Guard Deployments Worry Some States

[Judi Lynn]

AP-NY-05-13-04 0350EDT

Guard Deployments Worry Some States
By REBECCA COOK
Associated Press Writer


SEATTLE (AP)--With so many National Guard troops in Iraq, officials in some states are worried they could be caught short-handed if an emergency flares up at home.

More Guard members are deployed now than have been since the Korean War, about a quarter of the 460,000 nationwide.

Their more frequent and longer overseas deployments ``absolutely'' affect states' emergency response, said Chris Reynolds, a battalion fire chief in Tampa, Fla., who also teaches disaster management at American Military University.

The effect is critical, Reynolds said, not just because so many National Guard members are gone, but because so many reservists work in public safety and emergency response.
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[BeHereNow]

1. SIlly people!

"states are worried they could be caught
short-handed if an emergency flares up at home..."

Didn't they get the memo?
THAT is THE PLAN.
Golly gee, I wish these people would read up
on the Neocon play book, so they would stop
worrying about these things- everything
is going along exactly as planned.

SACASM OFF, for now.
BHN

[Ganja Ninja]

2. Here's a little thought you might want to put on a tinfoil hat for.

With all the troops overseas and the guard about tapped out could we take on a security threat from an armed group of thugs like Blackwater Security?

[dArKeR]

3. Is someone telling us now is a good time for massive protests?

[MSgt213]

4. STAY THE COURSE!! STEADY LEADERSHIP!! TRUST US!!

[MissMarple]

5. Goes with the LBN post earlier re Missouri governor's concern.

Missouri's national guard units are being used to chauffeur Haliburton contract workers about Iraq. The governor is not happy about this.