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***NEPatriot*** · 06-08-2009, 04:19 PM

FEMA: National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)

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NLE 09 is a White House directed, Congressionally- mandated exercise that includes the participation of all appropriate federal department and agency senior officials, their deputies, staff and key operational elements. In addition, broad regional participation of state, tribal, local, and private sector is anticipated. This year the United States welcomes the participation of Australia, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom in NLE 09.

NLE 09 will focus on intelligence and information sharing among intelligence and law enforcement communities, and between international, federal, regional, state, tribal, local and private sector participants.

The NLE 09 scenario will begin in the aftermath of a notional terrorist event outside of the United States, and exercise play will center on preventing subsequent efforts by the terrorists to enter the United States and carry out additional attacks. This scenario enables participating senior officials to focus on issues related to preventing terrorist events domestically and protecting U.S. critical infrastructure.

NLE 09 will allow terrorism prevention efforts to proceed to a logical end (successful or not), with no requirement for response or recovery activities.

NLE 09 will be an operations-based exercise to include: activities taking place at command posts, emergency operation centers, intelligence centers and potential field locations to include federal headquarters facilities in the Washington D.C. area, and in federal, regional, state, tribal, local and private sector facilities in FEMA Region VI, which includes the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

Why do we need these countries to help us in the first place when our military is RANKED #1?

If we can fight and win 2 wars at one time, we CAN'T handle terrorism on our land by ourselves?????

Something is not right.

Patsfanin Philly · 06-08-2009, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by NEPatriot

FEMA: National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)

Why do we need these countries to help us in the first place when our military is RANKED #1?

If we can fight and win 2 wars at one time, we CAN'T handle terrorism on our land by ourselves?????

Something is not right.

Because terrorism knows no borders and if you read the premise of the exercise,
>>> The NLE 09 scenario will begin in the aftermath of a notional terrorist event outside of the United States, and exercise play will center on preventing subsequent efforts by the terrorists to enter the United States and carry out additional attacks.<<<<<

it makes sense to include those nations where the attack may take place and work in concert with them for a possible scenario...

godef · 06-09-2009, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by NEPatriot

FEMA: National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)

Why do we need these countries to help us in the first place when our military is RANKED #1?

If we can fight and win 2 wars at one time, we CAN'T handle terrorism on our land by ourselves?????

Something is not right.

You mean WW I and WW II?

***tanked_as_usual*** · 06-09-2009, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by godef

You mean WW I and WW II?

the US needed help in WWI and WWII?????

godef · 06-10-2009, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by tanked_as_usual

the US needed help in WWI and WWII?????

I was wondering what two wars you thought we'd won. Can't be Iraq and Afghanistan.

***tanked_as_usual*** · 06-11-2009, 08:00 AM

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I was wondering what two wars you thought we'd won. Can't be Iraq and Afghanistan.

so did the US need help? because they didn't get any in the far east, and the WERE THE HELP in europe

efin98 · 06-12-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by tanked_as_usual

so did the US need help? because they didn't get any in the far east, and the WERE THE HELP in europe

US was monetary and material support first and foremost but the USSR's bloody fight against the German invasion saved the allied asses in the war in Europe. If they weren't keeping Germany occupied in the east requiring most of Germany's resources and manpower those battles in North Africa, Italy, and France would have been disasters.