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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">A.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I think maybe I didn’t really get my idea clearly across.  My idea was not to write about our CCS…you are correct that OPSEC applies here…bur rather to write about our training to support our communities in time
 of disaster.  No<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">OPSEC issues there.  This is to let our communities know that CAP members in their local communities are professional volunteers dedicated to helping in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Time of crisis be it natural or man made as well as search and rescue operations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org [mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Arthur Woodgate<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 05, 2013 5:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'CAP Public Affairs Officers'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAO] September Disaster Preparedness Month<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">I don’t believe that’s a good idea, Tom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Every PAO needs to write a PA Plan and a Crisis Communications Plan, which used to be posted on the NHQ website; the CCP is no longer there, because it was
 considered sensitive. So I don’t see how the PAOs could be writing articles about this, since this information is not to be published for the general public.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The answer is quite simple. When tasked by the AFRCC, CAP assists the requesting agency, and we do so following NIMS operational guidelines. That is both the
 long and the short of it. Writing anything more about it would probably ring OPSEC bells somewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Arthur ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
<a href="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org">cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org</a> [<a href="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org">mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Traver<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 04, 2013 2:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cap-pao@lists.sempervigilans.org">cap-pao@lists.sempervigilans.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [PAO] September Disaster Preparedness Month<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">September is national Disaster Preparedness Month.  I was just curious about<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How many PAO’s are writing articles about how their wings are/have been training to address local disaster response.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tom Traver<o:p></o:p></p>
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