What are we going to do II

[AKCoyote 9]

Back in May, JAdams asked a simple but necessary question……What are we going to do?  Since that time, there have been 15 replies and 345 views to his question.  There was some brief discussion on the members actually meeting up but for the most part, not many people were even interested in the idea.

I got here through my desire to join a legitimate, organized militia.  I’m not a radical right wing anything but I am a patriot who took an oath to protect the constitution of the United States of America and there are other members here that took the same oath.  I have no desire for another civil war or any type of armed insurrection but I will do whatever it takes to protect my family or my country.  If that means taking up arms against whatever, then so be it.  My guess is that the majority of active participants here feel the same way.

With that said, I must say that I am a bit disappointed.  The 21 people who signed up for this militia did so for a reason but for the most part, I have no idea as to why.  It seems that people want a place to go but have no interest in participating or even stating their opinions.  I’ve participated in a lot of discussion boards in my life but never one where no one wanted to discuss anything.  In my short time here, I’ve tossed out some pretty simple ‘survival’ type information and there hasn’t been comment one.  It seems as if people just come in, cruise by and keep on going.  That degree of interest will never make for a healthy militia.

Speaking of militias, I have always had my opinion of what a militia should be as well as the role that they had played in the past.  So as I was thinking of writing this, I looked up the modern definition:

militia

[ mi-lish-uh ]

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Noun

1.     a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.

2.     a body of citizen soldiers as distinguished from professional soldiers.

3.     all able-bodied males considered by law eligible for military service.

4.     a body of citizens organized in a paramilitary group and typically regarding themselves as defenders of individual rights against the presumed interference of the federal government.

With the exception of #4, (and ‘males’ in #3) today’s militias are really no different than the militias of the American revolution and that is as it should be.  But by today’s standards, we should be well trained in first aid, crowd and traffic control, disaster recovery, logistics and communications.  If faced with a true SHTF situation, we should be trained at a minimum in basic military tactics and we should all be proficient with firearms.  As a militia, we need to be organized.  We need to assess our individual skills and assign duties and responsibilities accordingly.  To be efficient and proficient, we need to become a cohesive unit where we can perform as a team when needed.  As things stand today, none of this is even remotely happening.

 

I’m the newby here and have no authority other than to state my opinion.  I firmly believe that we need an active, well trained and disciplined militia here in Alaska as the lower 48 is headed toward absolute chaos and who knows what types of people may be heading here to escape it.  If we want to be more than just keyboard warriors, then we have to start somewhere and build an organization from the ground up.

 

I’m committed to being a part of a well-trained and active militia here in Alaska even if I have to create one myself.  What I would like to know at this point is just how many others feel as I do.  Anyone who would like to correspond just let me know and we can try out the PM system and exchange our personal information.