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Oregon: F-15EX Eagle-2 has landed!

Video July 4, 2024 Hutchins AAron

On 05JUN2024, the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing received its first Boeing F-15EX Eagle-2 (aka Super Eagle).

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Nichole Sanchez, 05JUN2024.

Tail number 008 arrived at Portland Air National Guard Base, just in time for lunch. I edited this together from video recorded by Steven Conklin and Technical Sergeant Kyle Mergeler:

Tail #008 was built in Berkeley, Missouri.

Berkeley, Missouri, 05JUN2024. Oregon National Guard photo by Aaron Perkins.

It is the first of 18 Super Eagles heading to Oregon’s 142nd Wing.

#008 departs Berkeley, Missouri, on its way to Portland, Oregon, 05JUN2024. Oregon National Guard photo by Aaron Perkins.

More about the F-15EX, 2021: F-15EX HAS ARRIVED! COMMANDER SAYS “IT’S AN EX-CITING DAY!”

F-15EX-CITEMENT!

Oregon Eagles in Finland: OREGON KOTKAT LENTÄÄ SUOMEN YLI

Idaho, International, Technology, U.S.

Forever Wars: Snake River M1A2 SEP, boresight Morocco!

Video June 26, 2023 Hutchins AAron

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

Idaho, International

Forever Wars: Idaho Armor rolls over Kuwait!

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Camp Buehring, Kuwait, photo by Specialist Rhema Eggleston, 15MAY2023.

The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (aka Snake River Brigade, one of my military alma maters) is Idaho’s largest Army National Guard unit. The brigade is located in more than 20 Idaho communities as well as units in Montana, Nevada and Oregon. The 2-116th Cavalry Regiment is headquartered in Caldwell with units in Emmett and Nampa, but is currently deployed to Kuwait as the 2-116 Combined Arms Battalion (2-116 CAB).

Camp Buehring, Kuwait, photo by Specialist Rhema Eggleston, 15MAY2023.

Photo by Staff Sergeant Latasha Price, 18MAY2023.

Photo by Specialist LaTasha Ross, 18MAY2023.

Video by Claudia LaMantia, M1A2 Abrams live fire on Udairi Range, Kuwait, 19MAY2023:

M1135 CBRN Stryker, Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Photo by Specialist Rhema Eggleston, 15MAY2023.

M12A1 Heavy Decontamination Apparatus. Photo by Specialist LaTasha Ross, 18MAY2023.

2-116th CAB M1A2 on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, 20FEB2023. Task Force Spartan photo by Specialist David Campos-Contreras.

An Idaho Army National Guard 2-116 CAB M1A2 Abrams battle tank gets loaded onto a USAF C-17 Globemaster-3 (from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina), on Ali Al Salem air base, Kuwait, 20MAY2023. USAF video by Senior Airman Jacob Cabanero:

Idaho’s 2-116 CAB relieved their sibling unit, Bravo Company of the the 3-116 Cavalry, towards the end of 2022 (which had deployed at the end of 2021). While the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team is based in Idaho, the 3rd Battalion of the 116th CBCT is located in Oregon.

A 3-116th Cav M1A2 is loaded onto a C-17 cargo plane. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Matthew Plew, 22AUG2022.

B-Co/3-116th officially ended their deployment on 05MAR2023, with a demobilization ceremony in Hermiston, Oregon.

Forever Wars: ARIZONA, IDAHO & MASSACHUSETTS TAKE ON THE ‘DRAGON’ IN KUWAIT!

2022: IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON STUCK IN A DEPLOYMENT LOOP!

2021: OREGON DEPLOYED TO POLAND!

OREGON DEPLOYS MILITIA INTO “SIT-COM”!

2019: OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO AND MONTANA ARMY MILITIAS PREP TO DEPLOY

Vehicle I-D: M93 FOX NBCRSV (CBRN), COLD WAR & BEYOND

U.S.

FEMA Region 10: Hot Water venting from Cascadia Subduction Zone!

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Recently, the University of Washington announced the discovery of “warm, chemically distinct liquid shooting up from the seafloor about 50 miles off Newport, Oregon.”

Video of the underwater vent named Pythias Oasis:

KCPQ news report:

FEMA Region 10, 2023: ULTIMATE CADUCEUS; “SURGE THE SYSTEM”, MASS-MED-EVACUATION!

FEMA Region 10, June 2022: CASCADIA MEGATHRUST EVENT; U.S. ARMY PREPS FOR “SUPER BOWL OF DISASTERS”!

FEMA Region 10, January 2022: CASCADIA AIRLIFT; JUST IN CASE YOU GET ISOLATED BY THE MASSIVE QUAKE & TSUNAMI

FEMA Region 10, 2021: CASCADIA RISING; PREP FOR “…EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS OF MASS CASUALTIES…”!

U.S.

