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
This questionnaire is to gather data concerning the attitudes of combat trained personnel with regard to nontraditional missions. All of your responses are confidential. Write your answers directly on the questionnaire form. In Part II, place an "X" in the space provided for your response.
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
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(____) |
(_____) |
(______) |
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| Strongly disagree |
Disagree |
Agree |
Strongly agree |
No opinion |
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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 |
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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
| (_____) |
(____) |
(_____) |
(______) |
(____) |
| Strongly disagree |
Disagree |
Agree |
Strongly agree |
No opinion |