by Defend the Guard | Mar 5, 2021
On the March 2, 2021 episode of Cowboy State Politics, host David Iverson interviewed State Rep. Ocean Andrew (R-District 46) and local real estate agent and activist April Poley about House Bill 208, “Defend the Guard.” “The United States has been...
by Defend the Guard | Mar 3, 2021
A debate over the military industrial complex is raging in West Virginia. The debate was kicked off in the West Virginia legislature again this year by Patrick McGeehan, a Republican member of the House of Delegates from the northern panhandle. McGeehan has...
by Defend the Guard | Feb 24, 2021
A West Virginia delegate now has plenty of company in his longstanding support for legislation that would prohibit National Guard reservists from serving in non-declared war zones. Thirty-one states are considering forms of the “Defend the Guard” bill,...
by Defend the Guard | Feb 22, 2021
A bipartisan veteran group is urging state lawmakers and Gov. Kristi Noem to support legislation that would limit how South Dakota’s National Guard units can be deployed overseas. Rep. Aaron Aylward (R, Harrisburg) introduced House Bill 1122 with the support of...
by Defend the Guard | Feb 22, 2021
BringOurTroopsHome.US, a bipartisan nationwide group of Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans, Monday praised Rep. Aaron Aylward, R-Harrisburg, for introducing legislation that would require that South Dakota’s National Guard units could not be deployed for foreign combat...