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JOINT SERVICES TRAINING COMBAT ARMS SURVEY This questionnaire is to gather data concerning the attitudes of combat trained personnel with regard to non-traditional missions. All responses are confidential and official. Write your answers directly on the form. In Part II, place an "X" in the space provided for your response. Date:_____________ Part A (Confidential when filled in)

Part 1. Demographics.
1. Branch of Service: Army [ ] USAF [ ] Navy [ ] Marines [ ] ANG [ ] NG [ ] USCG [ ] Other:[________] 2. Pay Grade: (E-6, O-4, etc): [_____________] 3. MOS, AFSC or Specialty Code and Description: [_____________] 4. Highest level of education: Less than 12 [ ] 13 [ ] 14 [ ] 15 [ ] 16 [ ] More than 16 [ ] 5. How many months did you serve in Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield? [___] 6. How many months did you serve in Somalia? [___] 7. Where did you spend most of your childhood? City: [____] County: [____] State: [____]

Part II. Attitude.

[Strongly Disagree] [Disagree] [Agree] [Strongly Agree] [No Opinion] Do you feel that U.S. combat troops should be used within the U.S. and bordering countries for any of the following missions? 8. Drug enforcement [SD D A SA NO] 9. Disaster relief - e.g. hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes [SD D A SA NO] 10. Security at national events - e.g. Olympic Games, Super Bowl [SD D A SA NO] 11. Environmental disaster clean-up including toxic and nuclear [SD D A SA NO] 12. Substitute teachers and school workers in public schools [SD D A SA NO] 13. Community assistance programs - e.g. landscaping, environmental clean-up, road repair, animal control [SD D A SA NO] 14. Federal and State prison guards and auxiliary police [SD D A SA NO] 15. National emergency police force/international security force [SD D A SA NO] 16. Advisors to SWAT units, the FBI, or the BATF [SD D A SA NO]

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17. Border Patrol - e.g. prevention of entry of illegal aliens into U.S. territory [SD D A SA NO] 18. Drug enforcement and interdiction [SD D A SA NO] 19. Disaster relief in bordering countries - e.g. hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, etc. [SD D A SA NO] 20. Environmental disaster clean-up in bordering countries including toxic and nuclear. [SD D A SA NO] 21. Peace keeping and local law enforcement and internal security forces [SD D A SA NO] 22. National building - reconstruct civil governments, develop public school system, develop or improve public transportation system, etc. [SD D A SA NO] 23. Humanitarian relief - e.g. food and medical supplies, temporary housing and clothing and domestic care [SD D A SA NO] Do you feel that U.S. combat troops should be used in other countries, under command of nonU.S. officers appointed by the U.N. for any of the following missions? 24. Drug enforcement. [SD D A SA NO] 25. Disaster relief - e.g. hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes [SD D A SA NO] 26. Environmental disaster clean-up including toxic and nuclear [SD D A SA NO] 27. Peace keeping including local law enforcement and internal security forces [SD D A SA NO] 28. Nation building - reconstruct civil government, develop public school system, develop or improve public transportation system, etc. [SD D A SA NO] 29. Humanitarian relief - e.g. food and medical supplies, temporary housing and clothing and domestic care [SD D A SA NO] 30. Police action - e.g. Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm but serving under non-U.S.officers [SD D A SA NO] 31. The U.S. runs a field training exercise. U.N. combat troops should be allowed to serve in U.S. combat units during these exercises under U.S. command and control [SD D A SA NO] 32. The U.N. runs a field training exercise. U.S. combat troops under U.S. command and control should serve in U.N. combat units during these exercises [SD D A SA NO] 33. The U.N. runs a field training exercise. U. S. combat troops should serve under U.N. command and control [SD D A SA NO] 34. U.S. combat troops should participate in U.N.missions as long as the U.S. has full command and control. [SD D A SA NO] 35. U.S. combat troops should participate in U.N. missions under U.N. command and control [SD D A SA NO] 36. U.S. combat troops should be commanded by U.N. officers and non-commissioned officers at battalion, wing and company levels while performing U.N. missions. [SD D A SA NO]

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37. It would make no difference to me to have U.N. soldiers as members of my team. [SD D A SA NO] 38. It would make no difference to me to take orders from a U.N. company or squadron commander. [SD D A SA NO] 39. I feel the President of the U.S. has the authority to pass his responsibilities as Commander-inChief to the U.N. Secretary General. [SD D A SA NO] 40. I feel there is no conflict between my oath of office and serving as a U.N. soldier. [SD D A SA NO] 41. I feel my unit's combat effectiveness would not be affected by performing humanitarian and peace keeping missions for the U.N. [SD D A SA NO] 42. I feel a designated unit of U.S. combat soldiers should be permanently assigned to the command and control of the U.N. [SD D A SA NO] 43. I would be willing to volunteer for assignment to a U.S. combat unit under a U.N. commander. [SD D A SA NO] 44. I would like U.N. member countries, including the U.S., to give the U.N. all the soldiers necessary to maintain world peace. [SD D A SA NO] 45. I would swear to the following oath: [SD D A SA NO] "I am a United Nations fighting person. I serve in the forces which maintain world peace and every nation's way of life. I swear and affirm to support and defend the Charter of the United Nations and I am prepared to give my life in its defense." 46. The U.S. government declares a ban on the possession, sale, transportation, and transfer of all non-approved firearms. A 30-day amnesty period is established for these firearms to be turned over to the local authorities. At the end of this period, a number of irregular citizen groups and defiant individuals refuse to turn over their firearms to authority. Consider the following statement: [SD D A SA NO] "I would fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the United States government."

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