The first taxpayer funded truck transporting capitalist baby formula rolls onto Ramstein Air Base, Germany. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Alexcia Givens, 21MAY2022.
It is not food aid, it is your taxes, and your military, being used to hasten the capitalist importation of baby formula made in Switzerland and other countries! Or, is this just an excuse for providing corporations with ‘free’ taxpayer funded transportation of their products?
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Alexcia Givens, 21MAY2022.
It is called Operation Fly Formula, supposedly ordered by U. S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior. (the details are here WhiteHouse.gov: Biden Administration Approves First Operation Fly FormulaMission) Biden’s order also supports the re-opening of a capitalist corporation baby formula factory owned by Abbott Nutrition, and relaxes importation rules for foreign made baby formulas that are not currently sold in the U.S.!
A tractor-trailer full of Nestle’s Alfamino formula on Ramstein Air Base, Germany. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Alexcia Givens, 21MAY2022.
First to be handled by the U.S. Air Force is baby formula made by Nestlé of Switzerland; 132 palletized ‘skids’ worth (about 39 tons, or 78-thousand pounds) of medical grade baby formula. It was sent by truck to Ramstein Air Base, in Germany, on 21MAY2022, U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Thomas Karol:
It was then loaded onto USAF transport planes to be flown to Indianapolis International Airport, USAF video by Staff Sergeant Jacob Wongwai:
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Jacob Wongwai, 22MAY2022.
It is just more proof the capitalist ‘free market’ logistical supply system has failed.
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Jacob Wongwai, 22MAY2022.
USAF video by Lieutenant Emma Quirk, C-17 carrying first load of capitalist corporation baby formula lands on Indianapolis International Airport, Indiana, 22MAY2022. The foreign made baby formula is then handed over to taxpayer funded capitalist corporation FedEx for delivery:
Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of main stream news links announcing United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls as of 19 May 2022:
Food shortage is part of the “Everything Shortage”:
U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse, 18MAY2022.
On 18MAY2022, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Air Force conducted a food supply training event on Wright Patterson Air Force Base. The scenario was that the city of Dayton had been hit by a massive flood and no edible food was left. Contracted tractor-trailer drivers were tasked with delivering fuel, clean water and food. The disaster response event was called Eagle Rising.
University of California Riverside, School of Medicine is concerned about fires spreading dusts, soil microbes, allergenic pollens from invasive species, and pollutants:
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Hope Straley, 10MAY2022.
On 10MAY2022, a 657-acre wildfire on U.S. Marine Corps Camp Pendleton was contained.
NEW MEXICO: FEMA Region 6 video, by Daniel Rojas, of fire damage in Ruidoso, 07MAY2022:
U.S. Air Force photo, 11MAY2022.
On 11MAY2022, fire crews from Kirkland Air Force Base deployed to help combat the merged Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire. Specifically the four Airman firefighters will be protecting the airfield in Angel Fire, where various firefighting aircraft are operating from. As of 12MAY2022, nearly 260-thousand acres, or more than 370 square miles, have burned. An estimated 12-thousand households have been advised to evacuate.
Angel Fire evacuations:
FEMA Region 6 video, by Daniel Rojas, of fire fighting efforts against the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire, 11MAY2022:
Back in 2010, National Guard units began preparing for Homeland Response Force (HRF) operations in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). By 2012, ten National Guard led HRF units, consisting of between 5-hundred and 6-hundred personnel each, and coordinating with FEMA’s ten Regions of operations, had been established.
On 10MAY2022, the Utah National Guard unveiled their new FEMA Region 8 Collapsed Structure Venue, located on Camp Williams. It will be used by both military and civilian emergency response units for ‘all hazards’ training.
Utah Army National Guard photo by First Sergeant John Etheridge, 10MAY2022.
FEMA Region 8=Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming.
Utah Army National Guard photo by First Sergeant John Etheridge, 10MAY2022.
Utah National Guard video, by Staff Sergeant Jordan Hack, of rescue demonstration using the new Region 8 Collapsed Structure Venue:
Simulated collapsed garage. Utah Army National Guard photo by First Sergeant John Etheridge, 10MAY2022.
‘Intelligence collectors’ board a UH-60 Black Hawk during Panther Strike 2014 at Camp Williams, Utah. California Army National Guard photo Specialist Brianne M. Roudebush, 18JUN2014.
It was revealed at the end of February 2022, that United States President Joseph R. Biden Junior authorized a $1-billion contract to build Kuwait a new defense ministry headquarters (HQ), but wait, that’s just the tip of the iceberg! Like all the other construction recently completed for Kuwait, the HQ building will be designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and built by U.S. contractors.
