tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post1814678078908792249..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Mad Rant: The US Goes SSMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-59442307693196157422010-08-25T09:41:48.181-05:002010-08-25T09:41:48.181-05:00Oops! You are quite correct! Mea mega culpa!Oops! You are quite correct! Mea mega culpa!El Jefe Maximohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-40583878732097359942010-08-24T15:54:33.062-05:002010-08-24T15:54:33.062-05:00Of course it is dead now but that's what happe...Of course it is dead now but that's what happens sometimes commenting on a story that is a year old.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-18143997098098909182010-08-24T15:24:31.988-05:002010-08-24T15:24:31.988-05:00MM, I was more interesting in the Army recruiting ...MM, I was more interesting in the Army recruiting information linked in Mr. Unruh's article, which calls for "Internment / Resettlement Specialist" -- MOS 31E. The job description appears to fit the type of personnel necessary to hold POWs and detainees. <br /><br />The bill you refer to, HR. 645, introduced by Alcee Hastings (not likely to appear in either of our sets of good books), has not passed the House of Representatives, but was referred to committee in January of 2009, where it is sitting. It has no co-sponsors. Usually that means the thing's dead.<br /><br />Given the type of wars in which the US is presently engaged, the recruitment of the persons described in the Army literature would appear to be necessary. Also, I have no doubt they're spending a lot more effort and trouble on the training of these people, given such embarassments as Abu Gharib, and the intelligence requirements of the present conflict. <br /><br />I also am troubled at the direction of the American state (who could not be with the present lot in charge?) I'm not necessarily buying the link, though, between the National Guard's recruitment needs and the delusions of persons such as Representative Hastings.El Jefe Maximohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-2137601855941896362010-08-24T15:05:17.683-05:002010-08-24T15:05:17.683-05:00HR 645, the National Emergency Centers Establishme...HR 645, the National Emergency Centers Establishment Act, was proposed to authorize FEMA to build no less than six National Emergency Centers throughout the U.S. on closed or open military facilities. These facilities were designed to house large numbers of people. That's in the U.S. -not Iraq or Afghanistan. And that's one of the primary actions the article was discussing.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-23698336569355476382010-08-24T12:45:00.448-05:002010-08-24T12:45:00.448-05:00I dunno Mad, it might be ominous, it might not. Si...I dunno Mad, it might be ominous, it might not. Since the beginning of both the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, the Army Reserve and National Guard have provided a hefty percentage, if not a majority, of personnel for operating prisons in both Iraq and Afghanistan. <br /><br />The Regular Army force structure is short of Military Police, logistics and other types of support units and relies on the National Guard and Reserve to supply them.El Jefe Maximohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.com