MARTIAL LAW SOON
Army Unit to Deploy in October for Domestic Operations (martial law coming after economic collapse and/or coming attack on Iran?)
Beginning in October, the Army plans to station an active unit inside the United States for the first time to serve as an on-call federal response in times of emergency.
The 3rd Infantry Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent thirty-five of the last sixty months in Iraq, but now the unit is training for domestic operations.
The unit will soon be under the day-to-day control of US Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command. The Army Times reports this new mission marks the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to Northern Command.
The paper says the Army unit may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control.
The soldiers are learning to use so-called nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals and crowds.
From the Army Times:
3rd Infantry’s 1st BCT trains for a new dwell-time mission. Helping ‘people at home’ may become a permanent part of the active Army
..."It’s a new modular package of nonlethal capabilities that they’re fielding. They’ve been using pieces of it in Iraq, but this is the first time that these modules were consolidated and this package fielded, and because of this mission we’re undertaking we were the first to get it."
The package includes equipment to stand up a hasty road block; spike strips for slowing, stopping or controlling traffic; shields and batons; and, beanbag bullets.
Also: Army Training for Homeland Duties Set to Begin
More background info on the 3rd Infantry Division.
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