"It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it works out for them"
October 03, 2018, 05:59 PM
RHINOWSO
Yeah I imagine they are ready to rock at the drop of a pin. It's FLOTUS after all, not some peasant Representative or some such peon.
October 03, 2018, 06:38 PM
mark_a
Is the medic armed at all?
October 03, 2018, 06:59 PM
Sig2340
Okay you got me.
I was going to suggest this be mover to the main cat thread.
Nice is overrated
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October 03, 2018, 07:04 PM
ChicagoSigMan
IS that how she always travels or is this treatment reserved for locations deemed particularly high risk?This message has been edited. Last edited by: ChicagoSigMan,
October 03, 2018, 07:10 PM
pbramlett
Ghana is one of those shithole nations. I’d want my team to go all in too if I had to be there.
Regards,
P.
October 03, 2018, 07:14 PM
sigfreund
quote:
Originally posted by jljones: Nice to see that CAT doesn't mess around when OCONUS or in Chicago.
Yes it is as an indication that it’s possible to provide adequate security when warranted without worrying about how it “looks” to the world’s snowflakes.
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October 03, 2018, 07:24 PM
corsair
Some interesting commentary in the link
October 03, 2018, 07:44 PM
Hawkins
incidentally, the recent Medal of Honor recipient Ron Shurer, is a member of the Counter Assault Team.
Trump noted that Shurer is currently with the U.S. Secret Service, saying it was a "proud and special day for those of us here in the White House because Ron works right here alongside us." Shurer serves as part of the counter-assault team that protects the commander-in-chief.
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October 03, 2018, 07:48 PM
jljones
quote:
Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
quote:
first lady a full on trauma doc.
IS that how she always travels or is this treatment reserved for locations deemed particularly high risk?
I'd venture to say that they always have one close. The times I've worked with the USSS they always have a primary/secondary hospital, and a great trauma plan. Also, there are a lot of CAT guys that are paramedics (or higher) that are trigger pullers.
Many of the detail agents are paramedic or higher.
Originally posted by mark_a: Is the medic armed at all?
Looks like he’s got the offense plays decoder on his wrist, so there’s that.
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October 03, 2018, 09:23 PM
Orguss
quote:
Originally posted by SigJacket: Am I the only comic book reader who sees CAT and thinks Covert Action Team? No one?
That's wild.
"I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes"
October 04, 2018, 01:00 AM
flashguy
I'm one who thought "4-legged feline animal"....
However, I will say it appears that our First Lady is pretty well protected. It does my heart good to see such fine-looking and well-equipped troops performing that duty.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth
October 04, 2018, 01:02 AM
Sigmund
A two hour documentary about USSS is on NatGeo channel on Oct 14. I'm sure CAT will be mentioned.
I'm not surprised they're inside. Hosiptals can be sprawling, confusing places. Halls and halls of generically identical looking areas. Who here hasn't been turned around in one? Imagine trying to get from wherever you're staging vehicles outside to a specific place inside. And comms are often an issue in a hospital.
October 04, 2018, 08:30 AM
ChicagoSigMan
quote:
Originally posted by jljones:
quote:
Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
quote:
first lady a full on trauma doc.
IS that how she always travels or is this treatment reserved for locations deemed particularly high risk?
I'd venture to say that they always have one close. The times I've worked with the USSS they always have a primary/secondary hospital, and a great trauma plan. Also, there are a lot of CAT guys that are paramedics (or higher) that are trigger pullers.
Many of the detail agents are paramedic or higher.
Accidentally quoted the trauma doc part - what I meant was is it typical to travel with a full CAT team out in the open on full display or is this a particularly high risk outing?
October 04, 2018, 08:35 AM
Ronin1069
quote:
Originally posted by mark_a: Is the medic armed at all?
Well, he's kinda armed.
(only makes sense if you read my "at all" rant some years ago.)
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October 04, 2018, 09:49 AM
ElToro
Those dudes look pretty serious.
Have any Secret service folks come out with stories yet on how nice of not the Trumps are ? We heard quite a bit about Clinton’s behind closed doors and how the Bush 2 family was super nice and would stay local during holidays so the White House staff could see their families. But Bummer would insist on going to Hawaii with a full crew?
