They are getting ready to take care of you!!!!

[battle_sight_zero]

Wonder what that sign on I25 meant about national guard movements on the roadway= Operation ‘Vigilant Guard’ begins in Colorado http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative...e-2719038.html DENVER – The Colorado National Guard will be conducting large-scale, multi-agency emergency exercises in Colorado Springs and the Denver metro area this week. The “Vigilant Guard” exercise started Monday morning in Colorado Springs. It focused on coordinating agencies to handle domestic emergencies and disasters.
The entire week’s exercise scenarios are based on a wildland fire burning into an urban area, and will also involve severe weather including tornadoes.
Participants will practice storm damage assessment, hazmat identification, abatement and decontamination, search and rescue, patient extraction, triage and other emergency-response measures, according to officials.
Monday’s exercises include a mock plane crash and a search and rescue mission hosted by the U.S. Air Force Academy Fire Department, officials said.
“Patients” will receive simulated medical treatment from emergency responders. Then they will be transported to a mock hospital at Fort Carson.
Army National Guard helicopters and Fort Carson firefighters will also conduct water drop training operations at Fort Carson. The training will emphasize air-ground communications.
National Guard units from Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming will be participating.
You may see uniformed military members and Guardsmen wearing chemical protective equipment during the training.

[Dave]

Got a couple people at work who are part of that this week. One works at NORAD/NorthCom and the other is flight ops at Buckley. They have been planning this for about 3 years now and finally had the coordination between states and feds to get it going .

[GilpinGuy]

[Bailey Guns]

Pretty amusing how the article linked in the OP states in bold letters "Nuke and Terror" drills and "Helicopters Fly Over Interstate" but never mentions "nukes" or "terror" in the article. Is there supposed to be something sinister about this exercise that I'm missing?

And "Helicopters Fly Over Interstate"? How should a helicopter get past a highway if it doesn't fly over it?

[Inconel710]

Pretty amusing how the article linked in the OP states in bold letters "Nuke and Terror" drills and "Helicopters Fly Over Interstate" but never mentions "nukes" or "terror" in the article. Is there supposed to be something sinister about this exercise that I'm missing?

And "Helicopters Fly Over Interstate"? How should a helicopter get past a highway if it doesn't fly over it?

Which is why I don't bother reading stuff from beforeitsnews. Their scare mongering is more strident than A-Jones.

[battle_sight_zero]

Which is why I don't bother reading stuff from beforeitsnews. Their scare mongering is more strident than A-Jones.

Yes scare mongering, but dont you find it a bit concerning that as you drive down I25 and you see a electronic signs informing you that military vehicles will be on the highway for a large exercise. Sad that I cant find any other news article explaining the signs for over a day . Many moons ago I drove a Hummer along with other soldiers up and down this same highway for trainings and no signs were posted. I see military vehicles on the high way all the time and never saw signs before posted.


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&r...uard+excercise

[Bailey Guns]

Yes scare mongering, but dont you find it a bit concerning that as you drive down I25 and you see a electronic signs informing you that military vehicles will be on the highway for a large exercise.

Ummm....no.

Sad that I cant find any other news article explaining the signs for over a day . Many moons ago I drove a Hummer along with other soldiers up and down this same highway for trainings and no signs were posted. I see military vehicles on the high way all the time and never saw signs before posted.

Many moons ago there weren't signs on cigarette packages warning you of the effects of smoking. But, whatever. I'm not gonna lose any sleep over this. You can if you like.

[Bailey Guns]

And then we have a legitimate disaster/other event and the "government" is immediately found to be at fault for not being prepared.

Look...I'm no fan of government intrusion at all. I think that's pretty clear. But I also don't think every time the .gov holds an exercise planned years in advance that it's some sort of preparation for war against the citizenry. For crying out loud...there were thousands of uniformed military members in and around the streets of Biloxi, MS (and along a large portion of the Gulf coast) conducting rescue and cleanup operations after hurricane Andrew in 1979. I was one of them. We were just helping out...not practicing for any planned military occupation.

Furthermore, when I see sensationalized "reporting" such as the headline from the OP's article it's a turnoff regardless of which side it comes from. Shitty journalism can have lots of flavors. You don't need to look any further than Alex Jones.

[Jamnanc]

And then we have a legitimate disaster/other event and the "government" is immediately found to be at fault for not being prepared.

Look...I'm no fan of government intrusion at all. I think that's pretty clear. But I also don't think every time the .gov holds an exercise planned years in advance that it's some sort of preparation for war against the citizenry. For crying out loud...there were thousands of uniformed military members in and around the streets of Biloxi, MS (and along a large portion of the Gulf coast) conducting rescue and cleanup operations after hurricane Andrew in 1979. I was one of them. We were just helping out...not practicing for any planned military occupation.

Furthermore, when I see sensationalized "reporting" such as the headline from the OP's article it's a turnoff regardless of which side it comes from. Shitty journalism can have lots of flavors. You don't need to look any further than Alex Jones.

I do have a tinfoil hat, but the population, "We" always bitch after a natural disaster or large scale accident when the .gov doesn't respond well. The reaction times and coordination are better with training. How many Guardsmen do you know? I know a few, and none of them have any interest in a coup.

[clark]

I will say I trust the national guard much more than the NSA, if this were the nsa I would be worried. The national guard along with most military groups has sworn to uphold our constitution, not so much with the nsa f*ks