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douglas9

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Tue Feb 1, 2022, 08:57 AM Feb 2022

Haste and planning failures doomed Operation Lone Star's troops to suffer

In October, amid a historic surge of Texas National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, one soldier’s leader told him “not to worry” about getting sent there. He could sit this one out.

The part-time senior noncommissioned officer said he still feared an unanticipated call-up — he owns a small business and he has a son with a disability.

Usually, long-term Guard deployments come from the federal government, with nearly a year’s notice — the NCO had several months to settle his affairs before two previous deployments. But Operation Lone Star is different.

Faced with a humanitarian crisis along the Rio Grande, pressured by conservative rivals and chided by right-wing cable pundits, Gov. Greg Abbott decided last fall to move thousands of troops to the border as quickly as possible. And the Texas Military Department, which oversees the state’s National and State Guard branches, did all it could to comply — with haste.

Never before has Texas — or any other state — involuntarily activated so many troops under state active duty authority for such a long-term mission. Nor has it been done so quickly.


https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2022/02/01/haste-and-planning-failures-doomed-operation-lone-stars-troops-to-suffer/

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Haste and planning failures doomed Operation Lone Star's troops to suffer (Original Post) douglas9 Feb 2022 OP
Autocrats don't give a shit... 2naSalit Feb 2022 #1
This is a $2 billion waste of money for a political stunt LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #2

LetMyPeopleVote

(143,998 posts)
2. This is a $2 billion waste of money for a political stunt
Tue Feb 1, 2022, 04:48 PM
Feb 2022

These soldiers have no job to do and this is a political stunt

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