Planning exercise
See also scenario planning
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A planning exercise, or tabletop exercise is a simulated, interactive exercise that tests an organization’s emergency response procedures.
The retired CIA spook and whistleblower Kevin Shipp described one of the purposes behind holding exercises, to indoctrinate the participants:
These are brainwashing exercises. Getting all of these thousands of public health and law enforcement officials to participate in blowing up the US Bill of Rights in these exercises, you basically have obtained their prior sign-off on torpedoing the Constitution to overthrow its democracy. They know that none of these participants are going to suddenly start soul-searching when the real thing happens.[1]
Official narrative
In tabletop exercises, key personnel with emergency management roles and responsibilities gather together to discuss various simulated emergency situations. Because the environment of a TTX is non-threatening (i.e., a “real” emergency is not happening), exercise participants can calmly rehearse their roles, ask questions, and troubleshoot problem areas.[2]
FEMA definition
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An instrument to train for, assess, practice, and improve performance in prevention, protection, response, and recoverycapabilities in a risk-free environment. Exercises can be used for: testing and validating policies, plans, procedures, training, equipment, and interagency agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving interagency coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance; and identifying opportunities for improvement.[3]
Concerns
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Some planning exercises and scenarios therein, like Lockstep, are closely mirrored by real world events a few years after. In case of terrorist attacks, there are several cases in which a preparedness drill for government agencies on the ground is "going live" with an attack happening at the same time.
External links
- Covid’s Dark Winter: How Biological War Games Stole Our Freedom
- Johns Hopkins - Pandemic simulation exercise spotlights massive preparedness gap
References
- ↑ Quoted in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ś The Real Anthony Fauci, pages 424-425
- ↑ https://www.alertmedia.com/blog/tabletop-exercises/
- ↑ https://training.fema.gov/programs/emischool/el361toolkit/glossary.htm