Vets for Obama Salutes Our National Guard As It Faces Down Another Hurricane
Texas has activated 7,500 National Guard members less than two weeks after the Texas Guard helped evacuate 17,000 residents from the fury of Hurricane Gustav.
Our National Guard has shouldered an incredible burden in the past few years as a result of its heavy use in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as its continued commitment to respond to various contingencies and emergencies within the United States. As VFA has found, between now and the end of President Bush’s term in office, about 20,000 members of the Army National Guard will be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. This constitutes about half of all members of the Army who will be deployed over this timeframe.
Vets for Obama salutes the citizen soldiers of the National Guard as they face down their second hurricane in as many weeks.
