{"id":29868,"date":"2019-04-29T16:34:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T16:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/29\/fort-bragg-apologizes-for-faux-power-outage\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:07:53","slug":"fort-bragg-apologizes-for-faux-power-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2019\/04\/29\/fort-bragg-apologizes-for-faux-power-outage\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Bragg apologizes for faux power outage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the Army\u2019s most populated installation, spent half a day in the literal and proverbial dark<\/a> April 25 as part of an exercise designed to stress test<\/a> the post in the face of a cyberattack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Thursday midday, officials announced that the power outage, which spared Womack Army Medical Center<\/a> and the Soldier Support Center, was only a drill, issuing an apology later that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe understand the exercise conducted caused concern for many within our community and surrounding areas … for that, we apologize,\u201d officials said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea, according to a statement, was to simulate how the installation would handle a cyberattack against the power grid as a brigade prepared for deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDepartment of Defense requires military installations to conduct readiness exercises on an annual basis,\u201d the post said. \u201cThe intent is to determine the readiness and resiliency of the installation in a real-world scenario. With that said, our objectives have been met and as many of you know, everything is back to normal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Bragg\u2019s Facebook page had posted periodic updates throughout the outage, racking up hundreds of comments from bemused and concerned soldiers and family members alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid you all forget that very recently a foreign national tried to access Fort Bragg?\u201d Tina Vandivier wrote on Saturday. \u201cThose soldiers and guards TRAIN for that same scenario. A spoiled gallon a milk is a small price to pay to check and see how prepared we really are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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