It’s not the first time U.S. taxes will be spent on construction in Kuwait. The U.S. has been spending tax dollars on Kuwait since Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm, three decades ago!
U.S. Air Force video report, by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen, published on 04APR2022, concerning how the 386th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron uses local vendors to supply U.S. personnel based on Ali Al Salem Air Base:
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen, 14FEB2022.
On 14FEB2022, the U.S. Air Force’s 386th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron inspected the construction of eight new dorms on Ali Al Salem Air Base.
U.S. Army video report, by Sergeant Ian Valley, of 02FEB2022 ribbon cutting ceremony for U.S. taxpayer funded pier and water break at the Kuwait Naval Base:
The location is somewhere in Saudi Arabia, a ‘new’ A-4KU Skyhawk for the Kuwaiti Air Force (to replace those destroyed/captured by Iraq) sits while a crowd of U.S. military personnel has gathered to listen to a speech by U.S. President George H.W. Bush, during Desert Shield. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Petty Officer Third Class Gerald Johnson, 22NOV1990.
Desert Storm 17JAN1991-28FEB1991
Location somewhere in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 02FEB1991, photographer unknown.
Brazilian news media video report:
Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya (Kuwaiti Air Force) A-4KU in preparation for a mission during Operation Desert Storm, 13FEB1991. U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant David Mcleod.
ITN video report:
Kuwaiti A-4KU Skyhawk. The information with the photo says it is during Desert Storm, however, the date of the photo is 01APR1991, a couple of months after Desert Storm officially ended. U.S. Air Force photo by Sergeant Jeff Wright.
“The physical devastation will be significant, and the humanitarian impacts will be felt far beyond the earthquake zone. Now is the time to come together, question, and challenge our plan so that when one of the biggest natural disasters to strike our nation takes place, we are ready to act.”-Willie G. Nunn, FEMA Region 10
In the past week the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Region 10 conducted Cascadia Rising 2022 Rehearsal of Concept ‘pre-exercise’ (also calling it a “discussion-based exercise”) at the Pierce County Readiness Center on Camp Murray, Washington.
Giant floor map used in the recent Cascadia Rising exercise.
A much larger multi-state exercise is scheduled for June 2022, involving the National Guard of the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, as well as various tribes and federal agencies, Department of Defense, and the Canadian Province of British Colombia.
KING5 connects CoViD with Cascadia:
Oregon creates new Cascadia proof Treasury building:
Washington State’s Emergency Management Division says having an old fashioned radio is key to survival:
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Caleb Parker, 28APR2022.
On 28APR2022, more than 20 U.S. Air Force Airman deployed from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to The Middle East for missions in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.
U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Don Bevis, senior commanding officer of NATO–mission Iraq, and Laeticia van Asch, NATO Mission Iraq regional security officer, attend the Ambassadors Day event, 21APR2022. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Bree-Ann Ramos-Clifton.
U.S. Army photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer, 10APR2022.
Peshmerga trucks, loaded with the latest in U.S./NATO taxpayer funded weapons, ammo and other equipment, leave a ‘forward logistics element’ (Erbil Air Base) on 10APR2022.
U.S. Army photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer, 06APR2022.
On 06APR2022, U.S./NATO taxpayer funded U.S. Mossberg made rifles/shotguns and Russian designed RPGs were given to Peshmerga forces (Regional Guard Brigades) in Erbil, Iraq.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard’s Maneuver Area Training and Equipment Site (MATES) might have a Boise address, but it is actually located on the Orchard Combat Training Center (OCTC, formerly known as Orchard Training Area or OTA), about 18 miles south of Boise, on federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property.
Dust storm on the OTCT. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 13AUG2021.
OCTC is in the middle of nowhere, and MATES is where depot level work is done on ground vehicles.
An M113 Command Post, official nomenclature is M577, now being used as an ambulance. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 11MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAR2021.
A gutted M113 engine/transmission compartment.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.
Idaho based 116th Cavalry (Cav-all-ree) Brigade Combat Team’s MATES operation is considered a ‘premier’ maintenance shop, servicing vehicles for Army National Guard units in Idaho, Nevada and Oregon.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 07APR2021.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 09APR2021.
M113 Mortar Track, official nomenclature is M106, waits for fire orders on OCTC. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 18MAY2021.
‘My” M981 FiSTV (artillery forward observer M113), on Idaho’s Orchard Training Area (now called Orchard Combat Training Center), Summer 1997.
