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CCMRF Troops Inside US -NorthCom Denies Role CCMRF Troops inside US -NorthCom Denies Role In a barely noticed development last week, the Army stationed an active unit inside the United States. The Infantry Divisions 1st Brigade Team is back from Iraq, now training for domestic operations under the control of US Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command. The unit will serve as an on-call federal response for large-scale emergencies and disasters. Its being called the Consequence Management Response Force, CCMRF, or sea-smurf for short. Its the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to USNORTHCOM, which was itself formed in October 2002 to provide command and control of Department of Defense homeland defense efforts. An initial news report in the Army Times newspaper last month noted, in addition to emergency response, the force may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control. The Army Times has since appended a clarification, and a September 30th press release from the Northern Command states: This response force will not be called upon to help with law enforcement, civil disturbance or crowd control." When Democracy Now! spoke to Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jamie Goodpaster, a public affairs officer for NORTHCOM, she said the force would have weapons stored in containers on site, as well as access to tanks, but the decision to use weapons would be made at a far higher level, perhaps by Secretary of Defense, SECDEF. Well, Im joined now by two guests. Army Colonel Michael Boatner is future operations division chief of USNORTHCOM. He joins me on the phone from Colorado Springs. Were also joined from Madison, Wisconsin by journalist and editor of The Progressive magazine, Matthew Rothschild. Tags: CCMRF Troops inside US NorthCom Role DemocracyNow Amy Goodman Matthew Rothschild USNORTHCOM Army Colonel Michael Boatner |
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ACLU takes on MARTIAL LAW - NorthCom - CCMRF October 22, 2008 ACLU filed lawsuit about NorthCom's deployment of 1st Battalion on US Soil. Jonathan Hafetz. Clips from 10/07/08 Democracy Now interview. Original clips are here from 10/07/08: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgqhUn1jRrQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNt8tU_G7qE Tags: ACLU Jonathan Hafetz NorthCom Posse Comitatus Act CCMRF CBRNE Consequence Management Response Force NSPD 51 |
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BLOGGERS MARTIAL LAW OCTOBER CBRNE = CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR AND HIGH YIELD EXPLOSIVE ROUNDTABLE CCMRF WITH COLONEL LOU VOLGER CHIEF OF FUTURE OPERATIONS, U.S. ARMY NORTH COM Venezuela Russia Moscow Chavez Putin http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=25098&docId=l:849864486&start=9 Note: Please refer to www.dod.mil for more information or below for .PDF http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkwxMPN9Iom4BcP1XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyOTYzNXMyBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMwRjb2xvA3NrMQR2dGlkA0Y4NjFfOTU-/SIG=13ud5g1c0/EXP=1222675916/**http%3a//www.defenselink.mil/dodcmsshare/BloggerAssets/2008-09/09100819103820080910_ColVolger_transcript.pdf CCMRF CBRNE (CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR AND HIGH YIELD EXPLOSIVE) CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE FORCE TIME: 12:15 P.M. EDT DATE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 WITH COLONEL LOU VOLGER, CHIEF OF FUTURE OPERATIONS, U.S. ARMY NORTH; LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES SHORES, CHIEF OF PLANS FOR JOINT TASK FORCE-CIVIL SUPPORT, U.S. MARINE CORPS VIA TELECONFERENCE SUBJECT COL. VOGLER: Yes. Again, I'm Colonel Lou Vogler. I'm the chief of future operations at U.S. Army North. And U.S. Army North again is the Army component of US-NORTHCOM, and we're charged with coordinating the potential federal response in the land domain for any domestic operations or disasters, to include CBRNE -- chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosive response operations. JTFCS, which Lieutenant Colonel Shores is from, has recently fallen under us as part of our task organization to further unify this kind of response setup. You know, again, for those of you that don't know much about CCMRF, the Consequence Management Response Force is a dedicated CBRNE response force that is trained and ready to respond in the event of a -- some sort of CBRNE incident which would require a federal response in addition to those state and local forces it would reinforce. It's a scalable force. Again, it's designed to come in as part of a federal requirement given the need of a local or state agency that could not meet some gap in capabilities. And one of -- the advent of CBRNE response force -- what kind of makes it new, although its been around for a couple of years, is that it soon will be assigned directly to US-NORTHCOM, kind of enhancing our ability to ensure its readiness and shorten the lines of command, should we have to utilize this force. (Inaudible) -- any questions, that's all I have. MODERATOR: Okay. And Colonel Shores, did you have any remarks to start us out? LT. COL. SHORES: ...command and control aspects, and that's what JTFCS is -- proudly under the AR- NORTH joint force land component commander, exercising out here with our new 9.1 CCMRF assigned October 1st to certify them in accordance with General Renuart's guidance. Tags: sea smurf CHEMICAL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE bailout 700 billion trillion 700b congress paulson bernanke bear stearns fannie freddie jp morgan chase lehman mccain obama OCTOBER ARMY ECONOMIC EMERGENCY ECONOMY DOMESTIC CIVIL MARTIAL barack palin biden bush cheney paul nader Campaign ad election debate crisis financial finance commentary analysis documentary gotcha news political commercial Democrats Economic Crisis AMY GOODMAN DEMOCRACY NOW CFR NAFTA RFID CAFTA Tax IRS Nader NAU EU Amero USD EURO |
