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Homeland Security Exercise Targets “Free Americans Against Socialist Tyranny”
2014-03-24
Posted by:DarthVader

#8  I guess they view it as their money once it hits Washington.

No, they think they own it outright. You exist to serve the plantation state. They're just benevolent enough to let you keep what they do allow.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-03-24 19:11  

#7  You've got to admit there is no end to the Feds creativity in spending our hard-earned tax money. I guess they view it as their money once it hits Washington. There seems to be no accountability or no answering to anyone. It gets a bit tiresome to hear or read headlines saying the Feds "target" this group or that group. Don't they tire of diddling each other in D.C.? And then they try to pass what they are doing as useful, valuable work.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-03-24 18:48  

#6  Roger Silent Brick. #4 is no infowars halfwit link however.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-03-24 17:34  

#5  It's an infowars link though. Half the time I suspect him of being a plant to give the Tyrant a reason to crack down.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2014-03-24 17:29  

#4  FEMA National Exercise Program (NEP)

Further the Capstone Exercise 2014 will:

The Capstone Exercise 2014 will enable federal stakeholders to demonstrate operational coordination and information sharing capabilities with the private sector and other non-traditional partners as well as fulfill mandated exercise requirements or internal assessments to validate capabilities and identify key issues or potential shortfalls. The exercise will also encourage senior-level participation from all stakeholders, ensuring effective collaboration of decision-makers across the whole community.

The Capstone Exercise 2014 is a complex emergency preparedness exercise comprised of five distinct, but linked, component events. The Alaska Shield 2014 exercise, sponsored by the State of Alaska to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Great Alaskan Earthquake, will provide the central scenario elements: significant damage from both the quake and the tsunami it triggers will affect the greater Pacific Northwest. Capstone Exercise 2014 incorporates several preparedness activities sponsored by other departments and agencies and is designed to educate and prepare the whole community for complex, large-scale disasters and emergencies.

The following component events are integrated into the Capstone Exercise to examine the core capabilities described in the National Preparedness Goal. This multi-event design recognizes the need for comprehensive all-hazards planning and the complexity to ensure exercise objectives are met.
•Assess the nation’s performance against the 2013-14 NEP Principals’ Objectives;
•Evaluate the readiness of local, state, territorial, tribal and federal officials to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to and recover from catastrophic incidents in a coordinated and unified manner; and
•Satisfy the requirements for a national level exercise as described in the Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act.
•ALASKA SHIELD: Alaska Shield commemorates the anniversary of the 1964 9.2 magnitude Great Alaskan Earthquake by replicating the earthquake’s effects and resulting tsunami.
•ARDENT SENTRY 14: The Department of Defense aligned key components of the annual ARDENT SENTRY 14 exercise with ALASKA SHIELD, focusing on Defense Support to Civilian Authorities’ mission.
•Nuclear Weapon Accident/Incident Exercise: The Nuclear Weapon Accident/Incident Exercise (NUWAIX) 2014 accident occurs during a secure transportation convoy of nuclear weapons within the Continental United States. Intelligence and national leadership will need to quickly determine the cause and significance of the accident.
•Eagle Horizon 2014: Eagle Horizon 2014 will focus on continuity of operations and reconstitution planning, requiring federal departments and agencies to activate continuity plans and perform their Primary Mission Essential Functions from their alternate facilities.
•Silver Phoenix 2014: The Silver Phoenix combination of operations- and discussion-based exercises will examine the full range of recovery efforts and operations commencing upon the notification that a catastrophic incident has occurred. The exercises will explore the challenges associated with examining, prioritizing and conducting recovery activities involving multiple geographically dispersed and competing events using the National Disaster Recovery Framework.



Posted by: Besoeker   2014-03-24 15:12  

#3  
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2014-03-24 14:07  

#2  Me thinks the government is morphing into something we will not recognize very soon.


Posted by: Chuckles Spawn of the Trolls4774   2014-03-24 14:02  

#1  At this point they may be starting a self fulfilling prophecy.
Posted by: DarthVader   2014-03-24 12:17  

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