We all know about the NG summer camps. I live in Michigan and we see military convoys going up and down US-23 and I-75 all summer going to Camp Grayling.

What seems odd is the places and type of vehicles that are being seen. Did you read the article?

Military in downtown Philly? Yea thats not NG training.

Multiple Ospreys flying in formation? The NG doesnt have Ospreys.

How about the M-109s driving down the highway in Idaho? Umm Camp Grayling is the biggest National Guard base in the country and hosts units from Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. I live a mile from US-23 where convoys are normal in the summer. I have never seen a M-109 on the highway that wasnt on a lowboy flatbed. These vehicles weigh 39 tons and even with rubber tracks would destroy the road.

So its not necessarily the appearance of military vehicles during summer training season that has people talking. Its the oddness of places and types of vehicles driving on expensive roads with load restrictions that has us raising our eyebrows.