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U.S.

Biden’s Borderland: ICE flights continue, more National Guard deployments, the Wall returns!

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Incomplete list of border shenanigans from 01SEP2023 to 16OCT2023.

ARIZONA: The Grand Canyon State is now auctioning-off the 2-thousand shipping containers they used to create their own border wall:

CALIFORNIA: In June, the California National Guard deployed a division sized element overseas, for the first time since the 1950s. Now, on 07SEP2023, California’s exhalated leftist-liberal-progressive gov’na ordered a 50% increase in National Guard operations along the border with Mexico! California Air National Guard video by Technical Sergeant Stefany Leyva:

NORTH DAKOTA:

Photo via North Dakota Army National Guard, 01SEP2023.

On 01SEP2023, North Dakota Army National Guard’s 188th Engineer Company returned from their deployment to Texas. On 15OCT2023, local newspapers report that North Dakota Army National Guard’s 817th Engineer Company deployed to Texas, to assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP, aka Border Patrol) with operations along the border with Mexico. However, local TV reports said the deployment was at the request of the Governor of Texas:

TEXAS: On 07SEP2023, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned individuals and families to Central American countries:

On 14SEP2023, ICE returned 132 illegals to their home in the West African country of Senegal:

On 14SEP2023, ICE returned illegals to their home in the South American country of Colombia. Video by Michael Johnson:

On 30SEP2023, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) interdicted a boat with four Mexicans illegally fishing off the Texas coast. About 2-hundred pounds of illegally caught red snapper were recovered. Silent USCG District 8 video:

On 02OCT2023, the Texas National Guard conducted a raid of Fronton Island, in the middle of the Rio Grande:

Anti-border wall Biden restarts The Wall! On 05OCT2023, Joseph Robinette Biden Junior suddenly reversed his pledge not to build a border wall! Another 20-miles of wall will be built in Texas:

On 12OCT2023, ICE returned illegals to their home countries in Central America. Video by Corey Bullard:

On 13OCT2023, the Governor of Texas announced they will continue building a border wall themselves, “until President Biden secures the border.”

Biden’s Borderland: DEPORTATION FLIGHTS, JULY-AUGUST 2023, ADULTS & CHILDREN!

International, Technology, U.S.

Al-Aqsa Storm: Global support for Palestine? U.S. joins the war!

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“Our history, our guns and our rockets are with you! Everything we have is with you!”-Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, Executive Council of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, 08OCT2023

“We stand in solidarity with Palestinians and call for an immediate end to the violence and oppression by Israeli occupation forces.”-Jalil Abbas Jilani, Pakistan’s Caretaker Foreign Minister, 08OCT2023

On 08OCT2023, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin the Third announced that “I have directed the movement of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the Eastern Mediterranean. This includes the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), as well as the Arleigh-Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), USS Ramage (DDG 61), USS Carney (DDG 64), and USS Roosevelt (DDG 80). We have also taken steps to augment U.S. Air Force F-35, F-15, F-16, and A-10 fighter aircraft squadrons in the region. The U.S. maintains ready forces globally to further reinforce this deterrence posture if required.”

“Indonesia is deeply concerned with the escalation of conflict between Palestine and Israel. Indonesia urges the immediate end of violence to avoid further human casualties. The root of conflict, namely the occupation of the Palestinian territories by Israel, must be resolved…”-Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 08OCT2023

On 08OCT2023, people in war-torn Yemen took to the streets to show support for Palestine:

As of 08OCT2023, The Times of Israel reports more than 7-hundred Israelis killed, at least 2-thousand-2-hundred Israelis wounded, more than 1-hundred kidnapped!

On 08OCT2023, people in oil-rich Kuwait took to the streets to show support for Palestine:

Cuba’s Foreign Ministry demands the UN Security Council ends 75 years of Israeli aggression.

On 07OCT2023, an Israeli airstrike hit the Indonesia Hospital located in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip: “The direct attack on the Indonesia Hospital complex in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip on Saturday appears to amplify how in the Israel-Palestine war, international humanitarian law is never under consideration for Israel.”-Medical Emergency Rescue Committee, a Indonesian nongovernmental organization

Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas released this silent drone video showing how they use drones (R/C aircraft) to bomb Israeli soldiers:

Russian news outlet ANNA News released this video of Israeli anti-aircraft missile system intercepting Palestinian rocket artillery, over Holon, Israel, 07OCT2023:

Israelis post video of immediate aftermath of Palestinian rocket artillery strike, 07OCT2023:

On 06OCT2023, the Associated Press revealed that Israel was behind the violent Nagorno-Karabakh humanitarian combat operation!

