US Troops Open Fire in UK

RicInOR · Dec 18, 2017

Lockdown lifted at RAF Mildenhall after suspect's arrest; shots fired

RicInOR · Dec 19, 2017

Argonaut · Dec 19, 2017

The USAF doesn't play games with security (like the Army) we never issue a weapon without ammunition even in training (with a few exceptions). I was always shocked when interacting with Army troops how many were protected by a billy club or an unloaded weapon. It was like they were not trusted with the real thing. I was deployed into some security work during the Bader/Meinhoff terrorist spree in Germany. We were moving nuclear triggers around the continent and had extensive briefings on the threat and activity. The group would attack Army and other nations convoys to steal weapons because they knew how lightly protected they were. We were concerned but they never went after a USAF vehicle. We received some intelegence about a threat to my base (Spangdahlem) one time. The Commander had live Vulcan cannons deployed at any point he precived might be weak or vulnerable including a distance behind the main gate to give the cannon the ability to swing and manouver on targets. His instructions to the gate guards were to delay and get the hell out of the way because somebody was going to get lit up. Every vehicle coming through that gate was tracked by a live Vulcan Cannon for a few days. We never had a problem.

cookie · Dec 21, 2017

Argonaut said:
The USAF doesn't play games with security (like the Army) we never issue a weapon without ammunition even in training (with a few exceptions). I was always shocked when interacting with Army troops how many were protected by a billy club or an unloaded weapon. It was like they were not trusted with the real thing. I was deployed into some security work during the Bader/Meinhoff terrorist spree in Germany. We were moving nuclear triggers around the continent and had extensive briefings on the threat and activity. The group would attack Army and other nations convoys to steal weapons because they knew how lightly protected they were. We were concerned but they never went after a USAF vehicle. We received some intelegence about a threat to my base (Spangdahlem) one time. The Commander had live Vulcan cannons deployed at any point he precived might be weak or vulnerable including a distance behind the main gate to give the cannon the ability to swing and manouver on targets. His instructions to the gate guards were to delay and get the hell out of the way because somebody was going to get lit up. Every vehicle coming through that gate was tracked by a live Vulcan Cannon for a few days. We never had a problem.

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