IOWA GUARD Training for GUN CONFISCATION

[TelepesT]

Guardsmen to conduct urban training at Arcadia in April

By BUTCH HEMAN
Staff Writer



The Carroll National Guard unit will train on urban military operations by holding a four-day exercise at Arcadia.

The purpose of the April 2-5 drill will be to gather intelligence, then search for and apprehend a suspected weapons dealer, according to Sgt. Mike Kots, readiness NCO for Alpha Company.

Citizens, law enforcement, media and other supporters will participate.

Troops will spend Thursday, April 2, staging at a forward operations base at Carroll. The next day company leaders will conduct reconnaissance and begin patrolling the streets of Arcadia to identify possible locations of the weapons dealer.

The primary phase will be done Saturday, April 4, when convoys will be deployed from Carroll to Arcadia. Pictures of the arms dealer will be shown in Arcadia, and soldiers will go door to door asking if residents have seen the suspect.

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. The homeowner maintains control. We peer over their shoulder, and the soldier uses the homeowner's body language and position to protect him."

During this phase of the operation, troops will interact with residents and media while implementing crowd-control measures and possibly treating and evacuating injured persons.

The unit will use a Blackhawk helicopter for overhead command and control, and to simulate medevacs.

The drill will culminate in the apprehension of the suspected arms dealer.

Alpha Company will conduct a review of the drill on Sunday, April 5.

A meeting to give residents more information and accept volunteers will be held 7 p.m. Monday, March 2, in the Arcadia American Legion hall.

Kots said the exercise will replace Alpha Company's weekend drill for April.

"We have a lot of extended drills this coming year," he added.

In addition to surveillance, searching and apprehension, the exercise will also give the troops valuable experience in stability, support, patrol, traffic control, vehicle searches and other skills needed for deployment in an urban environment.

"This exercise will improve the real-life operational skills of the unit," said Kots. "And it will hopefully improve the public's understanding of military operations."

The pre-drill work with residents is as important at the drill itself.

"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 in training by allowing us to search their homes and vehicles and to participate in role-playing."

"We really want to get as much information out there as possible, because this operation could be pretty intrusive to the people of Arcadia."

[TelepesT]

http://www.carrollspaper.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=7451&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=&S=1

http://www.iowanationalguard.com/

Here are there phone numbers - http://www.iowanationalguard.com/CampDodge/Default.htm

[JonTheSavage]

Link please.

[TelepesT]

Camp Dodge is the state FEMA center to used for COG


http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/camp-dodge.htm

The State's emergency operations center has been in the basement of the Hoover building. It was small, crowded, and inadequate for conducting twenty-four hour a day operations. The new SEOC is a state of the art facility that will rival the facilities that any state currently has.

The SEOC and the survival dormitories, currently converted to classrooms, will be used by the Emergency Management Division and other agencies of state government to teach classes normally conducted at local hotels.

The lower level also meets the Federal Emergency Management Agency's requirement for states to have provisions for continuity of government as the armory's lower level would become the alternate site of essential state government functions if the capitol complex were to become inoperative. The overhead construction incorporates a system of I-beams, concrete tubes, and concrete to form a 24" barrier to withstand natural disasters to the facility.

FEMA was very supportive of the concept because it directly connected the state's center for emergency operations to a system of 2,800 miles of buried cable which represents a highly survivable communications system.

The Disaster Recovery Computer Center provides a location for the state government's seven major computer centers to conduct operations if one were to become inoperative. The seven major computer centers are located at the three state universities, University Hospitals, General Services, Human Services, and the Department of Transportation. None have the capacity to back up another if one goes down. The backup computer center stores a second copy of all computer tapes on which state government runs, and is configured to provide all necessary connections to connect leased computers in order to bring the computer services back on line.

[Babyreuth]

Come to South West Iowa and try this.

[TelepesT]

Carroll to Arcadia Iowa on Google maps
This is the driving route for the practice mission



http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=carroll+ia&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.038806,56.25&ie=UTF8&ll=42.112996,-94.922562&spn=0.249081,0.700378&z=11&iwloc=addr

[TelepesT]

Here is the Governor of IOWA and his staff website - http://www.governor.iowa.gov/

[GoodBush]

CALLING ALL PATRIOTS! - Arcadia Iowa - March 2 Meeting

Location of meeting is said starting at 4:00 in the video.


http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=arcadia+iowa&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS234US235&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=lv#

[TelepesT]

This is from WIKI for this state unit:

The Iowa Army National Guard is the Army component of the Iowa National Guard, a military reserve force with dual federal and state missions. It is empowered to function in a state status if needed to carry out limited actions during non-emergency situations all the way to full scale law enforcement of martial law when local law enforcement officials can no longer maintain civil control. The National Guard may be called into federal service in response to a call by the President or Congress.

