After Andrew, my active duty MP unit from Ft Belvoir was deployed

[nytemare]

there for several months.

I was stationed in in 93, and came to be stationed at Belvoir in March of that year. At that time, the unit I was assigned to was still in Homestead, and as I remember they didn't get back until June or so. Almost a year deployment.

This was an active duty unit, not reserve.

With our active, reserve, AND national guard units in Iraq, how the hell will the armed services handle a deployment that will be needed to overcome a storm that will probably be worse than Andrew, with it being so much larger, and moving slower.

Keeping us safe at home, my ass.

[Solly Mack]

1. Yep...soldiers deploy to disasters...when they are around to deploy

[nytemare]

2. If Andrew was bad enough to deploy an active unit for so long

I hate to imagine how bad this will be.

:(

[Solly Mack]

4. I'm worried sick about the people

Hopefully, a company is on standy-by

[nytemare]

5. They said there were 1500 national guard troops ready

immediately, but what about the long run.

Poor folks.

[BeFree]

3. That, I can, and do support

A deployment of soldiers to keep America safe.

The present day use of our soldiers in Iraq does nothing to keep us safe. Nor the expenditure of the $200 billion. Thanks for you service.

[alarimer]

6. That is really what the National Guard is for.

helping during natural disasters, forest fires or other emergencies here at home.

[nytemare]

8. Yes, and they were used in New York and in the airports after 9-11

Sounds like a good place for the National Guard, guarding the "homeland".

[Lisa]

9. Bush should rename them "the International Guard" ...

... if he's going to insist on sending them out of the country.

[nytemare]

7. I was in Iraq the first time around

We were not there for long. There was a lot more reason back then than now.

I supported going after Al Queda, and Bin Laden. But, now we see Saddam is behind bars, and Bin Laden frequently in front of a camera. It irks me that the guy behind the death of 3000 of our people seems to be getting a free pass just so Bush can have an enemy to blame an illegal war on.