The Presidential Emergency Operations Center sits beneath the East Wing of the White House. On September 11 2001 Secret Service agents physically dragged Vice President Cheney from his office and moved him to the PEOC before he could resist. He watched the second tower collapse from a blast-hardened room beneath a tourist attraction. Mount Weather — officially the FEMA Emergency Operations Center — is located inside a mountain in Virginia 65 miles from Washington DC. It contains housing, hospital, power generation, water supply and crematorium sufficient to support the full US government for an extended period. Its full specifications remain classified. Raven Rock Mountain Complex — Site R — is the alternate command post for the Secretary of Defense and Joint Chiefs built into granite in Pennsylvania. It was placed on full alert on September 11 when Cheney activated Continuity of Government protocols from the White House bunker. At every State of the Union address one Cabinet member is removed from Washington to an undisclosed location with the nuclear football, Secret Service protection and full succession authority. The E-4B Nightwatch aircraft — the Doomsday Plane — is airborne every day and can stay airborne for a week through air refueling. It is hardened against electromagnetic pulse from nuclear detonation and carries 112 battle staff members with full nuclear command capability. 📸 AI generated images for illustration purposes. #military #nuclear #america #government #armedforcesfacts - @armedforcesfacts