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Idaho, Technology

Poky Car Show, July 2023: Hot, Loud, Rude & Crude!

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The free Pocatello Car Club show started at 17 hours (5pm), 22JUL2023, it was 100+ Fahrenheit (38+ C)! I started recording video (I need a real video camera) and stills at about 17:30 hours, cars were still rolling in, eventually they would have at least 1-hundred cars show up.

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The rollout for the Pocatello Car Club cruise started at 19 hours (7pm), hot vehicles in the hot 100+ Fahrenheit climate:

This was the quiet street to view car show cruisers, even though Grandma claimed “I can’t hear you!”:

July’s action on Main Street wasn’t as loud as it was in June:

It seemed most of the car-cruise action was taking place in the Center Street ‘tunnel’:

Cruise the Main, June 2023: “Do a burnout!” 2ND MONTHLY CAR CRUISE, POCATELLO, IDAHO.

Also in June 2023: POCATELLO S-A-C SHOW

2016: Last Car Show for Chubbuck Days?

2014: Last Car Show for Pocatello Airport?

Idaho

Idaho Militia continues expansion, to reduce costs? It’s just the “first of many”!

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15 July 2023 (10:25-UTC-07 Tango 06) 24 Tir 1402/26 Dhu l-Hijja 1444/28 Ji-Wei 4721/15 июль 2023 года

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Joseph Morgan, 06JUL2023.

On 06JUL2023, the Idaho Army Nation Guard broke ground on a new Readiness Center, in Twin Falls, Jerome County.  Officially, this is part of a state and federal taxpayer funded ‘expansion’ that is actually meant to reduce the number of Armories in the geographically spread out state of Idaho, from 23 down to just nine: “This is part of a national readiness center master plan where we consolidate units so we’re more efficient in maintaining facilities. We’re basically going to decrease from 23 facilities across the state to nine regional readiness centers.”– Colonel Dennis Stitt, Idaho Army National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT)

Colonel Dennis Stitt, of the Idaho Army National Guard, talks to local TV news media. Photo by Idaho Air National Guard Staff Sergeant Joseph Morgan, 06JUL2023.

According to local news reports, the new Jerome County Regional Readiness Center will cost at least $23-million, and take two years to complete. The new facility will house the 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion (which is already headquartered in Twin Falls) and the 145th Brigade Support Battalion (currently headquartered in Lewiston).

The Idaho National Guard stated that this new ‘consolidated’ facility is the “first of many” intended to reduce the long term costs of logistics.  The 116th CBCT (aka Snake River Brigade) has units spread across Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Oregon.

February 2023: IDAHO’S COMBAT TRAINING AREA (OCTC) EXPANDED! (again?) MILLIONS SPENT ON FIRE FIGHTING!

August 2021: SINGAPORE APACHES TEST IDAHO’S NEW EXPANDED OCTC D-A-G-I-R COMBAT TRAINING SYSTEM

Idaho

Homegrown Potatoes & Onions in Pumpkin Soup.

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July 2023

My way of gardening is controversial, just throw it in the Idaho dirt and see if it grows. No fertilizers, insecticides or herbicides. Just water and Sun, it works good enough for me.

I planted a white-onion two Summers ago, now it split into two onions.

This Spring, I threw some potatoes in the ground and already got a small harvest.

Pumpkin puree makes a good soup base (canned or make your own). I used salt, and the per-i-ful spices typical of pumpkin pie which requires hella sugar to equalize ( I like sugar, not for diabetics!). You must experiment with the flavorings you add to the pumpkin base, don’t blame me! I also used the potatoes & onions I recently harvested.

The onions, having grown for the past two Summers, are tough, I had to switch to a serrated knife to cut/saw them and then fry them to soften them.

Unfortunately, the potatoes are bland, even after boiling in salt water. That’s what happens when you just let plants grow ‘wild’, never know what you’re gonna get.

I made garlic toast, which is always good with ‘heavy’ soups, and you can use to sop-up the remnants left behind in the bowl.

See also; CORN FRITTERS & CORN CHOWDER FROM MY OWN MAIZE

Idaho, U.S.

Forever Wars: U.S. National Guard preps for Global War!

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Incomplete (tip of the iceberg) list of U.S. state National Guard developments (which should prove that the National Guard has become the ‘crutch’ for the Regular/active duty Army and Air Force), for the month of June 2023:

NATO-Europe is conducting the largest airpower wargame, ever, and multiple U.S. states have deployed their National Guard units to take part in Air Defender 2023.

On the African Continent, the largest wargame there was concluded in mid-June, several U.S. states deployed their Guard units to take part in African Lion 2023.

There was also the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NorAD) wargame called Noble Defender, as well as a cyber security wargame called Cyber Shield 2023.

CALIFORNIA: The Air National Guard’s 146th AW/146th Contingency Response Flight helped with loading of cargo planes, and air traffic control, for Air Defender 2023.

