-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, 12 June 2000 23:13 Subject: [RMNEWS] David M. Bresnahan -- GUNSLINGER 2000 -- FULL STORY http://www.pbn.4mg.com/ Marines hit beach in Kentucky today Military training for U.S. deployment features mock-terrorism, 'earthquake' By David M. Bresnahan © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com A devastating earthquake will hit Kentucky tomorrow, followed a few days later by a terrorist attack using weapons of mass destruction; at least, that's the mock scenario for a joint Marine and civil agency exercise that starts today. According to documents obtained by WorldNetDaily, an experimental exercise to help the U.S. Marines learn how to work with civil agencies during a domestic emergency is now under way. Gunslinger 2000 is referred to as a "civil support experiment" in Marine documents, the planning for which has taken over a year. Marine public affairs officers contacted by WorldNetDaily had not prepared a news release for the media. Officials planning the event did not expect public attention, according to a Marine public affairs spokeswoman. "The principal objectives of this exercise are to explore and define potential roles of the Marine Corps Reserve within the civil support mission, and to educate commanders and their staffs about the nuances of civil support," said Col. Karim Shihata, assistant chief of staff for the 4th Marine Division. U.S. Marine Corps. documents obtained by WorldNetDaily describe Gunslinger 2000 as an "experiment," intended to evaluate how the Marine Reserve and National Guard can work together with local and national civil agencies during an emergency. "The experiment will explore roles and missions for the Marine Corps in the event of a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) incident within the continental United States. Following the completion of the CREST exercise, the exercise staff and subject matter experts will conduct operational planning in a facilitated discussion by National Interagency Civil-Military Institute (NICI) that will outline and define potential civil support roles and capabilities for the Marine Corps in support of Consequence Management (CM)," stated Shihata in an internal memorandum sent to participants. The experiment begins today and will continue at least to the end of the month, but one document provided to WorldNetDaily suggests it may continue until July 15. "This experiment is an opportunity to provide an exploration of the Marine Corps' role and missions within the civil disaster management and weapons of mass destruction arena," explained Shihata in the memorandum. "Through this experiment, we must clearly and specifically describe the general military roles and functions for the Marine Corps within Military Support to Civil Authorities (MSCA). This exploration should also provide an identifiable exit criteria to facilitate our extrication from operations in support of Consequence Management. The conduct of this experiment must demonstrate SMCR-provided expeditionary capabilities with emphasis on voice and data communications." The exercise will take place at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and in the Louisville and Memphis, Tennessee, areas. Some documents indicate that eight states will be involved, but locations for exercise events were not confirmed. Planning documents confirm that many local and national agencies will join with the Marines during at least part of the exercise from June 19 to 23. "Active and reserve component military, civilian agency emergency managers from the federal, state and local levels, law enforcement officials and other first responders will be in attendance," said Shihata in his memorandum. Agencies participating: Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Bureau of Investigations Joint Task Force-Civil Support Fourth Marine Division Kentucky Plans, Operations and Military Support Office Kentucky State Emergency Operations Center Director State Emergency Management Office Department of Health Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency Kentucky State Police Conservation/Natural Resources Kentucky Army/Air National Guard Kentucky State Public Works/Utilities Kentucky State Social Services The computer-assisted exercise is designed to help all the agencies involved learn how to communicate with each other in the event of a real emergency. The computer program will simulate a major earthquake, followed by a biological or chemical terrorist attack in the same area a few days later. A simulated national emergency covering eight states will be declared by authority of "Presidential Directive 39," according to Marine documents, and civil agencies will ask for military assistance because they will be unable to handle the situation. The computer simulation was designed by Cubic Applications, Inc., as part of a $47 million contract to provide services to the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. CAI is a subsidiary of Cubic Corporation of San Diego. The company provides operational and technical support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and to all branches of the military. "This award demonstrates CAI's position as an industry leader in providing training support to the warfighting forces of our Nation," said Jack A. Walker, CAI president and chief executive officer in a news release. "CAI is extremely proud of its long-standing support relationship with the United States Armed Forces, and we believe our team can make a significant contribution to the Marine Corps of the 21st century." Shihata explained that Gunslinger 2000 does not represent a new role for the Marine Reserve, but that it is an added ability as part of the "force in readiness." He said it is not an effort to take away the authority of the civil agencies. Marine documents reveal plans for future exercises after evaluating the results of Gunslinger 2000. A Power Point presentation used by the Marines in preparation for the event indicates that the Marines will "provide law enforcement support." "There is an appropriate role for the armed forces to play in these circumstances. The intent is not to fulfill law-enforcement roles, but to augment them. This is a new function that grows out of traditional Marine missions. We are now exploring and experimenting our role with the emerging mission," said Shihata. The National Commission on Terrorism has concluded in a recent report that current efforts to detect, prevent and prepare for such terrorist attacks are inadequate. The report offers plans to deal with terrorist threats, and acknowledges that it will provoke controversy by those concerned with threats to freedoms. Meeting the threat of tomorrow's terrorism, in its view, will require a bare-knuckle approach that includes some measures bound to provoke controversy. "These include dropping human rights concerns in recruiting terrorist informants, making it easier to initiate FBI investigations, paying for legal help if agents overstep their bounds, monitoring foreign students studying in the United States, frequently updating the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, hanging tough on Iran and Syria while adding Afghanistan to the list of state sponsors of terrorism, designating Pakistan and NATO-ally Greece as states 'not fully cooperating' with the United States, expanding federal authority, and considering designating the Defense Department as the lead federal agency for responding to catastrophic terrorist incidents in the United States," said Brian Michael Jenkins, a senior adviser to the president of RAND Corp. who served as an adviser to the National Commission on Terrorism. He wrote an article about terrorism published by UPI. Major terrorist threats on the U.S. would also have a huge psychological impact. Jenkins said a chemical or bioterrorism attack could cause national hysteria. "Liberal democracies have been shaken by levels of violence far below this. Politicians would pound the podium demanding the most draconian measures while an alarmed public screamed for even more. In such circumstances, the commission's recommendations would seem mild," explained Jenkins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free @Backup service! Click here for your free trial of @Backup. @Backup is the most convenient way to securely protect and access your files online. Try it now and receive 300 MyPoints. http://click.egroups.com/1/4935/1/_/163550/_/960808389/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RMNews, The Uncensored National Rumor http://www.rumormillnews.com THE ONLY RUMOR YOU CAN TRUST RUMOR MILL NEWS AGENCY P.O. 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