About 30 members of the Alaska Air National Guard were called up to help with possible search and rescue operations in the wake of Hurricane Gustav. The crews and a pair of HH-60 Pave Hawks were flown to the Gulf Coast aboard a C-17 early Monday morning from Anchorage. I'm not sure if they were needed, given the unexpectedly mild severity of the hurricane, but it's nice to know they were available to help. (Photo by Alaska Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Tim O'Brien.)
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Did Palin send them in response to the critics who say her claim of being Commander in Chief of the National Guard is nonsense? If she were asked whether she's ever done anything like this before would her response be,"Sometimes I always never do this?"
Yeah, second on Eyes Wide Shut. The cynic in me is totally on this.
Well, given the abysmal response to Katrina, I guess overkill is better than nothing. I suspect this was purely a political move (i.e. how many National Guard personnel were called up from other states and from which states)? Surely it would make more sense and be more cost effective to mobilize from areas in closer proximity to the Gulf Coast (any state in the US other than Hawaii).
I guess I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. To be a little less snarky, it's good to see the level of national response to Gustav. Ohio is deploying about 1,500 soldiers to assist in the cleanup.
Alaska Air National Guard was called up and did respond to Katrina,
Was it was purely a political move then to ????????????
9/10/05 BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- The Alaska Air National Guard cargo plane finally landed at 2:30 a.m. CDT Friday, its crew red-eyed and yawning in the humid night after flying almost 4,000 miles to deliver a firetruck at the edge of Hurricane Katrina's deadly path. "The work's not done yet. We've still got at least another hour left to go," the C-130's navigator, Capt. John Owens, said moments after touching down...
Allan, I previously clarified my 1st comment above as being somewhat overly critical. Are you saying that initial response to Katrina wasn't abysmal? Over 70 countries pledged $$ or other assistance after Katrina. I would certainly hope that Alaska would assist. Perhaps if Palin would have been gov of AK back in 2005, she could have mustered the troops sooner and averted the horrible aftermath of Katrina...
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