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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Having taken part in an exercise along similar lines (that had conspiracy theorists foaming at the mouth) I urge everyone to read the “Disclaimer” section of the plan, which is right at the beginning:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:7.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.45pt;line-height:101%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>(U)<span style='letter-spacing:-1.05pt'> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;color:#565656'>CONPLAN<span style='letter-spacing:-.8pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#565656;letter-spacing:-.75pt'>88</span><span style='color:#565656;letter-spacing:-.85pt'>88</span><span style='color:#565656;letter-spacing:-1.3pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;color:#565656'>DISCLAIMER:<span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>This<span style='letter-spacing:-.8pt'> </span>plan<span style='letter-spacing:.1pt'> </span>was<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#565656'>not<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>actual<span style='letter-spacing:1.35pt'>l</span>y<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>designed as<span style='letter-spacing:-1.0pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:-1.85pt'> </span>joke.<span style='letter-spacing:.25pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#565656'>During</span><span style='color:#565656;letter-spacing:2.95pt'> </span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>the<span style='letter-spacing:-.8pt'> </span>summers<span style='letter-spacing:-.9pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-1.0pt'> </span>2009<span style='letter-spacing:-.9pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'>2010</span></span><span style='color:#878787'>,<span style='letter-spacing:-1.8pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>while<span style='letter-spacing:-.9pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#565656'>training<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>augmentees<span style='letter-spacing:-.35pt'> </span>from<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:-1.25pt'> </span>local<span style='letter-spacing:-.8pt'> </span>training<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>squadron<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>about</span><span style='color:#6D6D6D;letter-spacing:1.1pt'> </span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>the<span style='letter-spacing:-.8pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'>JOPP</span></span><span style='color:#878787'>,<span style='letter-spacing:-1.8pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>m</span><span style='color:#878787'>e</span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>mbers<span style='letter-spacing:-1.0pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-1.25pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>USSTRATCOM<span style='letter-spacing:.1pt'> </span>component<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>found<span style='letter-spacing:-.65pt'> </span>out<span style='letter-spacing:-.65pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#878787;letter-spacing:-.15pt'>(</span><span style='color:#6D6D6D;letter-spacing:-.2pt'>by</span><span style='color:#6D6D6D;letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span><span style='color:#6D6D6D;letter-spacing:.05pt'>accident</span><span style='color:#878787'>)<span style='letter-spacing:-1.25pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>that<span style='letter-spacing:-.8pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:-1.15pt'> </span>hyperbole</span><span style='color:#6D6D6D;letter-spacing:1.3pt'> </span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>involved<span style='letter-spacing:-.35pt'> </span>in<span style='letter-spacing:-.8pt'> </span>writing<span style='letter-spacing:-.75pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:-1.25pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#878787;letter-spacing:-1.55pt'>"</span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>zomb<span style='letter-spacing:.9pt'>i</span></span><span style='color:#878787'>e<span style='letter-spacing:-1.15pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>survival<span style='letter-spacing:-.7pt'> </span>pla<span style='letter-spacing:.75pt'>n </span>actually<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#565656'>provided<span style='letter-spacing:.15pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>a<span style='letter-spacing:-.9pt'> </span>very<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#565656'>useful<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#6D6D6D'>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.65pt'> </span>effective</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><div class=WordSection2><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:6.45pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:103%'><span style='color:#707070'>training<span style='letter-spacing:.6pt'> </span>tool.<span style='letter-spacing:.65pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>Planners<span style='letter-spacing:1.15pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>who<span style='letter-spacing:.65pt'> </span>attended<span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>JPME<span style='letter-spacing:1.3pt'> </span>II<span style='letter-spacing:.3pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>at<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:.65pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>Joint<span style='letter-spacing:1.5pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>Combined<span style='letter-spacing:1.65pt'> </span>Warfighting<span style='letter-spacing:1.4pt'> </span>School<span style='letter-spacing:1.0pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>also realized<span style='letter-spacing:.85pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>that<span style='letter-spacing:1.05pt'> </span>training<span style='letter-spacing:1.15pt'> </span>examples<span style='letter-spacing:1.0pt'> </span>for<span style='letter-spacing:.15pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>plans<span style='letter-spacing:.9pt'> </span>must<span style='letter-spacing:1.2pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>accommodate<span style='letter-spacing:1.0pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:.65pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>political<span