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August 2023: Utah Militia

Video September 2, 2023 Hutchins AAron

This is just a little bit of what the Utah Air & Army National Guard accomplished in August, 2023.

Camp Growl, Queensland, Australia. Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Alejandro Lucero, 01AUG2023.

On 01AUG2023, while deployed to Australia, the 144th Area Support Medical Company conducted ‘blackout’ (night-time) medical operations during international wargame Talisman Sabre (22 July to 04 August).

Utah Army National Guard photo by Captain Jeffrey Brenchley, 06AUG2023.

On 06AUG2023, Utah’s 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) militia personnel jumped from a perfectly good UH-60 Black Hawk rotary wing, into Deer Creek Reservoir near Heber City. The 19th SF Group Airborne is one of only two Army National Guard Special Forces (SF) units, the other unit is in Texas (197th Special Troops Support Company).

Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Rich Stowell, 08AUG2023.

On Camp Williams, in Utah, the 204th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) spent their yearly ‘summer camp’ preparing for their deployment to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), which is based in the Republic of Djibouti. The 204th MEB will deploy to the African continent in Spring 2024.

Utah Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Nicholas Perez, 09AUG2023.

On 09AUG2023, the Adjutant General of the Utah National Guard greeted U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior on Roland R. Wright Air National Guard base (Salt Lake City). Biden was in Utah for a one-day ‘Campaign Reception’.

Utah’s 2nd Battalion, of the 222nd Field Artillery, pounded Michigan with their M109A6 Paladin Self Propelled Guns (SPG) during wargame Northern Strike, on Camp Grayling. Video by Staff Sergeant Daniel Garas (edited by me), 12AUG2023:

Video by Staff Sergeant Daniel Garas showing a Utah M109A6 on the move:

On 23AUG2023, a Utah Army National Guard 1st Battalion-211th Aviation Regiment AH-64 Apache rotary wing launched a AGM-114 Hellfire missile at a smoking target on Granite Peak Range, near Dugway. Video by Staff Sergeant Cambrin Bassett:

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TEXAS MILITIA

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August 2023: Texas Militia

Video September 1, 2023 Hutchins AAron

The Texas Military Forces (TMF) was founded in February 1823, today it is comprised of the Texas Air National Guard, Texas Army National Guard and the Texas State Guard. The TMF is administered by the Texas Military Department (TMD), which was established on 05AUG1836.

In addition to the ongoing border patrols, this is just a little bit of what the Texas Air & Army National Guard accomplished in August, 2023.

On 22AUG2023, the Texas Army National Guard’s 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team jumped from a perfectly good UH-60 Black Hawk rotary wing, over Kosovo, in NATO Europe. Video by Sergeant Gauret Stearns:

While watching the Point of View (PoV) video, calculate how long it takes the parachutist to hit the ground (when he says “ow!”) after jumping from the helicopter:

11AUG2023, Texas Army National Guard UH-60 water-bombs a wildfire near the community of Lockhart, in Caldwell County. Texas Military Department photo by Michael Linan.

Texas Army National Guard photo by Captain Nadine Wiley De Moura, 10AUG2023.

On 10AUG2023, Texas Army National Guard’s 197th Special Troops Support Company (STSC) Special Operations (SO) Airborne (A), conducted M249 and M240 machinegun qualifications. The 197th STSC is one of only two Army National Guard Special Forces (SF) units, the other unit is in Utah (19th SF Group Airborne).

Photo by Julie Briden-Garcia, 09AUG2023.

On 09AUG2023, the Texas Air National Guard’s 136th Airlift Wing (AW) began a program called Honorary Commanders (aka Guardians Program). Seven silly-vilian (civilian) sector employers were chosen for a two years mission to help increase public awareness and understanding of the 136th AW. Part of the job of an Honorary Commander is to attend scheduled drills.

On 09AUG2023, a 136th AW C-130J Super Hercules took part in a ‘Maintenance University’ on Savannah Air National Guard Base (Hilton Head International Airport) in the state of Georgia. Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Victoria Coursey.

Biden’s Borderland, June 2023: THREE MORE STATES DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD TO TEXAS!

