PA, Wait just one damn minute. Isn't that the just of local police and the freakin' National Guard? What are these miserable rat-bastards up to NOW?
On Sep 22, 1:45 pm, PoliticalAmazon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WTF?! Army 3rd Infantry is being sent home with a new assignment: > "on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and > disasters, including terrorist attacks. > > They will be under the conrol of U.S. Army North, the first time this > has ever happened. > > What in the word does Bush/Cheney have planned for us now? Most > people didn't like their little 9/11 surprise. I doubt they will like > Bush/Cheney's latest suprise, as well. > > --------------- > > (BEGIN QUOTE) > > http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/ > > Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 > > 3rd Infantry’s 1st BCT trains for a new dwell-time mission. Helping > ‘people at home’ may become a permanent part of the active Army > By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer > Posted : Monday Sep 8, 2008 6:15:06 EDT > > The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent 35 of > the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle, helping > restore essential services and escorting supply convoys. > > Now they’re training for the same mission — with a twist — at home. > > Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT will be under the day-to- > day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern > Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade > emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks. > > It is not the first time an active-duty unit has been tapped to help > at home. In August 2005, for example, when Hurricane Katrina unleashed > hell in Mississippi and Louisiana, several active-duty units were > pulled from various posts and mobilized to those areas. > > But this new mission marks the first time an active unit has been > given a dedicated assignment to NorthCom, a joint command established > in 2002 to provide command and control for federal homeland defense > efforts and coordinate defense support of civil authorities. > > After 1st BCT finishes its dwell-time mission, expectations are that > another, as yet unnamed, active-duty brigade will take over and that > the mission will be a permanent one. > > “Right now, the response force requirement will be an enduring > mission. How the [Defense Department] chooses to source that and > whether or not they continue to assign them to NorthCom, that could > change in the future,” said Army Col. Louis Vogler, chief of NorthCom > future operations. “Now, the plan is to assign a force every year.” > > The command is at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., > but the soldiers with 1st BCT, who returned in April after 15 months > in Iraq, will operate out of their home post at Fort Stewart, Ga., > where they’ll be able to go to school, spend time with their families > and train for their new homeland mission as well as the > counterinsurgency mission in the war zones. > > Stop-loss will not be in effect, so soldiers will be able to leave the > Army or move to new assignments during the mission, and the > operational tempo will be variable.../ > > (END OF QUOTE) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
