More TSA "stuff"

[derf]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

That seems like overkill. If the government is getting the plane for hire, why couldnt they just fly to the closest civ airport to the base???

Germany for fuel, bangor for fuel, cleveland, mcguire and benning to drop people off

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by derf

They are mil only flights, the gov hires the whole plane for the trip

Understood..........So a regular commercial fight with civilians on it wouldn't allow soldiers to carry guns on board, right?

[derf]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Understood..........So a regular commercial fight with civilians on it wouldn't allow soldiers to carry guns on board, right?

I dunno, I doubt it, we look pretty scary with guns

[tallywacker]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Understood..........So a regular commercial fight with civilians on it wouldn't allow soldiers to carry guns on board, right?

For those kinds of flights, military follow all the same rules as civilians. That includes the locked cases for weapons that are stored in the belly of the plane. Military marksmanship units use this method to get to competitions. No different than someone taking their hunting rifle with them on a flight.

[Avatard]

Now they've gone and offended an ambassador from India with an aggressive pat-down...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40579937...iner_security/

[Hydrant]

Originally Posted by Avatard

Now they've gone and offended an ambassador from India with an aggressive pat-down...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40579937...iner_security/

In a way, I'm happy to see incidents like this. Since our fine elected officials won't listen to the commoners complain about these screenings, maybe it's going to take people of auctual substance to start bitching before anything will ever be done.

[caveman]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Bringing their weapons onto a civilian airliner? I'm calling BS. What would be the point in doing that? Why wouldn't they get shipped separately via military plane/boat? It isn't like they need their weapons immediately after landing in the US.

BTW, Infowars is a well-known tinfoil site.

Were you in the military? If not then you don't know what the hell you are talking about. STFU and GTFO

Originally Posted by tallywacker

Ok don't take my word for it. I've only done it multiple times. All major deploying bodies of a unit use civilian airliners. The only time you board military craft is for the jump from turkey to afghanistan or the jump from kuwait to iraq.

This. When I flew from Germany to Bosnia back in 97 I flew lufthansa to some airport then jumped on a chopper to pop into the helo base I was stationed on. When I flew to Kuwait in Feb 03 just before the war started in March I flew from Ft Hood on a C-5 only because I was bumming a ride with some military equipment. But the rest of the unit went home on Civillian aircraft, they ALL had their rifles slung.

Originally Posted by Homeslice

I'm arguing cuz you said you fly directly into a combat zone on a civilian airliner. You don't.

You got me on the weapons thing though. I still don't see the point, if you're just going home. Seems like they could be shipped separately. Now, going the other way, TO theatre, makes more sense, since you would need them as soon as you arrived. But what do I know.

AGAIN STFU if you have not been in the service and know first hand what the hell you are talking about. I really hate when non service people say shit about what happens in the military, when they CLEARY have no FUCKING clue. Don't argue with some one that has the experience and the ways to prove it. Not all people are cut out to be a service member, and whatever your reason for not joining is up to you, but PLEASE PLEASE don't sully our experiences and our dedication because you don't THINK thats what happens. Its ok, you don't have to know EVERYTHING. You can be wrong or even actually learn something once in a while.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by caveman

AGAIN STFU if you have not been in the service and know first hand what the hell you are talking about. I really hate when non service people say shit about what happens in the military, when they CLEARY have no FUCKING clue. Don't argue with some one that has the experience and the ways to prove it. Not all people are cut out to be a service member, and whatever your reason for not joining is up to you, but PLEASE PLEASE don't sully our experiences and our dedication because you don't THINK thats what happens. Its ok, you don't have to know EVERYTHING. You can be wrong or even actually learn something once in a while.

My original reason for posting was that I didn't believe they carried weapons on flights with civilian PASSENGERS. And that turned out to be true. There is a diff. between a civilian FLIGHT and a civilian flight with civilian PASSENGERS. The former is what you guys were talking about -- But I thought you were talking about the latter, which is why I kept questioning it. My apologies.

[OneSickPsycho]

TWFix... how did you miss THIS?
http://content.usatoday.com/communit...?csp=obnetwork

[caveman]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

TWFix... how did you miss THIS?
http://content.usatoday.com/communit...?csp=obnetwork

This sucks. Fucking terrorists fucking succeeded. They have taken one of the most free countries and locked them down tighter than a frogs ass. Those dueche-bags not only wasted thousands of lives, destroyed a landmark pair of buildings, and caused unmeasurable amounts of fear and hatred. If they wanted us to stop our western ways from interfering with their barbaric methods of living in caves and squating in the mud then ask us to do so, we would have gladly left them alone and let the Russians just run thier ass into the dirt they came from. But, no they asked for our help and we went over there and trained them up for warfare and supplied them some assistance against the Russian invasion of their country and this is how they repay us. What a bunch of FUCKTARDS.
I would love to be the guy that slits the throat of that fucking hypocritical piece of shit, cock-suckin, mother-fuckin, shit eatin, bastard bin Laden. Not only would I slit his throat I would make him bleed slow and painful.

We went from a super-power, cock-strong, take no shit from anybody country to one that is so scared of possible threats that we now abuse our own citizenry with such invasive searches just to travel.
OOOOHHH, those fuckers piss me off.