Massachusetts Air National Guard photo, 25JUL2023.

On 22SEP2023, it was revealed by the U.S. Department of Defense that the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing attended a ‘secret’ National Guard Bureau-Home Front Command Annual Planning Conference in Ramla, Israel, from 22-28 July 2023! Home Front Command (HFC) is Israel’s domestic response force, which augments local authorities to protect civilian populations during emergency situations.  The Massachusetts Air National Guard has been working with HFC since 2017!

The ancient empire of Babylon covered and area from present day Israel in the West, to Iran in the East. “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal. For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”-from Revelation 18 (supposedly King James Bible)

Armageddon Begins?: IRAN & LEBANON BACK ‘AL AQSA STORM’!

International, Technology

Cold War & Beyond: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29

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Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).

During the Cold War it was known as Mikoyan & Gurevich (Микоян и Гуревич), hence MiG (МиГ). The MiG-29 began military service in 1983.  NATO reporting name Fulcrum.

U.S. Department of Defense concept of what a MiG-29 looked like, image released to the public on 23MAY1984.

From 1983 to 1985 the MiG-29 was kept out of public sight, then the leadership of the Soviet Union changed, adopting a concept called Glasnost which resulted in public demonstrations of the MiG-29 all over the world.

Photo of MiG-29 number 01, published in Western NATO countries in January 1987.

Photo of MiG-29 number 02, published by the NATO-West in January 1987.

In 1989, the Soviet Union was trying so hard to be ‘open’ that they sent one of their new MiG-29s to an airshow in NATO-Canada.

U.S. Air Force personnel help Soviet personnel refuel a MiG-29 that stopped at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, enroute to an airshow in British Columbia, Canada. USAF photo by Sergeant Gregory A. Suhay, 01AUG1989.

The Soviet Union released this photo to the NATO-West in September 1989.

A Warsaw Pact East German (German Democratic Republic/Deutsche Demokratische Republik) Mig-29, on Preschen Airfield sometime in 1990. Photo by Rob Schleiffert. East Germany ceased to exist in October 1990.

U.S. Department of Defense photo showing the remains of an Iraqi MiG-29, after Operation Desert Storm in March 1991.

(See more in Desert Storm: AIRCRAFT GRAVEYARD)

Post Cold War, Balkan Wars, War on Terror, Battle for Ukraine, 1992 to present. Since the end of the Cold War the company is known as Mikoyan and is now part of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), but the aircraft are still referred to as MiGs.

A former Warsaw Pact East German (German Democratic Republic/Deutsche Demokratische Republik) Mig-29UB, now wearing unified NATO-Germany markings, parked next to a USAF F-16B on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 11AUG1993. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Gary Tomoyasu.

Former Warsaw Pact Romania MiG-29, 23MAR1996. Romania would officially join NATO in 2004. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Russ Pollanen.

NATO-Germany MiG-29 flies alongside a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet, somewhere over the Mediterranean Sea, in Summer 1996.

The USAF claims this F-15C shot down the first Serbian MiG-29, during Operation Allied Force. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Ken Bergmann, 24MAR1999.

Oregon Air National Guard F-15C Eagle taxis with a NATO-Poland MiG-29, on Minsk-Mazowiecki Air Base, during wargame Eagle Sentry, 29APR2001. Former Warsaw Pact Poland joined NATO in 1999. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Jerry Bynum.

A former Warsaw Pact Czechoslovakia MiG-29, now wearing independent Slovakia colors, 09JUN2001. Slovakia would join NATO in 2004. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Mitch Fuqua.

USAF officers get a tour of a NATO-Hungary MiG-29, 15MAY2002. Former Warsaw Pact Hungary joined NATO in 1999. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Colette M. Horton.

Final flight of NATO-Germany’s MiG-29s over the Gulf of Mexico, 14MAY2003. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Michael Ammons.

In the late 1980s, MiG developed a ‘K’ navalized version of the MiG-29 (first flight 23JUL1988), but there were no takers.  In 2004, India decided they wanted the MiG-29K for their small aircraft carrier fleet.  The training version MiG-29KUB first flew in 2007. The KUB version can also act as an electronic warfare aircraft.

Russian navalized MiG-29Ks.

Apparently, the fact that India liked the MiG-29K influenced the Russian Military Maritime Fleet to buy their own MiG-29Ks in 2009.

