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[Herb Parsons]

If he's not saying it, I will.

I was there. I saw it.

Yes, they did an outstanding job.

R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> Brad,
> Let me see if I understand your position. You are saying that our  government 
> did an outstanding job in their effort to help the people after  Katrina?
>  
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 2/9/2008 8:40:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> flybrad at gmail.com writes:
>
> Contrary  to popular belief because of MSM spin, our armed forces were all
> over NOLA  after Katrina.  The National Guard had headquarters set-up on  the
> fourth floor of the SuperDome parking garage.  One of my  co-workers, an Air
> Force reservist, personally flew the mission to move a  temporary hospital to
> the Mississippi Gulf Coast the very next day, as soon  as the weather
> cleared.  Another co-worker, a Marine, evacuated his  reserve units
> helicopters to Dallas and returned to NOLA immediately after  the storm.  The
> US Coast Guard flew thousands of rescue missions.The  Navy had ships off the
> coast that delivered water via helicopter. When my  company arrived on the MS
> coast, the National Guard kept the beach area  secure for months. I say to
> any city who doesn't welcome our armed forces -  fend for yourselves during
> the next natural disaster.  Toledo, you're  next!
>
> Brad
>
> --------------------
>
> Article published  February 9, 2008
>
> Mayor to Marines: Leave downtown
> He says urban  exercises scare people
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> Staff  Sgt. Andre Davis talks to his commanding officer as he leaves the
> Madison  Building after Mayor Carty Finkbeiner requested that the Marines
> leave the  downtown location.
> ( THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH )
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> Reprints  <http://www.toledoblade.com/printroom>
>
> By JC REINDL  <jcreindl at theblade.com>
> BLADE STAFF WRITER
>
> A company of Marine  Corps Reservists received a cold send-off from downtown
> Toledo yesterday by  order of Mayor Carty Finkbeiner. The 200 members of
> Company A, 1st  Battalion, 24th Marines, based in Grand Rapids, Mich.,
> planned to spend  their weekend engaged in urban patrol exercises on the
> streets of downtown  as well as inside the mostly vacant Madison Building,
> 607 Madison Ave.  Toledo police knew days in advance about their plans for a
> three-day  exercise. Yet somehow the memo never made it to Mayor Finkbeiner,
> who  ordered the Marines out yesterday afternoon just minutes before their
> buses  were to arrive. "The mayor asked them to leave because they  frighten
> people," said Brian Schwartz, the mayor's spokesman. "He did not  want them
> practicing and drilling in a highly visible area." So after a  brief stop at
> a friendly base in Perrysburg Township, the Marines by early  evening were
> back on their way home to Grand Rapids. "I wish they would  have told us this
> four hours ago," Staff Sgt. Andre Davis said. Sergeant  Davis, who traveled
> ahead of the five-bus convoy, stepped from his vehicle  into downtown about
> 3:20 p.m. and was told by a city employee that the  mayor wanted him and his
> soldiers packed up and out by 6 p.m. Members of  the 1st Battalion, 24th
> Marines have trained periodically in downtown  Toledo since at least 2004 and
> most recently in May, 2006. Past exercises  have involved mock gun fights,
> ambushes, and the firing of blank  ammunition. The Marines' buses set a
> course for their battalion's Weapons  Company headquarters in Perrysburg
> Township as soon as they heard of the  mayor's decision. The Reservists'
> visit was no surprise to Toledo police,  who Tuesday issued a news release to
> media outlets on behalf of the Marines  that asked Toledoans not to be
> startled by the sight of camouflaged  soldiers toting M16 rifles. Police
> officers were awaiting the Marines'  arrival yesterday afternoon and had set
> up a roadblock at Madison Avenue  and Huron Street. "There was apparently a
> break in communication somewhere  between the mayor and the police
> department," Mr. Schwartz said. "Where  that break was, we don't know yet." 
> Maj.
> Jeffrey O'Neill, the company's  commanding officer, said he was disappointed
> by how events played out  yesterday, especially because Toledo had been a
> gracious host for Marine  exercises in the past. "You can go to military
> ranges for live fire  [exercises], but there's no way to duplicate the urban
> jungle unless you  actually train inside a city," Major O'Neill said. Mr.
> Schwartz said the  Marines declined Mayor Finkbeiner's alternative offer for
> them to practice  their urban patrol tactics inside the former Jones Junior
> High School, 550  Walbridge Ave. Major O'Neill said he was not aware of such
> an offer. A pair  of Marines spent the better part of yesterday setting up
> the Madison  Building with generators, heaters, radios, and food to become
> the unit's  overnight headquarters. After receiving the mayor's request to
> leave, they  began the task of moving the equipment back into an armored
> Humvee. Lance  Cpl. Brandon Bukrey-McCarty, 22, recalled taking part in the
> company's 2006  urban patrol exercise in downtown Toledo. He said he learned
> skills during  that exercise that proved useful during the unit's deployment
> to Fallujah,  Iraq, in 2006-2007. "It was extremely helpful," Corporal
> Bukrey-McCarty  said. The training "got me used to looking up on rooftops,
> looking around  every alley, every open door." Sergeant Davis and other
> company leaders  estimated the total cost of the aborted training exercise,
> including  travel, at roughly $10,000. Before he left downtown for  Perrysburg
> Township, Major O'Neill said he was not sure what type of  training, if any,
> his unit could undertake without access to downtown  Toledo. "But we're
> Marines," Major O'Neill said. "We'll adapt and  overcome."
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