CHESTER On five occasions Delegate Patrick McGeehan has introduced legislation seeking to keep West Virginia troops from seeing overseas duty when no act of war has been declared by Congress and hes going to try it a sixth time in 2020.
CHESTER On five occasions Delegate Patrick McGeehan has introduced legislation seeking to keep West Virginia troops from seeing overseas duty when no act of war has been declared by Congress and hes going to try it a sixth time in 2020.
McGeehan R-Hancock said he will reintroduce Protect The Guard” legislation when the West Virginia Legislature returns to action next month.
Currently the authority to activate the National Guard rests with West Virginias governor.
A declaration of war is constitutionally important” McGeehan said. It is our duty if we are going to take our oath seriously that the constitution be followed before we relinquish our guard into combat.
No war no guard troops.”
McGeehan is a graduate of the Air Force Academy who previously served as chairman of the House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committee. His bill was passed out of the committee during the 2019 session but House leadership tabled the legislation.
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