Joanne98 primitive reads Rebel over here; responds

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6252464

Oh my.

The Joanne98 primitive won't admit it, but she got this story idea from reading Rebel's thread in "Breaking News" here.

Joanne98  (1000+ posts)      Sat Aug-08-09 09:57 AM
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National Guard not advertising for political-dissent internment camps
 
One would think that the negative coverage of just about every phase of the Iraq War would have taught people about the many specialties of the US military, but especially about training for detention and stockade duty.

However, we have received an eruption of e-mail over a completely innocuous job listing from the National Guard which proves that a few people pay more attention to conspiracy theories than to facts.

The catalyst for the inbox paranoia came from a Monster.com listing to recruit for a 31E Internment/Resettlement Specialist:

Internment / Resettlement Specialists in the Army are primarily responsible for day-to-day operations in a military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility. Internment / Resettlement Specialists provide rehabilitative, health, welfare, and security to US military prisoners within a confinement or correctional facility; provide custody, control, supervision and security to internees within a detention/internment facility; conduct inspections; prepare written reports; coordinate activities of prisoners/internees and staff personnel.

Some of your duties as an Internment / Resettlement Specialist may include:
•Assisting with supervision and management of confinement and detention operations
•Providing internal or external security to confinement/corrections facilities or detention/internment facilities
•Providing custody, control, supervision and escort to all security levels of U.S. military prisoners or internees/detainees
•Counseling and guidance to individual prisoners within a rehabilitative program
•Preparing or reviewing reports and records of prisoners/internees and programs

Why does the Guard need these positions filled? It may have escaped notice, but we sent a lot of National Guard units into combat areas of Iraq as we stretched to meet the personnel needs of occupation. They took both combat and support roles for regular Army and Marine units in Iraq, and part of that effort involved holding detainees captured by combat troops. The need for disciplined training in this particular specialty became painfully and publicly clear after Abu Ghraib (although that involved the 372nd Military Police Company of the Army). The need for relocation efforts comes from any war situation where civilians get displaced en masse, as well as peacekeeping efforts in post-war situations.

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http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/08/national-guard-no... /

Only a couple of primitives showed up at the bonfire; we don't get many primitives lurking over here to pick up story ideas.

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MOS 31E - - Corrections Specialist

Initial Training Overview:
Training for this MOS consists of 17 weeks and one day of One Station Unit Training (OSUT), which combines basic training and job training all in one course of instruction, at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field.
Additional Training Information: Specific formal training opportunities for this MOS, including advanced training courses available at specific points of the soldier's career, can be found on the Army Training Requirements and Resources System (ATRRS) Web Site.
Restrictions:
During Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT), the Army limits a soldier's personal freedom, using a "Phase System," which grants increased freedom, based upon phase of training. For details, see Army Training Phase Restrictions.
Training Details:
Provides a logical progression of transitioning civilians into soldiers by the presentation of individual skills and tasks selected to develop a well disciplined, motivated soldier, proficient in common entry level tasks. Develops self-discipline, motivation, physical readiness, and proficiency in combat survivability, combat techniques, and individual weapons. Also provides the knowledge and skills required to function as a corrections specialist, to include battlefield circulation control, area security, EPW operations, introductions to corrections, administration of facilities, prisoner administration and services, custody and control, weapons training, corrections mission on the battlefield, investigative procedures, and mock confinement facilities.

Internment/Resettlement (I/R) Specialists in the Army are primarily responsible for day-to-day operations in a military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility. I/R Specialists provide rehabilitative, health, welfare, and security to U.S. military prisoners within a confinement or correctional facility; conduct inspections; prepare written reports; and coordinate activities of prisoners/internees and staff personnel.

Duties performed by Soldiers in this MOS include:

Assists with supervision and management of military prisoners, and provides external security to confinement/corrections facility. Supervises, counsels and manages military prisoners in confinement facilities.

Supervises confinement facility operations, counseling, management, training and employment of military pris oners in confinement/corrections facility

Prison Guard