The Iowa Army National Guard maintains 56 armories in 53 communities.

When National Guard troops are called to federal service, the President serves as Commander-in-Chief. The federal mission assigned to the National Guard is: "To provide properly trained and equipped units for prompt mobilization for war, National emergency or as otherwise needed."

The Governor may call individuals or units of the Iowa National Guard into state service during emergencies or to assist in special situations which lend themselves to use of the National Guard. The state mission assigned to the National Guard is: "To provide trained and disciplined forces for domestic emergencies or as otherwise provided by state law."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Army_National_Guard

[TRUTHEDdotCOM]

The Sheep on reddit see nothing wrong with this so far and mock me for posting it:

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/7yzlp/iowa_national_gaurd_trains_for_gun_confiscation/

[TelepesT]

I just found this -
The Iowa National Guard Public Affairs Office
The public affairs office is located in the Chief of Staff’s office on the second floor of the Joint Forces Headquarters - JFHQ Armory at Camp Dodge, Johnston, Iowa. Normal business hours are Mondays through Fridays 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 515-252-4582 / DSN 431-4582
            515-252-4305 / DSN 431-4305
Email:  paoia@ng.army.mil

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Then I saw this -

Iowa National Guard units supporting inauguration begin returning from Washington, D.C. on January 21
 http://www.ngb.army.mil/news/archives/2009/01/012109-Iowa.aspx

Soldiers and Airmen from the Iowa National Guard supporting the presidential inauguration are now returning to Iowa. The first aircraft bearing Iowa Soldiers and Airmen will arrive at the Iowa National Guard Airbase, Des Moines, beginning at 12:30 p.m., on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Media representatives are welcome to interview Iowa National Guard personnel at this time and acquire still images, audio, and video as they return.

The Iowa Air National Guard Airbase, home to the 132nd Fighter Wing, Des Moines, is located at 3100 McKinley Avenue, Des Moines. Media representatives should arrive at the Des Moines Airbase no later than noon. Point of contact for media access at the Des Moines Airbase is Lt. Col. Jim Freese at 515-256-5603 or cell 515-480-3172 or james.freese@iadesm.ang.af.mil .

Iowa activated approximately 1,000 Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa Army National Guard, and Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling Wing and 132nd Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard in support of the inauguration.



They practice taking over an Elementary school - turn it into barracks-


http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=28996
Iowa Soldiers and Airmen spent the day moving their gear into the Gage Eckington Elementary School. These Soldiers will spend the next few days supporting the 56th Presidential Inauguration by assisting federal, state and local law enforcement with transportation and attendee management, traffic control, event ingress/egress, personnel support, as well as transportation duties.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The first wave of Iowa National Guard Soldiers and Airmen arrived at Gage Eckington Elementary School, Saturday, and immediately began preparing lodging and a kitchen facilities for the more than 1,000 Iowa service members who will call the school home during their inauguration support mission.

A large part of these preparations include downloading several buses worth of equipment and setting up a “field” kitchen facility to provide hot meals to the service members, which is being provided by Airmen from Des Moines’ 132nd Fighter Wing.

“To complete this mission, nine volunteers were needed,” said Senior Master Sgt. William Umphress, a Food Service superintendent, assigned to the 132nd Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard. “Instead, we ended up getting 13 volunteers.” This type of response is one reason the Iowa National Guard is able to respond so effectively to these types of short notice missions.

[TelepesT]

I just posted this article to Drudgereport - lets see if they pick it up

[TRUTHEDdotCOM]

I can not believe the reaction i am getting on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/7yzlp/iowa_national_gaurd_trains_for_gun_confiscation/

"Iowa National Guard Trains To Confiscate Guns From A Weapons Dealer. This Training Occurs In The USA, Where The National Guard Does Its Training.

Fixed that for ya. Your title is definitely more interesting, though."

"Wow, for a second I was worried. I thought maybe the Iowa National Gourd was outlawing Pumpkin-seed guns."

"They're training to do this kind of thing overseas. Find weapon caches in urban areas. The Iowa NG doesn't have the money to create whole new towns to practice this kind of thing in so they ask local communities if they would be willing to participate. I'll admit it looks fishy and would definitely be against them ever actually doing this in our state, but for the moment I'm not concerned. The NG and the citizens of Iowa greatly respect each other (considering we're the same except for that one weekend a month) and would never do anything to harm the other."

