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Terrorism 101 - Eagle Eyes Hotline 951-655-7777
With the 14th anniversary of the is observed. You and your family are Acquiring supplies: Purchasing or to practice getting their people into posi-
September 11th tragedies at hand, it is encouraged to learn the categories of stealing explosives, weapons, ammu- tion, working out arrival times, parking,
time to revisit the security issue here at suspicious behavior and stay attuned nition, detonators, timers, etc. Also ticketing, going through security, board-
March Air Reserve Base. Since May to your surroundings. If you observe includes acquiring military uniforms, ing, etc. By taking note of everything
8, 2015, U.S. military sites around the something suspicious, send your input decals, flight manuals, passes or badges around them, in one sense they were
globe have been in Force Protection to hqafosi.watch@us.af.mil. (or the equipment to manufacture such conducting surveillance and testing se-
Condition (FPCON) BRAVO, which items) or any other controlled items. curity, but they were also doing a dry run
applies when an increased or more pre- Team March members can alert local of the actual activity.
dictable threat of terrorist activity exist. authorities by calling the local Eagle Suspicious persons out of place:
Sustaining BRAVO measures for a pro- Eyes Hotline 951-655-7777. Attempt People who don’t seem to belong in the Deploying assets: People and sup-
longed period may affect operational to gather as much descriptive infor- workplace, neighborhood, business es- plies getting into position to commit
capability and military-civil relation- mation of the individual and vehicle if tablishment, or anywhere else. This in- the act. This is a person’s last chance
ships with local authorities. possible; hair, eye color, approximate cludes suspicious border crossings and to alert authorities before the terrorist
age, height, weight, race, vehicle make, stowaways aboard ship or people jump- act occurs. Look for people loading
March ARB is not immune to these model, color, license plate. ing ship in port. This category is hard to up vehicles with weaponry/explosives,
measures.This year alone, there have define, but the point is that people know etc., and/or parking that vehicle some-
been several security breaches around These are categories of suspicious what looks right and what doesn’t look where, or people in military uniforms
the world targeting Americans, and spe- behavior: right in their neighborhoods, office (who don’t look right) approaching an
cifically U.S. military families. spaces, commutes, etc., and if a person installation or getting into a vehicle, or
Surveillance: Someone recording just doesn’t seem like he or she be- people who seem out of place standing
Master Sgt. Juan Rodriguez, 452nd or monitoring activities. This may in- longs, there’s probably a reason for that. by at a certain location as if waiting for
Security Forces Squadron, cites the July clude the use of cameras (either still or something to happen. One fairly good
16th slaying of four Marines and a Sailor video), note taking, drawing diagrams, Dry run: Putting people into position example of this is the attack on the
at Chattanooga’s U.S. Naval Marine Re- annotating on maps or using binoculars and moving them around according to Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. When
serve Center, or the July 15thdeadly force or other vision-enhancing devices. their plan without actually committing the explosives-laden truck pulled up to
incident at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ar- the terrorist act. This is especially true the fence line (which was the “deploy-
kansas, where Security Forces members Elicitation: People or organizations when planning a kidnapping, but it can ing assets” step) and the driver jumped
fatally wounded a threatening suspect. attempting to gain information about also pertain to bombings. An element of out and ran away, that was seen by a
military operations, capabilities, or this activity could also include mapping spotter on the roof of the dormitory,
Rodriguez added that in recent people. Elicitation attempts may be out routes and determining the timing of who recognized this as suspicious ac-
months, there have been multiple in- made by mail, fax, telephone, or in traffic lights and flow. Take note of peo- tivity. He then sprinted down stairs and
cidents at some of our local establish- person. Examples could include being ple moving around from place to place began pounding on doors, rousting peo-
ments such as the Circle K across from approached at a gas station (or mall or without any apparent purpose and doing ple out of bed and getting them out of
the main gate, and at the USA Gas sta- airport or library, etc.) and asked about it, perhaps, many times. The appropri- the building. Because of that, he saved
tion on Alessandro Blvd. Uniformed what’s happening at the base; getting ate example here is the Sept. 11 hijack- many, many lives, and it’s all because
members have been asked suspicious a fax (or an e-mail or a telephone call, ers, who are now known to have actu- he recognized the “deploying assets”
questions like, What do I need to get etc.) asking for troop strength num- ally flown on those exact flights several element.
on the base?What would Security bers... or the number of airplanes on times before Sept. 11. Their purpose was
Forces ask me for? Did you recently base... or deployment procedures... or
deploy?Are you deploying? how a trash-collection truck gets on
base... or the location of the HQ build-
There are those out there who would ing... or how many people live in a cer-
choose to harm you simply because tain dorm... or where the commander
you are affiliated with March ARB or lives... or how many people hang out
the U.S. military. Be aware and report at the officers/enlisted club at night...
anything you are not sure of. or which nightclubs/restaurants off
base are highly frequented by military
Were you aware that an unknown people... or the workings of the base’s
civilian was found inside a fenced-in network firewall, etc.
area at one of the Team March during a
recent Unit Training Assembly without Tests of security: Any attempts to
permission? That incident was the re- measure reaction times to security
sult of a team member driving through breaches or to penetrate physical se-
a locked gate and not waiting for it to curity barriers or procedures in order
close before proceeding. to assess strengths and weaknesses.
Examples: a person grabs the base
We have got to be more aware and fence and shakes it and sees how long
take these possible threats seriously. it takes for police to respond; a driver
approaches the front gate (without ID
The Eagle Eyes program is an Air and/or car sticker) and pretends to be
Force anti-terrorism initiative that en- lost or to have taken a wrong term, just
lists the eyes and ears of Air Force to learn the procedures of how he is
members and citizens in the war on dealt with and how far into the gate he
terror. Eagle eyes teaches people about can get before being turned around; a
the typical activities terrorists engage person places a “smoke bomb” near the
in to plan their attacks. Armed with this fence or throws it over the fence, just to
information, anyone can recognize ele- learn how quickly police respond and
ments of potential terror planning when what effect that has on front-gate op-
they see it. The program provides a net- erations, etc.
work of local, 24-hour phone numbers
to call whenever a suspicious activity
