So I’ve been digging a little more on changes to PCA—found several articles. I am just going to post an excerpt and link for one. I’m not sure if CBRNE CCMAF is still on tour is USA. Excerpt and link:
United States President George W. Bush deployed the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team to a new role on United States soil last Wednesday, training for dealing with national crises. Critics claim that act of the Executive Branch violates the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits military participation in domestic matters.
In 2007, the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act was introduced; it overturned the Posse Comitatus Act by allowing the Commander in Chief to suppress ‘insurrection’ and ‘restore order’. When it was repealed in 2008, Bush stated that he did not respect the later repeal.
The combat team, renamed CCMRF (C-hemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive C-onsequence M-anagement R-esponse F-orces), has been assigned for year-long duty and training at Fort Stewart to prepare them for “civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with potentially horrific scenarios” such as security or natural disasters. After a year, a new unit will take its place.
CCMRF will be under the control of the Northern Command (NORTHCOM), and now has the same legal authority as a unit deployed to Iraq under the direct control of the Executive Branch. The unit will have use of engineer and medical units, the Marine Corps Chemical, Biological Initial Reaction Force, and a Navy weather team, as well as members of the Defense Logistics Agency and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. A spokeswoman for NORTHCOM added that both wheeled and tank vehicles would be available for the CCMRF.
https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Bush_deploys_military_in_the_US_for_active_duty_as_federal_response_force
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SOURCES:
US Northern Command. “U.S. Northern Command gains dedicated response force” — Tuesday Sep 30, 2008
Gina Cavallaro. “Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1” — Army Times, Tuesday Sep 30, 2008
Amy Goodman. “Invasion of the Sea-Smurfs” — Democracy Now!, October 2, 2008
Naomi Wolf. “Thousands of Troops Are Deployed on U.S. Streets Ready to Carry Out “Crowd Control”” — Alternet, October 8, 2008
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Next Digs-Is this unit still active?
Sheriffs-Current ability to form Posses?
Thanks for info on Posse Comitatus. Grabbed for the PCA file!