2024 Will Be the Year of ‘Defend the Guard’

by Hunter | Jan 8, 2024

In 2015, the “Defend the Guard Act” was introduced in the West Virginia legislature, aiming to bring sanity to our nation’s foreign policy and the legal abuses foisted upon our servicemen within our state’s National Guard. This proposed law emerged from long forgotten...

Del. Pat McGeehan of West Virginia: “We’re Approaching a Post-Constitutional Era”

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...

West Virginia War Hero Urges Legislative Action on ‘Defend the Guard Act’

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...

Final Report on “Defend the Guard” in 2021 West Virginia Legislative Session

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...

Delegate Pat McGeehan of West Virginia Gives a Closing Speech on “Defend the Guard”

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...