Orders of succession are also established for each of above Cabinet officials within their own departments. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.Included in the list is determined by the dates on which each of their positions was created: This order is followed if the President dies or is incapacitated. The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 sets the order of Presidential Succession. Whenever the President travels awayįrom Washington, a C-20C is positioned discretely at an adjacent airfield in case the President has to suddenly depart and Air Force One has been disabled. The three C-20C aircraft are equipped with aĬomprehensive hardened communication system installed by E-Systems and designed to enable operations in a post-nuclear environment. The C-20C aircraft are a secret part of the COG program and are designed to move senior executives (Senex) quickly in the event of a national emergency. Three Air Force C-20C aircraft (85-0049, 85-0050, and 86-0403) based at Andrews AFB are operated by the Presidential Airlift Group (PAG) of the 89th Airlift Wing. The Secret Service would take the Vice President and top-ranking White House officials down into the The top congressional leaders to the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center. Hardened facilities with emergency communication systems.Īn Emergency Action Alert sent by the FEMA Alternate National Warning Center in Olney would direct the 1st Helicopter Squadron from Andrews Air Force Base to the Capitol to evacuate To secret campgrounds located within the Shenandoah Valley and in nearby federal park lands in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia containing underground The secret evacuation plan includes a nearby fleet of specialized vans and trucks that can be dispatched on a moment's notice The executive agency and department heads along with designated emergency relocation group (ERG) members would be transported to classified locations around the country above ground, below ground, and Northern Command (NORTHCOM) is responsible for evacuating government officials under the guidance of the classified Concept of Operations PlanĬONPLAN 3600: Emergency Preparedness in the National Capital Region. The bunker at Offutt Air Force Base, the new bunker under the Denver International Airport, or other still-classified locations.Įvacuating the Presidential Line of Succession His ultimate destination would be onboard theĮ-4B National Airborne Operations Center (NAOB), a highly survivable militarized version of the Boeing 747-200Īfter several days in the air, the President could choose to go to one of the Presidential Emergency Facilities at Mount Weather, Site R, the underground bunker at Camp David, The President would evacuate via the White House Tunnel System to the Marine One hangar at the Anacostia Naval Support Facility. Ready to take over the duty of supporting the National Essential Functions of this nation in an emergency. These ERGs are assigned to an alternate secure location on a rotating basis and are President Bush activated the shadow government on Septemshortly after the second attack on the World Trade Center.Įvery federal agency has designated key individuals to be part of an "Emergency Relocation Group". Each agency is required to have a detailed Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) in place.įollowing a catastrophic national emergency, the President, or his successor can authorize the establishment of a temporary "shadow government" to maintain control of the essential functions Of leadership, staff, and infrastructure in order to maintain the functions of the United States Government in the event the nation’s capital is “decapitated” by a terrorist attack.īuried deep within the 102-page National Continuity Plan is the strategy for the mass evacuation and relocation of every federal governmentĪgency including The White House and the military in response to an exceptional catastrophic event within the NationalĬapital Region.
The 2007 " National Security Presidential Directive 51" directs the geographic dispersion Since the days of the Cold War, the United States has had a plan in place to continue the operation of the government following a catastrophic attack on the nation's capital.
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