U.S. activates secret military task force to secure its capital

[Judi Lynn]

11:58, 19-Apr-2020

CGTN

Joint Task Force National Capital Region (JTF-NCR) was activated on March 16 to "secure" Washington in the face of attackers, both foreign and domestic, Newsweek reported Thursday, citing a "senior military officer working on continuity of government planning."

If necessary, JTF-NCR is also tasked with moving White House and other key government offices to alternate locations.

"No one wants to talk evacuation, especially when there's nowhere to go," the anonymous source told the magazine.

JTF-NCR is now "real and operating," with some units already on 24/7 alert, directly reporting to the secretary of defense for some of its missions, the report said.

More:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-04-19/U-S-activates-secret-military-task-force-to-secure-its-capital-POmtRLau1a/index.html

[Grokenstein]

1. Ach! Der Fuhrer ist bunkerink down?

Maybe I'll watch Downfall again tonight and think happy thoughts.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Please evacuate Trump now

and follow with a good flushing.

[Aristus]

3. I think the heightened security is because of April 19th.

The 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.

It's Spring Break for right-wing anti- government types...

[rickford66]

4. If Obama did this ..... oh, never mind.

[Igel]

5. He probably did.

http://armedforcesjournal.com/team-building-through-an-inauguration/
The unit was actived 14 times from creation in 2003 through 4/1/2009.

https://www.army.mil/article/93574/troops_prepare_to_support_presidential_inauguration_events
It was activated for the 2012 inauguration.

Sounds like it's the go-to unit that's prepared in the event something untoward is considered a possibility.


Nobody really cared. The level of suspicion and distrust wasn't high enough yet.

[SCantiGOP]

6. This source is the Chinese News Service

Not sure if that matters, but I always check the news source.

[Judi Lynn]

7. EXCLUSIVE: AS WASHINGTON DC FACES CORONAVIRUS SPIKE, SECRET MILITARY TASK FORCE PREPARES TO SECURE T

EXCLUSIVE: AS WASHINGTON DC FACES CORONAVIRUS SPIKE, SECRET MILITARY TASK FORCE PREPARES TO SECURE THE CAPITAL
BY WILLIAM M. ARKIN ON 4/16/20 AT 9:58 AM EDT

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday ordered a one-month extension of the state of emergency, as cases in the region grow at a rapid pace. Federal officials in the nation's capital expect a New York-like epidemic in the District, Maryland and Virginia, one that could potentially cripple the government.

"No one wants to talk evacuation, especially when there's nowhere to go," says a senior military officer working on continuity of government planning; he requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak on the record.

But a little-known military task force charged with evacuating Washington has already been activated, a task force charged with the most sensitive government mission of "securing" Washington in the face of attackers, foreign and domestic—and if necessary, moving White House and other key government offices to alternate locations.

Activated on March 16, Joint Task Force National Capital Region (JTF-NCR) is chartered to "defend" Washington on land, in the air, and even on its waterfronts. The special task force, the only one of its kind in the country, demonstrates how there are two sides of government preparedness. The public face, and even the day-to-day work of most men and women assigned to JTF-NCR, is the same as it is everywhere else in the country—medical support, delivering supplies, manning health-check stations.

More:
https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-washington-dc-faces-coronavirus-spike-secret-military-task-force-prepares-secure-1498276