State Rep. Lee Deming of Montana responds to op-eds critical of the Defend the Guard Act, confronting the authors' dishonesty and requesting that detractors value the lives of Montana National Guardsmen as beyond price.
Brian Almon chronicles how, after receiving overwhelming support in the Idaho Senate, the Defend the Guard Act failed to pass its House committee when the military-industrial complex dropped the hammer on locals and veterans.
Task & Purpose, one of the largest publications covering news about the United States Armed Forces, reports on the passage of Proposition 6 in Texas and Republicans' overwhelming support for keeping the National Guard out of undeclared wars.