Western Rifle Shooters Association: The Obamessiah's 'Civilian Expeditionary Workforce'?

Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Obamessiah's 'Civilian Expeditionary Workforce'?

Spartacus asks:

Could this DoD directive be the administrative foundation for The Dear Leader's 'civilian national security force'?

Read it all.

7 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Yes.

From page 6:

(d) DoD civilian employees who become ill, contract diseases, or who are injured or
wounded while deployed in support of U.S. military forces engaged in hostilities (see Glossary,
“contingency operation”) are eligible for medical evacuation and health care treatment and
services in military treatment facilities (MTFs) at no cost to the civilian employee and at the
same level and scope provided to military personnel. The same system used to track active duty
patients through the Military Health System shall be used to track DoD civilian employees
injured in theater while forward deployed. Civilians will not be charged personal leave while
undergoing therapy and/or rehabilitation due to a combat, combat support, duty related or
non-duty related injury incurred during deployment after they return from deployment.

From page 9:

Global War on Terror (GWOT). The type of operational activity that the President or the
Secretary of Defense approve to prevent or respond to life-threatening acts that are a violation of
the criminal laws of the United States or of any State and appear to be intended to intimidate or
coerce a civilian population; to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion;
or to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.; February 19, 2009 at 2:34 AM
Diogenes said...: Oh yeah. thats exactly what that is. Where else you use the words 'expeditionary', 'combat', and 'civilian volunteer' in one sentence if you aren't planning on those civilians to be shot at. There was even something about the 'relocation' of 'groups' in there.

They know damned well that there are going to be issues if the full force military has to be called in to control the populace but to use civilians there is less of a chance of that happening. You just have to recruit the 'right ones'

Every day I get closer to just dropping off the scope and holing up till the lead starts to fly.; February 19, 2009 at 2:43 AM
Anonymous said...: Well, there are DoD civilian employees now in Iraq and Afghanistan. They were also used in Kosovo.

While it is creepy and the (GWOT) part is troubling, there is also this.

from the definitions;

stability operations: An overarching term encompassing various military missions, tasks, and activities conducted outside the United States in coordination with other...

So I'll have to give it a 40/60 (Y/N) chance, since there are not many community organizers working for the DoD at present.
(I hope).

A big negative for participants, the Geneva Conventions do not apply to them. That is why every thing was done by military personnel in the past.

On the other hand Islamists are not known for giving anyone Geneva Convention rights...; February 19, 2009 at 7:23 AM
Brian K Miller said...: The link doesn't work for me. What is the title of the directive?; February 19, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Concerned American said...: It is DoD Directive 1404.10, dated 23 Jnuary 2009 and titled "DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce".

Hope that helps. You may also want to download Foxit Reader as a free and low-space way to read .pdf files:

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php; February 19, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Tom Austin said...: Nope. This is just a modification of the terms of the mobility agreement that DoD civilians have to sign as a condition of employment. Civilian deployments were a rarity in the modern era - up until OIF & OEF. There are even involuntary deployments of civilians now, which is a big deal. Now it's pretty common. Things like medical care while deployed were never well codified. It's not shocking that it's taken almost 8 years for DoD to get things down on paper.

"Expeditionary" means "going somewhere nasty overseas where people will try to kill you".

There are many reasons to be concerned about the use of the military against US citizens, but this isn't one of them.; February 19, 2009 at 2:58 PM
idahobob said...: Here comes der "Brownshirts".

Bob
III; February 19, 2009 at 4:48 PM

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Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Obamessiah's 'Civilian Expeditionary Workforce'?

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