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Soldiers receive “riot control” training

Julie Wilson
Infowars.com
Oct. 16, 2013

Soldiers at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas received training last week on how to “manage themselves in peaceful situations involving civilians,” reports KDH News.

The timing of the training is interesting when analyzing America’s current economic state, which is bordering on collapse. American investment broker, businessman, author and financial commentator Peter Schiff warns us that we are in worse shape now economically than we were just before the 2008 financial crisis, which we still have yet to recover from.


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Soldiers whose training has always revolved around enemies in foreign combat zones, is now focused on American civilians. Troops underwent “crowd and riot control” training at Fort Hood’s Elijah urban training site last week.

The exercises, which were originally reported by Killeen’s local news and painted in a very positive light, also involved the use of “role players.” The report states the potential uses for the crowd control training ranges from “peaceful protestors to full on riots,” and also includes how to deal with natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina.

In an obvious attempt to normalize the training, and prevent the public from panicking, the paper’s report quoted military personnel as basically loving the new exercises.

“I always like trying new things,” said team leader Sgt. Tyler Holt. “All the guys seem to enjoy the fun training. It’s also team-building.”

Soldiers reportedly learned unifying formations, verbal and hand signals, and chants including “Get Back”– which is meant to be spoken while soldiers step their feet towards the crowd in an intimidating fashion.

Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas Ford, a platoon sergeant says the learned actions send a “clear, concise message that’s not demeaning or harmful to the crowd.”

His statement to the paper defending the training is to be expected, however, we know that the training is not meant to help soldiers deal with civil unrest peacefully, but in a police state-like manner meant to suppress, injure, arrest and potentially kill peaceful protestors.

Inside military sources have repeatedly confirmed the military is planning and training for civil unrest. The federalization of the police force is one of the best indicators of this.

Police departments all over the nation, even tiny rural communities, are receiving robust, intimidating military equipment designed to be used against civilians for next to nothing in costs.

The Ala. Cullman Police Department recently received a $400,000 armored MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) surplus military vehicle for free, meant for use by the tactic unit.

“The department applied for the military surplus vehicle, much like other police departments are receiving military vehicles to be used for tactical purposes,” said the police chief.

They argue it will be used to respond to active shooter scenarios and “certain situations” that may occur in the community.

In February Infowars broke the story exposing a DHS supplier that was providing the government agency with shooting targets featuring pregnant women, mothers in playgrounds and elderly American gun owners.

Also, the DHS has been arming themselves to the teeth with over 2 billion rounds of ammunition throughout last year, which is enough to wage a 30-year war.

Last March Infowars writer Adan Salazar broke some disturbing news when he came across aDepartment of Defense training manual obtained by a conservative watchdog group that labeled people who embrace “individual liberties” and honor “states’ rights,” as potential “extremists.”

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Role players help troops train for riot control

Herald/MARIANNE LIJEWSKI
2-38 Riot Training

Soldiers with the 2nd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, run in formation during a riot and crowd control training on October 9 at Fort Hood.

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ABOVE: Soldiers with the 2nd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, work to contain other soldiers representing a crowd in a mock riot situation during training Oct. 9 at Fort Hood. BELOW: Soldiers run in formations during riot and crowd control training.





Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 4:30 am
Rose L Thayer | Herald staff writer

Posted on October 16, 2013
by Rose L Thayer

After a dozen years of training to go into combat zones filled with enemy combatants, some soldiers are now training to manage themselves in peaceful situations involving civilians.

Troopers with Charlie Company, 2nd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, underwent crowd and riot control training last week at Fort Hood’s Elijah urban training site.

“A lot of the training we are doing now, Armywide, is full-spectrum operations,” said 1st Lt. Steven Shaw, the officer-in-charge of the three-day training event, which ended Thursday in an exercise using role players as rioters.

“This teaches them how to react to a situation in a different way,” he said. “They are keeping themselves safe and mitigating any danger for the people on the other side.”

The potential use for crowd control ranges from peaceful protesters to full on riots to a scenario such as Hurricane Katrina, where thousands of people were being relocated.

Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas Ford, a platoon sergeant, said his unit was sent to New Orleans, La., in 2005 for hurricane relief, and this sort of training would have been helpful.

“I had never dealt with civilian areas where people live,” he said. “We were not there to break in doors, we were there to help. ... How can we help while still accomplishing our mission?”

Beginning at the team level, soldiers learned formations and verbal and hand signals used to unify themselves against a crowd from 89th Military Police Brigade soldiers. Eventually the formations grew to platoon-sized shapes. Soldiers learned to chant, “Get back,” while stepping forward in unison with their left feet toward the crowd.

This sends a clear, concise message that’s not demeaning or harmful to the crowd, Ford said.

Sgt. Tyler Holt, a team leader, said the training was easy to grasp, because it built off what soldiers already do.

“I always like trying new things,” he said. “All the guys seem to enjoy the fun training. It’s also team-building.”

Last week’s round of training was prefaced with classes from the San Antonio Police Department, Shaw said.

“It may be that nothing bad ever happens,” Ford said. “They may be mad, but never had hostility toward soldiers. You may be able to walk in with your shields down and speak in a calm tone.”

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