Posted on 03/16/2015 12:56:32 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
Colorado's National Guard boss, Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, describes the relationship between state Guard leaders and Army brass as broken, saying the two entities are giving each other the silent treatment over budget battles.
"The relationship is not good and it is sad," said Edwards, an Air Force officer who reports to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper rather than the Pentagon.
Tensions are high over Army proposals to strip the Guard of attack helicopters and shave the Army Guard's ranks by 8,000 troops to save cash.
Army leaders were a no-show at a gathering of top National Guard commanders in Washington this month, Edwards said in remarks to the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance.
"It has gotten very difficult for either one to talk to each other," Edwards said.
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The writer should not have used the language of “between state Guard leaders and”, it is confusing.
This was entirely predictable when the Chief of the National Guard Bureau became a four star general. That made the Guard effectively a separate service with its own pathway to the budget goodies. Their priorities are jobs, cash flow into the state and political patronage, absolutely nothing to do with National Defense. I am talking only about the leadership, not individual Guardsmen or units.
The Obama generals dont trust the Guard with the really good hardware.
It’s been going on for years.
Governors don’t want attack helicopters. You can’t kick bales of hay out of an Apache helicopter to cattle that are snowed in. You can’t lift people off of roofs with an Apache helicopter.
Governors want lift helicopters and Engineer units.
And the Army leaders need to grow up.
Unifying the military the same way the nation is unified. I dub thee Sir Community Disorganizer.
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