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  • Medical Rangers prepared to help

    07/18/2006 7:46:55 AM PDT · by fgoodwin · 128+ views
    Temple Daily Telegram ^ | July 17, 2006 | Larry Causey
    Medical Rangers prepared to helphttp://www.temple-telegram.com/story/local/2006/7/17/33092 by Larry Causey Published July 17, 2006 Temple will be represented when the Texas Medical Rangers provide medical aid for about 6,000 people in the Rio Grande Valley during Operation Lone Star, July 22-Aug. 5. Gov. Rick Perry formed the Texas Medical Rangers as part of the Texas State Guard in March 2003, to reinforce emergency workers at large disasters. In 2005, the Rangers supported relief efforts for evacuees of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. They also took part in last year’s Operation Lone Star. About a dozen volunteers from the Temple Texas Medical Rangers will...
  • Members of N.J. (Naval) militia sue over being mothballed

    12/28/2005 9:41:58 AM PST · by Demeroma · 6 replies · 990+ views
    NorthJersey.com ^ | Wednesday, December 28, 2005 | JUSTO BAUTISTA
    (snip) Maj. Gen. Glenn K. Rieth, the Guard's adjutant general, ordered the naval militia to stand down in 2002 while state officials, concerned about training, liability and funding issues, reviewed its status. Jordan and fellow militia members John Jedrejczyk and Mark Tegeder, along with former member Louis Ianniello, counterattacked this month. They fired a legal salvo at state officials, accusing them in a civil rights complaint of military branch discrimination. "We're doing this for the other members," said Jordan, 47, of Jackson, a certified firearms instructor. "We hope to get this moving again in the right direction. We've been totally...