Zombie Exercise - Seriously

[wuzafuzz]

It seems Zombie Apocalypse exercises are all the rage lately.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/27/marines-police-prep-for-mock-zombie-invasion/?test=latestnews#ixzz2AYPNScv9
Gotta love this part:
"Since word got out about the exercise, they've had calls from "every whack job in the world" about whether the U.S. government is really preparing for a zombie event." 

And from last year:
http://blog.fema.gov/2011/05/from-cdc-preparedness-101-zombie.html

I wonder if the next OPSEVAL will have a zombie theme.  The safety briefing would be a hoot.   

[cap235629]

The Zombie Apocalypse is gun guy speak for "The government has gotten too big for it's britches"

[coudano]

Ha, at my squadron, our October post-CPFT exercise (2nd Tuesdays) is always 'zombie attack preparedness workout' (ZAPW) to get everyone ready for the onslaught of zombies in a couple of weeks following.  It's just basically circuit training, where we do a zombie defeating exercise for a bit, and then rotate to the next station on the circuit.

It's fun, and the workout is no slouch.

[PHall]

The Zombie Apocalypse is gun guy speak for "The government has gotten too big for it's britches"

Really, do tell.  All of the "gun guys" I know just say that the government has gotten too big for it's britches.
No code words required.

[manfredvonrichthofen]

Our next training meeting will consist of light jogging and firearms training, focusing on head shots to ensure preparedness in the event of a zombie apocalypse. Body armor will not be needed, show up in uniform, with your flc, and as many magazines as you can carry.

Yes specialist?

Sir, do we really need to jog for it? It seems as if a light power walk would keep a good distance between us and the creepers?

Yes specialist, but you have to prepare for the freshies that can still run a bit.

Thank you Sir, but wouldn't shotguns be more prudent?

No, they take too long to  reload, you just have to get used to shooting with burst. Machine gunners, just remember the thought for a short burst when we Were training for Iraq, die Saddam die, just change it to die zombie die....

[manfredvonrichthofen]

Oh and we are switching from bayonets to baseball bats.

Can we use cricket bats?

No, this isn't British zombies, please keep the Shaun of the dead comments and quotes to a minimum.

(Sgt Major) Keep these zombies off my grass...

[wuzafuzz]

Oh and we are switching from bayonets to baseball bats.

Can we use cricket bats?

No, this isn't British zombies, please keep the Shaun of the dead comments and quotes to a minimum.

(Sgt Major) Keep these zombies off my grass...

Baseball bats and other bludgeoning weapons can be very effective at close range.  Unfortunately, California DOJ only has Wiffle bats on their list of zombie bats certified for sale.   

[kratclif]

It seems Zombie Apocalypse exercises are all the rage lately.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/27/marines-police-prep-for-mock-zombie-invasion/?test=latestnews#ixzz2AYPNScv9
Gotta love this part:
"Since word got out about the exercise, they've had calls from "every whack job in the world" about whether the U.S. government is really preparing for a zombie event." 

And from last year:
http://blog.fema.gov/2011/05/from-cdc-preparedness-101-zombie.html

I wonder if the next OPSEVAL will have a zombie theme.  The safety briefing would be a hoot.   

Not CAP, but here is a video of part of a briefing for a NCRC Orientation to Cave Rescue exercise in Bloomington, Indiana: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=205748862828289. The link should be public (I hope). All of the incident staff on this exercise from IC on down were beginning students (under proper supervision, of course). Both missing subjects were rescued from the cave and no zombies were encountered.

Kevin

[manfredvonrichthofen]

Oh and we are switching from bayonets to baseball bats.

Can we use cricket bats?

No, this isn't British zombies, please keep the Shaun of the dead comments and quotes to a minimum.

(Sgt Major) Keep these zombies off my grass...

Baseball bats and other bludgeoning weapons can be very effective at close range.  Unfortunately, California DOJ only has Wiffle bats on their list of zombie bats certified for sale.   

because nobody in California can swing a heavy wooden bat hard enough hahaha.

On a serious note though, where can I find big enough steel nails to drive into.my bat for better penetration of zombie skulls? 

[manfredvonrichthofen]

It seems Zombie Apocalypse exercises are all the rage lately.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/27/marines-police-prep-for-mock-zombie-invasion/?test=latestnews#ixzz2AYPNScv9
Gotta love this part:
"Since word got out about the exercise, they've had calls from "every whack job in the world" about whether the U.S. government is really preparing for a zombie event." 

