I must apologize for my tantrum yesterday..but the economic news is of late so dismal...
And then there is our national security situation...
The Washington Post recently reported the Pentagon plans to have up 20,000 U.S. troops placed in domestic locations with the charge of responding to security matters.
Some of those troops -- which are under the U.S. Northern Command -- are already active in Arizona, helping with security efforts along the Mexican border. ( you mean the engineers building the fence??? But we were told those were National Guard.)
The Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Northern Command was created after 9/11 and is geared towards homeland security and civil defense within the U.S.
I want to know more abpout the Northern Command..."The mission of USNORTHCOM is homeland defense and civil support. The command conducts operations to deter, prevent, defeat and mitigate threats and aggression aimed at the United States, its territories and interests within the assigned area of responsibility. Also, as directed by the President or Secretary of Defense, USNORTHCOM provides military assistance to civil authorities including consequence management operations"
i was ok with this until the phrase "military assistance to civil authorities including consequence management operations. Having worked for DoD early in my work life, I know words are selected very carefully, especially in any publication that may go public.
In September of this year, GlobalSecurity.Org wrote"
Consequence Management Response Force to join Army Northern Command
Elements of the force, known as the ... Consequence Management Response Force, or CCMRF, assembled at Fort Stewart, Ga., Sept. 8-19 for a command post exercise ...Three brigades form the core of the force: the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart; the 1st Medical Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; and the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C.
The response force will be assigned on Oct. 1 to U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., and placed under the operational control of U.S. Army North, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
I know what an Infantry Brigade is, since honey served in the 3rd Infantry Division. And the Medical brigade could provide immediate medical care for hundres of people should it be required...but the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, I am not sure...its the word Combat that puzzles me. I mean if you were supporting civil authority in an emergency, there are lots of units that fly helicopters and could do that job, so why a aviation unit from the 82nd Airborne, a paratroop division..I mean the 101st is the Air Mobile Division... Want to really get the willies, read their mission statement:
On order, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade deploys worldwide to find, fix and destroy enemy forces using aerial fire and maneuver to concentrate and sustain combat power
Thats all good in war, but here in the USA??
Something else is going on here...this seems more aimed at instituting martial law and enforcement while prosecuting combat operations on American soil...
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