This Tuesday evening, different National Guard units started showing up in Brenham. They are using our Fireman's Training Center to stage and house their different units.
This is a fluid situation. Units cone and go, but several will be staged here for the duration. These units will retrieve and repair the vehicles.
My questions are:
1) We, the Brenham Fire Department and The EOC have been feeding the these troops with meals we've made and/or those donated from the community. Why would the Guard send up to 500 soldiers to Brenham with no arrangement for feeding them. As a side note, when I started my shift at the Center on Wednesday, all the troops had to eat was a piece of white bread, a single slice of cheese and a slice of pickle. I went straight to our local HEB and purchased
50 pounds of lunch meat, bread, mustard and mayo. It was all consumed as fast as we could make the sandwiches.
2) there's a repair unit here, and they already have broken down vehicles but they no parts at all.
Why would the Guard send these soldiers out with no way to feed them and no vehicle parts?
We set up a web page to sign up to provide meals for the troops. The good people of this and other nearby communities have signed up for every meal for the next two weeks. This makes me proud to be a Texan!
This is a fluid situation. Units cone and go, but several will be staged here for the duration. These units will retrieve and repair the vehicles.
My questions are:
1) We, the Brenham Fire Department and The EOC have been feeding the these troops with meals we've made and/or those donated from the community. Why would the Guard send up to 500 soldiers to Brenham with no arrangement for feeding them. As a side note, when I started my shift at the Center on Wednesday, all the troops had to eat was a piece of white bread, a single slice of cheese and a slice of pickle. I went straight to our local HEB and purchased
50 pounds of lunch meat, bread, mustard and mayo. It was all consumed as fast as we could make the sandwiches.
2) there's a repair unit here, and they already have broken down vehicles but they no parts at all.
Why would the Guard send these soldiers out with no way to feed them and no vehicle parts?
We set up a web page to sign up to provide meals for the troops. The good people of this and other nearby communities have signed up for every meal for the next two weeks. This makes me proud to be a Texan!