US military's North Korea back-up plan

April 06, 2013 02:07

Courageous Channel is a regular non-combatant evacuation operation exercise done by the US military in South Korea to practice getting thousands of US civilians out of the country in a hurry if it looks like war with North Korea is imminent.

Each spring, US military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors do everything except board an airplane for such an eventuality.

They are told what to bring ("3 days food/water... 30 days medslimited cash $100-200") and what to do about pets ("pets are considered family members... do not have priority over people... pets cannot be abandoned").

There is even a handy video "to learn how to correctly employ the Infant Chemical Agent Protection System", along with lots of other tips on what to do the day no one hopes ever comes.

"Each person", the guidelines issued by US Forces Korea say, "is allowed one airline carry-on & one check-in bag totaling no more than 66 lbs".

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