Posted on 12/01/2021 9:29:55 AM PST by caver
Va. National Guard task force begins federal active duty for security mission in Africa
Part of the spread-the-latest virus program.
Is anyone else tired of the federal government using National Guard troops overseas when they should be at home protecting our National borders and shooting cartel members?
That’s the first thing I thought of and the of course, why do we need to be in Africa?
Why are they using the NATIONAL Guard for this????
Why is this a military operation at all?
Shouldn’t they be sending social workers?
To get them killed by ISIS terrorists?
Another pointless, wasteful military deployment. It is sad to ponder how many of these young men will die on this mission that never should have happened.
Cancel travel from Africa, but send the guard there.
Probably need them guard out of the way for a Democrat run riot in Va.
They’re going to Djibouti. The U.S. has a base there, as do the Chinese.
I guess the Oklahoma National Guard was not available.
No thank God!
they should be at home protecting our National borders and shooting cartel members
It has NEVER worked that way.
> Is anyone else tired of the federal government using National Guard troops overseas... <
The Guard should be under state control unless activated by Congress. As it is now, the president can play with the Guard whenever he feels like it.
Unfortunately it will take a constitutional amendment to fix this
why do we need to be in Africa?
China!!
BEDFORD, Va. -- State and federal elected officials and senior military leaders joined families, friends and fellow Soldiers to mark the official start of federal active duty for more than 1,000 Virginia and Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers Nov. 27, 2021, at departure ceremonies in Bedford, Virginia, and Lexington, Kentucky. Virginia units from Bedford, Charlottesville, Lexington, Pulaski and Suffolk and a Kentucky unit from Somerset, Kentucky, are mobilizing as Task Force Red Dragon under the command of the Lynchburg-based 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, to provide a security force in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. It is the largest VNG single-unit mobilization since World War II.
Infantry to Horn of Africa!
What “Security mission in Africa”?
Is this like punishment for Virginia kicking the Dems out in the elections?
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Yup.
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