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
“It’s our responsibility to make sure that these members of people’s families are well taken care of. We call it puppy therapy just because it makes us feel good. I actually had one soldier tell me that pets make him feel at home.”-Jennifer G. Gauntt, Texas A&M University VET
Animal care at Ford Arena in Beaumont, Texas, 09 SEP 2017
VET means Veterinary Emergency Team and National Guard personnel from dozens of states have been doing their part, and feeling the love in return: “It can be kind of therapeutic to Soldiers and people. It takes the heartbreak down, takes the blood pressure down.”-Debra L. Zoran, Small Animal Science professor at Texas A&M University
VET volunteers and National Guard personnel treat cows injured by the flood, 09 SEP 2017
Jefferson County, Texas, 07 SEP 2017
Video, Operation Hay Haul near Austin, Texas, 12 SEP 2017:
Near Port Arthur, Texas, 30 AUG 2017
Starving dog scarfs down MRE in Orange, Texas, 05 SEP 2017
“…..I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.”-Revelation 6:7, New American Standard Bible
Google Earth map of flooded Houston area
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) are sounding a new alarm over the aftermath of Harvey; due to the massive flooding insects that can transmit diseases are increasing significantly.
A USAF Reserve C-130 unit from Ohio is in eastern Texas preparing to spray millions of acres affected by flooding. The USAF’s 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, is the only Department of Defense unit equipped to carry out such a mission.
USAF reserve personnel prep a C-130H in San Antonio for aerial spraying ops, 12 SEP 2017
Bug spray mission over Lake Jackson, Texas, 13 SEP 2017
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
Ever want to ride in one of those AmTracks (aka Assault Amphibious Vehicle or AAV)? Some unlucky victims of Harvey, near Beaumont, Texas, got lucky and were rescued by Charlie Company, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, USMC Reserve.
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve photo, 31AUG2017.
At least 60 USMC personnel used ten ‘AmTracks’ to rescue more than 3-hundred people.
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve photo, 29AUG2017.
The large amphibious troop carriers were originally developed by the same company that brought you the smaller U.S. Army M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (Food Machine Corporation aka FMC).
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve photo, 31AUG2017.
The AAV-P7 (originally called the LVTP-7) was developed in the late 1960s, with the USMC first using it in 1972, but I don’t think the designers ever thought the AAV would be used to rescue silly-vilians. In 1997 a program was approved to upgrade AAVs with the power-train and suspension from M2 Bradleys.
Upgraded AAV with supported track, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. USMC photo by Lance Corporal Taylor W. Cooper, 27JUN2017.
The upgraded AAVs can be identified by the support rollers on the track system, the earlier AAVs had what’s called unsupported track.
Galveston, Texas, 31AUG2017. USMC photo by Sergeant Ian Ferro.
Galveston, Texas, 31AUG2017. USMC photo by Sergeant Ian Ferro.
Incomplete list of off-shoring of U.S. jobs, and immigrant labor increases, since Donald Trump began his job as President of the United States on 20 JAN 2017.
“Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without consequences. Not going to happen.”-Donald Trump, December 2016
December:CD International Enterprises, a company focused on doing business with China and the U.S., is now chapter 7 bankrupt dead and being liquidated.
Connecticut based corporate ‘relocation’ service company Cartus asking U.S. employees to voluntarily quit as it “aligns its global workforce with business realities.”
British empire New Zealand owned virtual reality company 8i eliminated at least 30 jobs in California, essentially admitting that the virtual reality ‘market’ is too hard to figure out.
Noble Americas Corporation laid off at least 67 people in Texas and 84 people Connecticut after Xmas, due to the company’s sale to Switzerland based Vitol.
Alstom Signaling eliminating 86 jobs in New York by July 2018, probably due to its take-over by Deutschland based Siemens.
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts laid off 90 HQ employees in North Carolina, as part of a plan to move operations overseas.
British empire Canada based SunOpta shutting down its ‘organic’ food roasting ops in North Dakota, 35 jobs gone by July 2018 due to consolidation operations.
Switzerland based Nestlé issued a layoff WARN, 55 people in California jobless by February 2018.
This time blame Obama and Bush Jr! According to the Pew Research Center, from 2005 to 2015 there was a 25% increase in the number of immigrants coming from Central American countries.
