort Worth Fire Department (FWFD), U.S. Army (USA) and U.S Coast Guard (USCG), Texas National Guard’s 136th Airlift Wing’s 181st Weather Flight jumped from a perfectly good C-130 using the M-6 Maneuverable Troop Parachute System:

On 20 MAY 2017, twelve covert weathermen of the 181st Weather Flight jumped from 305 meters (1-thousand feet) into Lake Worth, for the first time in the unit’s history.

Recovering the M-6 MTPS.

Six of those part-time state militia para-frog-men are full-time Fort Worth firefighters: “This was the first time we were able to do something like this as far as recovery. There are more than 900 firefighters in the city with a lot of diverse backgrounds and skills sets, and several of those guys also serve in the military. We were able to utilize those internal relationships to train on things that we don’t have the opportunity to do as often. We also get to improve our methods on-the- ground, as far as communication and working through these missions to make sure they run smoothly in the
future. It truly benefits both sides and it was very exciting to see some of our own jumping out of that aircraft.”-Ralph Diamond, FWFD battalion chief

Combat weathermen para-jumping into Lake Worth, Texas.

They’re known officially as Air Force Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT).  Military weather personnel help combat commanders make decisions about how to fight their battles.

Texas Air Guard covert weatherman swims with his gear in-tow.

Most people don’t know it but daily changes in the climate have always affected combat operations.  It wasn’t until after World War Two that militaries around the world began to develop true ‘all weather’ capabilities.  However, while humans become more adapted to fighting in bad weather their new fangled electronic hi-tech weapon developments are highly susceptible to climate change.  For example, those laser trackers can be blocked by a light rain or snowfall, and radio communications can be disrupted by changes in the local electromagnetic field (wind, thunderstorms).

C-130 stuff:

MAFFS BOMBS IDAHO!

KC-130J REFUELS MV-22B IN FLIGHT

RUSSIA DELIVERS C-130 SIMULATOR TO U.S. MARINES IN JAPAN!

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Mississippi Militia ‘cleans up’ its act at NTC!

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31 May 2017 (12:50 UTC-07 Tango 06) 10 Khordad 1396/05 Ramadan 1438/06 Yi Si(5th) 4715

Fort Irwin, California, is home to the USA (U.S. Army) National Training Center (NTC).  Many National Guard units from around the country conduct massive Force-on-Force war-game ‘rotations’ there, but that includes real-life environmental war-fighting as well.

Moving Earth to keep it clean.

Currently members of the Illinois, Kansas and Mississippi are in the middle of their ‘fun-in-the-sun’ rotation, and the 223rd Engineer Battalion’s  289th Engineer Company is working hard to make sure the Mojave stays clean:

2017 MILITIA MEMORIAL DAY SHOUT-OUT FROM NTC-FORT IRWIN, OR, STOP SAYING ‘HAPPY’ MEMORIAL DAY!

MAMA’S FRIED CHICKEN! IN HOT AS HELL MOJAVE-LAND NTC?

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‘Taxpayers’ rescue pregnant deer trapped in coastal rocks!

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31 May 2017 (11:57 UTC-07 Tango 06) 10 Khordad 1396/05 Ramadan 1438/06 Yi Si(5th) 4715

Somehow a pregnant deer got trapped among the craggy rocks along the Manistee River shoreline, in Michigan.

In this pic you can see how the deer blends in with the rocks, it doesn’t look good for the deer at this point.

Today, a group of taxpayer funded U.S. Coast Guard personnel were on their way to a training event when they spotted something odd moving among the rocks.  It was a pregnant deer.

A routine day of rescue training turned into a real rescue operation.

The taxpayer funded first responders put their training day to good use, rescuing the stuck deer and releasing it in a nearby field.  The deer has scarring on its belly from where its fur was rubbed off during its own effort to escape the potentially deadly grip of stone.

Exhausted deer, with fresh scars from its ordeal.

USCG Manistee Station, Michigan.

U.S. COAST GUARD: WHAT HAPPENS TO COWS ABANDONED IN FLOODED TOWNS?

