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To: matt1234

OMG! Not the State Guard, our special elite troops? Ya gotta be kiddin me? If they have any equipment, its probably something left over from 1865. I shared an Amory with them years ago, we even saw them train with radio shack walkie talkies. It was like a group of guys playing soldier. I do have to say that a couple of them were WW II vets and took their job seriously, but many were just volunteers who would probably be rejected by the services. We referred to them as the Volkssturm unit.


10 posted on 02/25/2014 9:03:32 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft (2016 an election or a coronation of a Queen?)
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To: Bringbackthedraft
I refer you to post #6 of this thread.

But I agree with you in that most State Guards would need a lot of work and additional equipment to become effective fighting forces. Most of them are not trained much for warfighting because that is not their role. Usually, their role is disaster relief.

13 posted on 02/25/2014 9:12:03 PM PST by matt1234 (Hitler blamed the Jews. Obama blames the Tea Party.)
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