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Copyright © 1979 Jim Channon, all rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Jim Channon. Introduction and annotation by Joseph R. Svinth. Copyright © 2000, all rights reserved.
Introduction
In 1979, the Peoples’ Republic of China publicly reported that several thousand of its children aged 8-14 were capable of telepathy, clairvoyance, X-ray vision, or psychokinesis. Having already heard about this program, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, and the US Army were simultaneously pouring billions of dollars into their own similar research.
The Army program was headquartered at Fort Meade, Maryland, and was part of the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). Leaders included Generals Edmund Thompson and Albert Stubblebine, and Colonel John Alexander.
Officers assigned to the US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania [http://carlisle-www.army.mil/library/ris.htm] contributed research to the project, and "The First Earth Battalion" is essentially a textual copy of one group's unclassified briefing slides.
Although decidedly New Age, the War College project was not entirely theoretical. Colonel Alexander, for example, went on to become a leader in the Los Alamos National Lab's non-lethal weapons program. Likewise, during the early 1980s Special Forces hired Richard Strozzi Heckler and other outside contractors to provide two A-teams, a total of 25 men, with training in biofeedback, aikido, and "mind-body psychology." In the latter program, a typical training day included running, swimming, "industrial-strength" calisthenics, and 1-1/2 hours of aikido practice. After six months, the soldiers were not aikido masters but they were quantifiably 75% more physically fit than when they started.
During correspondence with the editor in January 2000, author Channon had this to say:
And if nothing else, the following paper does suggest why drug testing became
common for all ranks during the mid-1980s.
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TASK FORCE DELTA -- CONCEPT PAPER
Problem statement. Understanding that we must work through people, how can our Army establish and maintain control of changing, interdependent systems to maximize force readiness?
Study thrusts.
Concept: Task Force Delta's effort needs the track of time. Just as we maintain our perspective of the past and contact with the complexities of the present, our "First Earth Battalion" is the prime place to put thoughts of the future through a basic Army perspective.
Author: LTC James B. Channon
Sponsors: MAJ (P) [Promotable] M.M. Ischinger/COL D.M. Malone
DISCLAIMER
The views expressed in this concept paper are those of the author(s) and do not
purport to reflect the positions or policies of the Department of the Army or of
the Department of Defense. Requests for additional information or clarification
regarding this concept paper should be addressed to HQ TRADOC, ATTN: ATCG-SD,
Ft. Monroe, VA 23651.
[PROJECT] FOREWORD
The track of time comes hurtling up out of the past, from somewhere billions of years ago back in history. It flicks by us as we stand here now in the present and then thrusts on for billions of years out ahead of us, out into the future, bound for some place called infinity.
Two things we know about time: its march is inexorable… and it always gives rise to change. Change, then, is like time, inexorable, inevitable and pervasive -- and so powerful and complex a thing that in just five billion years, change has produced, from inorganic matter and countless millions of experiments, complex living things such as social insects and mankind.
Any concept of change is a concept of time. Thus any concept of change must involve past, present, and future. Task Force Delta's effort, as a concept of change, needs the track of time… the lessons of history, the realities of the present, and the dreams and visions of the future.
Our "First Earth Battalion" is a place to dream. A place to think the unthinkable. It's the prime place to put our thoughts of the future just as we must maintain our perspective of the past and contact with the complexities of the present. It's an "Earth" battalion because of what we know about a shrinking world, and about interdependencies among people, and nations, and natural resources… interdependencies which everyday are becoming more evident to us all. It's a battalion because our study effort is directed to our Army, and the battalion is an entity which all of us soldiers from top to bottom, can comprehend.
Signed: D.M. Malone, COL, US Army
[AUTHOR'S] FOREWORD
Making this planet whole… requires the ethical use of force. But even subcultures of force must evolve into a master culture. The Army is no exception.
Soldiers can be the principal moral ethical basis on which things political can harmonize in the name of the Earth.
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[Editor's note: The following are the headings and textual portions of
illustrated briefing slides compiled into a booklet and self-published as "The
First Earth Battalion" by Channon in 1979. Spelling errors have been corrected,
but all ellipses (…) were the author's rather than the editor's.]
CIVILIZATION
Earthkind has grown from pack to village… and then from village to tribe, then
from tribe to territory… and from territory to nation.
It is time to go from nation to planet.