And from last year:
http://blog.fema.gov/2011/05/from-cdc-preparedness-101-zombie.html

I wonder if the next OPSEVAL will have a zombie theme.  The safety briefing would be a hoot.   

Not CAP, but here is a video of part of a briefing for a NCRC Orientation to Cave Rescue exercise in Bloomington, Indiana: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=205748862828289. The link should be public (I hope). All of the incident staff on this exercise from IC on down were beginning students (under proper supervision, of course). Both missing subjects were rescued from the cave and no zombies were encountered.

Kevin

No, no zombies, but very shortly after you left as a cadet we did rescue some downed alien pilots... Needless to say their UFO was utterly destroyed.

[bflynn]

On a serious note though, where can I find big enough steel nails to drive into.my bat for better penetration of zombie skulls?

Well, galvanized timber/landscaping spikes would probably be a good choice - both Lowes and Home Depot carry them.  They are basically 12" nails.

Unfortunatley drilling the holes in the bat to mount them will seriously compromise the integrity of the bat.  And merely punching holes in a zombie's head won't necessarily stop them.  But you're thinking along the right line.

Of course it doesn't matter - the zombie attack is going to come one year on Halloween night and we'll all just think that they're really good costumes.  By the time we wake up in the morning, it will already be too late.  Zombies are slow and dumb, but whoever is controlling them is clever.

[a2capt]

[ol'fido]

I don't believe in zombies , but I'll use any excuse to buy more ammo . :clap:

[Spaceman3750]

I don't believe in zombies , but I'll use any excuse to buy more ammo . :clap:

I posted on Facebook a couple of weeks ago that I hope the gun industry is paying Walking Dead good money, because after watching that show I had an incredible urge to go raid a Smith and Wesson warehouse. .223 1,000rd case? I'll take 3!

[Garibaldi]

OK folks. Seriously. Remember we are a NON COMBATANT civilian organization, and the only resistance we can offer is passive. So, no bats with nails, no shotguns, no cricket bats. All we can do is say "Hey, zombie, don't eat that guy's brain. But I can't really stop you from doing so. So, if you want to, I guess I could go find someone who CAN stop you. Hey, what are you doing? Hey! HEY! GET AWAY! STOOOOO-"

[manfredvonrichthofen]

OK folks. Seriously. Remember we are a NON COMBATANT civilian organization, and the only resistance we can offer is passive. So, no bats with nails, no shotguns, no cricket bats. All we can do is say "Hey, zombie, don't eat that guy's brain. But I can't really stop you from doing so. So, if you want to, I guess I could go find someone who CAN stop you. Hey, what are you doing? Hey! HEY! GET AWAY! STOOOOO-"

Radioman, give major Estes his account back.

[ol'fido]

OK folks. Seriously. Remember we are a NON COMBATANT civilian organization, and the only resistance we can offer is passive. So, no bats with nails, no shotguns, no cricket bats. All we can do is say "Hey, zombie, don't eat that guy's brain. But I can't really stop you from doing so. So, if you want to, I guess I could go find someone who CAN stop you. Hey, what are you doing? Hey! HEY! GET AWAY! STOOOOO-"

Radioman, give major Estes his account back.

Maybe he possessing him. His spirit is lashing out from the Land of Banned. Run! Save yourselves and you military style uniforms from this menace, you frightened wannabes!

[JeffDG]

OK folks. Seriously. Remember we are a NON COMBATANT civilian organization, and the only resistance we can offer is passive. So, no bats with nails, no shotguns, no cricket bats. All we can do is say "Hey, zombie, don't eat that guy's brain. But I can't really stop you from doing so. So, if you want to, I guess I could go find someone who CAN stop you. Hey, what are you doing? Hey! HEY! GET AWAY! STOOOOO-"

Mr. Zombie.

I understand you want to eat people's brains, however, I need you to please sign in on this ICS211.  We'll be beginning the briefing on where all the smart people are at 0800 sharp, and, oh my, it seems you're not current with your safety eduction, we'll need to get you an online safety course here before you can sign in...No, the mission safety briefing does not count towards your education requirements.

What's that you're wearing?  Looks like ABUs!