Biden’s Borderland, May 2023: IDAHO DEPLOYS STATE POLICE TO TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER!

Idaho

My Idaho; Pathetic Pland-emic 4th of July, 2020!

Video August 27, 2023 Hutchins AAron

Photo by Aryssa M. Hutchins.

Due to the Pland-emic Paranoia, Bannock County administrators canceled the yearly fireworks show, but I showed them!

The fireworks were found in this 25mm High-Explosive Tracer ammo case. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Me and my middle daughter Aryssa decided to try out the decades old fireworks we found on my father’s estate in California, in February 2019.

The proper use of your empties.

It ended with me trying to blow-up one of my BBQ grills. Video by Aryssa M. Hutchins:

Are fireworks the true ‘Fountain of Youth’?

Idaho

Chubbuck Days, 2023: Cars & Candy!

Video August 26, 2023 Hutchins AAron

After a seven years hiatus, the car show portion of Chubbuck Days finally returned to Cotant Park in Chubbuck, Idaho, 12AUG2023.

I’ve been attending Chubbuck Days since 1998 (and covering the car show since 2010), the previous Chubbuck Days car show was in 2016, with much reduced participation and many of the vehicles being for sale.

After 2016, the so-called neighborhood improvement projects blocked access to Cotant Park, along with the park’s playground and tennis courts being ripped-up and replaced by a parking lot (also, the substitute park chosen for Chubbuck Days was too small to accommodate a car show), with the projects completed just in time for the ‘Pland-emic’ Paranoia which resulted in the cancelation of all local public events.

Supposedly unsuspecting parents & children were bombed from the sky with candy dropped from a rotary wing:

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Chubbuck Days, 2023: 1973 Corvette Stingray

Video August 22, 2023 Hutchins AAron

Original faded paint, missing the rear luggage rack, and it’s for sale!

It’s for sale, but it seems people is more interested in the dog:

I’ve been attending Chubbuck Days since 1998, the previous Chubbuck Days car show was in 2016, with much reduced participation and many of the vehicles being for sale.

Chubbuck Days, 2016: MASS BAPTISM BY FIRE….TRUCK!

CAR SHOW & HELICOPTER FORCED LANDING

Chubbuck Days, 2023: Mid-1960S CHEVY CHEVELLE MALIBU

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Chubbuck Days, 2023: Mid-1960s Chevy Chevelle Malibu

Video August 22, 2023 Hutchins AAron

After a seven years hiatus, the car show finally returned to Chubbuck Days, in Southeastern Idaho, 12AUG2023.

I’ve been attending Chubbuck Days since 1998, the previous Chubbuck Days car show was in 2016, with much reduced participation and many of the vehicles being for sale.

Chubbuck Days, 2016: MASS BAPTISM BY FIRE….TRUCK!

CAR SHOW & HELICOPTER FORCED LANDING

Chubbuck Days, 2023: U.S. NAVY DEPLOYS MINI-SUB TO LANDLOCKED IDAHO!

INDIAN MOTORCYCLE

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Idaho’s Snake River Militia captures U.S. Army ForsCom!

Video August 21, 2023 Hutchins AAron

After five days of grueling events, on 18AUG2023 U.S. Army Forces Command (ForsCom) announced the winner of its Best Squad competition; Idaho Army National Guard’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (‘Snake River Brigade’)!

Idaho Army National Guard’s Specialist Christian Brown takes the lead during the 12-mile Ruck March, 18AUG2023. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Jaidon Novinska.

The winning squad is specifically from Idaho’s 2nd-116th Cavalry Regiment, made up of Staff Sergeant Joshua Hutchings, Sergeant Douglas Kenz-Woods, Specialist Evan Skaug, Specialist David Hann, and Specialist Christian Brown. They are now prepping for the overall U.S. Army Best Squad Competition, in September 2023.

ForsCom Command Sergeant Major Todd Sim, congratulates the Squad from the ‘Snake River Brigade’, during a ceremony on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Elizabeth Rundell, 18AUG2023.

