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time we got into action most of those types of facilities had already been looted. The medical facilities around Fayetteville we were able to secure and support and still are. We did end up finding alternate means of meeting our needs. .We found storage units all over town filled with items that people couldn’t get to any longer. Granted, it didn’t belong to us and if the owners did ever show up again we left instructions on where it went and who to contact. To date we haven’t heard from anyone.
“We also started to take on some of the gangs that were terrorizing the city and in most cases these were the same organizations that were hoarding the merchandise from the retail and medical establishments. We were successful in ridding the majority of the area of the moderate to large gangs yet we still experience the so called militias attempting to move into the area. We have pushed beyond the fort by fifty miles and have set up outposts to monitor said areas.” General Portson looked around the room to see if he still had their attention. “Alright then, let me hand this off to General Townsend so he can discuss current operations that the 18 th is involved in and answer your questions.” With that, General Townsend stood and General Portson left the podium feeling like he just given birth.
General Townsend stood at the podium for a moment collecting his thoughts; unlike General Portson he hadn’t made any notes to brief by. “What we have here is a cluster fuck,” General Townsend said. “We have a failure of leadership from the top down and I’m not only referring to General Portson and his admitted mistakes. We’ve all made them. I can see even on our way in from the airport there has been a clear failure of leadership here as well. With all due respect to our commander-in-chief it started there and propagated down as far as I can tell. We have let the American people down; we’re better than this. Thank God for the officers on the west coast and their forward thinking. If not them, I don’t believe we would be standing here right now. Maybe at some point in the future, but not now. We’ve taken far too long, over a year now, to get our collective shit together.” General Townsend looked around, noting that he was having the desired effect. Je could see jaws dropped and mouths hanging open, and his brief was more of a speech at this point. “I can see that you’re all shocked.” General Townsend chuckled. “We have to be able to examine and acknowledge our mistakes so we can move forward. I’m assuming that’s why we’re all here today to openly discuss where we’re at and create a plan to move forward. Alright then let me get right to the overall status of the 18 th Airborne Corps …” From there General Townsend gave a brilliant overview of the Corp and its subordinate units, their status before and after the event. He openly discussed his own mistakes as the leader of the Corps and his own arrogance in judgement the days and weeks following the event.
He stated that he felt that although he and all of his officers and senior NCOs had gone through various EMP briefings in their careers, but no one really thought it would happen. However, in many cases those same officers and Senior NCOs weren’t taught to think outside the box and weren’t aware of the science behind EMP as far was what may or may not work after an EMP attack. Many of the presentations had conflicting messages about what would and wouldn’t work and where to find such items that would work. Also, the military was designed to work from the top down, meaning that everyone followed the orders of their superior and if that superior had no clue what to do it affected everyone below them. Months after the event he was meeting with enlisted personnel who asked why they didn’t try this or that which
“We also started to take on some of the gangs that were terrorizing the city and in most cases these were the same organizations that were hoarding the merchandise from the retail and medical establishments. We were successful in ridding the majority of the area of the moderate to large gangs yet we still experience the so called militias attempting to move into the area. We have pushed beyond the fort by fifty miles and have set up outposts to monitor said areas.” General Portson looked around the room to see if he still had their attention. “Alright then, let me hand this off to General Townsend so he can discuss current operations that the 18 th is involved in and answer your questions.” With that, General Townsend stood and General Portson left the podium feeling like he just given birth.
General Townsend stood at the podium for a moment collecting his thoughts; unlike General Portson he hadn’t made any notes to brief by. “What we have here is a cluster fuck,” General Townsend said. “We have a failure of leadership from the top down and I’m not only referring to General Portson and his admitted mistakes. We’ve all made them. I can see even on our way in from the airport there has been a clear failure of leadership here as well. With all due respect to our commander-in-chief it started there and propagated down as far as I can tell. We have let the American people down; we’re better than this. Thank God for the officers on the west coast and their forward thinking. If not them, I don’t believe we would be standing here right now. Maybe at some point in the future, but not now. We’ve taken far too long, over a year now, to get our collective shit together.” General Townsend looked around, noting that he was having the desired effect. Je could see jaws dropped and mouths hanging open, and his brief was more of a speech at this point. “I can see that you’re all shocked.” General Townsend chuckled. “We have to be able to examine and acknowledge our mistakes so we can move forward. I’m assuming that’s why we’re all here today to openly discuss where we’re at and create a plan to move forward. Alright then let me get right to the overall status of the 18 th Airborne Corps …” From there General Townsend gave a brilliant overview of the Corp and its subordinate units, their status before and after the event. He openly discussed his own mistakes as the leader of the Corps and his own arrogance in judgement the days and weeks following the event.
He stated that he felt that although he and all of his officers and senior NCOs had gone through various EMP briefings in their careers, but no one really thought it would happen. However, in many cases those same officers and Senior NCOs weren’t taught to think outside the box and weren’t aware of the science behind EMP as far was what may or may not work after an EMP attack. Many of the presentations had conflicting messages about what would and wouldn’t work and where to find such items that would work. Also, the military was designed to work from the top down, meaning that everyone followed the orders of their superior and if that superior had no clue what to do it affected everyone below them. Months after the event he was meeting with enlisted personnel who asked why they didn’t try this or that which
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