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1. Cody R. Maverick April 3, 2016 at 9:57 am

   Here’s a story I found regarding the Desert Troop Search and Rescue Squad created by Benjamin Warren Adair (Bud Adair) back in 1972. In actuality, the organization spent more time feeding the homeless and doing other civic duties to help underprivileged people versus desert search and rescue operations.
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   Arizona Republic
   November 15, 1972

   Rescue unit formed by ex-candidate

   A nonprofit search-and-rescue organization has been formed by Bud Adair, a former Republican candidate for Maricopa County sheriff who dropped out of the race. Adair said the organization will be known as the Desert Troop Search and Rescue Squad. He will head it with the rank of colonel. “Our goal is to get 10,000 members statewide who can help in search-and-rescue operations, feeding and clothing the poor, providing free ambulance service, setting up emergency first aid stations and providing a blood bank,” he said.

   The group will be funded by a $10 annual membership fee and fund-raising events, Adair said. “We’ve already set up the foundation for a 24-hour search-and-rescue team,” he said. “We’re rounding up horses, Jeeps, and already have an airplane to help in searches.” An organizational meeting, during a free turkey dinner, will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Bud’s Circle C. Truck Stop in Circle City, 32 miles northwest of Glendale and Grand avenues.
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   Birth: Sep. 23, 1923
   Dresden, Weakley County
   Tennessee, USA
   Death: Nov. 15, 1980
   Phoenix, Maricopa County
   Arizona, USA

   Col. Bud Adair was born in Dresden Tennessee to a share cropper family. He later self educated and joined the Army where he served in the 82nd Airborne. After military life he founded Desert Troop Search and Rescue Squad in Arizona an organization devoted to rescuing people lost in the Arizona Deserts as well as sponsoring yearly Christmas events where thousands of children in Arizona and Mexico were fed Christmas dinner and all the children received a Christmas gift. Mr. Adair was a politically active person bidding for Sheriff of Maricopa County in 1972 and again bidding for Governor of Arizona in 1978. He worked hard aiding those less fortunate as possible through The Desert Troop Search and Rescue as well as The Arizona Underprivileged Childrens Foundation of which he also founded.

   Burial:
   Resthaven Park West Cemetery
   Glendale
2. Cody R. Maverick April 3, 2016 at 10:17 am

   Here’s another article where Bud Adair writes a letter to the editor where he addresses recent criticism that the Desert Troop Search and Rescue organization doesn’t actually do any desert search and rescue missions.
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   Arizona Republic
   February 15, 1973

   I believe our newly formed organization Desert Troop Search and Rescue is very different from any other unit with the name, “search and rescue.” To the best of my knowledge, there isn’t another group in the United States with such a name that stands for what we stand for. Rescuing a person can mean more than finding an adult lost in the desert. Searching can and does mean more than just a group of our members gathering on horseback, in jeeps or on foot to try to find a person who has lost his tion and needs shelter, food and water to live. Our name Desert Troop Search and Rescue means that we have a further mission. It means we will also search for children who are lost on our streets and in poverty areas where they are in bad need of food, clothing, and other necessary items to survive in this vast, growing world. Rescuing could also mean giving the child the clothing, food, and protection that he needs to make it. We feel, as a member of this organization, that we are obligated to any law enforcement agency that needs our assistance. We feel good law enforcement in this great state is vital and we need it as much as food, water and shelter to survive. To the best of my knowledge, we don’t have any members who don’t feel this in their hearts. Let’s give some very deep thought to what the words “search and rescue” can really mean. COL BUD ADAIR State Commander Desert Troop Search and Rescue.
3. David Eilers Post authorApril 3, 2016 at 3:48 pm

   Thanks for the research Cody!
4. colin peabody April 11, 2016 at 3:23 pm

   I don’t think this outfit grew outside of Maricopa County, which is the most populous county in the state. In fact, I don’t think it lasted very long at all.