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From POD page 1                                                       November: National American
ter, and to identify any shortfalls that they might have.

   The distribution center for all of SoCal (excluding L.A.

Indian Heritage Month 2015County) is warehoused at an undisclosed location for security
reasons. Medications are sent to each of the county health de-
partments, who in turn, distribute those medications to their in-     Prepared by Dawn W. Smith
dividual POD locations for distribution to citizens. Some of the      Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute

PODs will be open to the public and others, closed PODs, will            National American Indian and Alaska Native        tary leaders as early as the 18th century.
be for large companies, hospitals, etc.                               Heritage Month celebrates and recognizes the ac-        American Indian and Alaska Native employees rep-
                                                                      complishments of the original inhabitants, explor-
   “There are approximately 2.3 million people in Riverside           ers, and settlers of the United States.              resent one percent of the Defense Department’s federal
County – 22 million in SoCal, (and) this is the largest simulated                                                          workforce.
distribution of medications in the history of the state – nation-        This presentation reviews the historical mile-
ally it is the second or third largest ever,”Arballo said. “The idea  stones that led to the establishment of National        The nation’s population of American Indians
is to get something to every individual (in Southern California)      American Indian Heritage Month, covers various       and Alaska Natives, including those of more than
within 48 hours after activation.”                                    aspects of American Indian and Alaska Native         one race, was 5.2 million in 2013, making up
                                                                      life, and honors the contributions of our Native     about two percent of the total population.
   In this exercise, Riverside County’s top three goals were to       Service Members.
test the air monitoring and how quickly they can mobilize teams                                                               By the year 2060, the population of American
and characterize the extent of the release; to test their ability to     The Society of American Indian Government         Indians and Alaska Natives is expected to be 11.2
receive and distribute medications; and to test their communi-        Employees has chosen this year’s theme, Growing      million.
cation and coordination with all of these different partner agen-     Native Leaders: Enhancing Our Seven Generations.
cies that they’re working with, Saruwatari said.                                                                              A new generation of American Indians and
                                                                         The characteristic that has been clearly demon-   Alaska Natives has assumed this charge from their
   Given the recent terror attacks throughout the world,Arballo       strated by the deeds of American Indians in com-     elders, and they continue to improve living condi-
said they really had to be exceptionally careful to let people        bat is the warrior tradition.                        tions and opportunities for a better future.
know that this exercise has been in the works for a long time.
                                                                         The warrior tradition is best exemplified by the
   “It has nothing to do with any particular terrorism threat.        following qualities said to be inherent to most, if
There is no indication of any threat level that is significant right   not all American Indian societies: strength, honor,
now,” he said. “That’s really critical, that whenever we are com-     pride, devotion and wisdom.
municating with people, we really try to push that message.”
                                                                         American Indians have participated with dis-
   This is a very likely scenario, Tucker said. “We’ve stripped       tinction in United States military actions for more
out the Anthrax part and no matter what the threat is, we are         than 200 years. Their courage, determination, and
going to use the same plan.”                                          fighting spirit were recognized by American mili-

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