National Guard: Internment and Resettlement of Civilians?

You know those crazy "FEMA Camper" conspiracy theorists? The ones Glenn Beck debunked by showing a video of a train station that somebody thought was a prison? (Uh... case closed.)

The National Guard must be full of such people; why else would our National Guard be advertising for this as a specialist occupation in the Guard?

(There is an automatically playing video in that link that describes the duties of this position, and includes their motto, "Of the troops, for the troops." I thought it was, "Of the people, by the people, for the people.")

"31E - INTERNMENT / RESETTLEMENT SPECIALIST

Description

Internment / Resettlement Specialists in the Army are primarily responsible for day-to-day operations in a military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility. Internment / Resettlement Specialists provide rehabilitative, health, welfare, and security to US military prisoners within a confinement or correctional facility; provide custody, control, supervision and security to internees within a detention/internment facility; conduct inspections; prepare written reports; coordinate activities of prisoners/internees and staff personnel.

Some of your duties as an Internment / Resettlement Specialist may include:

• Assisting with supervision and management of confinement and detention operations
• Providing internal or external security to confinement/corrections facilities or detention/internment facilities
• Providing custody, control, supervision and escort to all security levels of U.S. military prisoners or internees/detainees
• Counseling and guidance to individual prisoners within a rehabilitative program
• Preparing or reviewing reports and records of prisoners/internees and programs

Training

Job training for a Internment / Resettlement Specialist requires 19 weeks, one day of One Station Unit Training (OSUT) which includes Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training. Part of the training is spent in the classroom and part in the field. Some of the skills you'll learn about:

• Military laws and jurisdictions
• Level of Force Procedures
• Unarmed Self-Defense Techniques
• Police Deviance and Ethics Procedures
• Interpersonal Communications Skills
• Close confinement operations
• Search and restraint procedures
• Use of firearms
• Custody and control procedures

Skills

Helpful attributes include:

• An ability to think and react quickly
• An ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• An interest in law enforcement and crime prevention

Responsibilities

Advanced level Internment / Resettlement Specialist supervise and train other Soldiers within the same discipline. As an advanced level Internment / Resettlement Specialist, you may be:

• Responsible for all personnel working in the confinement/correctional facility, including security, logistical, and administrative management of the prisoner/internee population
• Supervising and establishing all administrative, logistical and food support operations, confinement/correctional, custodial, treatment, and rehabilitative activities
• Conducting stand-alone operations, providing command and control, staff planning, administration and logistical services, and custody/control for the operation of an Enemy Prisoner of War/Civilian Internee (EPW/CI) camp (emphasis mine), detainee internment facility
• Conducting stand-alone operations, providing command and control, staff planning, administration and logistical services, and custody/control for the operation of a displaced civilian (DC) resettlement facility

Civilian Related

The skills you'll learn as a Internment / Resettlement Specialist will help prepare you for a future with federal, state, county or city law enforcement agencies. You might also be able to pursue a career as a security guard with industrial firms, airports or other businesses and institutions."

You crazy conspiracy theorists...

Pumpkin and Pecan

Those are the names of the two turkeys that George W. Bush, incumbent President of the United States and leader of the free world, pardoned.

Yes, he pardoned two turkeys while two men who engaged in the felonious act of protecting our border sit in a prison cell.

If you will remember, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, the two border agents that were imprisoned for shooting a drug runner, are still wasting away in jail.

Yeah, remember them?

In my opinion, there are a few high-ranking people that should be serving time in their stead.

Johnny Sutton, the filthy attorney that sent them to prison, also gave the drug runner freedom in exchange for his testimony. This should be considered a criminal act, and Sutton should at least be disbarred, if not imprisoned.

George Bush and Johnny Sutton have been friends since the 1980's, and Sutton has even received appointed positions and nominations by Bush.

Yes, wonderful Christian Conservatives all.

Happy Thanksgiving, Ramos and Compean, we won't forget you.

In Defense of Free Speech

Alex Jones is a radio talk show host and documentary film maker based in Austin, Texas. He is a paleo-conservative, and he investigates political and social figureheads around America in order to uncover the inner workings of American and likewise global political structure.

While I don’t agree with him on many things, I do respect him and trust him as a news source. He claims and appears to be a Christian, and he frequently mentions the God of the Bible on his radio show.

Michelle Malkin is one of the people that Alex Jones has investigated, and he isn’t exactly thrilled about her.

Malkin wrote a book, “In Defense of Internment” in 2004, explaining why she thinks Americans should be put in camps due to their “ethnicity”. She compares and defends the internment of U.S. citizens during WWII with the modern “War on Terror”. She also defends the governments use of un-Constitutional measures to "ensure our safety".

It is unquestionably illegal and un-American to lock up legal citizens simply because of their ancestry. While I understand the reasoning for it in the past, there is no excuse for it, then or now. Just my opinion, but I think I’m right.

Alex Jones confronted Michelle Malkin on her controversial views at the DNC protests. The exact details are sketchy, and I don't want to get any of the facts or timelines wrong, so I’ll let the videos speak for themselves. These videos are taken from different angles.

To be honest, I saw Malkin on FOX News years ago, and I always liked her seemingly "conservative" views, but this was before I knew about her Fascist ideologies.