Jumping out of a perfectly good Cold War era CH-47, with no parachute! U.S. Army video (edited by me to show mainly Idaho’s Squad number 8) of the Helocast test near Dover, Tennessee, 15AUG2023:

U.S. Army video by Specialist Mason Nichols, showing the ForsCom Best Squad Fortitude Fitness Test (it should be called the Ma-Duce Fitness Test, ’cause your squad runs carrying more than a hundred pounds of machinegun), 16AUG2023:

The big win for Idaho came just a couple of weeks after winning U.S. Army Central’s (ArCent) Best Squad competition (IDAHO SNAKE RIVER SQUAD; ‘PATTON’S OWN’ CHOSEN ONES!).

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U.S. Disaster: Oregon preps for WMDs & HazMat ‘incidents’ at Global sporting events?

Video August 20, 2023 Hutchins AAron

Oregon Army National Guard Photo by Major W. Chris Clyne, 16AUG2023.

On 16AUG2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Service (FPS) Police and the Oregon National Guard’s 102nd Civil Support Team joined with the city of Eugene Police Department and Fire Department, as well as other organizations, conducted training to prepare for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) threats and other hazardous incidents at sporting events.

It’s not the first time: “Our partnership that we have with the Oregon National Guard, specifically the 102nd Civil Support Team, they’ve been supporting us for the past five U.S. Olympic trials and World Games.”-Sergeant Damian San Miguel, Eugene Police Department bomb squad

Don’t forget to decontaminate your dog during a HazMat event! Oregon Army National Guard Photo by Major W. Chris Clyne, 16AUG2023.

Sergeant Damian San Miguel explains ‘JHAT’ (Joint Hazard Assessment Team) bomb squad training for sporting events, beginning in 2008 (video interview by Major W. Chris Clyne):

Oregon Army National Guard Photo by Major W. Chris Clyne, 16AUG2023.

This year’s training took place in the Autzen Stadium, located north of the University of Oregon (The Big O).

Oregon National Guard First Sergeant Robert McCree explains the training for such a catastrophic scenario (video report by Major W. Chris Clyne & Staff Sergeant Tyler Meister):

Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington make-up U.S. FPS Region 10, with its HQ in Portland, Oregon.

U.S. Disaster, 2023: FEMA RESPONSE, LAHAINA FIRE!

FEMA REGION 10; HOT WATER VENTING FROM CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE!

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U.S. Disaster: FEMA response, Lahaina Fire!

Video August 18, 2023 Hutchins AAron

FEMA photo by Dominick Del Vecchio, 16AUG2023.

On 16AUG2023, more supplies for wildfire survivors arrived on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staging area, on Maui.

FEMA photo by Dominick Del Vecchio, 16AUG2023.

Volunteer with World Central Kitchen organizes cooking supplies delivered to the FEMA staging area.

FEMA photo by Dominick Del Vecchio, 15AUG2023.

On 15AUG2023, the FEMA opened a ‘one-stop-shop’ on the island of Maui for disaster survivors.

On 14AUG2023, the FEMA released this video of their Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) dogs in action. The K9 (canine) units deployed from states such as California, New York and Washington. Video by Dominick Del Vecchio:

FEMA photo by Dominick Del Vecchio, 14AUG2023.

On 14AUG2023, the FEMA began registering survivors for Disaster Survivor Assistance.

On 14AUG2023, the FEMA released this video showing that power lines are down all through out Lahaina. Cadaver dogs (K9s, canines) had to work around the Hawaiian Electric utility crews who were trying to secure the power lines. Video by Dominick Del Vecchio:

FEMA photo by Dominick Del Vecchio, 13AUG2023.

On 13AUG2023, the first of 32 large electricity generators arrived at the FEMA staging area, on Maui.

FEMA photo by Dominick Del Vecchio, 11AUG2023.

On 11AUG2023, the FEMA met with state agencies to coordinate the disaster response.

On 10AUG2023, the FEMA declared Disaster Response/Recovery-4724-Hawaii (DR-4724-HI). The DR-4724-HI web-site helps explain the application process for recovery assistance/loans.

U.S. Disaster, 2023: LAHAINA FIRE, JTF-50 DEPLOYS!