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This is West Michigan's morning news. Wood Radio News Time 708.
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Pentagon is preparing every U.S. military base to survive 90
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days without the help of the civilian power grid, global
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supply chains, outside fuel or water. Let's talk a little
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bit about it with Evan Brown, Fox News Radio in Miami.
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Good morning, Evan. Thanks for doing this today.
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Good morning. Good morning.
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We heard about, is this the Fortress Initiative from Secretary Hegseth?
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It is the Fortress Initiative from Secretary Hegseth. Federal Operations
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for Resilience, Troop Resources, Energy Supply and Survivability, F-O-R-T-R-E-S-S, Fortress.
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And this is an attempt or directive, really, to make
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sure that every installation, even domestic ones, have the ability
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to be self-supplied and self-operational for a 90-day period. So
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if for some reason they are to come under attack,
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that there's no need to wait for any kind of resupply,
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whether it's for food or for electricity or for water
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or for weapons and ammunition and anything else that might
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be needed, that they can operate independently for 90 days.
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That's three months, right? And I think a lot of
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people might say, wait a minute, they can't do that already?
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And that's kind of the point here, is that we
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want our military installations to be able to be functional
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and not be dependent on, let's just say, the local
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water company or the local firehouse or whatever, and wherever
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they may be, because that might also be incapacitated if,
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in the event, God forbid, of a war or something
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like that happens. You know, we tell people, especially here
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in the old southeast with hurricanes, you know, we want
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people to be ready to be on their own for
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a few days after a storm hits. You know, have
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enough water and your prescription meds and food and everything
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else you might need for three days. Just be prepared
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that no one can get to you for three days. Well,
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we should probably have a similar idea for our military installations,
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and it should be longer than three days. It should
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be three months. And that's what this is.
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I thought the very same thing when I heard the story, Eben.
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I thought maybe we could do that already. But are
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there detractors on this? Are folks worrying that this is
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going to cost us more money than we have?
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Well, I think there's always going to be people who
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say such a thing. And there will be people that
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will say this is a little too alarmist or something.
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But is it really too alarmist in this day and
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age to want our military to be fully ready for
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this type of scenario? I don't think so. So I
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think most people would probably go, oh, we don't do
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this already? And then kind of be okay with it.
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That is Eben Brown with Fox News Radio in Miami.
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Thank you.
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You bet.
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This is West Michigan's morning news. Wood Radio News Time 708.
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Pentagon is preparing every U.S. military base to survive 90
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00:00:14.449 --> 00:00:18.609
days without the help of the civilian power grid, global
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00:00:18.629 --> 00:00:22.769
supply chains, outside fuel or water. Let's talk a little
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bit about it with Evan Brown, Fox News Radio in Miami.
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Good morning, Evan. Thanks for doing this today.
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Good morning. Good morning.
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We heard about, is this the Fortress Initiative from Secretary Hegseth?
9
00:00:34.770 --> 00:00:39.649
It is the Fortress Initiative from Secretary Hegseth. Federal Operations
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00:00:39.750 --> 00:00:48.280
for Resilience, Troop Resources, Energy Supply and Survivability, F-O-R-T-R-E-S-S, Fortress.
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And this is an attempt or directive, really, to make
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sure that every installation, even domestic ones, have the ability
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00:00:59.329 --> 00:01:06.040
to be self-supplied and self-operational for a 90-day period. So
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if for some reason they are to come under attack,
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that there's no need to wait for any kind of resupply,
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whether it's for food or for electricity or for water
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or for weapons and ammunition and anything else that might
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be needed, that they can operate independently for 90 days.
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That's three months, right? And I think a lot of
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people might say, wait a minute, they can't do that already?
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And that's kind of the point here, is that we
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want our military installations to be able to be functional
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and not be dependent on, let's just say, the local
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water company or the local firehouse or whatever, and wherever
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they may be, because that might also be incapacitated if,
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in the event, God forbid, of a war or something
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like that happens. You know, we tell people, especially here
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in the old southeast with hurricanes, you know, we want
29
00:02:01.829 --> 00:02:04.049
people to be ready to be on their own for
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00:02:04.090 --> 00:02:06.129
a few days after a storm hits. You know, have
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enough water and your prescription meds and food and everything
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else you might need for three days. Just be prepared
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that no one can get to you for three days. Well,
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we should probably have a similar idea for our military installations,
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and it should be longer than three days. It should
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be three months. And that's what this is.
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I thought the very same thing when I heard the story, Eben.
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I thought maybe we could do that already. But are
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there detractors on this? Are folks worrying that this is
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going to cost us more money than we have?
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Well, I think there's always going to be people who
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say such a thing. And there will be people that
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will say this is a little too alarmist or something.
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But is it really too alarmist in this day and
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age to want our military to be fully ready for
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this type of scenario? I don't think so. So I
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think most people would probably go, oh, we don't do
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this already? And then kind of be okay with it.
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That is Eben Brown with Fox News Radio in Miami.
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Thank you.
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You bet.
