by Defend the Guard | Feb 15, 2022
Del. Pat McGeehan (R-Hancock) has served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 2008 to 2010 and 2014 to present. Since 2015 he has been the primary sponsor of the Defend the Guard Act in his state, which would prohibit the West Virginia National Guard from...
by Defend the Guard | Mar 24, 2021
One of America’s most decorated veterans, a West Virginia resident, says he is getting impatient that the Defend the Guard Act isn’t getting consideration in the state Legislature. “I’d like to see the thing voted in,” said Brig. Gen. John “Doc” Bahnsen, a...
by Defend the Guard | Mar 18, 2021
For the third year in a row. Delegate Patrick McGeehan (R-Hancock) failed in his effort to bring his Defend the Guard Act to a floor vote. The bill, numbered 2138 this year, would prohibit the West Virginia National Guard and its members from being deployed to combat...
by Defend the Guard | Mar 16, 2021
On March 12, 2021, Delegate Pat McGeehan (R-Hancock) argued in favor of a motion before the West Virginia House of Delegates that would have discharged his “Defend the Guard” legislation to the House Judiciary Committee for consideration, bypassing the...
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...
