Wargame on 9/11 at Ft. Monmouth, NJ... (hey Paul Thompson, check this)

[JackRiddler]

Hi Paul,

Since I hear you're doing a survey article on 9/11 wargames, I wonder if you ever noticed the exercise that morning held at the Ft. Monmouth, NJ base?

Located at the tip of NJ directly across from Staten Island, the base is home to CECOM, the Army Communications-Electronics Command, and a host of other C3/intelligence/surveillance/computer units
See http://www.monmouth.army.mil/

Apparently it is involved in handling communications for the Secret Service (potentially VERY important).

Word of the attack reached Ft. Monmouth just as personnel there were starting an exercise, Timely Alert II. As usual with such stories, the base personnel at first thought the emergency was actually part of the simulation

Complete article from http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/pa/oct01.html

http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/pa/oct01.html

Force protection plan a 'timely alert'
By Debbie Sheehan
U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command
Public Affairs Office

FORT MONMOUTH, N.J. -- The world will never be the same again. The terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon Sept. 11 have changed
everything; from our sense of security to how we get to work.

"There was a plan in place, but we went from 0 to 60 overnight, so to speak,"
said Lt. Col. Stephen N. Wood, Garrison commander, here. "By sheer
coincidence we were scheduled to conduct "Timely Alert II," a force
protection exercise on Sept. 11 and because of that, some of the concrete
barriers were already in place."

Wood said people on post told him when they first saw live footage of the
events unfolding at the World Trade Center, they thought it was some
elaborate training video to accompany the exercise.

Firefighters here said others told them the same thing. "You really outdid
yourself this time," a worker said to Captain "Jack" Rindt, training officer
for the Fort Monmouth Fire Department. Rindt could only express his sorrow
while he acknowledged that indeed, what people were seeing was not a movie,
even if it looked like one.

"The visible culture of how we do business has changed," said Wood. "And we
have the broader implications of how we are going to protect our Army."

Wood said there are changes in place that are visible. "You can see the
barriers, the closing of Oceanport Avenue, forcing traffic onto Route 35 and
streets like Seven Bridges Road. That was a necessary move and we are
grateful to Monmouth County for their cooperation. Because of the force
protection exercise, we were leaning forward in the foxhole, but we executed
measures to put things in place."

In a video message prepared for command personnel, Maj. Gen. William H. Russ
Communications-Electronics Command] said, "in this time of heightened
national concern, we have implemented increased security measures -- some of
them quite apparent as we drive to our offices and go about our daily
business. Many other measures are less apparent but equally effective. All
are intended to ensure the safety of our community."

"For the most part, this has been an open post of 35 years," said Wood. "I'm
sure it has been a shock for local residents to see gate houses on Oceanport
Avenue, but I have met with the mayors of The Two Rivers Council and they
have been very supportive and are carrying our message back to their towns.

"We are looking into ways to expedite movement at the gates, by adding
personnel. We will be making assessment requirements and through the chain of
command find ways to cut down the waiting time at the gates."

As events unfolded Sept. 11, Fort Monmouth services were called out to help
in various capacities. The fire department deployed to Atlantic Highlands to
assist passengers coming from Manhattan by ferry. Firefighters assisted close
to 5,000 people by decontaminating skin, eyes, clothing and personal effects.

"During this national crisis, I have been proud of our law enforcement
personnel augmented by many of our soldiers who performed a superb job in
securing our installation," Russ said in his video message.

"Our command firefighters and emergency services personnel showed their
professional mettle and superb sense of service in responding to calls for
support in the wake of the events. I am also extremely proud of the
outstanding performance of our civilians and soldiers, who deployed to New
York City with thermal imaging cameras, cell phone locating equipment and
other systems to aid in the search for victims."

"And, I'm proud of the great work our Information Systems Engineering Command
personnel are doing in the National Capitol Region to restore and renovate
the Pentagon and relocate personnel," Russ said.

Members of the Patterson Army Health Clinic also deployed to assist at Fort
Hamilton, N.Y. medical facilities and on the Navy hospital ship Comfort.
Patient administration personnel from Patterson also deployed to assist
hospital staffs in New York City.

As the workforce moves about the post, they are being reminded to be aware of
their surroundings and anything unusual. "We have 5,000 people on the main
post, another 3,500 in the Charles Wood Area. Those are a lot of pairs of
eyes," Wood said.

For more information contact the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command
public affairs office at (732)
532-1258, DSN 992-1258.

After the Sept. 11 attacks, CECOM civilians and soldiers deployed to New York
City with thermal imaging cameras, cell phone locating equipment and other
systems to aid in the search for victims.
A Google search turns up just this one page for "Timely Alert II."