[TelepesT]

Here is some info about australian gun confiscation;


http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/aus.html
One year after gun-owners were forced to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed, including semi-automatic .22 rifles and shotguns, a program costing the government over 500 million dollars, the results are in...

A dramatic increase in criminal activity has been experienced. Gun control advocates respond "Just wait... we'll be safer... you'll see...".

OBSERVABLE FACT, AFTER 12 MONTHS OF DATA:

Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2%
Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6%
Australia-wide, armed-robberies are up 44% (yes, FORTY-FOUR PERCENT)
In the state of Victoria, homicides-with-firearms are up 300%
Figures over the previous 25 years show a steady decrease in homicides-with-firearms (changed dramatically in the past 12 months)
Figures over the previous 25 years show a steady decrease in armed-robbery-with-firearms (changed dramatically in the past 12 months)
There has been a dramatic increase in breakins-and-assaults-of- the-elderly
At the time of the ban, the Prime Minister said "self-defense is not a reason for owning a firearm"
From 1910 to present, homicides in Australia had averaged about 1.8-per-100,000 or lower, a safe society by any standard.
The ban has destroyed Australia's standings in some international sport shooting competitions
The membership of the Australian Sports Shooting Association has risen to 112,000, a 200% increase, in response to the ban and as an attempt to organize against further controls, which are expected.
Australian politicians are on the spot and at a loss to explain how no improvement in "safety" has been observed after such monumental effort and expense was successfully expended in "ridding society of guns". Their response has been to "wait longer".


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"...The best organization you've got there, the biggest organization you've got there is the NRA. We don't have an organization that size. We didn't have an organization that size, and as a consequence, we suffered. And we hope that you don't suffer..."

And another link -http://www.haciendapub.com/gunpage2.html

[TelepesT]

http://www.arcadiaiowa.net/localinfo.htm

 
Local Government  Local Officials 
City of Arcadia  Mayor: Oran Kohorst - 712.689.2573 
205 W. Front St. Town Clerk: Nancy S. Schmitz - 712.689.2549 
Arcadia, Iowa 51430
Ph: 712.689.2442
 Town Council: Mary Jo Berning, Leona Schmitz, Joel Owen, Dwight Bluml, Darrell Henkenius 
Fax: 712.689.2442   

[TelepesT]

Picked up on INFOWARS.com - of course

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaTiRM_0T24

http://www.infowars.com/iowa-national-guard-to-train-for-gun-confiscation/

[TelepesT]

Does anybody have the press release that says that this drill has been cancelled?

[One Revelator]

Does anybody have the press release that says that this drill has been cancelled?

Here ya go:
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=88051.0

Also, there’s evidence that the Lt. Col. outright lied on Friday’s show if anybody gives a flip
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=88200.msg509997#msg509997

[TelepesT]

Here ya go:
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=88051.0

Also, there’s evidence that the Lt. Col. outright lied on Friday’s show if anybody gives a flip
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=88200.msg509997#msg509997

We STOPPED them : here it is in print
http://www.worldnetdaily.com:80/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89527

Scaled back exercise, i have been trained in CQB while in the active duty, You dont need to do it with real people.

all you need is a empty field and some plywood and 2x4s  and build your own rooms



YES!!!!!!!! - thanks for that link

[One Revelator]

all you need is a empty field and some plywood and 2x4s  and build your own rooms

Or you could simply use a nearby handy-dandy MILITARY OPERATION ON URBAN TERRAIN (MOUT) COMBINED ARMS COLLECTIVE TRAINING FACILITY (CACTF) which nobody seems to know about.....or care about for that matter

[TelepesT]

Or you could simply use a nearby handy-dandy MILITARY OPERATION ON URBAN TERRAIN (MOUT) COMBINED ARMS COLLECTIVE TRAINING FACILITY (CACTF) which nobody seems to know about.....or care about for that matter

Their excuse is that they dont have a MOUT site - Pretty pathetic

[One Revelator]

Their excuse is that they dont have a MOUT site - Pretty pathetic

Well, I guess the fully equipped MOUT facility which is 90.2 miles from Arcadia at Camp Dodge is a little too far to drive for such a poor, under funded unit such as Company A, First Battalion, 168th Infantry.  Must be the high price of fuel.  Oh, wait.  Fuel is cheap right now.  Err…well…I’m sure the public fully understands that the Guard is just doing their part to save us all from global warming even though the temperature there is hovering around freezing right now.  All perfectly reasonable.  Nothing to worry about.