The First Earth Battalion hereby declares its primary allegiance to the planet.
THE WARRIOR MONK
THE EARTH BATTALION IS AND IS
BECOMING
The Earth Battalion is potential oriented, not mission oriented, so any
definition of what it is or does tends to limit what it can become… At the
moment it is a spirit among other things.
By 1990 it may be a pilot community of warrior-monks who completely recycle all resources, live amidst new nuclear reactors and waiting deployment to tension spots.
A think tank methodology for the U.S. Army -- a banner for the closet
greathearts wherever they are -- a bonding agent for the idealist activists in
the service and out -- a home for the ethical evolution of force -- an alternate
form of service to
the planet.
PIONEERS
The pioneering spirit is not dead in America! Many of the Earth Battalion ideas are taken from the New Age. This small sample of New Age groups shows there is plenty of gold left in the hills of the mind, body and spirit. The rush is on!
[Logos and advertisements posted include:]
Everyone in the First Earth is equally important in the eyes of the organization
and will be provided for accordingly. Status is achieved by the skill with which
you do your chosen task. It's not important that you move up in the
organization… only that your skill level moves up. Leaders will be those
[soldiers] whose chosen skills are group interworking and spiritual development.
UNIFORMS WITHOUT UNIFORMITY
Always allowing for diversity… we can share the ways that humans are all
wonderfully unique. The uniform must serve the soldier's given task but must
equally serve to share the most precious gift we each have to share … our
personality.
Common banners will serve to share the corporate Earth Battalion personality.
[The picture shows a "Battalion Samurai Battle Mantle"]
UNITY POWERED BY DIVERSITY
Synergy is possible when every soldier brings his or her individual best to the
group task. It is multiplied in strength again if that soldier truly loves the
other members of the unit. Then we shall have the maximum combat power
available.
Things like Fuller's tensegivity illustrate how the maximum in individual tension can be held delicately in check by group unity -- thereby generating the maximum potential energy.
The vector equilibrium, the visible structure, plus LOVE = the invisible
bonding.
OMNI-DIRECTIONAL THOUGHT
The First Earth is not mission oriented it is potential oriented. That means we shall continue to look everywhere to find non-destructive methods of control.
J.F.C. Fuller, the father of mechanized warfare, was an omni-directional thinker and a member of the world of the occult.
Be a guerrilla guru: [explore] the occult, the new age, the traditional, eastern
philosophy, [and] space age technology.
SUPRA SEX
Jobs in the First Earth are based on capabilities. Sex, age, color, or religious
preferences are not considerations. Culture has, however, programmed men and
women so that they feel pressure to relate to each other sexually. This sexual
protocol can be overcome by a series of extended exercises requiring the
absolute interdependence of all participants until a level is trust is developed
that supercedes and rises above any kind of sexual relationship. Fortunately
love is still the by-product.
MISSIONS
The President just needs a wider range of options to respond to the 1980s. Force
as a concept has lost much of its legitimacy. The time has come to take the lead
in solving the problems of tomorrow.
The First Earth Battalion [Missions]
Headquarters = Star
Counter-force company: Arms, Heart, Will, Spirit
Pioneer company: Space pioneer, Eco pioneers, Urban pioneers
Rescue company: Natural disaster, Eco disaster, Human disaster
REASONS TO BE
Soldiers are in the business of life and death. As a leader during war, I must know that if my soldiers are to die… that it's for the right reasons. When at peace they deserve nothing less than a chance of personal evolution.
Soldiers can be a real part of the evolution of this Earth. Anything less… is
just something less.
INTELLIGENT INITIATIVE
In the martial arts, one learns a number of possible countermoves against different types of possible enemies. These practice battles are done over and over until they become instinct. Likewise in the Earth Battalion all plausible engagements are war-gamed until each soldier has the routine cold. In this way the battalion can operate in the absence of commands from its leaders, who may be out of touch, because of the new realities of modern warfare.
[A chart compares "martial art stances" (e.g., prepare left, block left, en garde, prepare right) to a flowchart reading:]
If you are overrun -- move to the nearest road junction, take control of the
buildings, wait for his towed artillery, destroy all you can… till you have lost
an offensive punch, then exfiltrate [sneak out] or surrender to save life.
PEOPLE
All warrior monks, but an interdependence of New Age skills as well.