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And let's add this to the mix - speculation from Barbara Honegger (a bit more sober than her usual):

Burlingame's 9-11 Pentagon plane not only hit the Pentagon that
morning, it struck a Command and Control center for that morning's
counterterrorism 'game' exercise, killing most, if not all, of the
'players'. We know this because Army personnel from Ft. Monmouth, New
Jersey were on special duty assignment at the Pentagon that morning
for an emergency response exercise and were killed when Burlingame's
plane hit. Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey also happens to be the
headquarters for White House/Presidential communications, including
therefore probably also for Air Force One (this is discoverable) --
and recall the warning "Air Force One is next" and the 'secret code'
which was called into the White House that morning which WH press
secretary Ari Fleischer revealed as a means of explaining why Pres.
Bush left Florida for a military base and did not return to the White
House. This 'warning' was probably called into the White House, if
true, by either the Ft. Monmouth White House communications
headquarters and/or the Ft. Monmouth counterterrorism exercise 'game'
players temporarily at the Pentagon that morning.

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To me, "Timely Alert II" appears to be distinct from the Pentagon's
9/11 "counterterrorism game," though personnel from Fort Monmouth -
"the headquarters for White House/Presidential communications" - were
involved in both.

At any rate, Ft. Monmouth officers DID die at the Pentagon (I checked this a while back).

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(Thanks to
http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2004/11/another-timely-alert.html#comments
and to Mark Robinowitz for pointing out the above article...)

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ft. Monmouth is also the location of an ordnance (explosives) stockpile, and interestingly (this may be an irrelevant detail) the head of the ordnance unit had a meeting at WTC 7 on that day: his name is Richard Spanard.

This is according to the old entry on WTC 7 by John Horne, author of the defunct "Elite Watch" site, archived here (go straight to bottom of page):
http://www.serendipity.li/wot/7wtc.html

EXCERPT:

And what meeting was Richard J. Spanard set to attend?

"Richard J. Spanard, Beta Tau '93 (Slippery Rock University) is a U. S. Army captain and commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal company based in northern New Jersey. On the morning of September 11, he was enjoying breakfast at a deli 50 feet from the World Trade Center twin towers when the first plane hit. General hysteria inundated the deli. Spanard decided that he and the three soldiers with him should move to number 7 World Trade Center, where they had a scheduled meeting."
http://www.sigmataugamma.org/Read%20the%20latest%20news/SAGA/winter02.pdf

"Richard J. Spanard, Beta Tau '93 (Slippery Rock University), and his wife Bobbi Ann celebrated the birth of their first child, Jacob Tyler, on Aug. 18 at Würzburg Army Hospital in Germany. Spanard is a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army."

http://www.sigmataugamma.org/Read%20the%20latest%20news/SAGA/winter97/Alumni.htm

He heads the 754th ORDNANCE COMPANY

http://www.monmouth.army.mil/754ord/index.htm

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So this makes for at least eight wargames on the day:

the NRO plane-into-building drill by the CIA,

the four NORAD wargames under the titles Northern Vigilance, Northern Guardian, Vigilant Guardian, and Vigilant Warrior (recently admitted by Myers under questioning from McKinney)

the Justice Dept. wargame mentioned recently by Myers in his testimony to McKinney (this may be a mistake on his part)

the preparation for Tripod II in NYC,

Timely Alert II at Ft. Monmouth,

and yet another assuming the Ft. Monmouth guys were at the Pentagon for some form of exercise

[paulthompson]

1. Yep

We've got that one. By the way, please email me.

[spooked911]

2. Excellent and important post! Actually, there were FIVE NORAD wargames

on 9/11:
1) Northern Vigilance
2) Northern Guardian
3) Vigilant Guardian
4) Vigilant Warrior
5) Northern Denial

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/011805_simplify_case.shtml

[spooked911]

3. "He heads the 754th ORDNANCE COMPANY"

Just an AMAZING coincidence, I'm sure.

But check this out from the website of the company:
"PROVIDE ROUTINE EMERGENCY IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE SUPPORT, UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE SUPPORT, NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL RESPONSE TEAMS, AND VERY IMPORTANT PERSON SUPPORT ON A 24HRS-A-DAY/ 7 DAYS-A-WEEK BASIS TO MILITARY, CIVILIAN, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, MAINE, AND PENNSYLVANIA."

Now, why would he be in New York on 9/11 with three of his soldiers?

[John Doe II]

4. Great finding!

Great digging, Jack!
:toast:

[Lithos]

5. Locking

Serendipity.li sites material from known hate sites, promotes idea that Israel controls the US government and helped plan 9/11.