Battle Tracking Inauguration Protests

[USMC-03]

In the current thread on security I noted intelligence is an area most preparedness minded people are lacking in, myself included. In my efforts to learn more one of the best resources I've found is Forward Observer run by former army intel analyst Sam Culper. He in putting on an online exercise to battle track protest activities (to use the term loosely) during the impending inauguration. Here is the link:


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[Stomper]

My over-educated, arrogant, fat-beatch of a liberal-progressive cousin is flying into DC to be in the "womens' protest"....

 

[nammac]

My over-educated, arrogant, fat-beatch of a liberal-progressive cousin is flying into DC to be in the "womens' protest"....

Every family has one amigo...

 

[Stomper]

Every family has one amigo...

I wish it was only one...

 

[nammac]

I wish it was only one...

Taking one or a few for the team, eh?

 

[Stomper]

Taking one or a few for the team, eh?

Oh HELL no... we ain't kissin' cousins!

 

[salmonriverjohn]

My over-educated, arrogant, fat-beatch of a liberal-progressive cousin is flying into DC to be in the "womens' protest"....

Tell "him" we said good for him on getting out if his safe zone

 

[HuckleberryFun]

In the current thread on security I noted intelligence is an area most preparedness minded people are lacking in, myself included. In my efforts to learn more one of the best resources I've found is Forward Observer run by former army intel analyst Sam Culper. He in putting on an online exercise to battle track protest activities (to use the term loosely) during the impending inauguration. Here is the link:
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I look in on Forward Observer. Some good useful info on there.

 

[woody06]

Every family has one amigo...

I was going to say not every family but then I remembered our son in law. Oh well, one out of 14 isn't bad.

 

[Swedish K]

Are they tracking just DC or everywhere? I see that Portland is shutting down the max trains for fear of those "peace loving tolerant" protestors destroying them or surrounding them and trapping passengers...

 

[USMC-03]

Just D.C., the effort is really a large virtual training exercise and example for people who want to learn about real time open source intel gathering during an emergency.

Battle tracking would certainly be very valuable for people in the area of PDX protests; what could you do with a 5 minute warning if you owned a business in the path of a riot? 30 minutes? An hour?

 

[etrain16]

In the current thread on security I noted intelligence is an area most preparedness minded people are lacking in, myself included. In my efforts to learn more one of the best resources I've found is Forward Observer run by former army intel analyst Sam Culper. He in putting on an online exercise to battle track protest activities (to use the term loosely) during the impending inauguration. Here is the link:


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I have to ask - is Sam Culper his real name? The reason I ask is that during the Revolutionary War, Washington's spy ring, formed by then Major Benjamin Tallmadge used the names Samuel Culper Jr. and Samuel Culper Sr. for two of it's spies. Just thought it is an interesting coincidence that someone named Sam Culper would be involved in military intelligence.

 

[USMC-03]

No idea really; wouldn't surprise me if it's a pseudonym. I also follow John Moseby at Mountain Guerrilla and his is a nom de plume.

 

[ChiefStealth]

So, did anyone learn anything from this "Battle Tracking"? I'm not seeing any after action reports. No lessons learned. No evaluations. So, what was the point?

 

[easy-e]

So, did anyone learn anything from this "Battle Tracking"? I'm not seeing any after action reports. No lessons learned. No evaluations. So, what was the point?

The only bad stuff I heard about all happened Friday night. The Women's March on Saturday seems to have been very peaceful everywhere.

It's just like May Day in Seattle (and all over). Regular people are out protesting and the anarchists show up and use it as an excuse to burn and destroy as much as possible. They [the anarchists] completely undermine any legitimate protests with their shenanigans. Not sure if this is the point or if they just take any excuse they can get to cause problems.

 

[ChiefStealth]

I now see after action reports. But, really only for the FO process. How they went about things. What they learned about their own internal workings. Still nothing about how the tracking helped anyone.

 

[USMC-03]

So, did anyone learn anything from this "Battle Tracking"? I'm not seeing any after action reports. No lessons learned. No evaluations. So, what was the point?

Finally getting back around to this thread.

I followed the exercise as I could from work and was able to pick up a few small points.

Seeing the progression of the tracking really helped me get a better grasp of the way information is evaluated and displayed. The main point is trend analysis; trajectory of overall events, how do the data points of violent activity relate and what information is relevant to you own situation.

This is a group effort; you can't track events as a solo operation and especially can't provide effective physical security at the same time.

Ultimately it comes down to getting real time and accurate information along with insightful analysis to the decision makers.

 

[USMC-03]

FO Podcast Episode 055 – Lessons Learned from Battle Tracking the Inauguration

Culper's lessons learned podcast on the inauguration protest battle tracking exercise; after action report starts at about 14:20.