Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield is looming and part of the exercise will likely involve an increased force protection condition (FPCON), but what does that mean and how will the employees and contractors ...

TAMPA - MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa ramped up security Tuesday, moving to Force Protection Condition (FPCON) Charlie. That’s a significant step up. It’s used when military officials believe a ...

WASHINGTON (WTVD) -- Military bases and installations in the United States have been ordered to raise their force protection condition status to Bravo (FPCON Bravo), due to general concerns about ISIS ...

A NATO air base in western Germany with about 400 U.S. military personnel lowered its alert level Friday, a day after intelligence indicating a potential threat led to heightened security.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has raised its force protection condition to Bravo and implemented additional Charlie-level security measures, citing potential real-world threats. In a message distributed ...

Whenever a Force Protection Condition changes, regardless of whether or not it’s during an exercise, it is treated as a real-world change, and all measures must be obeyed.

During the upcoming Solid Curtain exercise, Naval District Washington (NDW) personnel can expect to see changes throughout the area. Among those changes are force protection conditions (FPCONs), and ...