Evil government identification (ID) computer systems designer France owned, yet U.S. taxpayer funded, MorphoTrust USA (OT-Morpho) issued a shutdown WARN for one of its Illinois locations, 74 jobs gone in February 2018.
Automotive interior parts maker FuturiS shutting down a factory in Tennessee, 140 jobs gone after Xmas possibly due to being taken over by Ireland based competitor Adient!
Dart Container Corporation shutting down a factory in Georgia, 160 jobs gone by 2019 as production is shifted to the British empire’s Canada!
Switzerland based measurement instruments makerMettler-Toledo announced at least69 layoffs at its Ohio Hi-Speed factory, starting July 2018. The Hi-Speed factory will be shutdown by January 2019, in connection to moving production to new factories in Lutz, Florida, and a third new factory for Changzhou, China.
In Missouri, Switzerland based ABB shutting down its electrical transformer factory, 120 jobs gone!
China based Yanfeng Automotive Interiors issued a mass layoff WARN, 345 jobs in Michigan gone starting at the end of January 2018, due to lack of orders!
Japan owned tire maker Bridgestone issued a shutdown WARN for a re-tread operation in California, 65 jobs gone after Xmas.
Deutschland based electrical engineering giant Siemens announced it will eliminate 6-thousand-9-hundred jobs globally, including 1-thousand-8-hundred jobs in the United States! Administrators blame “The power generation industry is experiencing disruption of unprecedented scope and speed. Renewables are putting other forms of power generation under increasing pressure.”
Microsoft increased the number of jobs being eliminated at its Oregon Surface Hub operations to 125! Microsoft is eventually shutting down its Oregon Surface Hub ops and moving most of the work to China.
British empire United Kingdom owned, U.S. taxpayer funded, Luxfer Magtech halting its manufacture of U.S. Department of Defense Meal Ready to Eat ‘flameless’ ration heaters at its factory in New York, 60 jobs gone by February 2018.
France based food service contractor Sodexo issued a WARN, 30 people in Ohio jobless right after Xmas.
After 28 years in Idaho, it was revealed that restaurant Taquiera La Costa suddenly shutdown because the immigrant owner failed to become a legal resident/citizen and had to move back to Mexico. He swears he’ll be back when his ‘paperwork’ is approved.
British empire Canada basedSaputo announced the shutdown of its Wisconsin cheese factory, 126 jobs gone by May 2018!
The evil Carlyle Group owned, and now schizophrenic,Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD)laid off 12 InfoTech employees, and is laying off an undisclosed number of HR employees, as part of off-shoring of jobs to an unnamed European location, while at the same time claims to be hiring “hundreds” of new employees (apparently off-shore).
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says many violent gangs in the U.S. today are actually foreign insurgents (illegal immigrants), such as MS-13.
Also in Indiana, the final round of mass layoffs was announced at the very Carrier factory Donald Trump boasted of ‘saving’. In January 2018, about 215 additional employees will become unemployed! Trump claimed to have prevented the jobs from going to Mexico by giving Carrier a $7-million USD taxpayer funded deal, however, Carrier employees say U.S. jobs are not being saved: “Trump came in there to the factory last December and blew smoke up our asses! He wasn’t gonna save those jobs.”-Brenda Darlene Battle
Farmers in North Carolina revealed their addiction to cheap slave-wage migrant labor from Mexicoby suing the Democrat governor and state Administrative Office of Courts over the new Farm Act of 2017 (Senate Bill 615). Apparently farmers were deducting ‘union dues’ from migrant workers’ paychecks and supposedly the new pro-migrant worker law will stop that.
In Pennsylvania, the new Mexico based owner of Pittsburgh Glass Works announced it will shutdown the 130 years old Creighton factory in East Deer and consolidate production to Mexico, affecting nearly 2-hundred U.S. jobs! Mexico based Vitro bought Pittsburgh Glass Works, this year, for $310-million USD, however, the official reason for the shutdown is a “combination of difficult realities” .
The liberal-left-wing news media made a big deal about India’s tractor company Mahindra’s plan to open a small factory in Detroit, Michigan. The reality is that at best about 2-hundred new jobs would be created, and there are two good reasons why the Indian company decided to set up shop in the U.S.; corporate tax breaks at U.S. taxpayer expense, and growing doubts about the current NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) situation, which could affect Mahindra’s factories in Canada and Mexico.
