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13 Cards in this Set
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FPCONs |
Force Protection Conditions
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Force Protection Conditions
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series of measures designed to increase level of unit's defense against terrorist attacks
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common factors for FPCONs
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-terrorist threat level -capability to penetrate existing physical security systems -risk of terrorist attack to which personnel and assets are exposed -protected asset's criticality to their missions |
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FPCON NORMAL |
general global threat |
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FPCON ALPHA
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increased general threat
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FPCON BRAVO
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increased or more predictable threat
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FPCON CHARLIE
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incident occurs or intelligence is received indicating some form of terrorist
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defense readiness condition
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an alert posture (DEFCON) |
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DEFCON 5
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normal peacetime readiness
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DEFCON 4
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normal, increased intelligence and strengthened security measures
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DEFCON 3
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increase in force readiness above normal readiness |
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DEFCON 2
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further increase in force readiness, but less than maximum
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DEFCON 1
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maximum force readiness
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