Exercise Vigilant Shield ’08 slated for October
Click to download the VS-08 Fact Sheet
August 30, 2007
http://www.northcom.mil/News/2007/083007.html
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command
and U.S. Northern Command along with U.S. Pacific Command, the Department of
Homeland Security as well as local, state and other federal responders will
exercise their response abilities against a variety of potential threats
during Exercise Vigilant Shield ‘08, a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff-designated, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S.
Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)-sponsored, and U.S. Joint Forces
Command-supported Department of Defense exercise for homeland defense and
defense support of civil authorities missions.
VS-08 will be conducted concurrent with Top Officials 4 (TOPOFF 4), the
nation’s premier exercise of terrorism preparedness sponsored by the
Department of Homeland Security, and several other linked exercises as part
of the National Level Exercise 1-08. These linked exercises will take place
October 15-20 and are being conducted throughout the United States and in
conjunction with several partner nations including Australia, Canada, and
the United Kingdom, as well as the Territory of Guam.
VS-08 and National Level Exercise 1-08 will provide local, state, tribal,
interagency, Department of Defense, and non-governmental organizations and
agencies involved in homeland security and homeland defense the opportunity
to participate in a full range of exercise scenarios that will better
prepare participants to prevent and respond to national crises. The
participating organizations will conduct a multi-layered, civilian-led
response to a national crisis.
USNORTHCOM’s primary exercise venues for VS-08 include locations in Oregon,
Arizona and a cooperative venue with USPACOM in the Territory of Guam.
NORAD’s aerospace detection and defense events will take place across all
the exercise venues, to exercise the ability to mobilize resources for
aerospace defense, aerospace control, maritime warning, and coordination of
air operations in a disaster area.
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NOTE FOR MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS: For more information on the exercise or for
potential media coverage during the exercise, please contact Mr. Michael
Kucharek or Lt. Cmdr. Gary Ross at the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Public Affairs
Office, 719-554-6889.
Click to download the VS-08 Fact Sheet
http://www.northcom.mil/News/2007/VS-08_fact_sheet.pdf
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NORTHCOM Plans 5 Day Martial Law Exercise
09-04-2007
http://www.roguegovernment.com
LThe United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) has just announced plans
for an anti-terrorism exercise called Vigilant Shield 08. The exercise which
is slated to run from October 15th to October 20th is described as a way to
prepare, prevent and respond to any number of national crises. The exercise
is simply a test case scenario for the implementation of martial law.
Although the description of the exercise is disturbing, USNORTHCOM also
announced that they are more prepared for a natural disaster and a terrorist
attack after they used their response to Hurricane Katrina as a test
laboratory. During Hurricane Katrina, authorities violated the
constitutional rights of citizens by stealing people’s firearms and even
relocating people against their will. These announcements are incredibly
disturbing on a number of levels as the nature of Vigilant Shield 08 and the
admission that Hurricane Katrina was used as a test laboratory shows that
the government is actively preparing the military and government
institutions for martial law.
Below is the full press release from USNORTHCOM describing Vigilant Shield
08. Also check out the Vigilant Shield 08 fact sheet by clicking here.
http://www.northcom.mil/News/2007/VS-08_fact_sheet.pdf
North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command along
with U.S. Pacific Command, the Department of Homeland Security as well as
local, state and other federal responders will exercise their response
abilities against a variety of potential threats during Exercise Vigilant
Shield ‘08, a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-designated, North
American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)-sponsored,
and U.S. Joint Forces Command-supported Department of Defense exercise for
homeland defense and defense support of civil authorities missions.
VS-08 will be conducted concurrent with Top Officials 4 (TOPOFF 4), the
nation’s premier exercise of terrorism preparedness sponsored by the
Department of Homeland Security, and several other linked exercises as part
of the National Level Exercise 1-08. These linked exercises will take place
Ocober 15-20 and are being conducted throughout the United States and in
conjunction with several partner nations including Australia, Canada, and
the United Kingdom, as well as the Territory of Guam.
VS-08 and National Level Exercise 1-08 will provide local, state, tribal,
interagency, Department of Defense, and non-governmental organizations and
agencies involved in homeland security and homeland defense the opportunity
to participate in a full range of exercise scenarios that will better
prepare participants to prevent and respond to national crises. The
participating organizations will conduct a multi-layered, civilian-led
response to a national crisis.
USNORTHCOM’s primary exercise venues for VS-08 include locations in Oregon,
Arizona and a cooperative venue with USPACOM in the Territory of Guam.
NORAD’s aerospace detection and defense events will take place across all
the exercise venues, to exercise the ability to mobilize resources for
aerospace defense, aerospace control, maritime warning, and coordination of
air operations in a disaster area.
This exercise is clearly a way to prepare government to respond to a
national crisis with martial law. This announcement also follows a number of
other news stories that indicate the government is becoming more actively
prepared for the implementation of martial law.
These stories include the following:
George W. Bush issuing a presidential directive declaring that he is a
dictator during the case of a national emergency be it a natural disaster, a
terror attack or any number of crises.
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=2169
KSLA reporting that members of clergy will be used to convince people to
submit to government in the case of declare martial law. See the video
below.
http://www.roguegovernment.com/