Paradise Papers: “An investigative report this week by The New York Times, based on a leak of offshore financial records known as the Paradise Papers, revealed that dozens of wealthy [U.S.] college endowments use Caribbean islands as offshore tax havens for their investments.”
October: Idaho taxpayer funded France based public transportation contractor Transdev-Valley Regional Transit-ValleyRideissued a WARN, 102 Boise jobs gone in November!
British empire based Too Big to Jail RBS (Royal bank of Scotland) 43 jobs in Connecticut right before Xmas.
In California, South Africa based Swissport notified state employment officials that it is ending airport operations in Los Angeles and San Francisco, 348 jobs gone in December! France based clothier Louis Vuitton shutting down its store in Hollywood, right after Xmas. St. John’s Knits issued another WARN, 72 California jobs outsourced to Mexico (on top of the 130 jobs already lost to Mexico during Summer). Electric car maker Tesla suddenly laid off as many as 7-hundred Californians for lack of performance, or is it part of Tesla’s plan to focus on production in China? Finland based Nokia issued a layoff WARN for its California operation, 72 jobs gone a few days before Xmas.France owned Schneider Electric eliminating 15 jobs in California, right before Xmas. California wildfires reveal more than 50-thousand illegal immigrants living in Napa and Sonoma counties, yet U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says they won’t be deported! It’s been revealed that San Francisco based Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo’s massive layoffs of U.S. employees is part of a plan to shift banking jobs to Philippines! TheCharlotteObserver: Wells Fargo seeks overseas call center workers as it slashes US jobs
Unnamed employees revealedRockwell Collins plans to offshore at least 130 North Carolina jobs to the Philippines, it might be connected to the pending sale of Rockwell Collins to United Technologies!
Italy based eyewear maker/distributor Luxottica Retail North America issued a mass layoff WARN, 208 jobs in Tennessee gone right after Xmas!
In West Virginia, Italy owned plastics maker M&G Polymers now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.
Germany ownedAkustica issued a shutdown WARN for its Pennsylvania location, 54 jobs gone by October 2018.
Japan owned but Switzerland based Metalor Technologies issued a shutdown WARN for its Pennsylvania location, 121 jobs gone right after Xmas!
Japan owned Oak-Mitsui issued a layoff WARN for 20 people in New York.
Netherlands owned Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) suddenly laid off 90 people in Louisiana, blaming a variety of things including Hurricane Harvey.
Brazil owned poultry processorPilgrim’s Pride shutting down its new factory in Luverne, 2-hundred jobs gone between Thanksgiving and Xmas, due to Pilgrim’s Pride’s takeover of competitor GNP in January!
Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems eliminating 55 jobs in Ohio as part of its plan to move jobs to Mexico.
U.S. Paper Converters shutting down its Wisconsin operations, 52 jobs gone by New Years due to state officials bringing in foreign operations with taxpayer money: “For the third time in less than two months, the Paper Valley has been hit hard. At a time when the state is set to spend billions to lure a foreign company, our heritage and core industries are being gutted without explanation or without concern from our state leadership. This is not just about the loss of fifty jobs, but fifty families, men, women and children being thrust into difficult times and during the holiday season. It is high time we focus our time, resources and money on Wisconsin industry and Wisconsin jobs. Paper is our heritage, and it must be our future.”-Tom Nelson, Outagamie County Executive
U.S. Congress is considering a tax bill that would reward corporations for sending jobs offshore, “Ending taxation of offshore profits would give multinational corporations an incentive to send jobs offshore, thereby lowering U.S. wages. It would also be a giant loophole for corporations to use accounting gimmicks to move their profits to tax havens, resulting in the loss of billions of dollars in tax revenue for the United States.”–100 GROUPS OPPOSING A TERRITORIAL TAX SYSTEM
Two ‘dreamers’ caught in separate incidents running human trafficking operations! They were smuggling people from Mexico and Brazil into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection press release;Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents Arrest Juvenile Smugglers
Pennsylvania based clothier David’s Bridalrevealed plans to shutdown U.S. stores and open new stores in Canada.
September:Pioneer Metal Finishing shutting down its ops in Oshkosh, 52 jobs gone due to consolidation of operations to other U.S. and Mexican factories.
