{"id":20644,"date":"2023-09-16T06:01:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T03:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeland-news.net\/?p=20644"},"modified":"2023-09-16T06:10:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T03:10:26","slug":"on-this-9-11-national-day-of-service-and-remembrance-cias-associate-director-of-military-affairs-lieutenant-general-dan-caine-reflects-on-poignant-days-in-u-s-history-and-american-courage-thr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeland-news.net\/?p=20644","title":{"rendered":"On this 9\/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, #CIA’s Associate Director of Military Affairs, Lieutenant General Dan Caine, reflects on poignant days in U.S. history and American #courage through adversity."},"content":{"rendered":"

New York – Rashad Alkhader – homeland news- From- News – CIA<\/p>\n

September 11, 2023<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere were you on September 11th?\u201d A familiar question for any American old enough to remember that fateful day.<\/p>\n

On September 11, 2001, Dan Caine was attached to the 121st Fighter Squadron at Andrews Air Force Base, serving as the Chief of Weapons and Tactics. Shortly after a second hijacked airliner hit the second tower of the World Trade Center, Caine and his colleagues received orders to protect the skies above Washington. In an unprecedented move, the U.S. military authorized individual fighter pilots based near D.C. to make the decision on whether or not to shoot down any planes that threatened the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

Lieutenant General Caine now serves as CIA\u2019s Associate Director for Military Affairs (ADMA), the CIA Director\u2019s principal advisor on military matters and the primary interlocutor between CIA and the Department of Defense. Twenty-two years ago, Caine was the mission commander over D.C., and here he shares his particularly unique and vivid memories of 9\/11. That experience reinforced what he believes to be a fundamental leadership quality: the ability to keep your cool during a crisis\u2014or \u201cstay frosty\u201d as they say in ADMA\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

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CIA Assistant Director for Military Affairs, Lieutenant General Dan Kane,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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York City, and you could see the impact crater of the first airplane that had hit the tower. I can clearly remember the news helicopter\u2019s live video footage as it stared at the North tower. And then, out of the right side of the shot, we saw the second airplane enter and hit the South tower.<\/p>\n

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I certainly knew, as did my teammates, that we were a nation at war.<\/p>\n

I picked up the telephone and called the Washington Field Office of the U.S. Secret Service. We had a close relationship with them. I asked, \u201cHey, what do we need to know? What’s going on?\u201d And he replied, \u201cI don’t know. I’ll call you back.\u201d<\/p>\n

I hung up and called over to our weapons storage area. Nobody there knew about what just transpired in New York. I talked to the senior enlisted leader, and I remember telling him, \u201cHey man, you need to unpack the live missiles and bring them over. We\u2019re under attack.\u201d Obviously, he was a bit shocked, questioning, \u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly thereafter, the phone rang. It was the White House. At the other end of the line, we could hear the Vice President of the United States telling us to get everything we could airborne and to scramble because \u201cAmerica’s under attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

We grabbed the nearest wingman, myself, and one other flight lead, and four of us ran to a briefing room where we came up with a really quick plan on how we were going to defend Washington, D.C. from further attacks. By that time, my wing commander, Brigadier General Dave Wherley, had come in holding a piece of paper. It was a faxed copy of the Rules of Engagement.<\/p>\n

In this video clip, ADMA Lieutenant General Caine talks about the great responsibility placed on young D.C. fighter pilots in the wake of 9\/11, as well as the words from his commanding officer that day:<\/p>\n