[TelepesT]

Well, I guess the fully equipped MOUT facility which is 90.2 miles from Arcadia at Camp Dodge is a little too far to drive for such a poor, under funded unit such as Company A, First Battalion, 168th Infantry.  Must be the high price of fuel.  Oh, wait.  Fuel is cheap right now.  Err…well…I’m sure the public fully understands that the Guard is just doing their part to save us all from global warming even though the temperature there is hovering around freezing right now.  All perfectly reasonable.  Nothing to worry about.

HOLY NIKES!  - That LTC from the Iowa National Guard totally lied!!!!!
They do have a MOUT SITE at Camp Dodge, IOWA

http://www.iowanationalguard.com/CampDodge/Documents/MOUT_SOP.pdf

all you need to do is get OPFOR guys playing the TOWNIES and there is your training for weapons searches!!

OMG He totally lied and said they dont have facilities in the state of IOWA

[One Revelator]

HOLY NIKES!  - That LTC from the Iowa National Guard totally lied!!!!!
They do have a MOUT SITE at Camp Dodge, IOWA

http://www.iowanationalguard.com/CampDodge/Documents/MOUT_SOP.pdf

all you need to do is get OPFOR guys playing the TOWNIES and there is your training for weapons searches!!

OMG He totally lied and said they dont have facilities in the state of IOWA

Thank you for realizing the significance of this.  I’ve been desperately trying to raise awareness on this forum about this little detail for over 24 hours now, but to no avail.  As far as I know, you’re the third person on the entire forum to notice.  Personally, I consider the boldface lying more of an outrage than the attempted drill.  It speaks volumes about just how far character and honor have been flushed down the toilet in our military today.  A Lt. Col. should be as keenly aware of this fact as America’s veterans are.  If they lose the high standard of conduct and discipline to include accountability for the words they speak, then they become no different than armed psychopathic thugs.

[TelepesT]

How did you know that they had this training site?

[donnay]

Or you could simply use a nearby handy-dandy MILITARY OPERATION ON URBAN TERRAIN (MOUT) COMBINED ARMS COLLECTIVE TRAINING FACILITY (CACTF) which nobody seems to know about.....or care about for that matter

I could hear it in Hapgood's voice he was lying and just reading his standard boiler plate remarks they feed the lame stream media.

He definitely underestimated the Liberty-minded people here.  Great find, One Revelator!!

[One Revelator]

How did you know that they had this training site?

I wasn't the one who found it.

Full credit for this remarkable find goes to jofortruth, a vigilant, new member of Prison Planet Forum and superb infowarrior.  Thank you jo!!!

Heres where it all started:
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=88239.msg509825#msg509825

[TelepesT]

NICE - I looked all over what i could find out about Camp Dodge and any Iowa state facilities. then i simply typed "iowa national guard mout" and got that doc listed above.

A big 'duh' on my part as I have even done airborne assaults on mout sites. - the infowar is better than a shooting war anyday
thank God for the 'bill of rights and the first one - freedom of speech!!!

[One Revelator]

I could hear it in Hapgood's voice he was lying and just reading his standard boiler plate remarks they feed the lame stream media.

I think he's been trained to stay tightly within certain talking points when dealing with the civilian media.  As a spokesman and an officer, however, it is a grave error to have a primary talking point be a boldface lie.  Surely he would recognize that his very words directly influence the public's image of himself, the National Guard, and the military as a whole.  Especially at a time when the public is hair-trigger sensitive to tyranny.  Lying or deceiving the public in any way reflects poorly on himself, the entire armed forces, and the men and women who have served this country honorably and have even died so that their countrymen could enjoy liberty.

[One Revelator]

NICE - I looked all over what i could find out about Camp Dodge and any Iowa state facilities. then i simply typed "iowa national guard mout" and got that doc listed above.

A big 'duh' on my part as I have even done airborne assaults on mout sites. - the infowar is better than a shooting war anyday
thank God for the 'bill of rights and the first one - freedom of speech!!!

Thanks for taking the ball and running with it on that other thread.  Seems like I couldn't get anybody to notice this for quite some time.  Good info showing other sites picking up on this on their own.  I'm hoping this little detail will get some traction.  Haven't heard anything on the show nor read anything about the MOUT site in any articles yet.