For the first time since the United Nations ordered the Korean Police Action (as requested by the United States in 1950), California has deployed an entire division! On 11JUN2023, a deployment ceremony was held for the 40th Infantry Division, which is being sent to the Middle East for the ongoing operations Inherent Resolve and Spartan Shield. Video by Sergeant Marla Ogden:

COLORADO:

Colorado Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Amanda Geiger, 11JUN2023.

The Air Guard’s 140th Wing deployed F-16 Falcons to Schleswig-Jagel Air Base, NATO-Germany, for Air Defender 2023.

GEORGIA:

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Caila Arahood, 12JUN2023.

The 165th Airlift Wing deployed a C-130 Hercules to the Siauliai International Airport, NATO-Lithuania, during Air Defender 2023 (AD23).

IDAHO: Deploying to the continents of Africa and Europe:

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 13JUN2023.

A ‘Gem State’ 124th Fighter Wing A-10C arrives on Lechfeld Air Base, NATO-Germany, for wargame Air Defender, 13JUN2023.

ILLINOIS:

Illinois Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Paul Helmig, 19JUN2023.

The 182nd Airlift Wing (AW) deployed their C-130 Hercules cargo plane to Wunstorf Air Base, NATO-Germany.

KENTUCKY: More than 130 Air-milita personnel deployed to NATO-Germany for Air Defender.

LOUISIANA:

Louisiana Air National Guard photo by Major Larissa Lambert, 12JUN2023.

159th Fighter Wing (FW) F-15C Eagles on Hohn, NATO-Germany, for Air Defender, 12JUN2023.

MARYLAND:

Maryland A-10Cs equipped with long range external fuel tanks, about to take-off for NATO-Europe, 04JUN2023. Photo by Senior Airman Rachel Underwood.

The 175th Wing/104th Fighter Squadron deployed A-10C Thunderbolt-2s to Air Defender 2023.

MASSACHUSETTS:

Photo by Staff Sergeant Hanna Smith, 23JUN2023.

104th FW on Hohn Air Base, NATO-Germany, 23JUN2023.

Photo by Master Sergeant Bryan Hoover, 26JUN2023.

The 104th FW also took part in NorAD’s Noble Defender, over the Canadian-U.S. region.

MICHIGAN: Air National Guard’s 127th Wing A-10C Thunderbolt-2s get bombed-up & fueled-up (aka Integrated Combat Turn) on Lielvārdi Air Base, Latvia, 13JUN2023 (the video was not released until 16JUN2023). The militaries of Michigan and Latvia have been working together for more than 30 years. Video by Technical Sergeant Andrew Schumann:

MINNESOTA:

Photo by Staff Sergeant Jared Bounds, 05JUN2023.

133rd AW deployed a C-130 to Wunstorf Air Base, NATO-Germany, for Air Defender.

MISSISSIPPI: The 172nd AW/172nd Contingency Response Flight helped with loading of cargo planes, and air traffic control, for Air Defender 2023.

MISSOURI: 

Photo by Master Sergeant Caila Arahood, 05JUN2023.

139th AW on Wunstorf Air Base, NATO-Germany, for Air Defender.

MONTANA:

Photo by First Lieutenant Jaycee Baker, 07JUN2023.

The Air Guard’s 120th Medical Group, out of Great Falls, provided dental care to Moroccans during African Lion 2023.

NEVADA: Nevada Air National Guard’s 152 Wing ‘High Rollers’/152nd Civil Engineer Squadron deployed to NATO-Spain. Video interview, recorded on 21JUN2023 by Staff Sergeant Michelle Brooks, explains why:

NEW YORK: Titan search;

OKLAHOMA: More than 25 U.S. states, territories, and five countries with the State Partnership Program, took part in Cyber Shield 2023. Video (by Mireille Merilice-Roberts) explaining how Oklahoma helped grade this year’s Cyber Shield:

PUERTO RICO: The 156th Wing/156th Contingency Response Group helped with loading of cargo planes, and air traffic control, for Air Defender 2023.

SOUTH DAKOTA:

Photo by Technical Sergeant Sarah M. McClanahan, 15JUN2023.

114th Fighter Wing on Jagel Airfield, NATO-Germany, during exercise Air Defender 2023 (AD23).

TENNESSEE:

Photo by Staff Sergeant Laura Weaver, 08JUN2023.

164th AW used their C-17 Globemaster-3 cargo planes to delivery Air Guard personnel to NATO-Estonia, for Air Defender 2023.

The Tennessee National Guard also took part in a cyber security wargame called Cyber Shield 2023.  It was run from the Professional Education Center in Little Rock, from 11 to 15JUN2023.

UTAH:

Photo by Sergeant James J. Bunn, 08JUN2023.

Army National Guard CBRN (Chemical Biological Radioactive Nuclear) personnel train the Ghana Armed Forces during African Lion 2023.

Photo by Technical Sergeant Nicholas Perez, 05JUN2023.

The Air Guard’s 151st Medical Group helped operate a field hospital for sily-vilians, in Morocco.

