The Pentagon Wants Authority to Post Almost 400,000 Military Personnel in U.S.

“Pushing at the boundaries of current convention, it would be prudent to add catastrophic dislocation inside the United States or homegrown domestic civil disorder and/or violence,” it says.

The report dives right in, reminding Pentagon officials that they swear an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. “DoD’s role in combating ‘domestic enemies’ has never been thoughtfully examined,” it says. “Thus, there is perhaps no greater source of strategic shock for DoD than operationalizing that component of the oath of service in a widespread domestic emergency that entails rapid dissolution of public order in all or significant parts of the United States.”

This dissolution of public order could come about by many means, including “unforeseen economic collapse” and “purposeful domestic resistance or insurgency,” the report says.

The Pentagon “might be forced by circumstances to put its broad resources at the disposal of civil authorities to contain and reverse violent threats to domestic tranquility,” the report says. “Under the most extreme circumstances, this might include the use of military against hostile groups inside the United States.”

The report anticipates a martial law situation. “Civilian authorities, on advice of the defense establishment, would need to rapidly determine the parameters defining the legitimate use of military force inside the United States,” it says. “Further still, the whole concept of conflict termination and/or transition to the primacy of civilian security institutions would be uncharted ground.”

The branch of the Pentagon that would most likely be plowing this uncharted ground is NorthCom.

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