In 2011, California Air National Guard F-16s flew to Ukraine to take part in wargame Safe Skies. This video, by Senior Master Sergeant Christopher Drudge, shows a Ukrainian MiG-29UB taxiing past the California F-16s:

MiG-35 Fulcrum-F

In 2016, UAC-Mikoyan introduced a new ‘MiG-29’ called the MiG-35 (which looks a lot like the navalized MiG-29K).  NATO calls it the Fulcrum-F.

This is from a NATO promotional video about Poland’s MiG-29 (edited by me), released in Spring 2018:

U.S. Department of Defense video claiming to show Russian MiG-29s operating over war-torn Libya, 05JUN2020:

Indian Air Power, 2021: Includes the MiG-29KUB

NATO-Bulgaria MiG-29 escorting U.S. Air Force B-52H, 24MAY2021, video (no audio) by Senior Airman Daniel Hernandez:

Ukraine Crisis, 2022: SLOVAKIA SUDDENLY RETIRES THEIR MiG-29 FULCRUM, AT NATO’S BEHEST

NATO video, 21MAR2023, NATO-Poland’s MiG-29UB launching from Malbork Air Base in Poland, and flying over the Baltic Sea:

On 16SEP2023, for the first time Republic of Serbia MiG-29s took part in an airshow in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.  Serbian Air Force-Air Defense video:

Post Cold War: NATO’s MiG-21s

International, Technology

Cold War & Beyond: Russia’s ‘Hip’ Helicopters

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Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).

NATO reporting name Hip. The Михаил Мил Ми-8 (Mikhail Mil Mi-8) rotary wing began military service in 1968, with the Soviet Union. First production was done in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.  The Mi-17 Hip has more powerful turbines than the Mi-8 Hip, also, the position of the tail rotor is different.

A Soviet Aeroflot silly-vilian Hip, early 1970s.

The Mi-8 is also used by silly-vilian (civilian) transport companies. I have several Western/NATO publications from the 1970s that speculate that the Mi-8 started military service prior to 1967.  The earliest photos I’ve found of the Hip are from the early 1970s.

Fresh Hip for Pakistan, early 1970s.

Warsaw Pact Poland’s PWL license built the silly-vilian Hip, early 1970s.

Purportedly a Hungarian Hip, early 1970s.

Soviet military Hips, early 1970s.

Silly-vilian ambulance version, photo published 1980.

Slov-Air airliner Hip, 1980.

1980.

Warsaw Pact Czechoslovakia Hip, 1980.

Fueling a Warsaw Pact Czechoslovak Hip, during a snow storm, 1980.

Egyptian Hips, photo dated 10SEP1983.

Soviet Hip visiting Little Diomede, Alaska, part of Operation Bering Bridge to help Alaskan Eskimos visit their relatives in the Soviet Union. Photo by Master Sergeant Ed Boyce, 23APR1989.

Vietnamese Hip, 08FEB1991. Photo by Master Sergeant Jose Lopez.

Abandoned Iraqi Hip, after Desert Storm, 03MAR1991. Photo by Staff Sergeant Dean W. Wagner.

Post Cold War, Balkan Wars, War on Terror, Battle for Ukraine, 1992 to present:

Last days of a former East German Mi-8S VIP transport. Photo credit C.J. van Gent, published 1993.

Kazak Hip during the international Central Asian ‘Peacekeeping’ Battalion 2000 so-called humanitarian wargame in Kazakhstan. U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Jim Varhegyi, 10SEP2000.

The remains of an Afghan Hip, 18JAN2002. Photo by Captain Charles G. Grow.

In 2005, a new Hip was created with improved turbines, larger cargo door, it was called the Mi-8AMT, but the export version is known as the Mi-171.

United Nations’ Hip during Operation Jingle Air in Afghanistan, 07JUN2008. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Charles Brice.

Iraqi Hip, 17OCT2009. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Travis Zielinski.

U.S. Air Force video (by Technical Sergeant Scott Wilcox), Afghans prep their new U.S. taxpayer funded Hip for take-off, 10NOV2009:

Vehicle I-D, 2009-2018:

AFGHAN Mil Mi 8/17

Russian Hips in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, moments before taking off to support the landing of another Soyuz spacecraft, 08MAR2010. Photo credit Bill Ingalls.

Lithuanian Mi-8 lands onboard USS Mount Whitney during a NATO wargame, 17SEP2010. U.S. Navy photo.