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Martial Law - New World Order - NWO Miscellany of segments verifying the New World Order's imminent implementation of Martial Law, beginning in 2009. SEE BELOW! CCMRF 1: Fully operational by Oct. 2008. CCMRF 2: Fully operational by the start of fiscal year 2010. CCMRF 3: Fully operational by the start of fiscal year 2011. —Training Begins— Some units already tagged for CCMRF 1 — the team expected to be ready by October — trained as part of National Level Exercise 2-08, which involved a variety of local, state and federal disaster response agencies. NorthCom officials were unable to provide a list of those units by press time. The training was successful in terms of proving the units capabilities, Cunniff said, and was an early step toward the kind of CCMRF training NorthCom leadership envisions. That training will start with individuals perfecting their basic warrior skills, such as wearing and maintaining protective gear, Cunniff said. As a whole, CCMRF units will ideally take part in an overarching combat training center-like experience where the entire capability would deploy, would be employed, would be in support of a primary agency, and would be doing this all on the ground, he said. CCMRF 2 is expected to be fully operational by the start of fiscal 2010, with CCMRF 3 ready by the start of fiscal 2011. We envision that [the CCMRFs] could be regionally based, Cunniff said, perhaps one on each coast and one in the middle. Once thats determined, Cunniff said, NorthCom will have only one more decision to make: Theyd like a better name for the CCMRFs. http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/06/airforce_ccmrfs_060108/ 'U.S. Northern Command Gains Dedicated Response Force' September 30, 2008 PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- For the first time in its existence, U.S. Northern Command is gaining a dedicated force to respond to potential chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive (CBRNE) incidents in the homeland. "We are now building the first of three CBRNE Consequence Management Response Forces," said USNORTHCOM Commander Gen. Gene Renuart. "On the first of October, well have an organized force, a trained force, an equipped force, a force that has adequate command and control and is on quick response 48 hours to head off to a large-scale nuclear, chemical, biological event that might require Department of Defense support." The CBRNE Consequence Management Response Force, or CCMRF, is a team of about 4,700 joint personnel that would deploy as the Department of Defenses initial response force for a CBRNE incident. Its capabilities include search and rescue, decontamination, medical, aviation, communications and logistical support. Each CCMRF will be composed of three functional task forces Task Force Operations, Task Force Medical and Task Force Aviation that have their own individual operational focus and set of mission skills. Depending on the different mission requirements and the incident commanders priorities, Task Force Operations, Task Force Medical and Task Force Aviation units would have varying roles and responsibilities based upon the type of catastrophe and the size of the geographical area. In USNORTHCOMs first CCMRF, the Armys 3rd Infantry Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team, assigned at Fort Stewart, Ga., will form the core unit of Task Force Operations. Although CCMRFs are a joint force comprised of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines, the first CCMRF will fall under the operational control of USNORTHCOMs Joint Force Land Component Command, U.S. Army North, located in San Antonio, Texas. Joint Task Force Civil Support, USNORTHCOMs subordinate command in Fort Monroe, Va., would serve as the operational headquarters and work closely with state and local officials and first responders. U.S. Army North has done an outstanding job anticipating the needs of our federal, state and local partners, and training the CCMRF to be prepared to respond when called upon, said Army Col. Michael Boatner, USNORTHCOM future operations division chief. Were excited about obtaining a ready and capable team that we can quickly activate and deploy as part of a federal response package when responding in the aftermath of catastrophic events, Boatner said. This response force will not be called upon to help with law enforcement, civil disturbance or crowd control, but will be used to support lead agencies involved in saving lives, relieving suffering and meeting the needs of communities affected by weapons of mass destruction attacks, accidents or even natural disasters. USNORTHCOM is the joint combatant command formed in the wake of the Sept.11, 2001, terrorist attacks to provide homeland defense and defense support of civil authorities. http://www.northcom.mil/News/2008/093008.html Tags: New World Order NWO Martial Law Homeland Security USA US Army CBRNE CCMRF Consequence Management Response Force |
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ARMY TASER 1BCT 3ID being tasered in conjunction with training in support of the ongoing 12 month CCMRF mission. From left to right: SGT Hayden, PFC Schilling, SPC Boyt, SGT Durante. Tags: Taser army ccmrf schilling cody205 |