style='letter-spacing:2.6pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>fallout<span style='letter-spacing:.6pt'> </span>that<span style='letter-spacing:.5pt'> </span>occurs<span style='letter-spacing:.45pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>if<span style='letter-spacing:.35pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>the general<span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span>public<span style='letter-spacing:1.3pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>mistakenly<span style='letter-spacing:1.9pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>believes<span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>that<span style='letter-spacing:.95pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>fictional<span style='letter-spacing:1.45pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>training<span style='letter-spacing:1.0pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>scenario<span style='letter-spacing:.9pt'> </span>is<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>actually<span style='letter-spacing:.5pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:.3pt'> </span>real<span style='letter-spacing:1.15pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>plan.<span style='letter-spacing:.2pt'> </span>Rather </span><span style='color:#707070'>than<span style='letter-spacing:1.45pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>risk<span style='letter-spacing:1.5pt'> </span>such<span style='letter-spacing:.85pt'> </span>an<span style='letter-spacing:1.45pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>outcome<span style='letter-spacing:2.0pt'> </span>by<span style='letter-spacing:.8pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>teaching<span style='letter-spacing:1.15pt'> </span>our<span style='letter-spacing:1.1pt'> </span>augmentees<span style='letter-spacing:1.7pt'> </span>using<span style='letter-spacing:1.3pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:1.0pt'> </span>fictional<span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070;letter-spacing:-1.45pt'>"</span><span style='color:#707070'>Tunisia"<span style='letter-spacing:.6pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>or<span style='letter-spacing:.45pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-1.5pt'>"</span>Nigeria" </span><span style='color:#707070'>scenarios<span style='letter-spacing:.65pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>used<span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>at </span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>JCWS,<span style='letter-spacing:.7pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>we<span style='letter-spacing:.65pt'> </span>elected<span style='letter-spacing:1.1pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>to<span style='letter-spacing:.5pt'> </span>use<span style='letter-spacing:.75pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:.45pt'> </span>completely-impossible<span style='letter-spacing:2.05pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>scenario<span style='letter-spacing:.5pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>that<span style='letter-spacing:1.1pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>could<span style='letter-spacing:1.1pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>never<span style='letter-spacing:1.35pt'> </span>be </span><span style='color:#707070'>mistaken<span style='letter-spacing:1.2pt'> </span>as<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>real<span style='letter-spacing:1.7pt'> </span>plan.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt'><span style='font-size:12.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.9pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.45pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:#707070'>Because<span style='letter-spacing:.5pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:.75pt'> </span>plan<span style='letter-spacing:.8pt'> </span>was<span style='letter-spacing:1.4pt'> </span>so ridiculous,<span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span>our<span style='letter-spacing:.9pt'> </span>students<span style='letter-spacing:.45pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>not<span style='letter-spacing:.75pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>only<span style='letter-spacing:.85pt'> </span>enjoyed<span style='letter-spacing:.95pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:.7pt'> </span>lessons;<span style='letter-spacing:.65pt'> </span>they<span style='letter-spacing:1.2pt'> </span>actually<span style='letter-spacing:.7pt'> </span>were able<span style='letter-spacing:.65pt'> </span>to<span style='letter-spacing:.6pt'> </span>explore<span style='letter-spacing:.4pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:.85pt'> </span>basic<span style='letter-spacing:1.1pt'> </span>concepts<span style='letter-spacing:1.05pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:.55pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>plan<span style='letter-spacing:1.4pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#707070'>and<span style='letter-spacing:1.0pt'> </span>order<span style='letter-spacing:1.05pt'> </span>development<span style='letter-spacing:1.65pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:.1pt'>(fact</span></span><span style='color:#939393;letter-spacing:.1pt'>,</span><span style='color:#939393;letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span><span style='color:#707070'>assumptions,<span style='letter-spacing:1.65pt'> </span>specified<span style='letter-spacing:1.05pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:1.35pt'> </span>implied<span style='letter-spacing:.8pt'> </span>tasks,<span style='letter-spacing:.75pt'> </span>references<span style='letter-spacing:1.55pt'> </span>etc)<span style='letter-spacing:.3pt'> </span>very<span style='letter-spacing:1.1pt'> </span></span><span style='color:#5E5E5E'>effectively.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We tried to use the same disclaimer, but some folks still got a little freaked out by the fact that we were having a “zombie UFO crash”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It went well, though, and we are better trained for it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>DC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Hansen<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Department of Defense's "Zombie Plan" (ComPlan 8888)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This document is for real, created and distributed by the U.S. Department of Defense in April 2011.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> 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