Simon Berrio | Oppose HB104

Dumb bill part duex or however many times it has been rehashed here? Got it, you all want Perpich v DOD to show up in court again. That's great and probably constitutionally correct. It does not however fit the current makeup of the reserve component. Advocate to fix that first before you try to negatively affect someone on the ground. Reverse the ARNG and the USAR roles and then maybe you're on to something. Look at the current makeup of local ARNG units: Our local IBCT is the 86th HQed out of VT. Units are in NH, VT, ME, MA, CT, and CO. That's six politicians you need to corral to deploy one single light brigade. Then the NHARNG's 197th FA BDE. HQed in NH. Units in NH, RI, VT, WV, and MI. Five random politicians to con. The soldier is a politician's pawn. Nothing like making him feel more like a disposable pawn by withholding units that should be on his left/right. This bill has the potential to withhold units from deploying formations. You can sing constitutionally correct until the sun goes down. That missing infantry company, missing artillery battalion, and missing artillery brigade HQ which has the ability of serving as a force field artillery HQ will cost American lives in the event we ever get in a real war. and to qualify that last sentence, I've spent three years hanging out in Afghanistan or Iraq Quit playing politics with people in uniform. It was annoying from 92-20 when I was playing RA. It's even more annoying now. Those sponsors that spent time in uniform-do better.