Subject: DOD ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 17 NEW WMD CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 09:31:52 -0500 From: Ken Harrell To: iaem-list@asmii.com

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No. 017-00 (703)695-0192(media) IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2000 (703)697-5737(public/industry) DOD ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 17 NEW WMD CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen today announced the stationing plan for 17 additional Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Civil Support Teams (formerly called Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection Teams) using National Guard personnel. These teams, expected to be established between March and July 2000, are part of the Department of Defense's overall efforts to support local, state, and federal civil authorities in the event of a WMD incident on U.S. soil.

Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia each were selected to receive a WMD Civil Support Team. The Department will work with each state to identify the specific communities in which the units will be placed. The Department made these selections after conducting a careful and objective analysis to optimize population and geographic coverage and to minimize the overlap in the teams' areas of responsibility. The resulting distribution of the 17 teams, in concert with the 10 teams established in fiscal 1999, provides support to the population of the United States. The WMD Civil Support Teams will be able to deploy rapidly, assist local first responders in determining the nature of an attack, provide medical and technical advice, and pave the way for the identification and arrival of follow-on state and federal military response assets. Each WMD Civil Support Team consists of 22 highly skilled, full-time members of the National Guard.

Beginning in fiscal 2000, Guard members selected for these 17 new teams will undergo 15 months of rigorous individual and unit training. Following the training, they will be evaluated for operational certification. -END- page 1

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-- Charli (claypool@belatlantic.net), January 14, 2000

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The guv KNOWS somethings going down soon, or else they wouldn't do this. As usual, they've been keeping us in the dark. No doubt they know that Y2K problems will be much more serious than they've led us to believe.

Be alert.

-- (bernie@refdan.org), January 14, 2000.

Where localities of original 1999 10 teams?

-- where (oh@where.please), January 14, 2000.

How can they begin training fiscal, 2000, then fifteen months of training, and be ready by March, 2000?

There must be a "glitch" in my computer.

-- Richard (Astral-Acres@webtv.net), January 14, 2000.

Well, it looks like those of us in the sunshine state are going to get one or more units. Wonder where they will station the unit(s)?

In defense of local authorities, I must say that during the past hurricane season the various local agencies, mayor's office, police department, water and electric departments, and many others really had their act together. Everything was co-ordinated. They had a central office and they spoke with one voice. In my over forty years of living here, I have never seen a more professional approach in the handling of over 1.2 million people under the threat of a hurricane.

We were lucky. We did not have to flee our home. Those poor folks leaving the beaches area had a hard time on the roads. The local powers that be are working to correct the slow pace of the evacuation by possibly opening up other lanes of traffic on the major highways should history repeat itself.

I can only hope and pray that these WMD teams will be up to the task; God forbid we should ever need them.

-- Lurkess (Lurkess@Lurking.Net), January 14, 2000.

Virginia????? GREAT!!!!! Now I have someone to call to COMPLAIN about these DAMN chemtrails! heh.

-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), January 14, 2000.

---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- PENTAGON SETS UP MORE TEAMS TO PREPARE FOR NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, OR BIOGOGICAL ATTACKS AGAINST AMERICAN HOMELAND January 14, 2000 CNN reported: The Pentagon is establishing an additional 17 National Guard teams to help states respond quickly in the event of attacks involving nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. An initial 10 teams were created last year. Each team of 22 full-time members of the Army or Air National Guard will receive 15 months of training before being certified to respond to such emergencies, officials said Thursday. They are to provide medical and technical advice to local emergency officials under state, rather than federal, control. The teams will be available to the governors of 17 states: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia. The 10 teams established last year are for Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, California, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. California is the only state to be assigned two teams. These 10 teams are expected to receive their certification by March..." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------

-- Johnny (jljtm@bellsouth.net), January 14, 2000.

AND DON'T FORGET THIS

AMERICA SEEN AS NEW GLOBAL TARGET FOR TERRORIST GROUPS January 14, 2000 The LA Times reported: Six years after a fed-up France launched a vigorous crackdown on Islamic extremism, the campaign's success is posing new dangers for the United States, which must cope with the potentially lethal spillover. Terrorism is like the weather: There are zones of high pressure and low pressure, and they change with time, one high-ranking French law enforcement official said in an interview. More and more in the future, the United States is going to be a target that will replace the traditional targets, like France. The United States, hated by many radical Muslims as the incarnation of godless evil and Western decadence, has already been bloodied by terrorist violence in Manhattan's financial district, sub- Saharan Africa and other locales. But the recent U.S. arrests of a number of Algerians are regarded by experts in Europe and the Arab world as heralding a new phase in the holy war against America..." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------

-- Johnny (jljtm@bellsouth.net), January 14, 2000.

Oh goody, goody, California gets two teams.

But, in the meantime,someone please explain to me the 15 months of training and be ready to roll in March?

-- Richard (Astral-Acres@webtv.net), January 14, 2000.

Oh goody, goody, California gets two teams. Nanna, nanna, nanna for the rest of you

But, in the meantime,someone please explain to me the 15 months of training and be ready to roll in March?

-- Richard (Astral-Acres@webtv.net), January 14, 2000.

Guess this starts to explain the AF jet activity which has now surpassed the activity we saw while bombing Yugoslavia. Each day seems to increase. Really don't have a strong desire to know how much at risk we are, doesn't take a genius to see that the last 7 years has created a whole world that hates this country. Since no one has had any desire to change things in the last 7 years, don't see how this situation is going to get better anytime in the near future.

-- claurann (claurann@aol.com), January 14, 2000.

Regulars know I have been predicting for the past year on this board that .gov and .mil would begin touting the national need for a "robust infrastructure" beginning in April or so of 2000 (after their expected Y2K impacts were/are over).

Individual and community prepping will be gradually but increasingly encouraged (always with a view to preventing that dreaded "panic" thingie) as a patriotic activity. It will be three-day storm sort of stuff but persistent and national, with the mainstream media given the nod to make it legitimate.

We'll see.

-- BigDog (BigDog@duffer.com), January 14, 2000.

GRRRrrrrrr!!! RIF Classes will comence on another thread!!

comprehension classes will also be offered!!

The March reference is QUITE CLEARLY attached to the FIRST 10 TEAMS!!!

LOOK at the last 4 lines in the latest copy of the release, halfway down the thread. READ those LAST 4 LINES. READ em TWICE and you MIGHT understand!!!

READING INSTRUCTOR

-- Reading is Fundamental (RIF@fora.posts), January 15, 2000.