Never lliked this woman

[Maggot]

But damn if she isn't growing on me....


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Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill creating a state militia that she could deploy at any time, and for any reason.

The bill, SB1495, creates a volunteer state militia, separate and apart from the National Guard.

Rep. Jack Harper, R-Surprise, who sponsored a near identical House bill, said this type of legislation couldn’t have come at a better time.

Harper, who has previously said the governor would not be required to establish a state militia and who called the new state guard a “safety net” for the governor, said he thinks Gov. Brewer should call a militia to action right away.

“I’m very excited that she signed it, of course,” he said. “With the national funding for the National Guard on the border expiring in June, I would like to see the governor sign an executive order that immediately establishes the guard.”

Harper said he consulted several times with Maj. Gen. Hugo Salazar, the Arizona National Guard’s adjutant general, about how he would be able to utilize a volunteer militia if it were to be established and deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border. He called those conversations encouraging.

The new state militia does not have a command structure defined, and Harper said the governor could put anyone in charge of the group.

“That’s not spelled out in the legislation,” Harper said.

Aside from potentially being deployed to the border, Harper said the new state guard could be used in the case of nuclear, biological or chemical attacks, or if there were a radiological leak at a nuclear power plant.

“Decontamination is vital in that scenario,” Harper said. “And the volunteer force could augment first responders in that case.”


Read more: AZ Gov. Jan Brewer signs bill authorizing volunteer militia | Arizona Capitol Times

 

[RanchhandTCR]

If I did not live in the Rockies and have a good job, Id move back to arizona... But now I live in CO.. The once gun friendly state.

 

[jcfd2201]

As long as things keep going the way they are here I will remain here in AZ.

 

[kraigWY]

Alaska has always, or at least since WWII a State (or Territorial) Guard. It was started in WWII after the NG was activated to support the War. Alaska, after the Japanese invaded though it needed addition defense. Back then it was made of mostly of Alaska Natives, (read Men of the Tundra, by Mukluk Marsters).

It's still there today. Totally funded by the State and comes under the Dept of Military Affairs.

When I was in charge of the NG's Marksmanship Unit part of my job was providing them with marksmanship training. The furnished their own weapons, most were M1's '03s and M1917s using of course '06 ammo. Being state funded, funds for training was limited.

At the same time I was running sniper schools using the M1C/D's and I'd fudge the ammo requirements giving me the ammo to support the State Guard.

It was a bit different, they'd bring their wives to qualification. While we shot they prepared a huge BBQ, and we ate like kings afterwards.

It was a good program and while I was there I didn't seen any downside. Wasn't a lot different then the NG units prior to the Civil War. Rank could be political, but most was based on the rank you had when you were in the military. Normally you jumped a rank when you joined, again not a lot different then the post Vietnam National Guard.