Where's the 18th Airborne Infantry?

The Federal Government—the military in particular—has the ideal assets to help Hurricane Helene victims in North Carolina. So, where are they?

The devastation from Hurricane Helene, especially in western North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and a part of Virginia, is tragic. Prayers are lifted, and our hearts and contributions go out to many family and friends in the 900-mile swath of Helen's massive footprint and devastation.

If you're looking for ways to contribute to the immediate relief and rescue of the affected, go here: https://www.bpr.org/.../list-ways-to-donate-and-help...

I'll contribute to Samaritan's Purse, which was among the first on the scene. This is no surprise since they reside in western North Carolina.

The federal government is among the last on the scene and needs to do more. The Biden-Harris Administration is inexplicably failing to use all its available resources. I paste below an example shared on X from an anonymous account of a military veteran, @CynicalPublius, that provides excellent detail on what the Biden-Harris folks could do if they had an ounce of competence.

"This is unbelievable.

"XVIII Airborne Corps is located on Fort Bragg (I refuse to call it by that other woke name), a mere 268 miles from Asheville and the worst flooding areas of this Biblical-level tragedy.

"The Corps’ capabilities include:

-Extensive medium and heavy lift rotary wing aircraft.

-A theater sustainment command with incredible capabilities for delivery of food, potable water, fuel and construction materials.

-A medical brigade with Level III surgical capabilities.

-An engineer brigade with robust heavy construction assets.

-A military police brigade that can provide traffic control and assist local LE.

-An Airborne Infantry division that has routinely supported disaster relief in years past.

-A world-class command, control and communications HQ capability to make it all work.

"NONE OF THAT has been ordered to assist civil authorities? NONE OF IT??????

"Fort Bragg has routinely supported domestic disaster relief for DECADES—Katrina, Homestead, you name it. Hell, I myself have a Humanitarian Service Medal for support to Hurricane Fran relief out of Bragg.

"Now we can’t do anything for an epic disaster in the SAME FREAKING STATE?

"WTF, over?

"This goes beyond mere negligence. It must be malicious. Perhaps Kamala and Joe don’t want NC’s rural GOP counties to be able to vote on November 5th?

"This is an abomination, and one of the worst derelictions of Presidential duties in US history."

Perhaps the 18th Airborne has been deployed by now, but our compos non mentis President seems to believe they’ve done all they’re going to do.

Heckuva job, Joe and Kamala.

I don’t mean to politicize this. Some things are way more important than politics, and this is one. But I seem to remember the grief that the Bush Administration got in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina. This seems worse. Meanwhile, I’ll just leave this here: