The National Guard is in trouble. Much of its equipment has been destroyed in combat or left behind for other units in Iraq and Afghanistan. But don’t take it from me. Guard leaders have been singing this tune for months:
The Guard has only about half of the equipment it needs, Army National Guard Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, testified before the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security’s subcommittee on management, investigations and oversight.
Now Google Maps has an excellent interactive map on the subject. Click here for all the bad news.
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this is what we analyzed when the prez came to town. keep this hush hush or the insurgents will come back. max
Comment by Max Anderson 06.04.07 @ 9:03 pmIt is my understanding that after the Vietnam war it was decided that the National guard was going to be much more integrated into the regular Army. In effect become part of the regular Army.
Well, we have been involved in a war for several years and guess what that equipment is being used. The decision to integrated the National Guard may have been a bad Idea, but it was the way it was done. Of course the problem is pretty easy to fix. Buy some more equipment. Do you think congress will fix the problem. No
Comment by Peter 06.05.07 @ 3:06 pmI understand they are resing 3 billion in l-rap vehicles.
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