Effective Deployments of Guard Soldiers

Posted By Blackfive

Major John Tammes posts an opinion about deployments for National Guard troops after having been deployed four times in the last twelve years - two natural disasters, Kosovo, and Afghanistan.

...1997 was purely a result of the Army being sold a raft of crap. The regulars were quite blunt in telling us the reason we Reservists were called up and sent (in my case to the 21st TAACOM). Quite simply, the Army had been assured that if they could just make it 9-12 months, the whole thing would end and the boys would be home by Christmas. I stepped off a C-130 at Sarajevo Aerodrom 18 months to the day from when the President had said we would be gone from Bosnia...

And here's a bit from his post about Katrina relief.  Notice that the Coasties (as usual) get short shrift here (however, not from Major Tammes) :

...In fact, if anyone has been slighted in the whole Katrina relief effort, it has been the United States Coast Guard. The Coasties were saving people before anyone realized there was a major problem. They saved thousands and did not receive even a tiny fraction of the credit they were due. It was easier for the press to follow the 82nd Airborne around New Orleans...

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Effective Deployments of Guard Soldiers

Major John Tammes posts an opinion about deployments for National Guard troops after having been deployed four times in the last twelve years - two natural disasters, Kosovo, and Afghanistan.

...1997 was purely a result of the Army being sold a raft of crap. The regulars were quite blunt in telling us the reason we Reservists were called up and sent (in my case to the 21st TAACOM). Quite simply, the Army had been assured that if they could just make it 9-12 months, the whole thing would end and the boys would be home by Christmas. I stepped off a C-130 at Sarajevo Aerodrom 18 months to the day from when the President had said we would be gone from Bosnia...

And here's a bit from his post about Katrina relief.  Notice that the Coasties (as usual) get short shrift here (however, not from Major Tammes) :

...In fact, if anyone has been slighted in the whole Katrina relief effort, it has been the United States Coast Guard. The Coasties were saving people before anyone realized there was a major problem. They saved thousands and did not receive even a tiny fraction of the credit they were due. It was easier for the press to follow the 82nd Airborne around New Orleans...

Read the whole post.

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