Should have stayed at home
 

The army national guard recently left North Dakota (-15°F) for Alaska (+32°F) for cold weather training.

I'd opt for 32 vs. - 15 if I was in charge also

it's training

Should have come to Florida, then

Train to simulate conditions as much as possible. Foolish.

Agree, most think central Florida cold. Get down to 50 and see all the parka’s and gloves.

Try and train at -15f. It’s an all VOLUNTEER MILITARY.

Either case, your tax $$$ at work

You should thank the armed forces and not complained so much about tax dollars at work

Thank you Army National Guard for your service...
:pray::bigbow:

Warmer in Alaska?
 

I love this. Military Intelligence!

Fifty years ago I was transferred from Duluth, MN to King Salmon, AK. I was the only GI in Alaska to go there for warmer weather.

"Come on team, we have a domestic emergency in Bismark that needs our expertise."

"Ooh, that's a bit chilly for us, but we'd be happy to help out somewhere warmer."

Stu has it right - you need to train for the conditions in which you could be operating.

It's more about the facility than the temperature.

Fargo was -30 yesterday!

Our National Guard should be used to protect our own country, like the southern border.

Windchill or actual temperature???

Protect our boarder...cry about taxes...wow
Do you people not watch the news, realize we may be needed.
I could go on for hours, but it will become a waste of my time and the other "decent people" that read this..

So I will just say...wow!

Trolling........................

Why are they doing cold weather training with the National Guard now? It's March.

Still pretty cold out up there

What's happening in Alaska or North Dakota that would require the National Guard to be acclimated to severely cold temperatures?

It's March. There aren't that many places in the country that will still be all that frigid?

**border
Decent people know how to spell.

That was not exactly necessary.

Nor was the decent people comment. Tit for tat.

didn't the prior administration take care of that? They diverted billions of $$ to pay for it.

Problem solved.

You do know 1/2 the training is getting to location. They train one weekend month at home base.

The training areas can only accommodate so many units at a time. A unit has to take the time frame given to them by the training command.

Are you not aware that National Guard units were federalized by the U.S. government and sent to Iraq, Afganistan and other sandboxes. Last time I checked there weren't any deserts in North Dakota. In the very early days of the Viet Nam war a limited number of guard units were sent there. There weren't any jungles in North Dakota but units are sent to Panama for jungle training. The military trains for war in all kinds of climates and geographical area. It's called being prepared.

We no longer have a southern border. Open area for thousand miles that anyone is free to cross. Plus if you need free medical, free cell, monthly $ payments, flights to your destination of choice, then you will need to stop in at the boarder processing center and sign up

No longer a problem. No more border. All are welcome.

Ukraine is still a bit frosty

Sorry dude. Didn't mean to offend you.

Neither was the post they were referring to...