[There's millions of'em]

Um, why is it that this story is about Oregon NG troops and the Oregon NG AG is interviewed and quoted in the story and hE is blaming others.

Why isn't he asked what he attempted to do to correct the identified problems.

Looks to me like he might be part of the problem.

[Arkinsaw]

Um, why is it that this story is about Oregon NG troops and the Oregon NG AG is interviewed and quoted in the story and hE is blaming others.

Why isn't he asked what he attempted to do to correct the identified problems.

Looks to me like he might be part of the problem.

These fellows are on active, assigned to the Arkansas National Guard brigade which is deployed as part of the 1st Cavalry Division.

It might be that it is out of the Oregon AG's hands. Those Oregon boys have been through quite a tough time over there. From Baghdad to Najaf with several fatalities. Hopefully someone can get this taken care of.

[El Gato]

Um, why is it that this story is about Oregon NG troops and the Oregon NG AG is interviewed and quoted in the story and hE is blaming others.

Because, officially, once those NG's are activated, they don't belong to him anymore.

That said, he is still a General Officer, and they can get quite a bit done when they put their minds to it.

At least these soldiers aren't too terribly far from home. Ft. Lewis is in Washington state, and they are from Oregon. The standard military practice would probably be to have them assigned for convalensence to a post in Florida or Georgia. I'm sure if they think of that way, it will ease their pain a bit. Maybe not much, but a bit.

The basic problem is that they are in an "in-between" state. Because they are injured, they can no longer perform their normal duties, but because they are Guard (Reserves are probably in the same spot) they don't "belong" to any stateside unit with appropriate care facilities. If they were regulars they'd be back at home post, and assigned duties appropriate to their conditions. Still not necessarily near extended families of course, but at least with their wives/husbands and kids.

[68skylark]

Yeah, I agree. The Oregon AG probably could have done something about this problem weeks or months ago. Unfortunately, I think state AG offices vary greatly in the quality and competence and motivation of the people on their staff.