U.S. Civil War: Big Business abandons Oregon, Portland Homeless Camps set on fire!

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A lot of crazy things are happening in Oregon, not just the massive secession movement that’s taking place in at least half the state, but Corporate America is also getting the hell-outta-Dodge, I mean Portland (Dodge is in Kansas)!

Here is an incomplete list of local news reports from the past month.

On 23MAR2023, a homeless camp went up in flames:

Does this have any connection to the fact that authorities in Portland began barricading homeless camps two days prior, on 21MAR2023:

In the past month, two big retail corporations shutdown almost all there stores in Oregon, one of those corporations gave no warning to employees or customers!

Walmart:

Cracker Barrel:

Some analysts blame the rampant crime rate:

Even City of Portland employees are being directly linked to murder:

Two years ago, Oregon legalized marijuana use, now officials are actually complaining about a lack of demand for the weed:

To add to the crime wave, Portland officials are removing all the lighting from numerous city parks, claiming it is about ‘safety’, but also it is about the fact the city can no longer afford to maintain the lights:

And don’t forget that Oregon is an anti-2nd Amendment state, yet that isn’t stopping an increase in shooting in Portland:

And why is ambulance response times in the Portland metro area tanking longer and longer:

It is not just Corporate America that is abandoning liberal-progressive-woke controlled Oregon, even local chain-stores and local ‘mom & pop’ businesses are shutting down.

After ten years, Portland based ‘woke’ convenience chain-store Green Zebra ceased to exist:

After 32 years a deli is shutting down, blaming the high cost of operating in Portland:

And here is an odd-ball thing, the ‘woke’ lawmakers of Oregon are now considering banning educational programs/exhibits that use animals:

U.S. Civil War, 2023: ATLANTA INSURGENTS INCLUDE FOREIGNERS FROM N-A-T-O COUNTRIES!

Climate Civil War, 2022: TOO-BIG-TO-JAIL BANKS USE SAVING THE CLIMATE AS NEW EXCUSE TO STEAL YOUR MONEY?

PANDĒMUS TOTALITARIAN, October 2021: CIVIL WAR AS POLICE ACROSS THE U.S. Revolt AGAINST MANDATES! MANDATES ARE ABOUT MONEY!

Idaho, U.S.

U.S. Civil War, 2023: Idaho says yes to a Greater Idaho! New taxpayer burden?

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The concept of a Greater Idaho actually came out of Oregon, in 2019. Many rural Oregonians were tired of being dictated to by the woke-folk in Salem. Finally, on 15FEB2023, the Idaho House of Representatives voted yes to a Greater Idaho! The HJM-1 bill authorizes talks with Oregon about a huge swath of Eastern Oregon becoming part of Idaho!

It should be noted that many Army National Guard units located in Oregon are actually part of the Idaho Army National Guard’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team!

To date, eleven counties in Oregon have voted to secede to Idaho! The decision by Idaho politicians to vote in favor of a Greater Idaho came after the Claremont Institute published an economic survey that was supportive of a Greater Idaho, and that it would actually ease Oregon’s budgetary woes. It turns out that the average person’s income, in the areas of Oregon that want to defect to Idaho, is much less than those Oregonians in the Northwestern corner of The Beaver State.

Idaho politician warns of Civil War:

Visit The Greater Idaho Movement

U.S. Civil War, 2023: WHAT’S IN YOUR WALLET? CREDIT CARDS CREATE GUN PURCHASE/TRACKING SYSTEM! ALL ABOUT CONTROLLING YOUR STATE RETIREMENT FUND?

U.S. Civil War, 2022: Oregonians tricked into passing ‘back-door’ anti-gun law, which actually violates state law, while yet more counties vote to secede!

U.S. Civil War, 2016: IDAHO & NEVADA MILITIAS INVADE OREGON AFTER FEDERAL JUDGE IMPOSES DOUBLE JEOPARDY ON RANCHERS!

U.S. Civil War, 2013: OREGON SHERIFFS REFUSE TO ENFORCE ANY NEW ANTI-GUN LAWS!

Idaho, International, Technology, U.S.

Biden’s War: Idaho based Snake-River invades Texas, next stop; Kuwait & Iraq!

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Snake River M1A2SEPV2 Abrams. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 13SEP2022.

In September 2022, the Snake River Brigade’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT) was busy in Texas, where it was transformed into Task Force Rattler, next stop Kuwait and Iraq.

The Army National Guard’s 116th CBCT is based in Idaho, but has units spread through Florida, Montana, Nevada and Oregon.

South Carolina MRAPs. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 13SEP2022.

Ohio’s HMMWV Ambulances. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 14SEP2022.

The 118th Infantry Regiment from South Carolina Army National Guard, as well as the 285th Medical Company from the Ohio Army National Guard, have joined with the 116th CBCT. They are all being deployed to relieve another 116th CBCT led unit which was deployed in November 2021.

