Obama has ordered the Defense Department to confiscate 192 Apaches from National Guard units around the country and give them to the active duty Army – replacing them with transport helicopters.
You remember Obama’s promise to raise an army to protect the homeland that’s just as powerful as the military? Yea, that didn’t include the National Guard.
Apparently these weapons are just too powerful for the National Guard to have. In exchange for the heavily armed and highly maneuverable Apaches, the Guard will receive 111 UH-60 Blackhawk transport helicopters from the Army.
So the administration has purchased 2 billion rounds of ammunition through DHS, has been placing tanks and other war machines into the hands of local law enforcement all over the country, enacted draconian laws like NDAA that strips us of our Constitutional rights, spying on Americans by any means possible, crazy gun control laws are being passed, conservative groups attacked by the IRS and members being declared terrorists…do I have keep going? Is it not obvious where we are headed??
Are you awake yet??? WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
The National Guard is following a direct order — but it’s not happy with it.
All of the Guard’s AH-64 Apache helicopters are scheduled to go to the active Army, and there’s nothing its top brass can do about it.
“None of us like what we’re having to do,” National Guard Chief Gen. Frank Grass told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, the military website Defense One reported. “My big concern right now is figuring out how I’m going to move, and how many states I’m going to have an impact on, and what’s the cost of facilities and to retrain pilots. I’ve got to tackle that because the decision’s been made.”
Air Force Maj. Shannon Thomas, a spokeswoman for the Guard, reiterated the general’s position, the Army Times reported.
“These are very difficult decisions and there will be more difficult ones yet to come,” she said. “His focus now is to determine the impacts and how best to implement the decision.”
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno told members of Congress on Tuesday that the move will save $12 billion through fiscal year 2017, Defense One reported.
When the logistics are worked out, the Army’s fleet of OH-58 Kiowa helicopters will be divested, its newly acquired Apaches will fill its reconnaissance and scouting needs, and the National Guard will be given UH-60 Black Hawks.
Advocates of the Army’s decision say that the Black Hawks actually benefit the Guard because they are an incredible asset for disaster relief efforts.
We The People need to remove Obama from office before we lose our country and our freedom! That’s what Obama is working towards. He should have been removed a long time ago. The worst is yet to come if we don’t take control of our country.
Ronald Reagan has lost his mind.. what
Congress must stop Obama from doing this, he has no right to take the states defence away from them.
This is very old news
I HAVE BEEN TELLING AMERICAN’S FOR A YEAR THIS IS WHAT MUSLIM OBAMA WANT’S TO DESTROY AMERICA AND BE A DICTATOR SO YES WAKE UP AMERICAN’S BEFORE IT’S TO LATE AND YOUR IN A FEMA CAMP FIGHTING FOR FOOD AND WATER TO STAY ALIVE
He’s the supreme ruler
get ready folks the great destroyer of america is getting rady to work his evil
HEY WAKE UP OBAMA HUSEIN BIN LADEN GIVING HIS TERRORIST BROTHERS OUR HELECOPTERS SO THERE CAN ATTACK US ALL HIS MUSLIM ASS TRYING TO SHUTT US UP WITH VILONCE…
NO GUNS NO FREEDOM YOU DIE BELIEVE ME THE TRUTH JULY1ST 2014 AND NOW IT WILL REALLY GET REAL BAD SOON BETTER WAKE UP AMERICA THIS IS NOT A JOKE.
The National Guard units should refuse.