U.S. Army 3rd Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team Under NORTHCOM command

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From ArmyTimes.com:

3rd Infantry’s 1st BCT trains for a new dwell-time mission. Helping ‘people at home’ may become a permanent part of the active Army

By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Sep 30, 2008 16:16:12 EDT

The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle, helping restore essential services and escorting supply convoys.

Now they’re training for the same mission — with a twist — at home.

Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.

It is not the first time an active-duty unit has been tapped to help at home. In August 2005, for example, when Hurricane Katrina unleashed hell in Mississippi and Louisiana, several active-duty units were pulled from various posts and mobilized to those areas.

But this new mission marks the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to NorthCom, a joint command established in 2002 to provide command and control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense support of civil authorities.

After 1st BCT finishes its dwell-time mission, expectations are that another, as yet unnamed, active-duty brigade will take over and that the mission will be a permanent one.
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Jeffrey Steinberg with EIR puts this move in perspective.

American patriots no longer need to wonder how the U.S. Army will respond to assignments within the borders of the U.S.

“I don’t know what America’s overall plan is — I just know that 24 hours a day, seven days a week, there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines that are standing by to come and help if they’re called. It makes me feel good as an American to know that my country has dedicated a force to come in and help the people at home.” - 1st BCT commander Col. Roger Cloutier.

He doesn't know what the plan is, but like a good soldier, he will follow orders and apply the dedicated force.

There are many serious problems facing the American people which they are ill prepared to deal with. The present and ongoing financial/banking meltdown. The vague agenda of "Change" of both presidential candidates. The failed wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The unsettled issue with Iran and the spreading war into Pakistan, not to mention the unstable Middle East generally.

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