Posted on Dec 16, 2019
Navy pilots request to be armed because they don't trust overweight police at military bases
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When I was the operations officer at an Army strategic communications center, I had an equal mix of civilian and military personnel maintaining operations 24/7. When I assumed my duties, each shift was led by a commissioned officer, but the next in the chain of command was a civilian. This arrangement began to bother me and I requested permission to elevate the ranking NCO above the civilians. In the event of war, I argued, there might be a possibility that the civilians would be dismissed to their homes while the military relocated to alternate facilities to continue operations, and the chain of command would be disrupted without the civilian supervisors on duty. Permission was granted to the displeasure of the civilian supervisors who say their advancement potential disturbed. In subsequent years, I saw the same issue in replacing military personnel with civilian contractors to provide security, food services, and other functions. Personally, I would be inclined to carry a personal sidearm with only civilian contractors providing security.
Navy pilots request to be armed because they don't trust overweight police at military bases
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There is nothing that says security better than a 5' 2" woman that is 75 lb. overweight, couldn't go toe to toe with the Pillsbury doughboy, run 50 yards without collapsing and may not be able to hit the broadside of a barn when discharging her weapon. That is who too many are relying on for their life. Frankly, even if the guards are adequate there are never going to be enough of them. We have both too few and too unprofessional.
Security is not taken seriously until it is too late. We see it on TV all the time. There is either no security or inadequate security where a shooting takes place (too often a school) then after the shooting there are 600 cops on the scene loaded with M4's, body armor, side arms etc.
Security is not taken seriously until it is too late. We see it on TV all the time. There is either no security or inadequate security where a shooting takes place (too often a school) then after the shooting there are 600 cops on the scene loaded with M4's, body armor, side arms etc.
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One of my collateral duties was teaching pistol marksmanship and helping run the pistol range. There are people I would not want carrying a sidearm if it was within my power. Fortunately, most of those people would probably not be inclined to carry anyway. But the easy way to determine that would be giving a sidearm proficiency test to anyone who wants to carry.
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CPT Jack Durish
I'd be inclined to agree with reasonable measures, but first the rent-a-cops have to go. You want me to be reasonable, the brass have to be reasonable
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