What these drills represent will vary depending on the drill and which researcher you ask. Listed below are key functions.

*Dual track drillers: Attacks carried out by a compartment of the participating agencies. e.g. Vigilant Warrior

*Security stand-down: Drills that disable any security measures in place. e.g. Vigilant Guardian, Northern Denial

*Diversion: To draw attention away from the actual attack location.

*Convenience: These drills strategically place participants for clean up, rescue or administrative tasks. e.g. TriPOD II, Timely Alert/concrete barriers in place etc.

*Noise: Flooding the ether with “terror” chatter so NSA, NRO, or which ever agency monitors communications these days, becomes helpless.

*Window Dressing: Erroneous drills providing plausible deniability by creating the perception that drills are common place, harmless, and a good excuse for the locals to cover themselves in fake blood and guts.

-Culhavoc