No, there is a difference here. IMHO, this is not about a recruiting office, this is urban warfare on out downtown streets. Not appropriate.
Build a mock up somewhere in the sticks and practice there. Allowing the troops to be seen by the American sheeple drilling in our streets throws up a whole lotta red flags for me. If the sheeple get used to seeing it, and someone one day uses the troops for law enforcement, then there will be a whole lot of folks passive on the idea.
No, find another way to train in urban warfare. Does not belong in our cities...
Build a mockup in the sticks? Under federal contracting guidelines? How much do you think 10 acres of mock urban area would cost?
There are plenty of empty buildings in Toledo; I’m guessing that with this forward looking political leadership there will be more to come.
I tend to agree with your assessment (but want to know more). Is this SOP? I’ve never heard of these sorts of “neighborhood” exercises before.
Bump in the hopes that this gets fleshed out a bit more...
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Let the nitwits at toledo gov know.
A facility already exists for MOUT training at Fort Polk:
Does this Mayor expect emergency responders to establish a mock-up city on the outskirts of Toledo to practice their response to emergency situations such as dirty bombs, or any other incident that might be a threat to a big city?
Isnt spamming a rules violation?
You gonna spam every thread that pops up on this with your little parnoid drivin posse comitatus BS?
Oh ...I know...now your going to cry to a mod that I’m stalking you....
Poor sad little man...or woman...sorry if I get it confused...