Below is the a copy of the actual survey that Lt. Cmd. Ernest Guy Cunningham gave on May 10, 1994 at 29 Palms Naval Base in California.

COMBAT ARMS SURVEY

Part I.

Demographics

What Service are you in? What is your pay grade? (e.g. E-?, 0-?) What is your MOS code and description? What is your highest level of education in years? How many months did you serve in Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield? How many months did you serve in Somalia? What state or country did you primarily reside in during childhood?

Part ll. Attitudes

Do you feel that U.S. combat troops should be used within the United States for any of the following missions?

Drug enforcement

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Disaster relief (e.g. hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes)

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Security at national events (e.g. Olympic Games, Super Bowl)



(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Environmental disaster clean-up

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Substitute teachers in public schools

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Community assistance programs (e.g. landscaping, environmental clean-up, road repair, animal control)

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Federal and state prison guards

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

National emergency police force

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Advisors to S.W.A.T units, the FBI, or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (B.A.T. F. )



(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Border patrol (e. g. prevention of illegal aliens into U.S. territory. )

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Do you feel that U.S. combat troops under U.S. command should be used in other countries for any of the following United Nations missions?

Drug enforcement

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Disaster relief (e.g. hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes)

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Environmental disaster clean-up

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Peace keeping

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Nation building (Reconstruct civil government, develop public school system, develop or improve public transportation system, etc.)

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Humanitarian relief (e.g. food and medical supplies, temporary housing, and clothing)

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Do you feel that U.S. combat troops should be used in other countries under command of non-U.S. officers appointed by the United Nations for any of the following missions?

Drug enforcement

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Disaster relief (e.g. hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes)

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Environmental disaster clean-up



(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Peace Keeping

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Nation building (Reconstruct civil government, develop public school system, develop or improve public transportation system, etc.)

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Humanitarian relief (e.g. food and medical supplies, temporary housing, and clothing)



(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Police Action (e.g. Korea, Vietnam, but serving under non-U.S. officers)

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

Consider the following statements:

The U.S. runs a field training exercise. U.N. combat troops should be allowed to setve in U.S. combat units during these exercises under U.S. command and control.



(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

The United Nations runs a field training exercise. U.S. combat troops under U.S. command and control should setve in U.N. combat units during these exercises.

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

The United Nations runs a field training exercise. U.S. combat troops should serve under U.N. command and control during these exercises.

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

U.S. combat troops should participate in U.N. missions as long as the U.S. has full command and control.

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

U.S. combat troops should participate in U.N. missions under United Nations command and control.



(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

U.S. combat troops should be commanded by U.N. officers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) at battalion and company levels while performing U.N. missions.



(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

It would make no difference to me to have U.N. soldiers as members of my team. (e.g. fire team, squad, platoon)

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

It would make no difference to me to take orders from a U.N. company commander.

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

I feel the President of the United States has the authority to pass his responsibilities as Commander-in-Chief to the U.N. Secretary General.

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

I feel there is no conflict between my oath of office and serving as a U.N. soldier.

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

I feel my unit's combat effectiveness would not be affected by performing humanitarian missions for the United Nations.

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

I feel a designated unit of U.S. combat soldiers should be permanently assigned to the command and control of the United Nations.

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

I would be willing to volunteer for assignment to a U.S. combat unit under a U.N. commander.

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

I would like U.N. member countries, including the U.S., to give the U.N. all the soldiers necessary to maintain world peace.

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

I would swear to the following code: "I am a United Nations fighting person. I serve in the forces which maintain world peace and every nation's way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____) Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion

The U.S. government declares a ban on the possession, sale, transportation, and transfer of all non-sporting firearms. A thirty (30) day amnesty period is permitted for these fireamis to be turned over to the local authorities. At the end of this period, a number of citizen groups refuse to tum over their firearms. Consider the following statement:



I would fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the U.S. government