-Caveat Lector-
It's only a bump in the road...it may be the biggest hype of the 20th
century...it's just a way for computer people to make moere money...Y2k
is nothing...wake up sheeple....
Rusty
By David M. Bresnahan
© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
The National Guard is planning its first
national mobilization of troops since 1940 in
preparation for civil unrest resulting from the
Y2K millennium bug, WorldNetDaily has
learned.
The National Guard Bureau in Washington is
currently formulating plans for a mobilization
test, in conjunction with the Federal
Emergency Management Agency. If Y2K
causes a complete shutdown of all
communications, the National Guard will need
a way to mobilize troops, according to several
officers who believe their careers would be at
risk if their names were made public.
These officers spoke separately with
WorldNetDaily. Each is in a position to know
about the plans at a national level within the
National Guard Bureau.
"What's driving this thing are the folks
underneath the senior leadership," said one
officer. "Some of the IT guys and command
and control guys are the ones who are driving
this because they see what the problem is,"
one of the sources told WorldNetDaily in an
exclusive interview.
The plan as it is now being designed, will be a
mock mobilization of all 480,000 members of
the National Guard in all 54 states and
territories. Exercise COMEX/MOBEX will be
conducted without telephone, radio, or
television to get the word to all guard
members.
"This will be a simulated COMM-Out,"
explained another member of the group. "In
other words, the standard method of recall, the
telephone, will not be an option. The driver for
this exercise is Y2K," she added.
Concern about potential panic and unrest over
Y2K failures of communications, power, and
transportation has prompted the National
Guard Bureau to plan for the worst. If such a
scenario occurs, the guard will need to be
mobilized through some means other than
standard electronic communications.
Exercise COMEX/MOBEX will be a test, not
an actual mobilization. Guard members will be
contacted, but they will not actually have to
report.
WorldNetDaily spoke with several full-time
guard members who work at the national level.
Each is an officer, and each is concerned that
the public is not being properly informed of the
extent and seriousness of problems -- including
civil liberties issues -- associated with the Y2K
computer bug.
"I've taken an oath, and I don't see some of
the senior folks following through on their
oath," explained one officer of his reasons for
making this known. "Not only is my oath to
the Constitution, but it's to the people. As far
as I'm concerned, the faster and sooner people
are educated on this stuff the less panic will
ensue."
Another officer is equally concerned and
agreed. He pointed out that people panic when
they are caught unprepared and unaware. He
says the Clinton administration should be doing
more to prevent panic.
"No one with any leadership has stepped
forward and said we need to take prudent
steps," he explained. "The Canadians are way
ahead on this. They've already told their folks.
They're doing a good job of letting their people
know what's going on."
WorldNetDaily has also learned that all
military and civilian federal employees are
scheduled to be paid a little differently in
December 1999. Payroll for January 2000 will
be paid a month early. One of the officers says
that is to place guard members in a situation
where they cannot refuse duty in the Y2K
crisis because they will have already been paid
in advance.
"Our guess is, we've been paid so if we don't
show up we're defrauding the government. I
think that's what the rationale is, although
they'll tell us it's to keep the troops happy.
Bull. People won't be able to get their money
out of the banks anyway," predicted one of the
officers.
The Defense Department is reported to be far
behind in preparations for Y2K compliancy. It
is working only on mission-critical systems,
according to Sen. Bob Bennett, R-UT,
chairman of the Senate Special Committee on
the Year 2000 Technology Problem. The
National Guard is no exception.
"The field units are way behind," explained
one source. "There's no way in hell we're
going to be compliant by March 31, 1999 (the
target date announced by the National
Guard)."
A letter from the National Guard Bureau will
soon be in the hands of every adjutant general.
The letter will inform the guard leaders of each
state about COMEX/MOBEX and how it will
be conducted.
Although the exercise, tentatively scheduled
for May 1 and 2, will be no secret, the various
aspects of the exercise will be kept under
wraps until the mobilization begins.
"Everyone knows it's coming, but there's going
to be scenarios written into it," explained one
officer. "There will be as many different things
they can throw into it at once to see how the
command-and-control structure handles it."
The test will do little to simulate the actual
panic that may be involved in an actual Y2K
mobilization.
"I think in a real situation, where you've got a
guy standing there with his wife looking at him
with tears in her eyes and two kids hanging on
his leg, and he's being drug out the door by a
couple MPs -- not that he doesn't want to
serve -- but it's got to be absolute
pandemonium at that point. I see that as a very
difficult situation," said one of the sources.
Although the National Guard Bureau expects
to be able to contact 95 percent of their troops
for COMEX/MOBEX, far fewer will actually
turn out in an actual Y2K emergency. General
panic by the public will create a desire for
many guard members to stay home and
protect their families, said some.
The logistics of such a mobilization are
significant. The Clinton administration will
argue that the National Guard can be used as a
national police force, in spite of the Posse
Comitatus Act. FEMA and other federal
agencies will also be involved in
COMEX/MOBEX. Orders will be given
without the use of standard communications.
The country will be divided into seven
different regions. Plans include imposing
restrictions on civilian travel and limits on bank
withdrawals, according to sources.
"I have no doubts about the bunker mentality
of the Clinton administration," said one of the
officers. "Let's put it this way, our civil rights
are going to take a nosedive."
David M. Bresnahan, a contributing editor
for WorldNetDaily.com, is the author of
"Cover Up: The Art and Science of Political
Deception," and offers a monthly newsletter
"Talk USA Investigative Reports." He may be
reached through email and also maintains a
website.
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