Question: What is America’s first line of missile interceptor defense that protects the entire United States?

Answer: 49th Missile Defense Battalion of Alaska National Guard

Question: What is the ONLY National Guard unit on permanent active duty?

Answer: 49th Missile Defense Battalion of Alaska National Guard

Question: Who is the Commander in Chief of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion of Alaska National Guard?

Answer: Governor Sarah Palin, Alaska.

Question: What U.S. governor is routinely briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security, and counter terrorism?

Answer: Governor Sarah Palin, Alaska.

Question: What U.S. governor has a higher classified security rating than either candidate of the Democrat Party?

Answer: Governor Sarah Palin, Alaska.

According to the Washington Post, she first met with McCain in February, but nobody ever found out. This is a woman used to keeping secrets. She can be entrusted with our national security, because she already is.

Said Cao @ 4:15 pm | Permalink   

1. “Who is the Commander in Chief of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion of Alaska National Guard?

   Answer: Governor Sarah Palin, Alaska.”

   Not true. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion operates under the U.S. military chain of command. They take their orders from the Army, not from Governor Palin. The 49th is an elite unit, made up of volunteers from all over the U.S. They aren’t all native Alaskans. She doesn’t call them up and tell them what to do–the Army does that.

   The idea that Governor Palin is someone to entrust with our national security is a really bad joke, seeing that she was conducting government business using a Yahoo email account. And then of course there was her ham-fisted (and illegal) conduct during the Troopergate scandal, where she showed all the discretion of a moose in a china shop.

   Comment by ChocolateMoose — 10/13/2008 @ 3:21 pm

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2. Just curious. Where did you get this information and how do you know it is true. I am all for Sarah. I’d hate to pass this along to my Dem. son and have him push my face in it as just comments from “some dude”

   Comment by Bebe — 10/13/2008 @ 6:30 pm

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3. Deleting my comments, for shame. Then again, your entire political philosophy, your very raison d’etre, is going down the tubes, so one can understand the panic, the bunker mentality.

   Comment by ChocolateMoose — 10/15/2008 @ 12:46 pm

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4. Nobody’s deleting your comments, you stupid moonbat.

   Comment by Cao — 10/15/2008 @ 7:03 pm

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5. Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks. It’s on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units.

   Sorry, but I think you’ll have to re-think what you’re claiming there….

   As governor of Alaska, Palin is briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security, and counterterrorism. Her exposure to classified material may rival even Biden’s.
   She’s also the commander in chief of the Alaska State Defense Force (ASDF), a federally recognized militia incorporated into Homeland Security’s counterterrorism plans.

   Palin is privy to military and intelligence secrets that are vital to the entire country’s defense. Given Alaska’s proximity to Russia, she may have security clearances we don’t even know about.

   I got that through email, but my buddy has more, here.

   Why don’t you complain to HER and her commenters about it?

   Comment by Cao — 10/15/2008 @ 7:07 pm

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6. The 49th Bn is indeed both a title 10 and title 32 unit under US Code. When performing their duty as a homeland security force they fall under title 10 and as such under command and control of the President. When in garrison or training but not doing missile defense they fall under title 32 and as such belong to the Governor of the state and the TAG of the state. Verifiable by asking on Google 49th missile defense BN command and control.

   Comment by Bubba — 10/25/2008 @ 10:50 am

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7. That isn’t entirely true.

   It’s only in the case of emergencies that the President can usurp the governors’ power.

   A little-noticed change in federal law packs an important change in who is in charge the next time a state is devastated by a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina.

   To the dismay of the nation’s governors, the White House now will be empowered to go over a governor’s head and call up National Guard troops to aid a state in time of natural disasters or other public emergencies. Up to now, governors were the sole commanders in chief of citizen soldiers in local Guard units during emergencies within the state.

   A conflict over who should control Guard units arose in the days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. President Bush sought to federalize control of Guardsmen in Louisiana in the chaos after the hurricane, but Gov. Kathleen Blanco (D) refused to relinquish command.

   Over objections from all 50 governors, Congress in October tweaked the 200-year-old Insurrection Act to empower the hand of the president in future stateside emergencies. In a letter to Congress, the governors called the change “a dramatic expansion of federal authority during natural disasters that could cause confusion in the command-and-control of the National Guard and interfere with states’ ability to respond to natural disasters within their borders.”

   Mark Smith, spokesperson for the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said local and state emergency responders know what their communities need during a crisis better than officials in Washington.
   “The president should not be able to step in and take control of the National Guard without a governor’s consent. The Guard belongs to the states, has always belonged to the states and should remain a function of the states,” Smith said.

   Governors Lose in Struggle over National Guard

   It’s a shame that the federal government is expanding its powers in every way possible-even despite the objections of all 50 governors.

   Alaska’s situation seems to be the exception in that they’re on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units.

   The President cannot possibly be running every single State’s national guard units.

   The only reason this even came about was because of Hurricane Katrina, when the governor would not relinquish control; and it’s only in the case of natural disasters like hurricanes or other public emergencies. Now, I would guess that if something happened with Russia, Palin would be better equipped because she’s right there…than to wait for President Bush to be briefed and go to Alaska to find out what’s going on.

   What you’re saying doesn’t make any sense.

   Comment by Cao — 10/26/2008 @ 9:22 pm

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8. Did you know this?

   If Minnie Mouse was the Governor of Alaska, the 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard would be just as effective as they are today.

   God Bless the 49th … and To Hell With Any Idiots Trying To Steal Their Thunder!

   Bruce Arnold

   Comment by Bruce Arnold — 10/30/2008 @ 3:48 pm

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9. My son is a highly decorated National Guardsman who has served 2 tours in Afghanistan and is very honorable. The Commanders of the Alaska National Guard have retaliated against him for speaking out and being honest. They hold a grudge and take care of their cronies. Where do I find justice. I will not allow those rogue Generals to get away with this. From a retired Viet Nam Vet

   Comment by BAW — 10/31/2008 @ 8:44 pm

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