I understand that the safety of the base corresponds DEFCON levels, and that Delta is very high. There is something strange about the lack of a general alert personnel at the base, where I work, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, on this exercise, as I said that and other naval bases in our Navy Region SW warned their staff to this work as much as months ago, and that the fleet instructions / provide for every reason to do the same, but has not yet been all hands on nuclear alert, and I was also told that someone said they did not understand why there is all the "mysteries" surrounding the coming exercisefor submarines, and not elsewhere.
Wikipedia article on Force Protection Condition (FPCON) is currently used by the Ministry of Defence describes FPCON Charlie situation where for example, when there is, or intelligence reports that an imminent terrorist activity. FPCON DELTA describes a situation where terrorist attacks are taking place or has just happened.
"The decision about what level of FPCON to implement depends on the current threat of terrorism at military facilities and personnel of the existing security forces, as well as the ongoing relationship between the United States and the world, which may affect the likelihood of attack."
Threat Level determines USNORTHCOM.
According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon went to Alpha Security and Defence warning once the news of the WTC attack was reported, and after their building was hit, they came to Charlie's security. This scale of AB for Alpha-Beta, C-Charlie, D-Delta. "See, John Judge, Keane and accidents on 9 / 11.
It should be noted that U.S. Navy anti-terrorism exercise scheduled for March 22 - 26. "Inside information is that the exercises will be used to lower the level of security 'Delta' in Tuesday, March 23 reported the first such incident since 9 / 11, the second letter is sent from the same person explains.
"Exercise Solid Curtain / Citadel Shield 2010 is one big, Navy wide comprehensive exercises aimed at improving training and readiness of naval security personnel to respond to threats that may occur in the real world, but not in response to any specific threats. Loud noise can be heard and the community surrounding the changes may occur in the movement. gate access may be delayed due to the random anti-terrorism measures in force. The event, Force Protection Conditions may be raised, as well as communication channels may be interrupted. "
"Nationwide is the largest exercise Anti-terrorism/Force protection (AT / FP) performs in the country," Compass Navy said Friday. "This is aimed at improving training and readiness of Navy security personnel to respond to threats to installations and units, mobilizing all forces security processes will be implemented in the event of actual emergencies."
The following press release was released in the U.S. Fleet Forces Command Public Affairs on March 19, 2010:
Norfolk, Va. (NNS) - Navy shore installations and activities in the continental United States, Hawaii and Guam will participate in exercises rigid hinged Citadel Shield '10 (SC/CS-10), an annual exercise safety, coordination of U.S. Navy Forces Command (USFF) from 22-26 March.
A week-long exercise is the largest security anti-terrorism/force protection (AT / FP) conducted throughout the country. It is designed to improve training and readiness of Navy security personnel to respond to threats to installations and units, mobilizing all the forces of security processes will be implemented in case of an actual emergency.
"Instead, numerous minor exercises, exercises Solid Curtain / Citadel Shield single, large, complex exercises that accurately simulates what might happen in the real world," said Capt. Sam A. McCormick, USFF director of fleet combat terrorism.
As part of the Navy U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), USFF will also use SC/CS-10 to improve their ability to support NORTHCOM homeland defense mission.
"Solid Curtain, mostly at the operational level training events, and citadel shield, held the commander of the marine installation command that will advance guidance for staff working with individual exercise area," said McCormick.
SC/CS-10 will consist of more than 250 separate training events across the country, each of which is designed to test the various regional AT / FP operations. Scenarios range of events, such as recognizing and countering database operations supervision, with higher rates and a simulation of emergency situations, such as small boat attacks on the embankment bases and cyber-attacks on objects.
"We're really focusing on land and sea on the waterfront, and active shooter scenarios, in light of the incident at Ft. Hood," said McCormick.
Many means of communication will be used to keep the base personnel informed about exercise safety situations. Computer alert system network to disseminate the message of office computers and "giant voice system will be used to alert people immediately base the world. A gigantic system of outdoor inner voice loud enough to warn anyone outside on the basis of the potential threat.
Although disturbances in the normal base station and the operation will be limited, there may be cases where the exercise leads to increased traffic and delays in the databases. Area residents can see the improvement of safety activities related to implementation.
"There will be possible to traffic and access to the database of delay in the maneuvers, but we have created to minimize the impact on local communities," said McCormick.
During the performance of exercise, experts will be to gather information and transmit the data to decision makers to improve AT / FP practice and procedure in the future.
"We will have trials here on the floor of the chimes and the threat of the working groups to find any inconsistencies in the reporting processes and procedures," said McCormick. "This feedback will enable us to prepare the conditions in a realistic scenario, to address the issues that will enable us to more readily and prepared for any actual events."
For more news from U.S. Fleet Forces Command, visit www.navy.mil / local / CLF /.
On September 6, 2001, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is practiced to deal with simulated hijacking of two commercial airplanes by terrorists as part of its annual exercise called Vigilant Guardian. Vigilant Guardian is one of the four basic exercises that NORAD conducts each year.
"Nobody knew, inter alia, that 20 people were dreaming of, four planes and use them for suicide attacks against major buildings," John Arquilla, professor of Defense Analysis Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., said after the attacks.
Prior to 9 / 11, New York City was scheduled exercise called Tripod. To conduct was designed to test the City Office of Emergency Situations in the event of an attack of bioterrorism. More than 1000 students of the police academy and fire students were brought to participate. Then Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, police and fire commissioners, and representatives of the FBI and FEMA were present at the stand the morning of 11 September 2001.
On July 7, 2005, the agency consulted with the government and police connections was running exercise at the same time and place of terrorist attacks in London. "At 9:30 am we were actually working for the company exercises over a thousand people in London based on simultaneous bombs going precisely at the railway stations where it happened this morning, so I still have hair on the back of his neck standing up right now , "Peter Power, former Scotland Yard official working at the same time with the anti-terrorist branch, told the BBC.
There is no indication of actual events of terror "will go live on Monday or Tuesday, but subject to the above e-mail sent and the fact of terror events were set at the same time as the terror exercises on September 11, 2001 in New York, Washington and July 7, 2005 in London, we must be careful in the next 48 or so hours.