Vehicle I-D, 2010-2017:

MARINA ARMADA DE MÉXICO MIL 17

Croat Mi-171 Hip, 29MAY2012, U.S. Army video by Staff Sergeant Jose Ibarra:

Czech Republic (Czechia) Hips on the Baumholder Training Support Center, Germany, for a NATO wargame, 12SEP2014. U.S. Army photo by Ruediger Hess.

Laotian Hip, 13DEC2017. U.S. Army photo via Clayton Harrison.

Мил Ми-8MTV5 (Mil Mi-8MTV5, export version Mi-17V5) during Russia’s Vostock wargame in the Eastern Military District, 11-17SEP2018:

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant James Lefty Larimer. A ‘hip’ Egyptian helicopter (Mil 17V-5) conducting med-evac (medical evacuation) training during Bright Star 2018.

(See more Egyptian helicopters.)

Sling Load 2019: CH-47 CHINOOK COLLECTS MIL 8 ‘HIP’ BONES

Government Shenanigans 2020: UH-60 FOR AFGHANISTAN, KILLED-OFF BY THE MIL 17, U.S. TAXPAYERS RAPED TWICE?

Photo via Russian Helicopters.

Photo via Russian Helicopters.

NATO wargame Rapid Trident 2021: UKRAINE’s MIL 8MT/MSB-V 

June 2022: Ukraine now using the Hips they were supposed to repair for Afghanistan

January 2023: Nigér loses Mi-17Sh helicopter during training

February 2023: Iraq gives up it fleet of Hips due to lack of spare parts

Croatia prepares to send 14 Mi-8 helicopters to Ukraine
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NATO-Poland Hip gives British Royal Lancers a lift, as part of NATO’s Task Force Ivy training. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Alex Soliday, 19JUL2023.

July 2023: The Kyrgyz Air Force Receives A New MI-17V-5 Helicopter From Russia

August 2023: Russian pilot defects to Ukraine with an Mi-8 assault helicopter

NATO-Poland to replace its Hip helicopters

Cold War & Beyond: MIL 26 HALO, COLD WAR HELICOPTER WITH NO PLANS TO RETIRE!

Vehicle I-D: T-34-85, FROM PATRIOTIC WAR TO COLD WAR AND BEYOND?

International, Technology

Whore-Dog-of-War: Slovakia gets new Leo-2A4s, at NATO taxpayer’s expense!

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As of 11SEP2023, NATO-Slovakia now has six NATO-Germany supplied Leopard 2A4 battle tanks.

Photo via Slovak Defense Ministry.

The taxpayers of NATO-Germany should be proud that they are funding 15 rebuilt Cold War era Leopard 2A4 battle tanks for NATO-Slovakia! It is part of a deal Slovakia made to give 30 Cold War era BVP-1 (BMP-1) Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine.

Official Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic video of the first live-fire training of the Leo-2A4 for Slovak tank crews, in August 2023:

German tankers teach Slovak tankers how to boresight the Rheinmetall 120mm gun, August 2023. Photo via Slovak Defense Ministry.

Bore-sighting the Rheinmetall 120mm gun, August 2023. Photo via Slovak Defense Ministry.

The 120mm round has a silver/gray casing which is combustible plastic, not metal. This one has a Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot (APDS, aka Sabot) projectile, the blue color indicates it is a training round. Photo via Slovak Defense Ministry.

These are 120mm HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) rounds. Photo via Slovak Defense Ministry.

A Leo-2A4 delivered to Slovakia, April 2023. Photo via Slovak Defense Ministry.

Forever Wars: UKRAINE DEAL GETS NATO-CZECH REPUBLIC ‘NEW’ taxpayer funded LEO 2A4

International

Whore-Dog-of-War: NATO admits they are the new enforcers of UN’s globalist agenda!

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“In September 2008, building on the experience of over a decade of working together, the Secretaries General of both NATO and the United Nations (UN) agreed to establish a framework for expanded consultation and cooperation….

The UN is frequently invited to attend NATO ministerial meetings and summits; the NATO Secretary General participates in the UN General Assembly; and staff level meetings, covering the broad range of cooperation and dialogue, take place on an annual basis between the secretariats of NATO and the UN.”–Relations with the United Nations, NATO, 25JUL2023

On 19SEP2023, the taxpayer funded North Atlantic Treaty Organization released a promotional video boasting that both NATO and the United Nations were created after the Second World War to impose the Western elites’ version of ‘peace & security’:

At the July 2023 Vilnius Summit, NATO issued a detailed statement revealing that after 1992 (the end of the Cold War/fall of the Soviet Union) the Balkans Wars were used to justify the expansion of NATO and integration into UN ‘peacekeeping’/globalist operations. The title of the NATO statement is Relations with the United Nations, read it for yourself (and notice they use British empire English grammar and spelling, they do not use U.S. English).

