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.
our coast guard is definately the pres’s. ie. look at the bp oil spill. blocking off ppl from seeing the truth.their own workers dying. once c**n arses worked for them & they locked them in at dark until morning in metal containers. they quit. go c**n-asses!!!
like to see the facts of all these rantings …if true, we need 2 do something. if not, shut up and stop with the bs.
Oh, puhleeeze. This is the standard fight over who gets the goodies when you are forced (this time by sequestration) to downsize. “Obama is preparing to wage war on the American people”? Horsefeathers.
Sieg says:
“Well thats a nice load of hyperbole. Hi, I’m a former Apache crewchief. This article is idiotic. The National Guard, according to US law (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12406) Can be federalized at basicaly any time the president decides he wants to. In fact, it makes a specific mention of whenever the federal government is threatened or attempted to be overthrown. Any delusions you may harbor about the National Guard fighting against the US Army is c**p, they’d already be under the command. There’s a reason they are called National Guard instead of State Guard.
Secondly, The National Guard has absolutely no need for attack helicopters, unless they are fighting in a war as part of a federal initiative. It doesn’t not make sense to have 64’s, which are extremely expensive, singular purpose aircraft, in a fleet which is largely needed for natural disaster and humanitarian roles. Blackhawks are well suited for rescue, evacuation, mobilization and transport (and, oh btw, can be modified into DAP hawks which are arguably MORE effective in attack roles than Apaches are.)
But go ahead an beat your chests like this is a power play, ye uninformed masses. This is at worst a poor attempt at cost cutting, not an attempt to castrate state militaries, and the author of this article should feel ashamed for having attempted to paint it in this light.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/obama-seizes-apache-attack-helicopters-national-guard/comment-page-13/#comment-344858
so TEXAS cant use them to secure part of the border..
I’m telling you this IDIOT is up to something and it isn’t going to be pretty
I’ve never been disrespectful to a president of the United States. Even former presidents living or passed but this man is nothing less than a traitor, pure, simple and extremely evident.
he is afraid they will be used on him!
we are heading in to another American Revolution. Anyone who stands with him, goes down with him. We the people shall prevail
oopsydoopsy says:
“I think I’ve been asleep until a few months ago when my eyes were forced open and suddenly questions regarding what is really happening started popping up… the town I live in has military vehicles (tanks, trucks, helicopter) parked in our industrial area. There is usually two people out training, I guess that’s what you’d call it. Sometimes they are running around and other times they are just outside. This isn’t a popular area for traffic. I stumbled upon it by accident when I was lost one day. I wondered why a town that has no military base or guard unit would have military vehicles parked there. Then this article said ” DHS, has been placing tanks and other war machines into the hands of local law enforcement all over the country”. Now I’m wondering. There has been a few other things that concern me too but I’m afraid to post them publicly. I’m just like you, just a concerned citizen and a curious one.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/obama-seizes-apache-attack-helicopters-national-guard/comment-page-18/#comment-375441