<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>All I learned from reading the document is that if I were to unleash zombie mayhem upon the world I would do so with evil magic zombies (EMZ's in DoD parlance). They appear to be the hardest to stop, the chaplain corps notwithstanding.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Paul<br><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande,
sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dan Carscallen <areaman@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Moscow Vision 2020' <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 14, 2014 11:36 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Department of Defense's "Zombie Plan" (ComPlan 8888)<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv3585498137"><style>#yiv3585498137 #yiv3585498137 --
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#yiv3585498137 </style><div><div class="yiv3585498137WordSection1"><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">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:</span></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoBodyText" style="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%;"> </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></div></div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;"><br style="" clear="all"></span><div class="yiv3585498137WordSection2"><div class="yiv3585498137MsoBodyText" style="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></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoBodyText" style="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></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">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”.</span></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">
</span></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">It went well, though, and we are better trained for it.</span></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">DC</span></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv3585498137yqt3452190498" id="yiv3585498137yqt14627"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Hansen<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:50 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Department of Defense's
"Zombie Plan" (ComPlan 8888)</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"> </div><div><div><div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal">This document is for real, created and distributed by the U.S. Department of Defense in April 2011.</div></div><div><div class="yiv3585498137MsoNormal"> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt3452190498" id="yqt86737">=======================================================<br clear="none"> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br clear="none"> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br clear="none"> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br clear="none"> mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br
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