Forever Wars, July 2023: JAPAN #1, GLOBAL TAKEOVER, NATO WAR WITH CHINA?

Forever Wars, December 2022: UKRAINE DEAL GETS NATO-CZECH REPUBLIC ‘NEW’ taxpayer funded LEO 2A4

International, Technology

Vehicle I-D: Indonesia’s BMP-3F

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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Marcus E. Melara, 19DEC2022.

United States (U.S.) ally Indonesia has been buying Russian made BMP-3Fs since 2010. A new order was placed in April 2019.

A U.S. Marine in front of a BMP-3F, 09SEP2023. USMC photo by Corporal Vincent Pham.

The BMP-3 is a Cold War era Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) first designed and produced by the Soviet Union in the 1980s, to replace the much older BMP-1 and 2.  BMP means Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty-Боевая Машина Пехоты, literally Combat Vehicle Infantry.

Banongan Beach, East Java, Indonesia. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Maria I. Garcia, 10SEP2023.

During this year’s U.S. taxpayer co-funded international wargame Super Garuda Shield 2023, Indonesia showed-off its BMP-3F.

Making smoke. USA photo by Specialist Josue Mayorga, 10SEP2023.

The BMP-3 has a 100mm cannon with a co-axially mounted 30mm machine-cannon, as well as anti-tank missiles and light machine guns.

In this U.S. Army video (recorded on 10SEP2023 by Specialist Josue Mayorga) you’ll see that Indonesia also operates the U.S./British made (BAE Systems subsidiary U.S. Combat Systems) AAVP-7:

USMC photo by Corporal Marcus E. Melara, 19DEC2022.

BMP-3F during wargame Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARaT)/Marine Exercise (MarEx), December 2022.

Cold War to Battle for Ukraine: NATO-ROMÂNIA MLI-84M1 JDER, NOT YOUR FATHER’S BMP!

NATO-SLOVAK BMP (BVP) & OT-90

New Cold War, 2022: RUSSIAN BTR-82A & BMP-3 WARM-UP THEIR GUNS!

U.S.

Biden’s Borderland: Deportation flights, July-August 2023, adults & children!

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Ramped-up deportation flight operations by U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP, aka Border Patrol). The flights are sometimes referred to as ‘repatriation flights’, or ‘removal flights’, or ‘family unit removal flight’.

In fiscal year 2022, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations sent 72-thousand-177 illegals back ‘home’ to more than 150 countries!

Family unit removal flights to Central American countries, from Louisiana, July 2023:

Family unit removal flights to Central American countries, from Texas, part one, July 2023:

Family unit removal flights to Central American countries, from Texas, part two, July 2023:

Repatriation flight from Harlingen, Texas, 02AUG2023 (one of several flights that took place that day):

Repatriation flight from Harlingen, Texas, 09AUG2023 (one of several flights that took place that day):

Repatriation flight from Harlingen, Texas, 10AUG2023:

Repatriation flight from Harlingen, Texas, 16AUG2023:

Flight to Cuba, 17AUG2023:

ICE removal flight, San Antonio, Texas, 23AUG2023:

Removal flight from Louisiana, 24AUG2023:

Removal flight from Louisiana to Ecuador, 30AUG2023:

Repatriation flight from Harlingen, Texas, 30AUG2023 (one of several flights that took place that day):

Removal flight from Louisiana to Peru, 31AUG2023:

Removal flight from Louisiana to Ecuador, 31AUG2023:

Removal flight from Louisiana to Jamacia, 31AUG2023:

Biden’s Borderland, June 2023:  DEPORTATION FLIGHTS CONTINUE, DESPITE BIDEN’S EFFORTS TO BLOCK!

Labor Shenanigans: Taxpayer supported GLOBAL ‘TENT FOR REFUGEES’ SUPPLIES U.S. COMPANIES WITH CHEAP LABOR!

U.S.

U.S. Disaster, Lahaina Fire Fiasco update: Will the use of electric cars result in EPA ‘Super Fund’ status for residents?

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This is just a fraction of the fiascos taking place not just on Maui, but through out Hawaii.

Honolulu Star Advertiser, 09SEP2023: Family Assistance Center is moving to new FEMA location in Lahaina.

