Previously we posted comments on Washington State’s final draft after action report (AAR) for 2016’s Cascadia Rising exercise.  Washington and Oregon both finalized and published their AARs earlier this year.

Washington State 2016 Cascadia Rising Exercise After Action Report (pdf 101 pages)

State of Oregon Cascadia Rising 2016 Exercise Statewide After-Action Final Report (pdf 42 pages)

At a recent preparedness talk, an attendee mentioned having a dairy farm and a feeling of not being prepared to care for the animals. In the linked article, the SDSU Extension talk briefly about Emergency Preparedness on Dairies.

Dairies lend themselves to some unique circumstances when it comes to farm emergencies involving livestock. Why? Milking at the farm occurs 365 days of the year. This requires a source of energy to milk the cows, cool the milk and provide water, feed and manure removal for the cows. Secondly, there is often a large number of animals in a concentrated area requiring numerous people to care for the animals. There is oftentimes limited English proficiency, and communication in an emergency can be challenging.

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The Northwest Region Patriot Academy boot camp will be held June 19-21, 2017 in Boise, ID.

Patriot Academy is a three- to seven-day “boot camp” in leadership and government open to students ages 16 to 25 and held every summer in various state capitols throughout the country. Students delve into the political process from the inside out as they file legislation, debate bills, campaign for office and pass laws. In between legislative activities, they receive training in media skills, public speaking, leadership, current issues and America’s heritage–all from a Biblical worldview. Conservative leaders from all areas of the political field mentor students through the process, sharing their experience and wisdom. Patriot Academy offers students the most realistic, condensed, conservative political training that we know of. The Regional Academies in Arizona, Idaho, Florida and Delaware are 3-day sessions, while the National Academy in Texas is a seven-day session open to all qualifying students from around the country.

Patriot Academy has a single, bold vision: to equip a new generation of leaders to champion the cause of freedom and truth in government, media, entertainment, and education, as we help bring our nation back to the principles on which we were founded. Patriot Academy has a proven track record of excellence through a simple four part strategy:

1. Train students to understand and influence government policy with a Biblical worldview
2. Demonstrate the principles of ethical servant leadership from the Founding Fathers’ perspective
3. Teach the political process and essential leadership skills through intense hands-on training
4. Inspire students to be salt and light in every area of society and culture

President Reagan said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” Unless we motivate and equip the next generation to take up and advance the torch of freedom, it will extinguish. We desire to help students be positive change agents, and give them the tools needed to successfully engage in the political arena and every area of the culture. Our prayer is that every young person who attends Patriot Academy will understand it is their duty and privilege to guard the precious legacy of liberty. By God’s grace we will raise up a generation who will leading the change in both the public square and the private sector.

Here is an interview from back in 1985 with a KGB defector, talking about the ideological subversion of the US and how it would take fifteen to twenty years, minimum, to reverse the process.

Here is an excerpt:

So, basically, you in America are stuck with demoralization. And unless, even if you start right now, here this minute, educating a new generation of Americans, it will still take fifteen or twenty years to turn the tide of ideological perception of reality and normalcy and patriotism.

The result? The result you can see. Most of the people who graduated in the sixties, dropouts or half-baked intellectuals are now occupying the positions of power in the government, civil service, business, mass media, educational system. You are stuck with them. You cannot get rid of them. They are contaminated. They are programmed to think and react to certain stimuli in a certain pattern. You cannot change their mind even if you expose them to authentic information. Even if you prove that white is white and black is black.

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