by Hunter | Feb 26, 2025
As an Afghanistan war veteran, I’m writing in support of Senate Bill 667, which has a hearing this Thursday in the Oregon Senate Committee on Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs. This bill, known as the Defend the Guard Act, would prohibit the...
by Hunter | Feb 20, 2025
I’ve served in the Air National Guard as a full-time Active Guard Reserve (AGR) for over twenty years. I’ve deployed overseas, responded to disasters here at home, and stood ready whenever my state or nation called. But today, I’m writing anonymously—not because I...
by Hunter | Feb 20, 2025
“We are a constitutional republic, and if I can’t question the blood and treasure that are allocated for our nation, then we have a problem.” Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers (R-LD7) made that statement about Arizona’s Senate Bill SB 1495, known as the “Defend the...
by Hunter | Feb 5, 2025
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill on Tuesday that bars the deployment of Virginia’s National Guard into active combat in a conflict that Congress has not explicitly authorized. “I understand that war is sometimes necessary, but I expect Congress to display...
by Hunter | Feb 4, 2025
This morning the Virginia House of Delegates unanimously passed the Defend the Guard Act in a 99-0 vote. This legislation would prohibit the deployment of the Virginia National Guard into active combat unless Congress has first voted to declare war. H.B. 2193 was...
