U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force “Garden Plot” Civil Disturbance Plans 1968-1991

U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force “Garden Plot” Civil Disturbance Plans 1968-1991

There are four publicly available versions of the U.S. Army and Air Force civil disturbance plan known as Garden Plot. All of these versions were obtained via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests made by the excellent organization GovernmentAttic.org. We have compiled the plans into a single ZIP archive to enable easier downloading of the complete set of files.

Air Force Reserve Operations Plan 355-10 “Garden Plot” 1968 Download
Department of the Army Civil Disturbance Plan “Garden Plot” 1968 Download
Department of the Army Civil Disturbance Plan “Garden Plot” 1978 Download
Department of the Army Civil Disturbance Plan “Garden Plot” 1991 Download
All four plans in ZIP archive (10.8 MB) Download

http://publicintelligence.net/u-s-army-and-u-s-air-force-garden-plot-civil-disturbance-plans-1968-1991/

1. This operations plan (OPLAN) is entitled Department of
Defense Civil Disturbance Plan. Its nickname is GARDEN PLOT.
This OPLAN provides guidance and direction for participation by
all Department of Defense (DOD) components in civil disturbance
operations in support of civil authorities. All parts of this
OPLAN are unclassified.

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2. MISSION. When directed by the President, designated federal
military forces conduct civil disturbance operations, through
appropriate military commanders, within the 50 States, District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. possessions, and
U.S. territories or any political subdivision thereof, to assist
civil authorities in the restoration of law and order.

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...if they had no such plans.

One of the reasons why you have an army is to deal with 'combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the Marshals by law'.