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My Nephew Matthew; the true National Guard
Topic Started: Oct 26 2009, 04:49 PM (133 Views)
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Recently, my nephew Matthew Peck joined the United States National Guard. He ships to boot camp very soon. So I figured I would research it some and see what I can find.

Matt's MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/hampster444

Several images of him in his National Guard uniform, and images of his fiancee are on that website.

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images0...a706842150d.jpg
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http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?...mageID=14939337
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Below is where he will be doing his basic training, before his tour in Iraq.

Location: Fort Sill - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Army.mil: http://sill-www.army.mil/pao/pahist.htm
GlobalSecurity.org: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/fac...y/fort-sill.htm
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sill
Google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=h...ved=0CA4Q8gEwAA

And while I was talking to him on XB Live the other day, he tried to convince me to sign up as well. Not my cup of tea, and I make it clear that I am completely against war, and more of a lover than a fighter. Plus, I have my addiction to games, and wouldn't care to go without that.

I'll be posting here if and when news on his status changes. And to keep everyone here at NG updated on his well being overall. Got my fingers crossed that he comes back alive, and not like some of our members at NG that left RuneScape to join the armed forces, only to return unable to walk, or not at all. The pay is great, I hear. But I much rather work all day every day, than to ship out for 5 years to some war that isn't defending my home land where I live, just for a quick fix of promised cash.


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Fort Sill is a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.

Today, Fort Sill remains the only active Army installation of all the forts on the South Plains built during the Indian Wars. [3] It is designated as a National Historic Landmark[2] and serves as home of the United States Army Field Artillery School and well as the Marine Corps' site for Field Artillery MOS school, United States Army Air Defense Artillery School, the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade, the 75th Fires Brigade and the 214th Fires Brigade. Fort Sill is also one of the five locations for Army Basic Combat Training.

As of early 2005, Major General David P. Valcourt was the commanding general. As of late 2005, Major General David C. Ralston was the commanding general. As of late 2007, Major General Peter M. Vangjel was the commanding general, United States Army Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill. As of August 2009, Maj. Gen. David C. Halverson is the commanding general of the Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill.


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Realign Fort Bliss, TX, by relocating air defense artillery units to Fort Sill and relocating 1st Armored Division and various echelons above division units from Germany and Korea to Fort Bliss, TX. Realign Fort Sill by relocating an artillery (Fires) brigade to Fort Bliss.

Relocating an Air Defense Artillery (ADA) unit to Fort Sill would support the establishment of the Net Fires Center, combining the Artillery and ADA schools at Fort Sill and provides a force stabilization opportunity for soldiers in this unit. Relocating the Artillery (Fires) Brigade to Fort Bliss would collocate the artillery with the maneuver units at Fort Bliss and would vacate space at Fort Sill for the ADA unit. When moving activities from Fort Bliss to Fort Sill, DoD estimated that two attributes would improve (Cost of Living, and Employment) and six (Housing, Education, Medical Health, Safety Population Center and Utilities) would not be as robust. Added operations at Sill might impact threatened and endangered species and could result in further restrictions. Development of a Programmatic Agreement, tribal consultations, and evaluations to determine significance of cultural and historical resources would be required at Fort Sill. Further analysis would be required to determine the extent of new noise impacts at Sill. Significant mitigation measures to limit releases might be required at Fort Sill to reduce impacts to water quality and achieve USEPA Water Quality Standards.

DoD also recommended to close the Major General Harry Twaddle United States Armed Forces Reserve Center, Oklahoma City, OK, and relocate the 95th DIV (IT) to Fort Sill, OK. This recommendation would improve operational effectiveness by putting the Training Division at the major training site in its region (Fort Sill). Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 109 jobs (53 direct and 56 indirect jobs) over the 2006 – 2011 period in the Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area, which would be less than 0.1 percent of economic area employment. Numerous archeological and historic resources, coupled with regional tribal interest, existing restrictions and a lack of a Programmatic Agreement, might result in increased time delays and negotiated restrictions at Fort Sill. Significant mitigation measures to limit releases might be required at Fort Sill to reduce impacts to water quality.

In another recommendation, DoD would realign Fort Bliss, TX, by relocating the Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Center & School to Fort Sill, OK. This would consolidate the Air Defense Artillery Center & School with the Field Artillery Center & School at Fort Sill to establish a Net Fires Center. This recommendation would consolidate Net Fires training and doctrine development at a single location. The moves would advance the Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) model, currently in place at Ft. Leonard Wood, which consolidated the Military Police, Engineer, and Chemical Centers and Schools. This recommendation would improve the MANSCEN concept by consolidating functionally related Branch Centers & Schools, which would foster consistency, standardization, and training proficiency. It would also facilitate task force stabilization, by combining operational forces with institutional training. In addition, it would consolidate both ADA and Field Artillery skill level I courses at one location, which would allow the Army to reduce the total number of Military Occupational Skills training locations (reducing the TRADOC footprint). Environmentally, development of a Programmatic Agreement would be necessary at Fort Sill to formalize mitigation measures and restrictions and evaluations to determine significance of cultural and historical resources. Tribal/government-to-government consultations might be required. A Noise Analysis and continuous monitoring efforts would likely be required at Fort Sill. Additional operations at Fort Sill might impact the Black-capped Vireo, possibly leading to restrictions on operations. Significant mitigation measures to limit releases might be required at Fort Sill to reduce impacts to water quality and achieve US EPA Water Quality Standards.

