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and did want to become the Joint Chief at some point in his career.
“Thank you sir; it’s great to see you alive and well also happy to hear the family is safe,” General Welford stated.
The conference room had several other members from Department of the Army, Department of the Air Force, the White House, 3 rd Infantry Regiment and General Wallace’s own staff. The briefing began by the representative from the 3 rd Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Ester Perez. It consisted of current operations in and around the DC metropolitan area as well as the train which was now sitting at Fort Bragg with the 3 rd Infantry Regiments Commander. She went on to state that he was leaving the area soon and would be returning to deal with the new situation. When she stated the new situation she sparked an interest in the three officers from Fort Bragg. General Portson asked what that new situation might be. She replied that General Wallace will be speaking to it later on during the briefing. Colonel Perez wrapped up her briefing. Next up were the three generals from Fort Bragg whom everyone had been waiting for.
General Portson led off, giving his overall assessment of the post and a high level briefing on the units on post. General Portson started off recounting the events after the EMP event and although they were never able to ascertain what truly happened, they were fairly sure that some cataclysmic event such as an EMP attack had happened. With that knowledge and only that they moved forward. From there he went over the securing of the post, getting headcounts of everyone on post, vehicle status, fuel, food, all of the information he would need to make decisions. The post had been closed the first two weeks, only letting in active duty service members that had been off post at the time.
The General stated that he had ordered all communication and involvement with the outside community at the time for the first two weeks. He admitted in that his decision regarding that was wrong. In hindsight, he should have known that local law enforcement was going to be ill-prepared to handle such a crisis. He did state that there were some early efforts by the 82 nd Airborne who sent out patrols against his orders to secure several of the big box stores near post. These proved to be successful, but he also admitted that they ended up needing Special Operations help to successfully execute those missions. One of the larger issues that turned up during those excursions was that the soldiers had become too dependent on technology. The missions were launched at night and they had no night vision equipment. It was evident that more training was needed to re-hone those skills where night vision was not going to be available.
General Portson also went on to state that it was the first indication that the Special Operations people had working equipment that they didn’t. Subsequent requests to SOF were pointless as they said they didn’t know what we were talking about General Portson stated. He went on to say that they now know that SOF had underground facilities filled with equipment that worked and kept it to themselves. After the first two weeks General Portson briefed it was evident that he had made a mistake in the order not to engage the community right away. Refugees started to show up at the main gate. They were hearing gun fire day and night around the post. Their initial investigation into their own resources showed that outside support would be needed if they were to last longer than eight months on our own.
The general continued: “At that time it was decided that we needed to secure retail establishments such as the rest of the big box stores, sporting goods, fuel, grocery stores and medical facilities. However, by the
“Thank you sir; it’s great to see you alive and well also happy to hear the family is safe,” General Welford stated.
The conference room had several other members from Department of the Army, Department of the Air Force, the White House, 3 rd Infantry Regiment and General Wallace’s own staff. The briefing began by the representative from the 3 rd Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Ester Perez. It consisted of current operations in and around the DC metropolitan area as well as the train which was now sitting at Fort Bragg with the 3 rd Infantry Regiments Commander. She went on to state that he was leaving the area soon and would be returning to deal with the new situation. When she stated the new situation she sparked an interest in the three officers from Fort Bragg. General Portson asked what that new situation might be. She replied that General Wallace will be speaking to it later on during the briefing. Colonel Perez wrapped up her briefing. Next up were the three generals from Fort Bragg whom everyone had been waiting for.
General Portson led off, giving his overall assessment of the post and a high level briefing on the units on post. General Portson started off recounting the events after the EMP event and although they were never able to ascertain what truly happened, they were fairly sure that some cataclysmic event such as an EMP attack had happened. With that knowledge and only that they moved forward. From there he went over the securing of the post, getting headcounts of everyone on post, vehicle status, fuel, food, all of the information he would need to make decisions. The post had been closed the first two weeks, only letting in active duty service members that had been off post at the time.
The General stated that he had ordered all communication and involvement with the outside community at the time for the first two weeks. He admitted in that his decision regarding that was wrong. In hindsight, he should have known that local law enforcement was going to be ill-prepared to handle such a crisis. He did state that there were some early efforts by the 82 nd Airborne who sent out patrols against his orders to secure several of the big box stores near post. These proved to be successful, but he also admitted that they ended up needing Special Operations help to successfully execute those missions. One of the larger issues that turned up during those excursions was that the soldiers had become too dependent on technology. The missions were launched at night and they had no night vision equipment. It was evident that more training was needed to re-hone those skills where night vision was not going to be available.
General Portson also went on to state that it was the first indication that the Special Operations people had working equipment that they didn’t. Subsequent requests to SOF were pointless as they said they didn’t know what we were talking about General Portson stated. He went on to say that they now know that SOF had underground facilities filled with equipment that worked and kept it to themselves. After the first two weeks General Portson briefed it was evident that he had made a mistake in the order not to engage the community right away. Refugees started to show up at the main gate. They were hearing gun fire day and night around the post. Their initial investigation into their own resources showed that outside support would be needed if they were to last longer than eight months on our own.
The general continued: “At that time it was decided that we needed to secure retail establishments such as the rest of the big box stores, sporting goods, fuel, grocery stores and medical facilities. However, by the
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