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| Pentagon Builds HQ to Protect Capital |
| 2004-09-21 |
| EFL - I thought the HQ to protect the Capitol was the Pentagon The Pentagon has established a new military headquarters whose mission is to defend the nation's capital and to assist civil authorities in responding to a terrorist attack here. The Joint Forces Headquarters for the National Capital Region (search) is based at Fort McNair, a small Army post in Washington on the banks of the Anacostia River whose fortifications did not stop the British from invading in 1814 and burning the White House and Capitol. The idea of the new Joint Forces Headquarters is not to fend off foreign armies but to prevent if possible — and respond to, if not — surprise attack by terrorists using nuclear, chemical, biological or other unconventional means, Army Maj. Gen. Galen B. Jackson said Monday. "There are vulnerabilities in the nation's capital," he said without being specific. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #5 The golf course is the key, lots of manuever room there. Hopefully, the new wheeled Strykers will not be as hard on the turf as the Bradleys with those nasty ol' treads. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2004-09-21 10:56:27 PM |
| #4 The golf course is the key, lots of manuever room there. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-21 6:08:24 PM |
| #3 I've been to a couple of functions at Ft. McNair and I know exactly why HQ is being sited there...it's absolutely beautiful! Stunning river views, golf course, pool, lots of green space, stately homes for the officers; truly the only choice in Washington for your discriminating (insert acronym for the guy whose job it is to pick these sorts of things). |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-09-21 2:09:12 PM |
| #2 First seize the rail junction at Manassas. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-21 1:41:38 PM |
| #1 EFL - I thought the HQ to protect the Capitol was the Pentagon No. The Pentagon is a military office building and not a secure, defensible installation -- hell, it's got its own subway stop and bus loading area. The Pentagon is a target, not a headquarters. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2004-09-21 11:54:02 AM |