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Why is a U.S. Army brigade being assigned to the Homeland September 24, 2008 Several bloggers today have pointed to this obviously disturbing article from Army Times, which announces that "beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the [1st Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division] will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North" — "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." The article details: Theyll learn new skills, use some of the ones they acquired in the war zone and more than likely will not be shot at while doing any of it. They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with potentially horrific scenarios such as massive poisoning and chaos in response to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive, or CBRNE, attack. . . . The 1st BCTs soldiers also will learn how to use "the first ever nonlethal package that the Army has fielded," 1st BCT commander Col. Roger Cloutier said, referring to crowd and traffic control equipment and nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals without killing them. "Its a new modular package of nonlethal capabilities that theyre fielding. Theyve been using pieces of it in Iraq, but this is the first time that these modules were consolidated and this package fielded, and because of this mission were undertaking we were the first to get it." The package includes equipment to stand up a hasty road block; spike strips for slowing, stopping or controlling traffic; shields and batons; and, beanbag bullets. "I was the first guy in the brigade to get Tasered," said Cloutier, describing the experience as "your worst muscle cramp ever — times 10 throughout your whole body". . . . The brigade will not change its name, but the force will be known for the next year as a CBRNE Consequence Management Response Force, or CCMRF (pronounced "sea-smurf"). For more than 100 years — since the end of the Civil War — deployment of the U.S. military inside the U.S. has been prohibited under The Posse Comitatus Act (the only exceptions being that the National Guard and Coast Guard are exempted, and use of the military on an emergency ad hoc basis is permitted, such as what happened after Hurricane Katrina). Though there have been some erosions of this prohibition over the last several decades (most perniciously to allow the use of the military to work with law enforcement agencies in the "War on Drugs"), the bright line ban on using the U.S. military as a standing law enforcement force inside the U.S. has been more or less honored — until now. And as the Army Times notes, once this particular brigade completes its one-year assignment, "expectations are that another, as yet unnamed, active-duty brigade will take over and that the mission will be a permanent one." After Hurricane Katrina, the Bush administration began openly agitating for what would be, in essence, a complete elimination of the key prohibitions of the Posse Comitatus Act in order to allow the President to deploy U.S. military forces inside the U.S. basically at will — and, as usual, they were successful as a result of rapid bipartisan compliance with the Leaders demand (the same kind of compliance that is about to foist a bailout package on the nation). This April, 2007 article by James Bovard in The American Conservative detailed the now-familiar mechanics that led to the destruction of this particular long-standing democratic safeguard: The Defense Authorization Act of 2006, passed on Sept. 30, empowers President George W. Bush to impose martial law in the event of a terrorist "incident," if he or other federal officials perceive a shortfall of "public order," or even in response to antiwar protests that get unruly as a result of government provocations. . . . It only took a few paragraphs in a $500 billion, 591-page bill to raze one of the most important limits on federal power. Congress passed the Insurrection Act in 1807 to severely restrict the presidents ability to deploy the military within the United States. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 tightened these restrictions, imposing a two-year prison sentence on anyone who used the military within the U.S. without the express permission of Congress. But there is a loophole: Posse Comitatus is waived if the president invokes the Insurrection Act .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYxTzDFofZQ&eurl=http://www.infowars.com/?p=4826 Tags: True Forced Loneliness goverment congress politicians america investigation gas crisis fema kill death war god trust love pice sex men woman dateing porn sports wwe football baseball children schooling jobs houseing lust evil lies blood trucks cars cops law jails terrorest terror |
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Posse Comitatus Gone? Troops Deployed in US 2 Why is a U.S. Army brigade being assigned to the "Homeland"? For the first time in 100 years, and contrary to a long-standing legal prohibition, an active duty military unit is permanently assigned inside the U.S. Glenn Greenwald Sep. 24, 2008 The Army Time has reported on this: which announces that "beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the [1st Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division] will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North" -- "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." The article details: They'll learn new skills, use some of the ones they acquired in the war zone and more than likely will not be shot at while doing any of it. They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with potentially horrific scenarios such as massive poisoning and chaos in response to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive, or CBRNE, attack. . . . The 1st BCT's soldiers also will learn how to use "the first ever nonlethal package that the Army has fielded," 1st BCT commander Col. Roger Cloutier said, referring to crowd and traffic control equipment and nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals without killing them. "It's a new modular package of nonlethal capabilities that they're fielding. They've been using pieces of it in Iraq, but this is the first time that these modules were consolidated and this package fielded, and because of this mission were undertaking we were the first to get it." The package includes equipment to stand up a hasty road block; spike strips for slowing, stopping or controlling traffic; shields and batons; and, beanbag bullets. "I was the first guy in the brigade to get Tasered," said Cloutier, describing the experience as "your worst muscle cramp ever -- times 10 throughout your whole body". . . . The brigade will not change its name, but the force will be known for the next year as a CBRNE Consequence Management Response Force, or CCMRF (pronounced "sea-smurf"). For more than 100 years -- since the end of the Civil War -- deployment of the U.S. military inside the U.S. has been prohibited under The Posse Comitatus Act (the only exceptions being that the National Guard and Coast Guard are exempted, and use of the military on an emergency ad hoc basis is permitted, such as what happened after Hurricane Katrina). Though there have been some erosions of this prohibition over the last several decades (most perniciously to allow the use of the military to work with law enforcement agencies in the "War on Drugs"), the bright line ban on using the U.S. military as a standing law enforcement force inside the U.S. has been more or less honored -- until now. And as the Army Times notes, once this particular brigade completes its one-year assignment, "expectations are that another, as yet unnamed, active-duty brigade will take over and that the mission will be a permanent one." http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/09/24/army/print.html Tags: Posse Comitatus Act Abolished? Troops Deployed in US |
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Martial Law Launch, 1 October 2008 The 3rd Infantry Divisions 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 theyre 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. 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 theyll 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. Dont look for any extra time off, though. The at-home mission does not take the place of scheduled combat-zone deployments and will take place during the so-called dwell time a unit gets to reset and regenerate after a deployment. The 1st of the 3rd is still scheduled to deploy to either Iraq or Afghanistan in early 2010, which means the soldiers will have been home a minimum of 20 months by the time they ship out. Training for homeland scenarios has already begun at Fort Stewart and includes specialty tasks such as knowing how to use the jaws of life to extract a person from a mangled vehicle; extra medical training for a CBRNE incident; and working with U.S. Forestry Service experts on how to go in with chainsaws and cut and clear trees to clear a road or area. Its a new modular package of nonlethal capabilities that theyre fielding. Theyve been using pieces of it in Iraq, but this is the first time that these modules were consolidated and this package fielded, and because of this mission were undertaking we were the first to get it. I was the first guy in the brigade to get Tasered, said Cloutier, describing the experience as your worst muscle cramp ever — times 10 throughout your whole body. Im not a small guy, I weigh 230 pounds ... it put me on my knees in seconds. The brigade will not change its name, but the force will be known for the next year as a CBRNE Consequence Management Response Force, or CCMRF (pronounced sea-smurf). I cant think of a more noble mission than this, said Cloutier, who took command in July. Weve been all over the world during this time of conflict, but now our mission is to take care of citizens at home ... and depending on where an event occurred, youre going home to take care of your home town, your loved ones. If we go in, were going in to help American citizens on American soil, to save lives, provide critical life support, help clear debris, restore normalcy and support whatever local agencies need us to do, so its kind of a different role, said Cloutier, who, as the division operations officer on the last rotation, learned of the homeland mission a few months ago while they were still in Iraq. The active Armys new dwell-time mission is part of a NorthCom and DOD response package. A final mission rehearsal exercise is scheduled for mid-September at Fort Stewart and will be run by Joint Task Force Civil Support, a unit based out of Fort Monroe, Va., that will coordinate and evaluate the interservice event. I dont know what Americas overall plan is — I just know that 24 hours a day, seven days a week, there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines that are standing by to come and help if theyre called, Cloutier said. It makes me feel good as an American to know that my country has dedicated a force to come in and help the people at home. Ask your Army or Marine Recruiter if they'll have Starbucks at the Fema Camps in 2009. I've been told big screen TV's, Soda and Beer! Bring on the Pizza! Tags: News ABC CBS NPR NWO Peace Love Martial Law 2008 Election Paul McCartney Global Crash Fema bush cheney |