EXCLUSIVE Exclusive: The Pentagon Has a Plan to Stop the Zombie Apocalypse. Seriously.

2014-05-15T11:21:21-04:00

EXCLUSIVE
Exclusive: The Pentagon Has a Plan to Stop the Zombie Apocalypse. Seriously.

Everything you need to know about the U.S. military’s defense strategy to protect humanity from the walking dead.

SO when did the military start this training? Waste of more Funds or real problem

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/05/13/exclusive_the_pentagon_has_a_plan_to_stop_the_zombie_apocalypse

Exclusive: The Pentagon Has a Plan to Stop the Zombie Apocalypse. Seriously.

Everything you need to know about the U.S. military’s defense strategy to protect humanity from the walking dead.

Response by MSG Brad Sand made May 15 at 2014 12:10 PM

2014-05-15T12:10:08-04:00

I say training is training. In my book, Zombie = Liberal and we appear to be in the middle of a 'Zombie' Apocalypse as we speak. For the record, a spear thrust through either eye takes them down for good.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 18 at 2014 10:13 PM

2014-05-18T22:13:10-04:00

I heard about this and thought it was a joke. Here is a great place to start trimming the fat in the DoD budget.

Response by 1SG Christopher Whiten made May 19 at 2014 11:40 AM

2014-05-19T11:40:52-04:00

Most of the Zombies would perish if they happen to be in Washington DC/Pentagon area. Since they survive mostly on brains the pickings would be very slim in that area.

Response by CPT Chase Sanger made May 19 at 2014 12:08 PM

2014-05-19T12:08:52-04:00

The article mentioned that those at the CMD responsible for the CONOP used it as a training tool to teach new staff personnel how the orders process works at that level. It's a great idea in my opinion because if you take an unknown, wild-card variable (like "zombies" in this case) and then make that variable something that is part of popular culture, then people will be both receptive to learning and probably get more out of the training. When you start using fictional countries like Atropia for your war-games, you lose some people. Just my two cents. I thought that Foreign Policy did a great job with the write-up as well.

Response by PFC Zanie Young made Aug 14 at 2014 7:22 PM

2014-08-14T19:22:38-04:00

Just get the baseball bats out. They don't cost much.

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 14 at 2014 7:44 PM

2014-08-14T19:44:33-04:00

CDC was all over this a while back. The purpose was using humor to fuel the masses to understand emergency preparedness. Then they found that people took it seriously and were listening to the what they had to say. Sheep... we are all sheep.

http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies.htm

Zombie Preparedness|Are We Prepared?|PHPR

Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 11 at 2014 1:50 PM

2014-10-11T13:50:20-04:00

I found this article in my daily briefing e-mail from "The Week" magazine. It probably can't compete with CONPLAN 8888, but it contains some good solid advice.

http://theweek.com/article/index/269329/your-complete-guide-to-surviving-the-zombie-apocalypse

Your complete guide to surviving the zombie apocalypse

Pro tip: Get yourself some steel-toed boots

Response by 1SG Steven Stankovich made Oct 11 at 2014 3:12 PM

2014-10-11T15:12:42-04:00

I have soft copies of these "FMs" around somewhere. Some well written material. Definitely something that will assist in putting together a Sergeant's Time Training block of instruction or two... ;)

http://zombiecombatcommand.com/field-manuals/

Field Manuals | Zombie Combat Command

Here you will find publications made by the Army Zombie Combat Command. It is to be read by every soldier in the United States Army.