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To note, I believe it's possible the ~1500 troops staging to Minnesota are not to assist with ICE operations, but to be air lifted via the 133rd Airlift Wing to

To note, I believe it's possible the ~1500 troops staging to Minnesota are not to assist with ICE operations, but to be air lifted via the 133rd Airlift Wing to Greenland. If interested in pursuing this, task some commercial satellite imaging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/133rd_Airlift_Wing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/133rd_Airlift_Wing

throw0101a 10mo ago
"Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, officials say": * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/pentagon-alaska-troops-minnesota-deployment https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/pentagon-ala...
- toomuchtodo 10mo ago
  What they say cannot be trusted, based on all available evidence, so you must infer the truth from actions.
throw0101c 10mo ago
The troops that are being readied are actually the 11th Airborne Division: * https://time.com/7347191/minnesota-army-troops-standby/ https://time.com/7347191/minnesota-army-troops-standby/ whose deputy commander is a Canadian, as a part of an exchange program: * https://11thairbornedivision.army.mil/dcgo/ https://11thairbornedivision.army.mil/dcgo/ so I'm not sure how sending him to Greenland is going to work.
- dragonwriter 10mo ago
  If Trump decides to go pull the plug on invading Greenland an uses the 11th Airborne, McBride would, I would assume, at a minimum, be relieved of his duties with the 11th Airborne and sent back to Canada, with either a subordinate ops staff officer or the Deputy Commanding General (Support) or some combination filling in for the duties of the Deputy Commanding General (Operations). Depending on the details of timing of the operation and the US-Canada diplomatic situation as a result, what happens after he is relieved might not be as simple as a return to Canada, he might conceivably even end up as a POW.

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To note, I believe it's possible the ~1500 troops staging to Minnesota are not to assist with ICE operations, but to be air lifted via the 133rd Airlift Wing to

by toomuchtodo 10mo ago

throw0101a 10mo ago
"Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, officials say": * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/pentagon-alaska-troops-minnesota-deployment https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/pentagon-ala...
- toomuchtodo 10mo ago
  What they say cannot be trusted, based on all available evidence, so you must infer the truth from actions.
throw0101c 10mo ago
The troops that are being readied are actually the 11th Airborne Division: * https://time.com/7347191/minnesota-army-troops-standby/ https://time.com/7347191/minnesota-army-troops-standby/ whose deputy commander is a Canadian, as a part of an exchange program: * https://11thairbornedivision.army.mil/dcgo/ https://11thairbornedivision.army.mil/dcgo/ so I'm not sure how sending him to Greenland is going to work.
- dragonwriter 10mo ago
  If Trump decides to go pull the plug on invading Greenland an uses the 11th Airborne, McBride would, I would assume, at a minimum, be relieved of his duties with the 11th Airborne and sent back to Canada, with either a subordinate ops staff officer or the Deputy Commanding General (Support) or some combination filling in for the duties of the Deputy Commanding General (Operations). Depending on the details of timing of the operation and the US-Canada diplomatic situation as a result, what happens after he is relieved might not be as simple as a return to Canada, he might conceivably even end up as a POW.