House adopts plan for 'volunteer' corps

[longeyes]

Ah, THX 1138, one of my favorites.  :)

One of those films with long eyes...

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Actually, the uniforms would look something like this....

Is that a mandarin collar? On the Star Trek picture as well?

Screw it. I'm joining the Foreign Legion. 

[Matthew Carberry]

I got this elsewhere and wondered about its authenticity pdf's don't work on my laptop


by NoSocialism4USA
Mar 20 2009
11:43 AM
   

Wondering why nobody is talking about The US President's update of 1404.10 effective immediately on Jan 23 2009.

Read it yourself @ link below:

<www.dtic.mil/.../140410p.pdf>

Department of Defense

DIRECTIVE

NUMBER 1404.10

23 January 2009

USD(P&R)

SUBJECT: DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce

References: See Enclosure 1

1. PURPOSE. This Directive:

a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 1404.10 (Reference (a)) under a new title to establish the

policy through which an appropriately sized subset of the DoD civilian workforce is preidentified

to be organized, trained, and equipped in a manner that facilitates the use of their

capabilities for operational requirements. These requirements are typically away from the

normal work locations of DoD civilians, or in situations where other civilians may be evacuated

to assist military forces where the use of DoD civilians is appropriate. These employees shall be

collectively known as the DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce. Members of the DoD

Civilian Expeditionary Workforce shall be organized, trained, cleared, equipped, and ready to

deploy in support of combat operations by the military; contingencies; emergency operations;

humanitarian missions; disaster relief; restoration of order; drug interdiction; and stability

operations of the Department of Defense in accordance with DoDD 3000.05 (Reference (b)).

Not a big deal I think.  Much of our military equipment requires civilian techs and operators employed by DOD.  This appears to simply clarify taking some necessary employees along when the force deploys.  There's nothing in there about forcing non-current DOD civie employees to do anything.

The bit about "when other civilians evacuate" would cover bringing in, for example, civilian DOD commissary or mess hall workers to a large forward operating base since local hire civilians wouldn't be available and using troops in that sort of situation would be a waste of their training.