On 27APR2022, the Indiana Army National Guard issued video (by Sergeant Hector Tinoco) explaining their part in sending Ukraine Viet Nam era M113 APCs:
Welcome to borderland hell under the U.S. President, highly incomplete (just the tip of the iceberg) list of videos and links to news/government agency reports as of 30 April 2022:
U.S. Coast Guard District 7 video, from 27APR2022, of a Haitian boat approximately 60 miles northwest of Cuba. The boat was intercepted with 64 illegals onboard:
On 19APR2022, the U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a taxpayer funding video report justifying its reliance on hi-tech equipment, why Singapore is an important partner in policing smuggling that is targeting the U.S., and continued border policing operations with a focus on “rescuing” victims of human smuggling:
On 11APR2022, the USCG District 7 “rescued” 67 illegals from Haiti, 15 miles southeast of Anguilla Cay, Bahamas:
On 10APR2022, the USCG District 7, handed over 88 illegals from Haiti to the Haitian Coast Guard. Video by Lieutenant David Steele:
USCG District 7 photo, 09APR2022.
On 09APR2022, approximately 17 miles northeast of Punta Maisi, Cuba, the USCG District 7 captured, oh I mean ‘rescued’ 89 illegals from Haiti. The USCG claims the Haitian ‘voluntarily’ left the boat and ‘agreed’ to be sent back to Haiti (at U.S. taxpayer expense, of course)!
Italy:
U.S. Army photo by Cameron Porter, 05APR2022.
The U.S. Army’s Logistics Readiness Center, in Livorno, began sending humanitarian aid to Moldova, to help that tiny country deal with Ukrainian refugees.
ARIZONA: Yet again, U.S. Customs and Border Protection had to ‘rescue’ illegals stranded/injured on the Baboquivari Mountains. Video by Ozzy Trevino, 14APR2022:
U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Savannah Roy, 08APR2022.
The U.S. Air Force delivered a new MQ-1C-25 drone (unmanned aerial vehicle UAV) to Fort Huachuca. U.S. Army soldiers from Fort Stewart, Georgia, will use it to patrol the border with Mexico for the next two months. The ‘-25’ indicates the MQ-1C is the new Extended Range Gray Eagle.
U.S. Army photo by Brandon Mejia, 16FEB2022.
The U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is about 48 miles from the border with Mexico (if you’re heading to Los Algodones), and borders with California. YPG Conservation Law Enforcement Officer Sergeant Shawn Baker says there has been a huge increase in ‘trespassing’ in the past few years, based on the number of new vehicle trails, aerial photos, and ‘in-person contacts’. Sergeant Baker stops short of blaming illegal immigrants, but warns that YPG has a lot of unexploded bombs spread across the desert, some going back to World War Two.
Near Yuma’s border with Mexico, CBP reports 10-thousand illegal crossings per week:
Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Lerone Simmons, 28APR2022.
On 28APR2022, U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major James Porterfield, Command Senior Enlisted Leader of NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) and USNorthCom (U.S. Northern Command), got a tour of a Mobile Surveillance Camera (MSC) site near San Diego. The MSC is operated by the 381st Military Police Company, Indiana Army National Guard. USNorthCom is tasked with providing Mobile Surveillance Camera operators, Intelligence analysts, and aviation support operations via various state National Guard units.
Taxpayer funded College of the Canyons helps illegals:
‘Free’ taxpayer funded medical care for hundreds of thousands of illegals begins 01MAY2022:
FLORIDA:
USCG District 7 photo, 18APR2022.
The USCG claims they ‘rescued’ 84 illegals, in various homemade boats, about 17 miles south of Marathon on 18APR2022, and returned them to Cuba on 27APR2022.
USCG District 7 photo, 16APR2022.
About 17 miles south of Ramrod Key, the USCG ‘rescued’ 67 illegals from Cuba on 16APR2022, sending them back to Cuba on 18APR2022.
USCG photo, 01APR2022.
On 01APR2022, the USCG District 7 ‘rescued’ 70 illegals from Cuba, approximately 45 miles south of Marathon. The USCG says they were sent back to Cuba.
The body of a Texas Army National Guardsman, Specialist Bishop Evans, who died trying to rescue illegals from drowning, is recovered, Tennessee politician Diana Harshbarger says “The rest of the country needs to wake up!”:
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Michael Clark, 12APR2022.
Canada’s Ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, discusses traffic control operations for cargo ships with Laird Hail, Director of the Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Control System, on Base Seattle, 12APR2022. Canada and the U.S. work together regarding ocean going vessels using the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Washington DC:12APR2022, Russia-Ukraine crisis forces U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to meet with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. Apparently the number of refugees fleeing the war are at crisis levels, and finding countries willing to take enough in is now a problem: