The Department of Defense is aggressive about publicizing the role that National Guard aircraft play in helping to fight western wildfires.
DOD touts role of National Guard aircraft on fires
- Bill Gabbert
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The Department of Defense is aggressive about publicizing the role that National Guard aircraft play in helping to fight western wildfires.
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Now if the USFS was this “aggressive” about publicizing
They would be in better shape…….and with what has happened in the last few years with the fire aviation program……if I was a State Governor and knew what the problems of the last 10 plus years….I would have the Guard on speed dial also
But in talking to Guard folks……they appreciate the mission but also see the reality of calling up Guard folks and realize the true time requirements of Title 32 and Title 10 missions and the paperwork and getting folks away from their own jobs and lives to provide a service such as this
These are professional folks who take the aviation side of fire a lot more seriously than some FTE’s in the LMA world…….and these guys and gals are PT soldiers when not Federally activated…..my hat go off to them as well as my hat goes off to every 1039, temp, and term employee who are in that “equally” part time status without allllll those FT bennies enjoyed by some….
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