[Robert DeLong]

Michael Haley will be deployed as a staff officer with his unit, which will be at “the core of” a task force that supports the U.S. Africa Command, Evans said, “replacing a unit from a different state as part of a regular rotation of forces.”

It will be Michael Haley’s second active-duty deployment since he joined the Guard as an officer in 2006.

His first deployment was in 2013 to Afghanistan.

Color me unimpressed.

[jjotto]

Michael Haley’s civilian career is as an investor and security consultant. There was some ethical questions raised about a casino deal with the brother of Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) a couple years ago.

Reports were that he volunteered for the Djibouti deployment. Regardless, deploying mid-50s yo Guardsman halfway around the world is an indictment of American foreign policy.

[jonrick46]

Any judgement of Michael Haley’s function in the Horn of Africa must have knowledge of the nature of the situation there. Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are trapped in a hunger emergency as the region lurches from crisis to crisis: the longest drought in recorded history has given way to rains and flash flooding. Food and energy prices are high as the impact of the conflict in Sudan destabilizes the region.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

46. Afghanistan was a horrible country to be deployed is as either a combat soldier, support soldier or civilian. Give Officer Haley his earned “due” respect.