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@KunsanVeteran why would your base be at charlie?

@samueltyler2 TBH, I don’t think Security Forces even understands the FPCON levels.

For instance, for the first 6 weeks the FPCON wasn’t even posted and was presumably Alpha. No signage was posted anywhere that I saw.

Then, 6 weeks into the war that “was won in the first 48 hours” and our enemy was “totally obliterated” they suddenly raised it to Bravo (where I felt it should be since Day 1). Even after the drones invaded Barksdale, the local base was still at Alpha.

In Korea, when KJU was shooting missiles or setting off A bombs underground we were at Charlie.

We were briefly at Charlie when the South Korean warship was sunk, too.

But I am unaware of anything going on that would raise the level above Bravo.

@KunsanVeteran let's hope not.

I was thinking back to my time on the military, 1970-72

what was the level of defcon between 1970 and 1972 l +8 Between 1970 and 1972, the general overall DEFCON (Defense Readiness Condition) level for the United States remained at DEFCON 4 and DEFCON 5. These are the lowest states of military readiness, representing normal peacetime conditions.During the broader Cold War era, the U.S. rarely downgraded the public baseline below DEFCON 3, but there were no major nuclear confrontations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union requiring elevated general military alerts during this specific two-year window. The DEFCON status for the military was formally standardized to a 5-level condition, running from DEFCON 1 (maximum readiness/imminent nuclear war) to DEFCON 5 (normal peacetime readiness).While the overarching global status remained at baseline, it's important to note how the system works during this era:Command-Specific Alerts: The DEFCON system is flexible, meaning specific unified commands (such as the Strategic Air Command or U.S. Forces in Europe) could be placed on higher localized alert (such as DEFCON 4 or DEFCON 3) during regional incidents without affecting the rest of the armed forces.Historical Precedents: The highest confirmed levels in history were reached during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis (DEFCON 2 for strategic forces) and much later during the 1973 Yom Kippur War (DEFCON 3 for select commands).