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Originally Posted by TOMAHAWK9521
You beat me to it.
I know a lot of the guys down there and they are all stand up guys. However, that chicken-sh*t move (MOO) was conducted while those of us from C/5/19 were deployed to Iraq in 07/08. To this day, I cannot see the logic behind making that move. We had just finished adding new team rooms and huge DOD/FED-certified vault. Besides, TX already had a company from 1/19 located in the same building. Now they have two companies in there. Whatever coke deal was made between CO, TX and 5/19, it was without the input of the men of C/5/19. 
Frankly, HQ/5/19 and the state of Colorado have been increasingly disappointing over the past 15 years or so. At the rate they are going, all of 5/19 is going to be in TX because CO sure as hell doesn't seem to want them. I never thought the state of Colorado would have gotten tired of siphoning off of such a nice meal ticket. 
Meh! I'm just bitter. |
The fact that the unit was deployed did not factor into the decision at all. The logic was simple. ARNG SF 18 series DMOSQ was not at 85%. CO was significantly below that with it's SF structure, so the decision was made to help the State out by moving one of the companies.
No drug deal was made between TX and CO. The decision to take the company was made by the Director of the Army National Guard and agreed to by the Adjutant General of Colorado. Where it went was also the decision of the Director. CO had no input in that.
Which company got moved, however, was up to the AG of Colorado.
To say that the company did not have input is not completely true. In the ARNG, each unit has a stake in recruiting to fill its own ranks. I guarantee that if the company had better numbers it wouldn't have gotten moved.
As far as the State of Colorado siphoning off $$... If you are currently involved with funding and can talk intelligently with specifics, PM me. I'd be very interested to hear what you have to say.