From the Radio Free Michigan archives ftp://141.209.3.26/pub/patriot If you have any other files you'd like to contribute, e-mail them to bj496@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu. ------------------------------------------------ [From SPOTLIGHT 11/7/94] Reserves' Command Structure Configured to Match FEMA In an ominous move, Army reserves are being reorganized to mesh with FEMA operations, providing the shadowy bureaucrats with their own armed forces. BY MIKE BLAIR The administration of President Bill Clinton is in the process of transforming the command structure of the U.S. Army Reserve to conform to the regional structure of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA is a shadowy agency established by an executive order issued by President Jimmy Carter during the late 1970s, which will take complete control of governing the United States during any presidentially-declared national emergency. Under executive orders issued by presidents since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a president-with his signature-can declare a national emergency, suspending the Constitution as the law of the land and placing the country under the rule of FEMA. The all-powerful federal agency even has the power to assume the duties otherwise delegated to the president. Civil rights now taken for granted by American citizens could be suspended and the nation could be ruled by a totalitarian system of martial law. REGIONAL CONTROL According to an Army Reserve source, the restructuring pro- cess "eliminates the present U.S.-based regional headquarters called Army Reserve Commands (ARCOMS) and replaces them with 10 Regional Support Commands (RSCs), which will report directly to the U.S. Army Reserve Command Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and three Regional Support Groups (RSGs) which will report to the RSCs " According to the source, the new structure-in addition to providing early deployment of support and combat units to a Central Contingency Force Pool, which must be ready to deploy to regional crisis spots around the world-will permit the Army Reserve "to provide a more efficient military support to civilian authorities and federal agencies in support of domestic support operations:" A map of the 10 new Regional Support Commands of the Army reserve conforms exactly to the 10 regional jurisdictions of FEMA, as outlined in a secret Army manual (FM 41-10), Civil Affairs Operations, a copy of which has been obtained by The SPOTLIGHT. The Army manual, which details the methods of taking civilians into custody and the establishment and operation of civilian detention centers to be operated in conjunction with FEMA, contains a "Destruction Notice" on the cover page. It states: "Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document." The 10 Regional Support Commands will be based as follows: RSC 1, Massachusetts; RSC 2, New York; RSC 3, Pennsyl- vania; RSC 4, Alabama; RSC 5, Minnesota; RSC 6, Arkansas; RSC 7, Kansas; RSC 8, Utah; RSC 9, California; and RSC 10, Washington. Regional Support Groups will be located at Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; and San Antonio, Texas. According to Maj.. Gen. Max Baratz, chief of the U.S. Army Reserve, "In addition to providing fully ready units for our international missions, we'll have an enhanced capability to support domestic operations." Sources revealed to The SPOTLIGHT that the Regional Sup- port Commands will provide support to all Army Reserve units within their designated regions. "Such support includes resource and logistics management, personnel functions, real property management and regional planning related to military support to civilian authorities and" FEMA activities," the sources indicated. It is planned to have the new regional commands fully implemented by September 1996. The Army Reserve will be reduced from a total of 319,000 troops in 1989 to a projected 2Q8,000-reservists by 1998. As troop strength is reduced, sources indicated, the Army Reserve's plan is to reduce headquarters' overhead and rede- sign missions, including domestic assignments; of the remaining headquarters to provide better management, effi- ciency and value. - end - SPOTLIGHT subscriptions can be ordered at 1-202-546-5621 The SPOTLIGHT BBS can be reached at 1-804-741-1145 [8n1] ------------------------------------------------ (This file was found elsewhere on the Internet and uploaded to the Radio Free Michigan archives by the archive maintainer. All files are ZIP archives for fast download. E-mail bj496@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu)