Oh yes, this was predictable:
Hundreds of migrants overcame Gov. Greg Abbott’s barrier along the Rio Grande in El Paso after Texas National Guard soldiers were unable to hold them back.
Next step: fix bayonets.
Penultimate step: land mines on the other side of the razor wire.
Last step: start shooting. (As a Texas resident, I’ll even donate some personal ammo from Ye Olde Ammoe Locquere — I can start off with 200 rounds of 7.62mm NATO.)
Fuck this shit.
From 1974 to 1977 a decent part of my army enlistment entailed pulling border guard along the east german border near Wildflecken. I’m ready to do it again on the US SW border.
Do tell. Same here, ’74 to ’77. MOS was 45B, Small Arm Repair. Base company was in Nürnburg. Spent a week with one of our detachments supporting the 1/2 ACR. Another time was up at an 11th ACR border camp fixing their weapons.
Ready to roll here too. What Kim said, “Fuck this shit”.
MOS 12b10 airborne combat engineer, demolitions specialist
I saw the video and all I could think was, “Just one smart bomb would solve this whole mess.” Wouldn’t even need to be a big one.
don’t we have any napalm in our inventory anymore?
Border guards should be issued rifles that come with the old WW1-era 16″ blade bayonets:
M1903, M1917, M1; or, my personal favorite – Trench Brooms!
They haven’t let Guardsmen have live ammo for domestic duties since Kent State.
There seems to be a problem in that decision.
I was an National Guard MP in Washington DC, and carried live ammo while on the street – 80 or 100 rounds of 7.62×51 – numerous times between 1968-70. We also had belted ammo for our truck mounted M-60’s, and carried 12 ga buckshot for our pump shotguns. Officers had loaded magazines for their 1911’s.
ROE were never shoot for property; e.g. – looting, but if a human life was in danger; e.g., someone about to toss a Molotov cocktail into a possibly occupied building, or someone was assaulting someone with a deadly weapon, shoot.
Fortunately, the guys I was with never had to fire a shot, but there were times the thought crossed our minds.