Bombs, choppers during military exercises startle residents
02-08-2009, 09:00 PM
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Bombs, choppers during military exercises startle residents
12:42 PM CST on Thursday, February 5, 2009
Katie Moore / Eyewitness News
NEW ORLEANS – Residents in and around New Orleans have been hearing the sounds of low-flying helicopters and what sounds like bomb blasts over the past few nights, but the sounds are part of a training exercise for some of America's elite military troops.
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At one Lakefront home, Gigi Burk normally hears her son, 6-year-old Beau, practicing the piano, but last night she heard something much different at around 10 p.m.
“I said, oh my God! They're bombs. That's what I thought it was, somebody dropping bombs,” Burk said.
Burk said she panicked, not knowing why she was hearing what sounded like explosions and low-flying helicopters.
“We're a little skittish around here with things that have happened,” Burk said.
But according to military officials, it’s a training exercise that brought about 150 U.S. troops from the U.S. Special Operations Command to train in New Orleans for urban warfare.
“They are regularly engaged in combat operations,” said U.S. Special Operations Command staffer Kimberly Tiscione. “They are the best of the best we have to offer across all the branches of the military.”
Black Hawk and "Little Bird" helicopters are transporting troops to several locations around New Orleans, according to Tiscione.
“They're going to be flying near buildings, doing approaches on them,” Tiscione said. “You might see them landing on the roof tops or landing on the ground near them as well.”
“I heard a bunch of explosions starting at about 10 p.m. They were about ten seconds apart, and then they'd stop, and we thought it was over, but then they started again,” said Burk.
Tiscione said that the ground troops were performing “breeches at several different locations.
“So, they're moving through doorways or walls or that sort of thing. They're also doing weapons proficiency,” Tiscione said.
The forces are using simulated ammunitions, almost like paintball pellets, to conduct the training. And even though the noise may affect your neighborhood, the night-time training is only supposed to last from sundown to 11 p.m., according to Tiscione.
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12:42 PM CST on Thursday, February 5, 2009
Katie Moore / Eyewitness News
NEW ORLEANS – Residents in and around New Orleans have been hearing the sounds of low-flying helicopters and what sounds like bomb blasts over the past few nights, but the sounds are part of a training exercise for some of America's elite military troops.
Video: Watch the Story
At one Lakefront home, Gigi Burk normally hears her son, 6-year-old Beau, practicing the piano, but last night she heard something much different at around 10 p.m.
“I said, oh my God! They're bombs. That's what I thought it was, somebody dropping bombs,” Burk said.
Burk said she panicked, not knowing why she was hearing what sounded like explosions and low-flying helicopters.
“We're a little skittish around here with things that have happened,” Burk said.
But according to military officials, it’s a training exercise that brought about 150 U.S. troops from the U.S. Special Operations Command to train in New Orleans for urban warfare.
“They are regularly engaged in combat operations,” said U.S. Special Operations Command staffer Kimberly Tiscione. “They are the best of the best we have to offer across all the branches of the military.”
Black Hawk and "Little Bird" helicopters are transporting troops to several locations around New Orleans, according to Tiscione.
“They're going to be flying near buildings, doing approaches on them,” Tiscione said. “You might see them landing on the roof tops or landing on the ground near them as well.”
“I heard a bunch of explosions starting at about 10 p.m. They were about ten seconds apart, and then they'd stop, and we thought it was over, but then they started again,” said Burk.
Tiscione said that the ground troops were performing “breeches at several different locations.
“So, they're moving through doorways or walls or that sort of thing. They're also doing weapons proficiency,” Tiscione said.
The forces are using simulated ammunitions, almost like paintball pellets, to conduct the training. And even though the noise may affect your neighborhood, the night-time training is only supposed to last from sundown to 11 p.m., according to Tiscione.
Full story http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stor....1da02ce4.html
02-09-2009, 12:29 PM
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Thats great!
Id love if millions of dollars of my money were used against me almost directly in broad daylight.
"Aww look at that the military is practicing how to take out civilian targets 'just in case' How cute!"
Id love if millions of dollars of my money were used against me almost directly in broad daylight.
"Aww look at that the military is practicing how to take out civilian targets 'just in case' How cute!"
02-09-2009, 12:35 PM
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All you want is a scapegoat
All you want is to get absolution from shame
You have nothing to lose anymore
Never was anything worth to
be lost in this war in the
first place
They make you hate their name
Prostrate yourself in the arena of blame
Nothing at all is left to be said
The flag's gone up and the dawn is red
Headed down the hard way
Concrete battleground
Urban monkey warfare
Sabotage underground camouflage
Man-monkey
Monkey-man
Urban gorilla
All you know is reflection
All you know is the code to hack and crack
The truth lies buried in shallow graves
Who's afraid to claim it back?
All you want is to get absolution from shame
You have nothing to lose anymore
Never was anything worth to
be lost in this war in the
first place
They make you hate their name
Prostrate yourself in the arena of blame
Nothing at all is left to be said
The flag's gone up and the dawn is red
Headed down the hard way
Concrete battleground
Urban monkey warfare
Sabotage underground camouflage
Man-monkey
Monkey-man
Urban gorilla
All you know is reflection
All you know is the code to hack and crack
The truth lies buried in shallow graves
Who's afraid to claim it back?
02-11-2009, 08:52 AM
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It does to a point, 9/11 proved that, look how quickly our rights were stripped following 9/11. They just need to be careful cause eventually people get "numb" to shock and awe and it loses it's effect.
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