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14 years ago
Alarm Red/Blue, MOPP 4.
We've all heard it. We've all dealt with it. We've all had some IG stand there and time how long it takes us to put on the mask, gloves, etc. We've all sat on the floor or in a vehicle, sweatin balls and waiting for the varies stage of release and all the PAR/DART teams to do their thing.
But are these training scenarios really all that accurate? While understandable in a place like Korea where the threat is considered viable and constant, some are saying we should put less and less emphasis on "Cold War Tactics" and focus more soundly on Base Defense.
According to a recent conversation with a high-ranking officer, that is exactly what the Air Force is pushing toward. Of course there is no discernible time table, but before too long we should be seeing less and less MOPP training and more and more anti-aggressor training.
I'm sure there are varying opinions on the matter. Just because we haven't been "slimed" in recent memory doesn't mean its not impossible and we should prepare for the best. Which of course, I understand. But it seems we put so much emphasis on stanchion marking and proper placement of M8/M9 paper and in turn neglect other, more important aspects.
Thoughts?
~The Management
We've all heard it. We've all dealt with it. We've all had some IG stand there and time how long it takes us to put on the mask, gloves, etc. We've all sat on the floor or in a vehicle, sweatin balls and waiting for the varies stage of release and all the PAR/DART teams to do their thing.
But are these training scenarios really all that accurate? While understandable in a place like Korea where the threat is considered viable and constant, some are saying we should put less and less emphasis on "Cold War Tactics" and focus more soundly on Base Defense.
According to a recent conversation with a high-ranking officer, that is exactly what the Air Force is pushing toward. Of course there is no discernible time table, but before too long we should be seeing less and less MOPP training and more and more anti-aggressor training.
I'm sure there are varying opinions on the matter. Just because we haven't been "slimed" in recent memory doesn't mean its not impossible and we should prepare for the best. Which of course, I understand. But it seems we put so much emphasis on stanchion marking and proper placement of M8/M9 paper and in turn neglect other, more important aspects.
Thoughts?
~The Management
I was on the EET at Incirlik, and I couldn't help but notice that they tailored the plans and exercises around existing facilities and capabilities. I directly told them that it was silly to do that, since the bad guys are going to plan against our resources, not in line with them. I was told, essentially, shut up & color.
I worked in the command building, which had a pair of swinging glass doors with metal bolts at the top and bottom. "This is the most secure office in the building," they said. Any fool could have busted thru those doors with a single, heavy object hurled at the doors.
Those of us who've been to Incirlik with dependents know the DoDDs entrance was literally within sight of the perimeter fence, right by a busy street outside the fence. I proposed an exercise in which a terrorist chucks a Molotov cocktail or chemical/neurological weapon at the the grade schoolers while they're all filing out of the front of the building--which they did, like clockwork, every day at 1510. Not only would it be a horrific attack, but the sheer terror it would engender would cause important personnel to abandon their positions and leave us vulnerable to intrusion. I was called a monster for suggesting such a thing & kicked off the EET, which promptly went back to its methods of wrapping scenarios around plans.
I wasn't very popular with the staff.