Article LinkThe purpose of the April 2-5 drill will be to gather intelligence, then search for and apprehend a suspected weapons dealer(1), according to Sgt. Mike Kots, readiness NCO for Alpha Company.
Soldiers will knock only at households that have agreed to participate in the drill, Kots noted.
"Once credible intelligence has been gathered," said Kots, "portions of the town will be road-blocked and more in-depth searches of homes and vehicles will be conducted in accordance with the residents' wishes.
"One of the techniques we use in today's political environment is cordon and knock," Kots explained. "We ask for the head of the household, get permission to search, then have them open doors and cupboards.(2) The homeowner maintains control. We peer over their shoulder, and the soldier uses the homeowner's body language and position to protect him.(3)"
During this phase of the operation, troops will interact with residents and media while implementing crowd-control measures(4) and possibly treating and evacuating injured persons.
In addition to surveillance, searching and apprehension, the exercise will also give the troops valuable experience in stability, support, patrol, traffic control, vehicle searches(5) and other skills needed for deployment in an urban environment.
"It will be important for us to gain the trust and confidence of the residents of Arcadia," said Kots. "We will need to identify individuals that are willing to assist us(6) in training by allowing us to search their homes and vehicles and to participate in role-playing."
The Army and National Guard are coming, Americans. They are drilling now to search your homes.
1) Why is the ARMY drilling to search homes and capture a 'weapons dealer' in American towns? If someone is illegally selling weapons, that is a police matter.
2) The Army cannot search private vehicles unless martial law has been declared or unless there is armed revolt against the government.
3) Use the homeowner's body language to protect the homeowner? Is this doublespeak?
4) Crowd control measures needed to find a 'weapons dealer'? Something doesn't make sense. Sounds like crowd control would be necessary because American citizens would not let the Army search their homes.
5) Why is the Army practicing surveillance, searching, apprehension and vehicle searches on Americans in the USA?
6) Identify people who will assist them when they come to search our homes???
WTF