And the the National Guard has repeatedly reiterated that whenever they are involved in anything military (as opposed to natural disaster work), they are not in any way, shape or form under the command of the Governor. Oh, how I wish they were. If they were, then Oregon's National Guard units would have come home a long time ago.
Interestingly enough, when the National Guard was nationalized for military functions, Oregon instituted its own militia. They are called the Oregon State Defense Force and they are about the most obscure thing Oregon has. If it wasn't for knowing Search and Rescue folks and being a Ham operator, I never would have heard of these guys. http://orsdf.org/ Anyway, Palin has no involvement in any of the strategic or tactical use of the military (army, navy, air force or guard) in Alaska. I'm sure she is briefed on matters and I'm sure that she has a heavy burden talking to families of soliders deployed from the state as any other governor has. A non-trivial matter to be sure. But no different for being in Alaska than being in Iowa. Judah On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So are you saying the members of the Alaskan National Guard were > > flying those planes, > > I mentioned 18 violations in 1 year, not sure which one you're referring > to. > > "Guardsmen do work in the section that patrols the air over Alaska," > Hayes added. > > > and that Sarah Palin was consulted before the > > commanders ordered the planes to fly? > > I didn't say she's commander Chief, but she's involved with the > nations defense in that area. > > http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/agency/49md.htm > 49th Missile Defense Battalion (GMD) > > The 49th Missile Defense Battalion (GMD) was activated on January 22, > 2004 at Fort Greely. The battalion will provide operational control > and security over ground-based interceptors located in Alaska to > protect the nation from limited ballistic missile attacks. Alaska > National Guard Soldiers will man the battalion as part of their > homeland defense mission. > > This is the first unit of its kind. > > The battalion is part of the 100th Missile Defense Brigade > (Ground-based Midcourse Defense) headquartered in Colorado Springs, > Colo. The battalion, which at full-authorized strength will number 110 > soldiers, will provide operational control and security over > ground-based interceptors located in Alaska. > > Alaska National Guard soldiers will man the battalion as part of the > homeland defense mission. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271225 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