August: General Electric (GE) shutting down its electronic board factory in New York, 145 jobs being affected by GE’s plan to off-shore production to China! Fuel station operator Sunoco suddenly laid off 94 HQ employees, and many hundreds more employees will become unemployed as Sunoco sold its fuel station ops to Japan owned 7-Eleven!
July: Donald Trump’s favorite HVAC company Carrier going through with mass layoffs, 630 people will become jobless between now and the end of the year, due to Carrier shifting the jobs to Mexico! Brooklyn-NYC based Vice Media laid off 60 people as part of its plan to focus on international markets.
June: Despite the boasts/threats from Donald Trump, home improvement retailer Lowes is eliminating 120 Info-Tech jobs in North Carolina, those jobs are being off-shored to India! In Texas, after 110 years R.H. Lackner’s Fine Jewelry shutdown, the owners blaming everything including “violence” from “Mexico”.
May: Despite earlier threats by Donald Trump, HVAC company Carrier suddenly began eliminating 3-hundred jobs! Carrier also warned that more layoffs will take place later in the year as work is shifted to Mexico! In Colorado, after 40 years Turley’s Kitchen shutdown due to the owners being unable to hire competent immigrant employees, (and being unable to find a buyer for the iconic ‘health food’ restaurant). Despite record levels of legal immigration into the U.S., the owners say it’s gotten harder to find people who’re willing to do things like wash dishes!
April: Colorado based Ciber is now bankrupt busted and being sold-off to a French company.
CBS 60 Minutes reveals U.S. companies (including Disney) forcing U.S. employees to train their migrant replacements:
March: Wisconsin based farm vehicle parts maker Rexnord shutting down its Indiana bearings factory and moving more than 3-hundred jobs to Mexico by the end of the year, despite threats by Donald Trump! Massachusetts based Liberty Mutual eliminating 360 Info-Tech jobs across two U.S. states as part of a massive plan to “….hire 25,000 people worldwide.”
U.S. Senators from Idaho Jim RischandMike Crapo, along with David Perdue of Georgia, reintroduced a bill that would make labor strikes at U.S. ports illegal, for the benefit of foreign companies: “By qualifying the ‘slowdown’ tactic as an unfair labor practice, this bill will ensure businesses can continue to import and export their goods…..:”
February: Georgia based video game maker Kiz Studios confirmed it suddenly eliminated jobs, but refused to say how many. Administrators said it was to restructure “…three of our gaming studios in order to focus on our new Global Services practice.”
U.S. FEDERAL/STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAYOFFS JUNE 2016 : “WE’RE NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN PEOPLE, THAT’S BULLSHIT!” as it’s been revealed that a taxpayer funded scholarship program known as DACA funds college education for ILLEGAL immigrants! Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proudly and openly supports it! DACA is in addition to any other financial aid: “I was able to get scholarships and grants through DACA.”-Clara Kim, Korean student at elitist Azusa Pacific University in California who admitted to Hillary Clinton that she was in the U.S. illegally, Hillary Clinton then ‘applauded’ Kim’s efforts, it was caught on video by CBSLos Angeles.
“An army marches on its stomach.”-Napoleon Bonaparte
And a modern army rolls with fuel.
Texas Army National Guard personnel fuels-up a HMMWV at Logistical Staging Area Brenham. Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Scott Wolfe, 09SEP2017.
“In the beginning, this place was pretty hectic. Units were all excited about getting in and getting to work.”-Major Luke Reynard
The Texas National Guard set up a ‘truck stop’ for its units taking part in Harvey rescue/recovery operations.
Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Scott Wolfe, 09SEP2017.
Texas Army National Guard’s Logistical Staging Area Brenham is an hour west of Houston and provides food, cots, toilets and fuel.
“We’ve done a good job here. It’s been a good mission. Now we just need to get our people home safe so we can rest and reset for the next natural disaster.”-First Sergeant George Salazar
Soldiers from E Company, Forward Support Company, 1-158, 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, conducted fueling ops for helicopters near Conroe, Texas. U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sergeant Felix R. Fimbres, 30AUG2017.
U.S. Air Force Airmen refuel the tanks on Jack Brooks Regional Airport. The fuel was flown in on a HC-130P Combat King-2. USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Ian Hoachlander, 31AUG2017.