10-11-2013, 07:00
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That's understandable; no union would condone it, unless their members are forced to accept Obamacare.
As far as I'm concerned, the mission's already been accomplished thru the intent, but-"we'll just see what we'll see, won't we"?
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10-11-2013, 07:05
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Does the "District" of Columbia have an NG unit? If so, who is the Governor in charge? BTW, my son's NG drill this month has been cancelled due to the "slimdown". "My, my, my, said the spider to the fly."
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Glad you mentioned it. I was getting to comment on that.
The answer is NO....
I still would like to see a group of truckers do this...
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You might want to tell MG Errol Schwartz that. He is Commanding General, Joint Force Headquarters, District of Columbia National Guard, and acts ad Adjutant General of the DC National Guard. Since there's no Governor, the President appoints the Adjutant General.
The total strength is about 2,700 soldiers and airmen. The main formation is the 372nd Military Police Battalion, and there are also various command and control formations, CS and CSS units.
On the Air National Guard side, you have the 113th Wing with the 121st Fighter Squadron (F-16C/D interceptors) and the 201st Airlift Squadron (C-38 and C-40 executive transports), again plus support units.
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10-11-2013, 09:50
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Does the "District" of Columbia have an NG unit? If so, who is the Governor in charge? BTW, my son's NG drill this month has been cancelled due to the "slimdown". "My, my, my, said the spider to the fly."
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Yes.
http://states.ng.mil/sites/dc/Pages/...onalGuard.aspx
The TAG is a MG who is appointed by the POTUS.
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10-11-2013, 10:15
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Interesting, thanks. I guess the Praetorian Nation Guard isn't effected by the shutdown.
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10-11-2013, 10:32
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Here is the link to the DC traffic cams .... http://www.trafficland.com/city/WAS/index.html
Not seeing the traffic "snarl-up" that they promised, but this is a three day event.
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10-11-2013, 11:30
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This is Friday, which is already lighter than normal due to flex work schedules (except in the summer when everyone is leaving twn). With the shut down, traffic is even lighter. The real test will start at 3PM rolling through 7PM.
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10-11-2013, 11:59
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=p...%3DY34-I4Ki1kk
Its less than a minute but at least there is some activity going on.
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10-11-2013, 12:55
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This is from 2008.
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10-11-2013, 17:13
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You might want to tell MG Errol Schwartz that. He is Commanding General, Joint Force Headquarters, District of Columbia National Guard, and acts ad Adjutant General of the DC National Guard. Since there's no Governor, the President appoints the Adjutant General.
The total strength is about 2,700 soldiers and airmen. The main formation is the 372nd Military Police Battalion, and there are also various command and control formations, CS and CSS units.
On the Air National Guard side, you have the 113th Wing with the 121st Fighter Squadron (F-16C/D interceptors) and the 201st Airlift Squadron (C-38 and C-40 executive transports), again plus support units.
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10-11-2013, 17:30
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This is from 2008.
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My bad, I didn't see a date.
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10-11-2013, 17:46
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For what it's worth, the DCARNG drill for the weekend has been "postponed" due to the shutdown. As well as other Guard activities/schools/training for most units. If that violates OPSEC please remove, but it has been posted online already for DC and other state units affected by this shutdown. Interesting times.
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10-11-2013, 18:47
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This is Friday, which is already lighter than normal due to flex work schedules (except in the summer when everyone is leaving twn). With the shut down, traffic is even lighter. The real test will start at 3PM rolling through 7PM.
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The weather jacked up the traffic...which is not hard to do in the NCR. You mention precipitation and the roads jam.
Wish there had been a better showing. The MSM will be all over the less-than-expected results of the effort. Unlike other stories that they conveniently "miss".
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10-11-2013, 19:10
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The weather jacked up the traffic...which is not hard to do in the NCR. You mention precipitation and the roads jam.
Wish there had been a better showing. The MSM will be all over the less-than-expected results of the effort. Unlike other stories that they conveniently "miss".
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Agree with you that there had been a better turn out. Even with the rain, traffic wasn't too bad, considering. You are correct that when it rains, snows, or whatever here, traffic is a worse nightmare then normal.
Had the govt not been shutdown, and a Tues, Wed or Thurs, the few trucks that did show would have had a much bigger impact.
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10-12-2013, 06:48
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Agree with you that there had been a better turn out. Even with the rain, traffic wasn't too bad, considering. You are correct that when it rains, snows, or whatever here, traffic is a worse nightmare then normal.
Had the govt not been shutdown, and a Tues, Wed or Thurs, the few trucks that did show would have had a much bigger impact.
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They should stay till Monday and add to DC Monday driving problems.
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10-13-2013, 18:21
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They should stay till Monday and add to DC Monday driving problems.
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Monday is a holiday.
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