According to USA Today, quoting a Post made by Goug Staglin on Stars and Stripes Online, this unclassified e-mail was sent by the Force Protection/Antiterrorism office to Army employees at the Kleber Kaserne Army installation in Kaiserslautern, a German city where more than 50,000 Americans live:
Ladies and Gentleman,I can see where an exercise like that would get some attention, hopefully word got out before someone had a heart attack or took matters into their own hands..
The individuals you see in full PPE and the individuals you see in "Arabic attire" armed with AK-47's, pistols and IEDs are role players and/or USAG-K reaction force personnel who are conducting TRAINING. Please stop calling the German Police, Military Police and hiding in your buildings. You will see these people walking around the outside of your offices and near the gates the remainder of the day and I assure you they are only training. Thank you for your vigilance, time and understanding. (Originally Posted in Stars and Stripes Online by Doug Stanglin)
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