Saturday, May 16, 2015

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2 Trains Hit by Projectiles Minutes Before Amtrak Derailment

By Vince Lattanzio

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/2-Trains-Hit-by-Projectiles-Minutes-Before-Amtrak-Derailment-SEPTA-303820821.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_PHBrandCalvert texted his wife at 9:18 p.m., shortly after the window was hit, he said. The train arrived at 30th Street Station moments later and two Amtrak Police officers came onboard to inspect the window, he said. After a few minutes and a snap of photos, the train continued on to Washington.

A short time before the Acela was hit, at 9:05 p.m., a SEPTA Regional Rail train running northbound on adjacent tracks toward Trenton, New Jersey had the engineer’s window shattered by an unknown projectile, the transit authority confirmed. NBC10 previously reported this incident on Wednesday.

UPDATEDEight Victims of Deadly Amtrak Crash Identified

Amtrak 188 derailed around 9:20 p.m. as it entered a curve at the Frankford Junction traveling in excess of 100 mph. The crash killed eight people and injured over 200

SEPTA/Madison Calvert

Photos of damage to a SEPTA regional rail train and an Amtrak Acela train. The trains were damaged on the same line Amtrak Regional 188 was traveling before it derailed.

Updated at 10:24 PM EDT on Friday, May 15, 2015

Minutes before Amtrak Regional 188’s violent derailment in darkness Tuesday, two other trains were hit by projectiles along the same line.

Amtrak Acela 2173 — heading to Washington, D.C. from New York — had a passenger window damaged around 9:15 p.m. as it traversed the southbound line toward Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station.

Employee Injured in Derailment Sues Amtrak

Madison Calvert was sitting next to the left-side window that was hit. He was working on his laptop computer when he heard a loud smack.

“I’m like ‘Oh my God, my window’s shattered,’” he recalled. The impact left a large divot and cracks throughout the window, as seen in photos the 29-year-old took.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

JADE HELM 15 TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE BEFORE BASHROP COUNTY OFFICIALS

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/jade-helm-15-to-make-appearance-before-bastrop-cou/nkz4w/

Representatives for a U.S. Special Operations Command training scheduled over the summer in Bastrop County will again present information regarding the exercise to county commissioners.

Officials with JADE HELM 15, as the training is called, will lay out details of their months-long training to commissioners at their Monday, April 27 Commissioner Court meeting.

Officials say the training, which will be held in Bastrop County from July 15 to Sept. 15, will develop techniques and tactics needed by the military to defend U.S. interests around the globe.

Jade Helm 15 to make appearance before Bastrop County commissioners photo

Many Americans have expressed strong concern over the training on social media, and locally some Bastrop County residents have stated their apprehension for the military training to local county officials. Officials have responded by saying that JADE HELM 15, a form of Realistic Military Training (RMT), will coordinate with local law enforcement agencies and local property owners affected by this training exercise.

“The nature of warfare is always changing and U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s mission is to make certain the Army’s various Special Operations Forces are trained, equipped and organized to successfully conduct worldwide special operations in support of our nation’s interest,” Army Lt. Col. Mark Lastoria, a command spokesman, told the Washington Post in an email, according to a March 31 news article. “Training exercise Jade Helm is going to assist our Special Operations Soldiers and leadership in refining the skills needed against an ever changing foreign threat.”

According to information received by the county, RMT is training conducted outside of federally owned property. The RMT process is designed to ensure proper coordination between Department of Defense representatives and local and regional authorities. The process includes the following measures:

- Risk Assessment, Medical, and Communications Plans

- MOU, MOA, and Licensing agreements (training areas, staging areas, role players)

- Legal Review

- ID of training, staging areas, role players, airfield, drop zones and landing zones surveys

- Letters of Invitations obtained from the local officials (Mayor, County Commission)

- Coordination with local, state and federal law enforcement

- Public Affairs Review

The JADE HELM 15 presentation to commissioners will be held in the Commissioners Courtroom at 804 Pecan St., 2nd floor, and is open to the public. The meeting starts at 9 a.m., the military training presentation is scheduled for 11 a.m.

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