No information in this paper is classified.
As I am stationed in Germany, the successful completion of this lesson was very .
difficult. As you are well aware of, since September 11, the Armed Forces of the United .
States have been on Threat Condition (Threat Con) Charlie or Bravo. Both, Threat Con .
Charlie and Bravo have the same security measure but the difference is the use of deadly .
force. Under Threat Con Charlie, the Noncommissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC) can .
authorize the use of deadly force and under Bravo; the Officer In Charge must .
authorize it. The entire European Command is under Threat Con Bravo and will remain .
at this level for some time. The reason that I have mentioned the Threat Con is because it .
has a direct effect on the overall security and how the general public (soldiers and .
dependants) feels about the safety of they"re shopping. .
If I may call your attention to the drawing of exhibit "A" (Area Overview) you will .
see that this is indeed a very small post (called concerns here in Germany). The XXX .
represent a seven-foot high chain-link fence with razor wire and barbed wire on top of it .
(this was just added after September 11th incident). Located at Guard Point one (1), there .
are two to three civilian security guards (Pond's security force) with loaded 9mm .
weapons and three to four soldiers with loaded M16's with 20 live rounds apiece. Upon .
entrance into the post, one must stop and show their drivers license, ID Card, and vehicle .
registration and the vehicle gets a quick look over. Then you would proceed in and within .
30 meters the road divides (divided by concrete barriers) and an armed soldier will direct .
you to the search lane or the bypass lane. If you are lucky you will go through the bypass .
lane, however if you get directed (ever five cars) to search lane your vehicle will go .
through an intensive search for weapons and/or explosives, this usually takes about thirty .