[wuzafuzz]

Hmmm, me thinks a CAP zombie would more likely be sporting the vintage corporate uniform known as a guayabera shirt...shredded of course.  Will the horrors ever cease?  Stop them now!

Now we've done it.  Uniforms.     Oops. 

[bflynn]

It seems Zombie Apocalypse exercises are all the rage lately.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/27/marines-police-prep-for-mock-zombie-invasion/?test=latestnews#ixzz2AYPNScv9
Gotta love this part:
"Since word got out about the exercise, they've had calls from "every whack job in the world" about whether the U.S. government is really preparing for a zombie event." 

BTW - in all seriousness, I think the reason they choose this was because it is a scenario that nobody has done before.  Nobody has ever seriously done this exercise, so that introduces an element of true randomness to it - you really don't know what's going to happen.  It's a pretty unique and fun way to do that, even if everyone involved does recognize the complete silliness of the premise.

[a2capt]

Gone Too Far Too (Zombie Jamboree - with lyrics) + Epilogue

[♠SARKID♠]

All I know is this: When the dead start popping out of the ground, I'm going globetrotting to make sure that the most evil of evil people stay dead.  Hell hath no fury like Zombie Genghis Khan.

The Zombie Apocalypse is gun guy speak for "The government has gotten too big for it's britches"

Fellow fan of Eric and Barry?

[Critical AOA]

Well, election day is just around the corner and the dead have been known to get out and vote. 

[PHall]

Well, election day is just around the corner and the dead have been known to get out and vote.

Yeah, in Cook County Illinois.

[Eclipse]

Well, election day is just around the corner and the dead have been known to get out and vote.

Yeah, in Cook County Illinois.

I had a student this weekend who was joking that he wanted to be buried in Cook County so that he could continue to vote forever.

[Critical AOA]

I had a student this weekend who was joking that he wanted to be buried in Cook County so that he could continue to vote forever.

Now... that has to be one of the funniest things I've read lately.  :clap:

[SarDragon]

I had a student this weekend who was joking that he wanted to be buried in Cook County so that he could continue to vote forever.

Now... that has to be one of the funniest things I've read lately.  :clap:

Chicago politics - Vote early; Vote often.

[usafcap1]

It seems Zombie Apocalypse exercises are all the rage lately.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/27/marines-police-prep-for-mock-zombie-invasion/?test=latestnews#ixzz2AYPNScv9
Gotta love this part:
"Since word got out about the exercise, they've had calls from "every whack job in the world" about whether the U.S. government is really preparing for a zombie event." 

And from last year:
http://blog.fema.gov/2011/05/from-cdc-preparedness-101-zombie.html


I wonder if the next OPSEVAL will have a zombie theme.  The safety briefing would be a hoot.   

We've got to be ready for anything!! Regardless what it is. . .

[CavScout]

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

Department of Homeland Security
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/06/homeland-security-warns-the-zombies-are-coming_n_1862768.html

Army Times
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/09/army-zombies-in-disaster-training-091912w

There are a lot more of these.

"Zombies" is smart people code for "preparing for any disaster or civil unrest." Far from just a "gun guys" thing. Being in a group involved with SAR/ES, I would think no one here would have the "It can't happen to me" or "That will never happen" attitude. Besides, 'zombies' is a fun and practical way to go about it. "If you're prepared for Zombies, you're prepared for anything!"

[ol'fido]

That's why there is a difference between being smart and being intelligent.

[Eclipse]

"Zombies" is smart people code for "preparing for any disaster or civil unrest." Far from just a "gun guys" thing. Being in a group involved with SAR/ES, I would think no one here would have the "It can't happen to me" or "That will never happen" attitude. Besides, 'zombies' is a fun and practical way to go about it. "If you're prepared for Zombies, you're prepared for anything!"

Waaaiiittaminute...  You mean zombies aren't real?

[JeffDG]

"Zombies" is smart people code for "preparing for any disaster or civil unrest." Far from just a "gun guys" thing. Being in a group involved with SAR/ES, I would think no one here would have the "It can't happen to me" or "That will never happen" attitude. Besides, 'zombies' is a fun and practical way to go about it. "If you're prepared for Zombies, you're prepared for anything!"

Waaaiiittaminute...  You mean zombies aren't real?

If you don't believe in zombies, I strongly suggest you need to visit them in their natural habitat: