[sgtyork]

Only 34 percent of the Guard's equipment is available for use in the United States, they said, adding that the president should spend the money to re-equip the Guard.

So the National Guard is going to use M-1's and Bradley's to relieve New Orleans?

[digger48]

?So the National Guard is going to use M-1's and Bradley's to relieve New Orleans?

A Governor Reno would have

[Rokke]

Yeah. I spent four years flying F-16's with the Wisconsin ANG based in Madison. With the exception of guiding a 500lb bomb up the hindquarters of a certain mayor and governor, I'm not sure our F-16's would have been that useful in New Orleans.

[coconutt2000]

I like the idea of attaching a Civil Service Reserve Corps to the National Guard, giving people who sign up the option to become a reserve firefighter, cop, or guard soldier.