“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.” Barack Hussein Obama, 7/2/2008He doesn’t call it a Civil Defense force, that would imply we need (or perhaps that we deserve) defense.
The official name is National Civilian Community Corps.
I think of it as the NATCCC, or simply the NATCs...
Yep. Those guys. One day, all the myriad of federal LE agencies will suddenly show up in one uniform. Then, they nationalize the city cops. The Sheriff’s departments many hold out for a while, but they’ll just be disbanded or assimilated.
Instant “civilian” army and its already equipped with similar gear and weaponry (thanks to generous gummint grants over the past 20 years).