Have you all seen this?

[snot]

"A call went out on Craigslist on June 12th for crisis actors dressed in fake wounds for a military-style training exercise in Burlington, VT — where Bernie lives and where his campaign headquarters is stationed — DURING the last three days of the DNC."

[In_The_Wind]

1. That is very interesting.

[merrily]

2. Thanks!

[Donkees]

3. Excerpt from Burlington Free Press:

The simulation is called Vigilant Guard, a statewide emergency preparation exercise. This would be the third time Vermont conducts the simulation, which involves thousands of responders from the National Guard, state homeland security offices and regional police and emergency workers.

FLSS is competing with others for the contract to help run the simulation and provide the actors, said Antony Laudicina, chief operating officer of FLSS. The ads are out now to make sure they have a workforce if they win the contract.

"The simulations are an opportunity for the military to get a feeling for an environment," Laudicina said. His company uses job boards to find people because it's cheaper than flying people from all around the country, like some of FLSS' larger competitors can do (General Dynamics and Raytheon both offer military simulation training services).

"There's a big need for it," he said. His company started in 2011 in part to respond to the military's growing need for simulation services. The company is not, however, looking to use the simulation as a ruse to disturb the Democratic National Convention, he said.

"Absolutely not," Laudicina said. "This has nothing to do with politics."

Calls made to the Vermont Air National Guard and Army National Guard bases were not immediately returned.

This story was updated to include information on the upcoming statewide emergency simulation Vigilant Guard. This article was first posted online June 20, 2016. Contact Cory Dawson at the office [phone], on his cell [phone] or [e-mail]. Follow him on Twitter at @Dawson_and_Co

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2016/06/20/ad-military-role-players-raises-eyebrows/86135262/

[condoleeza]

4. Original Craigslist posting - now removed

http://web.archive.org/web/20160620095215/http://vermont.craigslist.org/gov/5632625856.html

Just unfortunate timing?

[Hiraeth]

5. hospitals do this type of thing, like a fire drill. emergency preparedness training.