MARYLAND MILITIA SPENDS MEMORIAL WEEKEND 2017 RESCUING PILOTS IN CANADA!

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Militia Memorial Day shout-out from NTC-Fort Irwin, or, Stop saying ‘Happy’ Memorial Day!

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Private First Class Tonimarie A. Morrow with the 444th Chemical Company, Illinois Army National Guard, ‘enjoys’ a breakfast MRE at NTC, 26 MAY 2017.

Illinois, Kansas and Mississippi National Guard units are spending their Memorial weekend at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California.  Before you watch the video’s I noticed most everybody says “have a happy Memorial Day”.  The problem is that Memorial Day is not supposed to be ‘happy’, it’s about your fellow citizens being killed in combat. 

Video, Mississippi Militiaman Sergeant Griffin:

First Lieutenant Jamie Felix wishes everybody a “safe Memorial Day.”

Video, Mississippi Militiaman PFC (Private First Class) Burroughs:

Mississippi Militia personnel heading out for fun in the sun at NTC, 22 MAY 2017!

Video, First Lieutenant Jackson shout-out to Chicago:

Am I having a flashback? Mississippi 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment M1A2 SEP heads out to ‘The Box’ at NTC, 26 MAY 2017.

Video shout-out from PFC Braswell:

Captain Steve Mitchell says “I love you guys, see you soon.”

Video shout-out from Sergeant Marston:

Master Sergeant Smith wishes his family in Louisiana “a happy Memorial holiday.”

First Lieutenant Jackson does another video, this time for Texas:

Lieutenant Colonel Jacques Byrd wants everybody to have a “happy and safe Memorial day.”

Sergeant Sureau says video-hi to Tennessee and Kansas:

Specialist Eberle video shout-out:

Specialist Trevor Stevens wishes “family and friends a happy Memorial day weekend”.

Shout-out video from Specialist Willis:

Staff Sergeant Amanda Williams wishes everybody a “safe Memorial weekend”.

NTC Vid Fest: ILLINOIS, KANSAS & MISSISSIPPI MILITIAS 2017 MEMORIAL WEEKEND FUN IN THE SUN NTC STYLE!

International, U.S.

Maryland Militia spends Memorial weekend rescuing pilots in Canada!

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Canucks conduct rescue training with Maryland Army National Guard.

Maryland National Guard’s 1st Battalion Company C 169th Aviation Regiment spent their Memorial weekend at Camp Wainwright in Alberta, Canada.

Rescuing downed pilots is part of NATO training operation Maple Resolve 2017.  British empire member Canada is also a member of NATO.

ILLINOIS, KANSAS & MISSISSIPPI MILITIAS 2017 MEMORIAL WEEKEND FUN IN THE SUN NTC STYLE!

Me riding C-130 on the way back to Idaho from a ‘friendly’ with Canadian armor in Alberta, in 2002.

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Mama’s Fried Chicken! In Hot as Hell Mojave-land NTC?

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Actually, during non-Summer months the high temps at Fort Irwin, California, aren’t that bad.  In the Gregorian month of May the average high temperature is 28C (83F).  A record high temp for May hit 42C (107F).  Back in 1998 I went to NTC with Idaho’s 116th Armored Cav (as a 13F with the 148th FA BN), and unfortunately it was during the hottest time of the year when the average high temp is around 38C (100F), and record highs hit 46C (114F)!  By the way, 1998 was one of those record setting years for high temps.

In 2014, TV personality Gordon Ramsay videoed the biggest cooking challenge of the show MasterChef at Fort Irwin, California.

Currently the Illinois, Kanasa and Mississippi National Guards are doing a three weeks ‘rotation’ at NTC, started right before the Memorial weekend.  What’re they going to eat?  Supposedly you get two yummy (not) MREs and a hot meal per day (reality is you could go days without a hot cooked meal). But Mississippi’s Militia cooks boast they’re up to the job of providing at least one hot cooked meal per day for the 3-thousand-8-hundred-plus Militia personnel on the current rotation, even going as far as optimistically promising Sergeant First Class ‘Mama’ Jackson’s fried chicken: