U S Military Raises Threat Level
What is Force Protection Condition Level Bravo?
By Daniella Diaz, CNN Digital Producer Updated 11:50 AM ET, Fri May 8, 2015 Via CNN
(Lock and load. – LS)
Washington (CNN)The Department of Defense raised the level of security conditions at U.S. military bases Thursday night to “Bravo,” because of the growing concern of a terrorist threats in the United States.
But what does the “Bravo” level specifically mean?
The Force Protection Condition, or FPCON, is a threat level system that is overseen and decided by the Department of Defense. It has various levels that show security concern in the country. According to the list, the Antiterrorism Program “provides guidance and establishes standards for implementing the levels” in the Department of Defense. Local commanders decide which level is appropriate.
READ: ISIS activity prompts threat level increase at bases
A U.S. Air Force document describes level “Bravo” as when “an increased and more predictable terrorist threat activity exists.”
The document also states that level “Bravo” means there is information that suggests probable violence in the United States, and there must be extra precaution to deter terrorist planning.
Another government document states “Bravo” is a medium threat level that means there is an increased or more predictable threat level of terrorist activity.
The change could mean more checks of vehicles entering military bases and identity checks of all personnel.
“I know there are other Elton Simpsons out there,” Comey said, adding that the FBI has hundreds of investigations in the U.S. of possible extremists influenced by known ISIS recruiters.
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WarSclerotic 
May 8, 2015 at 8:35 PM
And here we all thought Hussein had done away with the color coded threat level system.
Apparently not in the case of the military.
I have to wonder though whether this is just limited to ISIS, or if it is also because of the increasing chances of Iran war in the near future.
May 8, 2015 at 8:40 PM
This was from 2011, when we were told Hussein ended the color coded alerts put in place after 9/11:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/48286.html
Back then, we were supposed to believe Hussein had made America so much safer we no longer needed them. Or perhaps because Bush was too much of a “war-monger”, “cowboy”, or “alarmist” or something.