[One Revelator]

FYI, current Des Moines Register article about Arcadia and reaction by Prison Planet Forum members can be found here:

Iowa Hit Piece: Alex Jones & Listeners Blew Arcadia Drill 'Out of Proportion' 
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=88707.msg512545#msg512545

[donnay]

I'd like to know how much federal funds would the town of Arcadia receive by allowing the guard access to their town.  There's ALWAYS a money trail.

William Petroski is a shill for the Military Industrial Complex.  I am sure he sold his soul fairly cheap.  He is not up in the big league like Armstrong Williams.

[jofortruth]

I emailed Bill Petroski at the Des Moines paper and asked him about this. Here's what he said:

"There are, in fact, no active duty military bases in Iowa. Camp Dodge is a small Iowa National Guard facility north of Des Moines. There are no regular military units with troops living full time in barracks at Camp Dodge, which is the way it works in the regular military. There are troops that come there periodically for short training stints that do temporarily stay in barracks there... Camp Dodge was a large military installation during WWI and WWII that trained soldiers for deployment overseas, but it hasn't been a regular military base in decades."

Bill Petroski, Des Moines Register
bpetrosk@desmoine.gannett.com

Got any more questions for him?

[donnay]

I emailed Bill Petroski at the Des Moines paper and asked him about this. Here's what he said:

"There are, in fact, no active duty military bases in Iowa. Camp Dodge is a small Iowa National Guard facility north of Des Moines. There are no regular military units with troops living full time in barracks at Camp Dodge, which is the way it works in the regular military. There are troops that come there periodically for short training stints that do temporarily stay in barracks there... Camp Dodge was a large military installation during WWI and WWII that trained soldiers for deployment overseas, but it hasn't been a regular military base in decades."

Bill Petroski, Des Moines Register
bpetrosk@desmoine.gannett.com

Got any more questions for him?

Maybe I am stupid but why would they need an active military base to run training ops?

[Noel Degrassi]

Anyone know why the Reserve's camo is that digitized/pixelated pattern?


The way they recruit using XBox-es and Playstations using the full Tom Clancy game library and treating the wars around the world like a really fun game of "RISK", wearing "computerized camo" is at least creepy, if not outright disturbing.


Besides guys, not too many trees in the 'burbs nowadays. Put some STOP signs and streets with potholes on your fatigues, because nobody seems to notice either of these too much.

[One Revelator]

Got any more questions for him?

“There are no regular military units with troops living full time in barracks at Camp Dodge, which is the way it works in the regular military.”

This is completely irrelevant and Petroski knows it.  Here’s a question.

Why would the National Guard need to lie to or mislead the public into believing that no Urban Warfare (MOUT) training sites exist in the entire state of Iowa when there is clearly one located less than 2 hours from Arcadia?

I predict that Petroski will stonewall.

[jofortruth]

This is completely irrelevant and Petroski knows it.  Here’s a question.

Why would the National Guard need to lie to or mislead the public into believing that no Urban Warfare (MOUT) training sites exist in the entire state of Iowa when there is clearly one located less than 2 hours from Arcadia?

I predict that Petroski will stonewall.

I sent the reporter your question, and have been engaging him back and forth several times. We'll see what he says!       Trying to educate the dude, and I'm forwarding our conversation to joeyv@infowars.com. Hope Joey looks at his emails.

[One Revelator]

I'd like to know how much federal funds would the town of Arcadia receive by allowing the guard access to their town.  There's ALWAYS a money trail.

Found nothing on Arcadia specifically.  However, Caroll County has definitely had its hands out to the trough as recently as December.  (board of directors meeting)  There’s mention of a 75% federally-funded tornado shelter that they want. 

Here’s how it works.  The locals get federal grant money for a project, which usually benefits local businesses (food, construction, hotels) and government (fees, permits).  Then there will be some complication that keeps the project from being completed thus requiring a request for even more federal money to finish it.  It’s all about getting a cut, not necessarily about projects.  Thus the mighty Federal Reserve Note is successful in getting people to shut up.  Trying to pin down transactions to prove corruption is like trying to kill a hydra.  As long as the people can be seduced by fiat paper, the bankers maintain control.

[One Revelator]

I sent the reporter your question, and have been engaging him back and forth several times. We'll see what he says!       Trying to educate the dude, and I'm forwarding our conversation to joeyv@infowars.com. Hope Joey looks at his emails.

Interesting.  Over 24 hours and nothing from Petrovski.  No mention anywhere about the Camp Dodge MOUT site from lamestream media.  Silence is not golden.