Video by Specialist Shae Cox, Utah Air National Guard band playing in Morocco during this year’s African Lion wargames. It might be the last time as the U.S. Air Force is shutting down Air National Guard bands;

WISCONSIN: 128th Air Refuel Wing explains their role in Air Defender, video report by Staff Sergeant Josh Halverson;

 

African Lion May-June 2023: Pennsylvania and Utah Army National Guard artillery units took part in the largest U.S. sponsored wargame on the African continent!

Oregon M1A2 unit of Idaho based Army National Guard 116th CBCT, aim for Morocco!

U.S. Disaster, June 2023:

Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio NATIONAL GUARD PREP FOR ‘BIG ONE’ IN THE WABASH VALLEY, RIOTS & CBRN EVENTS EXPECTED!

Biden’s Borderland, June 2023: YET MORE STATES SEND NATIONAL GUARD TO BORDER WITH MEXICO!

Forever Wars, May 2023: NATIONAL GUARD DRUG & BORDER DEPLOYMENTS! CYBER WAR! DEPLOYMENTS DESTROYING FAMILIES!

Idaho, International

It’s not just wargames, Idaho’s Bold Tigers invade Japan?

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30 June 2023 (20:30-UTC-07 Tango 06) 09 Tir 1402/11 Dhu l-Hijja 1444/13 Wu-Wu(5th month) 4721/30 Июнь 2023 года

U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagles from the ‘Bold Tigers’ 391st Fighter Squadron(FS)/366th Fighter Wing(FW), based on Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, arrived on U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, 29JUN2023. They will be taking part in wargame Northern Edge 2023-2 (NE23-2), which will take place during most of the month of July. USMC video by Corporal Evan Jones:

This isn’t the first time this year that the Bold Tigers were in Japan. Video by Airman First Class Jonathan R. Sifuentes, 391st FS Strike Eagles take off from Okinawa, for wargame Southern Beach, 16MAY2023:

It is not just the wargames, Idaho’s Strike Eagles have been called to duty in Japan as many of the F-15C/D Eagles (based on Kadena Air Base) are being sent back to the United States.  Idaho’s Strike Eagles join F-15Es from Seymour Johnson AFB in North Carolina, in maintaining an F-15 presence in the Indo-Pacific.

Over Kadena AB, Japan, 15MAY2023, photo by Staff Sergeant Jessi Roth.

The F-15C/Ds on Kadena are being retired to Air National Guard units in the U.S. Their first stop is Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base in Oregon.  The Oregon Air National Guard is itself retiring their F-15Cs (F-15 50TH ANNIVERSARY: LAST HURRAH FOR OREGON’S 173RD FW?).

Airmen load their gear onboard a C-5 Galaxy, for the trip from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, to Kadena AB, Japan, 24APR2023.
USAF photo by Airman First Class Krista Reed Choate.

March 2023: NEW F-15EX/QA EAGLE FORCES QATAR TO INVADE IDAHO?

2022: F-15 EAGLE NOW 50 YEARS OLD

March 2021: SINGAPORE’S IDAHO BASED SKY PIRATES BOMB LAS VEGAS?

2020: IDAHO’S TIGERS & THUNDERBOLTS BLAST THE SKIES OVER FLORIDA!

January 2019: LOCATION OF MISSING IDAHO F-15E STRIKE EAGLES REVEALED?

2018: MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, F-15E WALK-AROUND

SINGAPORE’S INVASION OF IDAHO’S MOUNTAIN HOME AFB!

Idaho, International, Technology, U.S.

Forever Wars: Snake River M1A2 SEP, boresight Morocco!

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Oregon’s 3-116th Combined Arms Battalion (one of three CABs belonging to Idaho based 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team [CBCT], aka Snake River Brigade) is taking part in this year’s African Lion 2023.

Bore-sighting the M1A2 SEP, in Tan-Tan, Morocco. Oregon National Guard video by Staff Sergeant Ariel J. Solomon, 08JUN2023:

African Lion took place in Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia from 13MAY-18JUN2023. African Lion is the largest wargame on the African continent, involving the United States and other NATO members, as well as Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia.

Bore-sighting aligns the Gunner’s sights with the end of the main gun tube, greatly increasing the chance of a ‘first-round-hit’.

More boring bore-sighting video from Staff Sergeant Ariel J. Solomon, 08JUN2023:

Photo by Staff Sergeant Ariel J. Solomon, 10JUN2023.

January 2023: IDAHO INVADES MOROCCO, SWAN SONG OF THE M109A6?

Forever Wars, 2023: NATO GREATLY INCREASES TAXPAYER FUNDING, EXPANDS GLOBAL AMMO SUPPLY, FORMS ‘BIRDS COALITION’ WITH UKRAINE!

New Cold War 2022:  RUSSIAN T-72B3M LIVE FIRE CRIMEA!

February 2019: M1A2-SEP-V2 ABRAMS, IDAHO LIVE FIRE