Overseas Units and Family

[Legbreaker]

Seems to me that there's more info on how little effort is given on getting dependants out than on anything else. It's therefore logical (although maybe not correct) to assume most would stay where they are, at least in the early stages of the war when the front is a long way off (the Nato drive in 96-97 for example where western forces made it all the way to Russia).

Once the tide turned, it may still have been some time before anyone thought they could be in danger. Tac nuke use may have caused a few to flee, but again, in the early stages this was restricted to pretty much just the front lines.

In my view, wholesale fleeing probably wouldn't have been a priority until the first long range strikes on non-military targets. Panic may have set in a lot earlier, but as the time from first nuke to long range strikes was in the order of months rather than days or weeks, many who previously fled probably had returned home, just to flee again at the next scare....

By the time the front in Europe had been pushed back across most of Poland and Germany was under threat, chances are it was too late to go much further than the nearest hills. Fleeing back to the US at that stage was probably about as possible as going to the moon.

Until Omega and TF 34 came along...

How many civilians, not directly associated with the military or either US government would be trying to get on board? I'm thinking of the evacuation of Saigon in the last days of Us involvement and the seens of complete chaos we've all seen.

It is my view the perimeter troops would be holding back hordes of refugees all looking for a space on board a rusty old ship. Probably not too much of an issue while there were thousands of troops still there, but I wouldn't want to be amongst the final handful!