Retired Lt. Gen. Honore warns civilian leaders are left out of the Pentagon's 90-day off-grid plan for bases, which does not cover homes
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who led the military's response to Hurricane Katrina, warned in an opinion piece for The Hill that the Pentagon is preparing its bases for a long loss of power while leaving civilian leaders and the public in the dark. He wrote that governors, mayors and other civilian officials should be brought into the planning so emergency plans can be updated well before a crisis occurs.
The plan is called FORTRESS America. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced it in late September to make sure major U.S. military bases can keep running if civilian power grids, supply chains and other infrastructure are disrupted or destroyed. Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell said power is combat now, pointing to the war in Ukraine. The Pentagon's installations chief, Dale Marks, later described the power goal as 30, 60, or even 90 days. The 90-day figure was first reported by Fox News on October 25, based on internal planning documents.
Honore pointed to the ongoing U.S. war with Iran and said Iran has the technical ability to launch a cyberattack that could disrupt daily life in the United States. Reporting on his warning noted, however, that there is no sign a blackout is coming: the Pentagon's plan covers military bases, not homes, and no official has told Americans to expect a blackout.
The Pentagon has not publicly responded to Honore's call to brief state and local leaders, and it has not said whether a specific threat is behind the plan.
Source: The Hill
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Photo: 图：退役陆军中将 Russel L. Honoré 的军方肖像照（资料图），他近日撰文谈五角大楼的基地离网计划。作者：Scott Davis，美国陆军，公共领域，维基共享资源。 / Photo: Official U.S. Army portrait of retired Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honore (file photo), who wrote recently about the Pentagon off-grid plan for bases. Credit: Scott Davis, U.S. Army, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
