If the Guard operates at a third of the cost of the Active Duty Force, why would it not be more effective to have the Guard perform those missions in Europe?

So I do not have a question. That is just my observation and concern.

there has to be leadership that says here are the problems that we are experiencing, and now how are we going to resolve those?

Cutting off aid, and therefore cutting ourselves off from them, means that the next generation won't have that benefit.

We are very sympathetic up here. But there are Members of Congress that are saying this is what is going to happen.

The plan is to move that out of Texas to Montana, without trained pilots, so there will be a time when it will be a poor use of taxpayer dollars.

There is no justification for moving the assets of an established, well-functioning, and experienced unit from Texas.

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