Snake River M113 Mortar Carrier. It is basically an upgrade to the old M113 based M106/M125 mortar tracks. New version can carry the 120mm mortar. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 14SEP2022.

It is all part of the ongoing Operation Spartan Shield. The U.S. Army side of Operation Spartan Shield is called Task Force Spartan, which is dependent upon part time Army National Guard and Army Reserve units. Task Force Rattler will be the second, back to back, 12 months deployment for the 116th CBCT.

Snake River M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 15SEP2022.

Before they actually deploy to The Middle East, units must spend 45 days on Fort Bliss, Texas, conducting final deployment training, despite having trained in their home states for as long as two years, and very likely having been deployed many times before.

This AH-64 Apache was being used by the evaluation team out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 14SEP2022.

To make things more confusing, the U.S. Army evaluation team on Fort Bliss is not based in Texas. The U.S. Army evaluators are from the 189th Infantry Brigade Combined Arms Training Battalion, normally based on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Biden’s War: IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON DEPLOY, YET AGAIN!

IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON STUCK IN A DEPLOYMENT LOOP!

2017: IDAHO MILITIA HAS RECORD NUMBER OF DEPLOYMENTS IN ONE YEAR?

Idaho, Technology, U.S.

Idaho now premiere site for War-Fighter training! National Guard the new Quick Reaction Force!

Video October 8, 2022 Hutchins AAron

August 2022:

More than 600 National Guard personnel deploy, again, from Idaho!

In 2022, National Guard combat units from California, Idaho, Iowa, North Carolina, Texas, Utah and Washington, assaulted the Orchard Combat Training Area (OCTC) in Southwestern Idaho.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 26AUG2022.

Between July and August 2022, the Arizona Army National Guard and the Republic of Singapore Air Force joined forces to shoot-up the OCTC with their AH-64 Apaches.

In July 2022, Oregon Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment conducted light machine gun training on the OCTC. Video by Major W. Chris Clyne (you’ll notice a paddle being held up that reads OTA, the OTCT used to be known as the OTA [Orchard Training Area] about 15 to 20 years ago):

Idaho Army National Guard promotional video about multi-state war game Western Strike 2022:

TACTICAL TOILETS, June 2022:

CALIFORNIA, IOWA, NORTH CAROLINA, TEXAS, UTAH, WASHINGTON INVADE REBEL IDAHO!?

In this Utah Army National Guard video explainer, from 16JUN2022, it is revealed that National Guard combat units are now the new Quick Reaction Force (QRF) for the U.S. Army, required to deploy within 90 days of activation:

In May 2022, Idaho’s 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion trained for demolition and explosive breaching, Idaho Air National Guard video by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur:

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 19MAY2022.

Also in May 2022, the Idaho 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s Cavalry Scouts took part in the usual annual training (what we old timers used to call Summer Camp). The unit later deployed to The Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 11MAY2022.

Idaho deploys, again, June 2022: IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON STUCK IN A DEPLOYMENT LOOP!

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 21APR2022.

In April 2022, U.S. Marines JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controller) invaded Orchard Combat Training Center (OCTC). It was part of wargame Garnet Rattler, and the OCTC was described as being a premier training site, along with Idaho’s aerial gunnery range called Saylor Creek.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 28APR2022.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 30MAR2022.

Towards the end of March 2022, Idaho Army National Guard 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion’s Bravo Company conducted live fire with their M1A2 Abrams, Golf Company (attached) provided the meals. The 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion was preparing for deployment to The Middle East.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 29MAR2022.

USA photo by Captain Kyle Abraham, 17MAR2022.

Also in March, the U.S. Army’s 1-229 Attack Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade (aka Tigersharks) sent their AH-64 Apache gunships (based on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington) to shoot-up Orchard Combat Training Center.

U.S. Army Photo by Captain Kyle Abraham, 17MAR2022.

February 2022:

IDAHO’S GOWEN FIELD UNDER GAS ATTACK!

OCTC-MATES:

IDAHO SHOWS YOU HOW TO ENGINE SWAP A 1:1 SCALE M113

Idaho Artillery 2021: GETS ‘SMART’ ARTILLERY ROUNDS, REVEALS “UPCOMING MOBILIZATIONS”

OCTC 2021: IDAHO HOME TO FIRST EVER NATIONAL GUARD D-A-G-I-R!

OCTC 2019:

M1A2-V2-SEP ABRAMS IDAHO LIVE FIRE

April 2018: Idaho Air & Army National Guards once again recognized as ‘Top Guns’

June 2017: “NEAR PEER THREATS”, CODE FOR RUSSIA & CHINA AND THE COMING 3RD WORLD WAR? “We’re going to continue to ask the……..Army National Guard to continue to make those sacrifices…..”-General Robert B. Abrams

Idaho, International

Biden’s War: Idaho deploys, yet again!

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