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US Air National Guard's ability to quickly deploy and use forces across Europe

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Why, why are our national guards being used outside of our country.?

It feels like Biden is doing everything possible to bleed out our readiness and ability to defend our country.

1 posted on 04/07/2023 3:26:25 PM PDT by cuz1961
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44 posted on 04/07/2023 4:08:46 PM PDT by PGR88
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“Why, why are our national guards being used outside of our country?”

Everyone take a breath and step back.

These training exercises are completely legit and everyday, as budgets allow.

In 1986 I was regular Army, attached to the Wisconsin Army National Guard and we went on a REFORGER exercise (REturn the FORces to GERmany). National Guard units have deals/compacts/treaties (?) with various countries in Europe. We’re given a window of time (sometimes only 30 days!) and we need to be packed up and ready to go and on the ground over there with manpower, equipment and weapons to show them that they are our Allies and that we CAN get to them quickly if they need our assistance.

It was a blast. A once in a lifetime experience. :)

This is nothing more than that. They’ll be bringing back all of the equipment; we’re not GIVING it to them!


47 posted on 04/07/2023 4:09:54 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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“Why, why are our national guards being used outside of our country.?”

It is not at all unusual. The National Guard has both state and federal obligations.


48 posted on 04/07/2023 4:10:00 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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This escalation is an attempt to frighten the Russians into submission. This will clearly not work. I doubt the new resources will be of much value once this goes nuclear.


50 posted on 04/07/2023 4:11:40 PM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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So who is Biden gonna abandon / gift these to?


59 posted on 04/07/2023 4:21:05 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Half of all Freepers just got a war boner


64 posted on 04/07/2023 4:25:44 PM PDT by LukeL
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Because the standing Euro-NATO war plans have included mobilising and transporting the US National Guard to Europe since the 1950s.

That was a normal training exercise for decades.

This exercise is bigger than usual. But given the circumstances ...


76 posted on 04/07/2023 4:54:30 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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“”Why, why are our national guards being used outside of our country.?””

Did you think those tanks, green berets, and F-16s and A-10s were for domestic policing?


78 posted on 04/07/2023 4:57:32 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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If we’re only talking National Guard, then I don’t know, maybe this was the largest (though we sent an awful lot of Guard assets over during the Gulf War and Iraq invasion). But the headline is definitely wrong. There was this little scuffle called World War II that involved a LOT more than 100 aircraft being moved to Europe from the U.S. There were single bombing raids that involved that many aircraft.


83 posted on 04/07/2023 5:10:18 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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Because they will be engaged in Ukraine, and if the states do not have their National Guardsmen, then the state becomes vulnerable to attacks from protestors.

In case you have failed to notice, we are under attack, and have been, by a communist takeover of our nation.

91 posted on 04/07/2023 5:32:15 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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We are under attack from within, just as though a military action took the assets out. We are frogs in the water, slowly being boiled to death by the Deep State who seek to destroy us, our unity, and our ability to resist them as they poison us, starve us, and impoverish us.

The modern day genocide does not look like the old fashioned genocide, yet it, too, relies on a pattern of disbelief.

We need to put the pieces together to see what is happening.


92 posted on 04/07/2023 5:33:38 PM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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No wonder Russia has increased weapon and ammunition production by 5 to 8 times recently.


96 posted on 04/07/2023 5:41:52 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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Biden Wardrums beating louder and louder.....


108 posted on 04/07/2023 7:17:17 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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Because the Air National Guard has been doing it for nearly 60 years now.

Besides wartime employment, the Air Guard mission requires continuing theater familiarization training in those potential areas of future conflict.


111 posted on 04/07/2023 7:23:30 PM PDT by oldbill
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The upcoming exercise will take place from June 12 to 22. ... They are designed to demonstrate the US Air National Guard's ability to quickly deploy

From early April to mid June does not exactly demonstrate an ability to "quickly deploy", IMHO.

117 posted on 04/07/2023 8:43:24 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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Bump!


134 posted on 04/08/2023 12:37:00 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not where you were born but a State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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Uncle Stupid throwing away more billions of taxpayers’ money to bolster the political forces pushing for WWIII


135 posted on 04/08/2023 12:43:53 AM PDT by Iron Munro ( Michael Byrd: "Well, Somebody had to do it - Babbitt wasn't gonna' shoot herself!")
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"Why, why are our national guards being used outside of our country.?"

Because our troupe numbers are way down because of the woke, soy-boys and she-he's running our military.???

144 posted on 04/08/2023 6:41:02 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

stop the world, I want to get off!


149 posted on 04/08/2023 7:45:46 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=40%>)
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President Pervert’ s draining our strategic petroleum reserves dry too.

And he’s letting thousands of Chinese cross into our country illegally.

History will show the Chinese and Ukrainians made the best deal in the history of the world when they bought Hunter Biden and the Big Guy for 30 pieces of silver.


154 posted on 04/08/2023 8:09:27 AM PDT by GOPJ (Don't use their words. It's not 'gender affirming care' iIt's SEXUAL MUTILATION OF A YOUNG PERSON.)
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