[The graphic shows the following skills, all emanating from a central Spirit Wizard]
Just like many systems… when a nation or government becomes old, it is so full of its ideas [that] it has no room for new ones. Well, there are New Age ideas with great power for the first body that decides to systematically use them.
THE EARTH BATTALION WILL HEAR THEM ALL.
[The accompanying illustration shows a rucksack containing body vest music
(e.g., a Walkman®), night vision foodstuffs, natural foods, dried munchie packs,
divining tools (divining rods had been used in Vietnam to find Viet Cong tunnels
with at least as much success as CIA sonar systems), and ginseng regulators.]
MARKING THE TRAIL
The American Indian revealed himself as an individual by his distinctive ornamentation. His shield in some cases was more complete as a representation of his skills and predisposition than the modern soldier's personnel file.
Earth Battalion soldiers will be encouraged to represent themselves well
in their dress, and wear a twelve-pointed star with each axis clipped to reveal
a dimension on a standard personality inventory test.
FIT TO FIGHT
Recently a world class health expert revealed his formula for being perfectly fit. At the heart of good health, he chose a positive mental attitude. Next in importance wasaerobic exercise to get oxygen spread throughout the body. Finally he broke down foods into the following priority:
THE DELIVERY OF FIRES
Precision delivery [of artillery fires] is a function of clear and calm
calculations. The battalion Tactical Operations Center will employ every New Age
centering tool to ensure our fire coordinators do their job of neutralization
surgically.
[Equipment shown for this New Age Tactical Operations Center included:]
MAP DISPLAY
With the advent of electronic display many variations of maps are possible on the same surface. Some ideas for the modern battlefield are:
[On a First Earth Battalion map display:]
NEW AGE SYNTHESIS FOR A SAMURAI
Seek your own personal path to God
Actively improve your physical condition.
Master mental self control for combat.
Understand others.
Reinforce team interdependence.
Actively serve people and planet.
Indulge in happiness and humor.
TYPICAL BATTLE SCENARIO FIRST EARTH
They parachuted in that morning and stood in a long line facing each opposing
army. The Earth Battalion satellite above beamed this image to the globe. The
Earth watched as this potential catastrophe awaited the conscience of one of the
two [rival] army leaders to set. For they would have to bloody the Earth
Battalion people in their path before they could attack -- and the world would
know.
SPIRITUAL TOOLS
The Universe yields wonderful energies for those who rise above physical mechanics. The Earth Battalion will practice non-denominational techniques for spiritual bonding.
It is our right and they [non-denominational meditation techniques] shall make
us stronger.
CONSCIENCE CORPS
When our Earth Battalion people become families and we hope they will, they will
then leave the attack battalions and go to the nuclear release sites of each
nation with a nuclear strike capability. In this way they will be a clear and
present reminder of what exists at the other end of a button. [The accompanying
illustration shows families living in tents in the middle of a desert.]
EARTH PRAYER
Mother Earth… my life support system… as a soldier… I must drink your blue water… live inside your red clay and eat your green skin.
I pray… my boots will always kiss your face and my footsteps match your heartbeat.
Carry my body through space and time… you are my connection to the Universe… and all that comes after.
I am yours and you are mine.
I salute you.
THE WARRIOR NET
A primary function of the First Earth is to communicate ideas. Set up a network of information within your army and with friends in any army. Soon continental coordination will emerge and then we will consider communications media other than the mail and telephone.
Let this battalion grow wherever there
is interest.
HUMAN DIMENSIONS: TECHNOLOGY AND STUDY AREAS -- THE NATURAL GUARD
Natural technologies for the soldier
| Subject area | Technology |
| Physical preparation | Mongolian massage (Katonning); professional football players now adopting yoga in exercises |
| Sensory alertness during combat | Energy awareness technology based on aikido ala [George] Leonard |
| Weapons effectiveness during combat | Hypnotherapy -- ala J. Bartell's world's best combat shooters using hypnosis technology |
| Combat first aid without medicine or equipment | Shiatsu -- acupressure and similar technologies based on known energy points on the body and hypnotherapy |
| Hand to hand combat | Understanding bodily weak points can either heal a friendly or hurt an enemy; tai chi chuan by a master |
| Movement to contact | Two squads at rest, one squad alert… using herb teas and other meditation technology |
| Intelligent initiative | Preprogrammed responses for combat contingencies using karate kata to embody knowledge |
| Training effectiveness | Take a suggestibility test to determine primary learning style for each soldier. It's highly likely that all directed instruction now given violates the basic suggestibility of the modern volunteer. |
| Diet | Entire medical profession moving to health foods -- our soldiers can eat junk food!? |
| Organizational structures | Teams are cohesive with around eight people… organizations should adopt the operational style of the network… the most resilient and effective information processor. |
| Values | When Army missions are aligned with the
values of youth we won't be able to keep them [youth] away.
