LA National Guard Wants It's Equipment Back From Iraq (too late now)

[cyberpj]

Note: With the billions spent in Iraq you mean they had to take the State's emergency equipment!?!?

LA National Guard Wants Equipment to Come Back From Iraq
Yunji de Nies
August 1, 2005

JACKSON BARRACKS -- When members of the Louisiana National Guard left for Iraq in October, they took a lot equipment with them. Dozens of high water vehicles, humvees, refuelers and generators are now abroad, and in the event of a major natural disaster that, could be a problem.

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Col. Schneider says the state has enough equipment to get by, and if Louisiana were to get hit by a major hurricane, the neighboring states of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida have all agreed to help.

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Members of the Houma-based 256th Infantry will be returning in October, but it could be much longer before the rest of their equipment comes home.

"You've got combatant commanders over there who need it they say they need it, they don't want to lose what they have, and we certainly understand that it's a matter it's a matter of us educating that combatant commander, we need it back here as well," Col. Schneider said.

http://abc26.trb.com/news/natguard08012005,0,4504131.story?coll=wgno-news-1

[fooj]

1. Sorry. The abysmal loser we have as a president...

shipped them all to Iraq on "a pack of lies"!!

Peace.

[ET Awful]

2. And we all know how useful those high water vehicles are in

Baghdad right?

[BlueJac]

3. It is hard to believe that Iraq is more important than the USA!

[cyberpj]

4. Hard to believe they had to steal US equipment while spending BILLIONS.

Hundreds of Billions.

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. Yeah. Hey freepies, how about it, where should the NG be?

In Iraq or here at home, right now?

[Javaman]

6. whoops! counting on moron* was their first mistake.