Camp Grafton hosts unique, nationally-known explosives course
October 23, 2012 at 2:00 am in Grand Forks Herald
A team of soldiers climbed quietly up the roof of a makeshift bungalow, secured an explosive charge, then moved to the other side of the pitch for cover. It’s real-world training for the urban warfare expected to dominate 21st century conflicts. Continue Reading
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No one trains there for 18 months, it is usually 2 weeks at a time.
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So during those 18 months Mcveigh was a member of the National Guard or Army Reserve? They don’t train civilians there. And if he was a member of the Guard or Reserve and was there for training he would have to have been on orders. If he was on orders, there would be a record of it that even the FBI could find.
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My guess is Larry Flynt made up the story. He’s been known to be a little shady. He wore an American flag as a diaper. Who does that?
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Bob, unless he was there for secret demolitions training.
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So you’re saying it took McVeigh 18 months to figure out how to put a detonator in a barrel of ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel?
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Even if he was a @ Camp Grafton for 18 mths. it doesn’t mean he was learning about detonators for 18 mths.
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Camp Grafton is a training center, soldiers go there for training. There is no training offered there that is 18 months long. Almost all course are two weeks.
What you are saying Spearman must be true, it says so on the internet, and Hustler magazine. We all know that everything on the internet is true.
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So Bob, if you read the US Constitution on the net it might not be true. Good logic.
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Larry Flynt Spearman? Really? That guy in the photo could be the kid my son hangs out with. Just sayin’….he’s a commoner.
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T. McVeigh wasn’t a commoner?
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12 people don’t like Larry Flint or Hustler Mag. I guess that makes some sense.
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19 people have info. about T. McVeigh’s whereabouts when the FBI didn’t.
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Don’t think Spearman. Please…you scare me when you do that.
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How many does it take to do that?
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Bob, let’s see if others are interested in these piece of N.Dak. trivia.
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Camp Grafton South is one hour south of Devils lake east of New Rockford.
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Camp Grafton South is 3-1/2 mi. long.
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And it is surrounded by water on three sides by the ever swelling Devils (awesome name) Lake yet the government keeps building on the site. By the way…the food is great at the mess hall and it is inexpensive. $6 for lunch…yum.
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No, Camp Grafton South, where the art. is about isn’t on Devils lake but an hr. south which puts it east of New Rockford.
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I wasn’t aware of that. Thank you for the info.
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Devil, 3 people don’t like that you like knowing where Camp Grafton South is. They need to take your weirdness test.
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3 people don’t like where Camp Grafton South is located.
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Actually it is 10,000 acres.
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Could Camp Grafton South be a terrorist training base?
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You should inflitrate the camp dressed as Beetle Baliey, gather the information needed, and become a folk hero. Go for it. I think you got a few good years left in you.
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You’re wierd.
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Take the following test. Once you are done we will compare our scores and prove once and for all who is the weirder…me or you. No cheating Spearman.
http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_weird.php
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65% are more weird, 12% the same as me & 24% more normal.
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65% are more weird, 7% same as me, 27% more normal
Did we tie or did I lose…
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I guess I’m in the top 25% of normals.
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CGS is where all the ranges are, M16, M249, M2. There is also a large training area on the north side of the road around Lake Coe and Lake Washington.
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Today Camp Grafton is much different from its early days when its only flurry of activity occurred during the annual two-week encampment periods. Training is conducted year-round at Camp Grafton by military, law enforcement and other state agencies. In 1985, the North Dakota Military Academy was moved to Camp Grafton from Bismarck. In 1996, the North Dakota Military Academy was re-organized into the 164th Regiment, Regional Training Institute (RTI). The RTI conducts year-round training in engineer subjects and NCO leadership courses that is offered not only to North Dakota National Guard members but also to active duty and reserve component soldiers and units from across the entire country. The RTI trains over 3,000 soldiers each year. Economic impact to the local community has significantly risen from just under $200,000 in 1949 to approximately $16.9 million in 2004. The estimated impact in 2005-2007 is approximately $40.1 million.
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Could it be Timothy Mcveigh was trained as a domestic terrorist just as the 19 hijackers were in order to carry out 9/11?
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Interesting that the co-pilot for Paul Wellstone’s assassination was trained @ UND’s flight school.
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Interesting that the Secret Service records for JFK’s Grand Forks 9/25/63 visit were destroyed in 1995 for national security reasons. North Dakota’s obscurity seems to be useful for the operation of US intelligence agencies.
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