|
| Organizational focus | The silent circle and the spirit shoot. |
| Conference order & decision making | Indian kiva technology The protocol of attention |
| The Tactical Operations Center | A cerebral environment maintained by
several stress reduction technologies
|
| Tactical communications | The battle forms pictures, not numbers and words. Symbol compression technology is necessary for a facsimile system. |
| Fire control precision | Intelligent display language not only reports on pairings but also suggests the most effective future use of response weapons (the secret here is the breadth of the syntax not the mass of the alpha-numerics.) |
| Psychotronics | The conscious application of assonant and dissonant sound to achieve a physical response (both audible and hypersonic) e.g. all vehicles will use loudspeakers in the attack and play acid rock… out of synch. Meanwhile inside our armored personnel carriers is rhythmic positive pulsing organizing music. Subsonic frequencies bombard the enemy, bringing their intelligence down. |
| Master strategies | The evolution of mind as developed into an art by Gurdjieff-Khaso-Harvey-Bandler-Grinder etc. (Most Western minds are linear and predictable strategists.) Holographic Intelligence. Pribram -- Burns -- Claus -- Channon |
| Spiritual zeal | When military tasks are aligned with spiritual commitment the [military] machine runs by itself! |
Project JeDi's Cloud Bursting Manual for the First Earth Battalion. A guide to controlled anomalous weather patterns.
Cloud bursting has been around for a very long time. Some were called rainmakers, others wind-walkers, prophets, priests, seers and air-benders.
Cloud bursting was a feature in the movie "The Men Who Stare at Goats" that led to the public awareness of some of the wonderful possibilities of human potential.
Many of you may remember the First Earth Battalion
field manual and follow-up descriptions of the protonauts by this author. Here is a recent
contribution that was penned by Dr, Barton Kunstler
adjunct faculty. He
provides a 21st century look at such a leadership skill
base to aim at..
Sponsored by the Proteus Project at The Army War College and passed on by our friend Bill Moulton:
THE PROTEUS PROJECT
Monograph series
U,S,Army War College
Dr, Barton Kunstler
Mental
• Higher intelligence.
• Ability to read others’ thoughts.
• Exceptional ability to learn and memorize.
• Mind over matter (mediated by technology), i.e.,
direct control of machines via thought.
• Mental integration into a wide variety of
institutional and information networks.
• Mind-to-mind interfaces; mind-sharing and group-minds.
• Exploration of “higher” states of consciousness and
“psychic” powers.
• Ability to interfere or intervene with others’ neural
processes or one’s own.
• Completely new areas of learning and
exploration—hidden worlds revealed.
• Ability to generate mental models more similar to
complex simulations than the diagrammatic schemata we
generally use—“juggling with six arms.”
> Perceptual
Hyper-enhanced senses.
Remote extensions of sense, I.e., ability to smell at a distance
Interventions in processes between initial sensory input and brain to enhance perception.
Extra-sensory, "sixth, seventh, and eighth senses" (Axel, 2004)
Extreme proprioception, i.e., sensory awareness of internal bodily processes, with enhanced ability to control them.
Sharing the sensory experience of others in real time.
Ability to direct chi, or ki, subtle vital energies associated with tantric and martial arts practices.
>Physiological
Every bodily system more efficient and powerful.
significant advances in longevity
New levels of mind/body integration.
Super-muscles- speed, strength, agility, flexibility, coordination, elasticity.
Robotic implants of organs as well as bones, muscles, ligaments, etc.
Cross-species genetic implants for strength and new mental perspectives.
New limbs-artificial, regrown, genetically engineered, nano-enhanced.
Increased speed at which signals travel along and between nerve cells.
Greater ability to withstand cold, pain, and extreme deprivations.
Faster reaction times, superior balance.
Regulation of key bodily functions: temperature, heart rate, immune system.
Thank You Barton and Go Planet!
This article was provided by Jim Channon.
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