Arizona guard impacted by national supplies shortfall

[struggle4progress]

Mary Jo Pitzl and Matthew Benson
The Arizona Republic
May. 11, 2007 07:47 PM

~snip~ The Arizona National Guard estimates that the state has a $450 million shortfall in equipment, of which $28 million is due to equipment lost to the wars.

Napolitano, chairwoman of the National Governors Association, is talking to the federal Department of Defense about speeding up the government's three-year timeline for equipment replacement.

Arizona's National Guard situation is even worse than Kansas', national figures show. Arizona has 35 percent of its needed equipment on hand when the war losses are factored in, according to a report prepared by the National Guard Bureau's Army directorate.

In comparison, Kansas has 43 percent, and the national average is 40 percent. ~snip~

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0511guard-ON.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. And John McCain's response to this deficiency?

[jody]

2. In addition, Arizona probably does not have any equipment for its "unorganized militia" if the

governor decides to use it.

26-124. Service by members of unorganized militia; volunteers during emergency; enrollment; selection; organizing selectees

A. When the governor proclaims an emergency, and, upon advice of the adjutant general, determines that the national guard does not have sufficient troops to meet the emergency, the governor may authorize the adjutant general to accept for service from the unorganized militia a specified number of volunteers.

B. If the governor deems an emergency of a nature that all or a large portion of the unorganized militia should be called into service of the state, he shall by proclamation order all members of the unorganized militia to enroll with the county recorder of the county in which they reside. The enrollment shall be in triplicate stating the full name, residence, age, occupation and previous service of each person enrolled. The rolls shall be verified by the enrolling officer who shall retain one copy and file one copy with the adjutant general and one with the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the person is enrolled. The persons called into service shall be determined by lot in accordance with a plan devised by the governor and implemented by him. The plan shall be patterned upon the latest selective service act of the United States and executive orders of the president issued to implement the law.

C. Upon mobilization for state purposes members of the unorganized militia shall be organized under the command of the officer the governor designates into units comparable to units of the national guard.