Will the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declare Lahaina burn area to be a ‘Super Fund’ HazMat site, blamed on Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations, denying property owners access? Local TV news report from 07SEP2023:

Honolulu Civil Beat, 07SEP2023: Hawaii’s New Chief Housing Officer Is Resigning!

On 07SEP2023, Maui County issued a new map showing which areas of Lahaina are open to residents who want to return:

Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Security Forces Squadron patrol the streets of Lahaina (along with other military personnel assigned to JTF 5-0) that apparently escaped the wrath of the fire, 07SEP2023, video by Staff Sergeant Matthew Foster:

KITV, 06SEP2023: FEMA is rejecting applications for assistance!

On 06SEP2023, emergency responder shares his experience fighting the Lahaina Fire.  Reveals this is not the first time Lahaina has burned, he finds it strange that the same properties that burned in previous fires burned again and that properties that escaped previous fires also escaped this fire:

As of 04SEP2023, the wildfires on Maui are still burning, state Attorney General hires independent investigator to determine what caused the fires:

02SEP2023, residents react to Lahaina Mayor’s ineffective explanation of his actions the day Lahaina burned:

FEMA finally opened a ‘Disaster Recovery Center’ in Lahaina, on 01SEP2023.

U.S. military personnel assigned to Joint Task Force 5-0 (JTF 5-0) decontaminate the shoes of civilian contractors working the burn area of the city of Lahaina. Hawaii Army National Guard video by Sergeant Lianne M. Hirano, 28AUG2023:

The U.S. Navy’s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1) conducted search operations in Lahaina Harbor, 27AUG2023. Hawaii Army National Guard video by Sergeant Lianne M. Hirano:

Hawaii News Now, 24AUG2023: Images of FEMA workers at luxury Maui hotels stir anger.

Lahaina to be rebuilt as Smart-City, without consent of Lahaina residents? Hawaii residents vent frustration at the State’s ‘Build Beyond Barriers’ plan to rebuild their community, which is apparently being done without the input of the residents. It turns out that the Build Beyond Barriers plan is actually a covert ‘smart-city’ redevelopment plan for several cities in Hawaii:

Residents vent frustrations at seeming lack of empathy from local officials:

KITV, 21AUG2023: Eight thousand people applied for FEMA assistance, so far!

On 18AUG2023, Maui County issued a notice to residents explaining why they are not being allowed in the burn area, including “Hazardous materials including asbestos, lead, ash, heavy metals, oils, fire retardants, pesticides, silica dust, and other hazardous materials.”

On 18AUG2023, the Department of Defense reported that 691 military personnel were deployed to Maui as part of JTF 5-0.

13AUG2023, Hawaii’s governor “suspends additional laws to facilitate emergency response, recovery, and rebuilding.”

On 09AUG2023, FEMA authorized the use of federal taxpayer funding to help Hawaii fight the wildfires near Lahaina.

U.S. Disaster, 18AUG2023: FEMA RESPONSE, LAHAINA FIRE, so far!

16AUG2023: LAHAINA FIRE, JTF 5-0 DEPLOYS!

11AUG2023:  LAHAINA FIRE, HAWAII MILITIA DEPLOYS! Includes U.S. Coast Guard video of the fire as viewed from USCG boats sitting off shore, no rescue attempt!

Technology, U.S.

U.S. Disaster: Michigan Militia, 1st ever Mass-Evac of Mackinac Island!

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On 07SEP2023, the Michigan Army National Guard was activated to help local and federal agencies evacuate silly-vilians (civilians) from Mackinac Island!

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.

The 1437th Engineer Company had to use pontoon bridges to build a temporary port, some of which had to be airlifted by CH-47 double rotary wing Chinooks from Detachment 1-Company Bravo-238th General Support Aviation Battalion.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.

This first-ever training scenario was meant to evaluate an evacuation plan created by the Mackinac County Emergency Management team, in conjunction with federal, state, and local agencies.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.

Safe Harbor video part one, by Master Sergeant Helen Miller:

The scenario, called Operation Safe Harbor, was that the existing ports on the island had become blocked, and the residents needed to be evacuated. The motivation behind the creation of the scenario was not adequately explained.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.

Safe Harbor video part two, by Master Sergeant Helen Miller:

U.S. Disaster: Just a little bit of what the various U.S. state’s National Guard units were tasked with in August, 2023!

OREGON PREPS FOR WMDS & HAZMAT ‘INCIDENTS’ AT GLOBAL SPORTING EVENTS?

LAHAINA FIRE, FEMA RESPONSE, so far!