A Little Wisdom From Gen. Spears

Don't mess with our guard troops durring hurricane season.

South Carolina officials want the National Guard to reconsider a request for 150 troops from the Palmetto State to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border.

“‘Whoa, I think we’ve done enough,’” Maj. Gen. Stan Spears, the state’s adjutant general, recalled saying when he was called by the National Guard Bureau on Tuesday.

The request caught Spears and his commanders off guard because leaders of the National Guard Bureau had said earlier that troops from coastal states like South Carolina would not be tapped for the border duty during the hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.

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