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Originally posted by Jenna
"As for this Crisis Management Corp., for those who won't bother looking at the website, they handle equipment and vehicle recovery (meaning they repo your crap if you don't pay), landlord distress and lease termination (they kick you out if you don't pay your rent or your landlord won't renew your lease), process service (they'll serve the papers on whoever you're suing), and bailiff consultant services (legal advice). That is what they mean by civil enforcement. Again nothing alarming about it. "
Originally posted by SunnyDee
What I can't understand is that there are no ATS members that live on the LA coast and can share what they are seeing.
Well, that and that this report came with no pictures, I mean how hard is it to take a picture these days or return a phone call.
Originally posted by Jenna
Silly question, how can you tell by looking at someone whether or not they are "battle hardened"? Do they get it tattooed on their foreheads maybe? Or perhaps carry signs that say 'Caution: Battle Hardened. Proceed at your own risk."? Ooh, I know! Maybe they have scars all over their faces and haven't shaved in weeks! Kinda like an old-school pirate, but without the parrot and wooden leg.
Not to bring any common sense to the thread or anything, but part of what the National Guard does is help with evacuations. If the oil spill is threatening the safety of people in coastal towns they'll be there helping people get out when the governor calls them up. Nothing alarming about that.
Originally posted by RyannVonDoom
It seems by your first paragraph you have zero military experience. and with your second post, saying those right out of bootcamp get issued weapons and gear... yes.. but you can tell the difference between those who have been battletested and those who are greenhorn booters. Since we have no pictures or information other than what was posted here, you cannot tell who is there and who isn't battletested.
Originally posted by lifttheveil
reply to post by webpirate
Agreed, this is a complete hoax, I can confirm after just speaking to family currently on their way back to Houma Airport from right on The Grand Isle Coast that there was no sign of any of this there around two hours ago (maybe a few more police then usual) and no mention of it by who they were visiting there either
Another one for the HOAX Forum and also me looking like an idiot again for acting on stuff I've read online and ringing them again to find out it was BS
Originally posted by lifttheveil
This is a HOAX, as I replied in another thread...
Originally posted by lifttheveil
reply to post by webpirate
Agreed, this is a complete hoax, I can confirm after just speaking to family currently on their way back to Houma Airport from right on The Grand Isle Coast that there was no sign of any of this there around two hours ago (maybe a few more police then usual) and no mention of it by who they were visiting there either
Another one for the HOAX Forum and also me looking like an idiot again for acting on stuff I've read online and ringing them again to find out it was BS
Last night on our radio show the “Decompression Session” we broke the updates from our reporter in the Gulf, confirming the presence of troops(not the coast guard) in the area. This report has now been confirmed by multiple sources. We are anxiously waiting for Roberts video and photo evidence.
The National Guard’s next big mission—along with other branches of the military—ought to be taking charge of cleaning up the BP oil disaster.
The National Guard has already been mobilized to help clean up BP’s mess. The Obama administration has authorized 17,500 National Guard troops from the Gulf Coast states to respond to the disaster. Louisiana’s National Guard in particular has sprung into action and contributed the vast majority of troops and technical cleanup assistance to date. For instance, Louisiana’s “769th Engineer Battalion and the State Aviation Command completed sandbag drop operations filling a 115-foot area in the vicinity of Trinity Island on May 27.” In Alabama, too, video footage shows the National Guard is working on “putting up barriers protecting the shore from oil.”
In the event that this disaster proves catastrophic, up to 2,500 Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have been approved by the federal government
Former Secretary of State and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell also suggested that the military could play a unique and valuable role in minimizing damage from the BP oil disaster above and beyond what the National Guard has already done. Powell noted that:
Maryann Tobin, writing for the the Albuquerque Examiner on May 9, (2010) stated FEMA “and other government agencies” have prepared to evacuate the Tampa Bay area ahead of a “controlled burn of surface oil in the Gulf of Mexico.” Tobin did not cite sources.
On May 4, up to 17,500 U.S. Army National Guard troops were mobilized by the Pentagon “to help various states with the oil spill,” according to the Associated Press. “Defense Secretary Robert Gates has granted requests to send troops of up to 6,000 by Louisiana, 3,000 by Alabama, 2,500 by Florida and 6,000 by Mississippi.” It is interesting to note the large number of troops deployed to Mississippi. As noted above, Mississippi’s governor Haley Barbour states oil is not a problem in the state.