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As governor, Sarah Palin was Commander of the Alaska National Guard. Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the first line of defense unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks. It’s on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units in the United States. As governor of Alaska, Palin was briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security, and counterterrorism daily.
Governor Palin was also the commander in chief of the Alaska State Defense Force (ASDF), a federally recognized militia incorporated into Homeland Security’s counterterrorism plans.
"Permanent active duty" means that like any other National Guard unit that has been transferred to active duty, the governor of the state is not in operational charge of it.
And she is right again calling. In Israel, ALL military are armed, off and on base..should be the same here..but of course the US has become wussified, [MOD CUT/off topic] My fellow Americans, we wouldn't be having all these problems on U.S. bases if Palin was president. If she was she would revert back to the days when our military could carry sidearms on bases so they could defend themselves against enemies foreign and domestic.
Soldiers have not been routinely armed on stateside military facilities since the Civil War.
The military is predominantly composed of young men (the average combat soldier is 19 years old) who are selected by various means for aggressiveness rather than passivity. We have quite enough problems every weekend with barfights, barracks fights, DUIs, et cetera, without introducing firearms into the mix.
A police situation is far, far different from a combat situation. We already know the hard way (look at the friendly fire incidents) that tactical operations require tight command and control of fire forces as wel as accurate intelligence on who and where the enemy is. If you don't have that in a situation, it's better to sit tight...and that will always be the case with these kinds of events until police-trained individuals get on scene to make professional evaluations. Facing an enemy who looks just like a friend is absolutely the worst situation a soldier can be in.,
Soldiers are not cops, and a shooting situation in a barracks or the commissary or the theater is not the same as securing a block in enemy territory.
This is the same woman who thinks humans and dinosaurs coexisted. She also believes in witchcraft.
That's a old wives tale that isn't true. At least as president she wouldn't be like putative president Obama, who has a woman who lives in the white house that practices witchcraft.
I just makes sense to me that if we have a military to defend us they should be able to defend themselves.
Yep it just makes sense that your military should be able to defend themselves from each other.
Pardon me for asking but if it's necessary to arm all soldiers due to them shooting each other perhaps there's a larger issue than simply giving them the means to kill each other with abandon every time a soldier gets pizzed at his brethren or OIC.
What do you people use to apply cognitive reasoning, a freak'n sponge? Have you ever asked WHY your military are unarmed when on base and why that has been the norm for most military around the world for decades?
Active duty Israeli defense force are armed because they have constantly been under threat of attack by either terrorist infiltrators or foreign armies fer chrissake!
You gonna arm everyone in your country to protect yourselves from EACH OTHER? How fugged up is that?
As governor, Sarah Palin was Commander of the Alaska National Guard. Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the first line of defense unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks. It’s on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units in the United States. As governor of Alaska, Palin was briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security, and counterterrorism daily.
Governor Palin was also the commander in chief of the Alaska State Defense Force (ASDF), a federally recognized militia incorporated into Homeland Security’s counterterrorism plans.
So you are saying that while she was Governor she made sure to overturn that 100 year old regulation in the 9 bases in AK?
She also wanted prayer cards reinstated on an Alaskan Airline.
Because after all, everybody knows that prayer is the only thing holding an airplane aloft.
She also wanted prayer cards reinstated on an Alaskan Airline.
Because after all, everybody knows that prayer is the only thing holding an airplane aloft.
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