Katrina fall-out

Dave Stadt wrote:

It has been a week since we up here in IL got word NO was likely to get hit
bad and still the NG is not there in any significant numbers. Doesn't the
military have a better communication system than relying on commercial
telephone. It's pretty sad.

Do you think every NG soldier gets a field radio when they sign up?

"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
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Dave Stadt wrote:

It has been a week since we up here in IL got word NO was likely to get
hit
bad and still the NG is not there in any significant numbers. Doesn't
the
military have a better communication system than relying on commercial
telephone. It's pretty sad.

Do you think every NG soldier gets a field radio when they sign up?

I don't know what they get but it is nuts that the NG relies on the
commercial phone system to gather its troops. If terrorist knock out a few
phone company exchanges I guess they win because the NG can't call its
troops to come perform their duties. Pretty lame way to guard the nation in
my book.

Dave Stadt wrote:

I don't know what they get but it is nuts that the NG relies on the
commercial phone system to gather its troops. If terrorist knock out a few
phone company exchanges I guess they win because the NG can't call its
troops to come perform their duties. Pretty lame way to guard the nation in
my book.

Actually they use the phone, broadcast radio and teevee. When you don't
have any of that working, they'll have to come knock on your door I
suppose...

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"Dave Stadt" wrote:

I don't know what they get but it is nuts that the NG relies on the
commercial phone system to gather its troops.

What method would you suggest they rely on?

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

How 'bout what the original(native) NG used, smoke signals. ;^)