Additionally, DoD recommended to close the Major General Harry Twaddle United States Armed Forces Reserve Center, Oklahoma City, OK, and relocate the 95th DIV (IT) to Fort Sill, OK.

Secretary of Defense Justification: This proposal ensures the Army has sufficient infrastructure, training land and ranges to meet the requirements to transform the Operational Army as identified in the Twenty Year Force Structure Plan. It also ensures the Army maintains adequate surge capacity. As part of the modular force transformation, the Army is activating 10 new combat arms brigades for a total of 43 active component brigade combat teams (BCTs). Including the results of the Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy (IGPBS), the number of BCTs stationed in the United States will rise from twenty-six to forty. Relocating the units listed in this recommendation to Fort Bliss, Fort Riley, and Fort Sill takes advantage of available infrastructure and training land. Fort Bliss and Fort Riley are installations capable of training modular formations, both mounted and dismounted, at home station with sufficient land and facilities to test, simulate, or fire all organic weapon systems. This recommendation enhances home station training and readiness of the units at all installations.
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That picture of the boot camp... it scares me o.o;;

But good luck to your nephew! I'm more of a writer and lover than a fighter, but hey, someone has to take up that other role ^.-

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And while I was talking to him on XB Live the other day, he tried to convince me to sign up as well. Not my cup of tea, and I make it clear that I am completely against war, and more of a lover than a fighter.


Hehe, seems we have the same outlook on war. Don't get me wrong, I love war. In video game form.
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i wish him goodluck :)...im going to try to join the navy :)
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good luck to ur nephew i watched a lot of military training shows, i like when they do skirmishes and simulate real fire fights by usin lasers attached to guns firing blanks and they must complete missions similar to ones they would experience in afganistan if ur vest is hit then u get a kia card it seems pretty tight for a training exercise reminds me of paintball mixed with laser tag.

i mite be joining the CF (canadian forces) because no job seems to wanna hire me n i dont wanna work at no 8$ an hour fast food job. In the Military u get a roof over ur head ur food paid for nice healthy meals and excellent daily exercises learn to work effectively as a team and get to shoot guns n see foreign places..at the end of the day u get paid for doin all this...
Bob marley's song war sums up all the reasons why war exists still today

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior
And another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned -
Everywhere is war -
Me say war.

That until there no longer
First class and second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a mans skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes -
Me say war.

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Teir: Doing paintball and BB gun fights are fun, same with laser tag. But when it comes to real combat, count me out.

But yeah, the training is all fine and dandy. I just hate to see people dying, no matter which side of the war it is, we are all still human. It's just too bad some countries can't take to laws, get rule breakers locked up, and keep the world at peace. There shall always be that noob at life, that has to be put in his or her place, so that others can live without being under oppression.

Sarahm17: I'm not sure why, but your comment reminds me of Pink Camouflage, some girl that is in the armed forces, and was calling King_Cut out on YouTube for kicking her younger brother out of clan chat on RS2. Kind of funny, but yeah. Hell if I can find her profile, after this many months since the incident, to use a URL reference.

Kei Letal: Yeah. Well him, his step father, and his brother were all playing Borderlands with me last night. Got it on video, and I'll be sure to upload it after I get to editing the clips. Some good memories of fun game war times, just in case he doesn't return home. I hope nothing bad happens, but when wars are involved, there are always casualties somewhere. Can't bring them all back home in one piece. And while everyone seems to think it won't happen to their family members, I keep reality in mind, knowing that ANYONE can be killed, there are no immunities.
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yes paintball/lazer tag is very much diffrent from real combat situations but those are used to train you so u can keep cool n not lose your head(literally) in real combat if u read up on ww1 n stuff most ppl were conscripted n had no idea what they were gettin into with lack of training people were freaking out n losing control on the battlefield and the allied forces suffered great losses because of this.

i agree with u erik no matter wat side ur fighting for there is death i wish the world was peaceful n had no wars but as long as the world doesnt see eye to eye war will happen i dont like killing but i see it like this..if you dont kill the enemy they may kill your comrades so to save a life sum times u gotta take a life...n erik its not necessarily other countries laws that are the problem like for instance whats so good about are laws..we put convicted felons(rapists murderers con artists etc) in a place where they get fed,clothed and a roof over their heads at the expense of hard workin people then get let back out onto the streets when their time is served while other countries will kill the person at no cost to to the hard working people so whos laws are really more messed up? also i think the american military sorta likes to get their nose into every little squabble out their.

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Teir: Some of those people locked up are innocent, under our precious law enforcement system. Imagine if we DID executions of felons convicted beyond reason of a doubt, but still a chance of executing an innocent person under false pretense. So perhaps it is good that we don't, so at least after a few years, those innocent people may be let free, once the true killer is brought to "justice".
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