Most military bases don't allow servicemen to be armed. Even after, you know, Ft. Hood... and the one in Pennsylvania... and Pensacola... This being Ft. Bliss, and her being in the enlisted area, I'm willing to bet a group of good ol' boys with stripes and rockers on their sleeves gave the offending hajjis some... close and sustained instruction on how to behave.
The high command doesn't allow regular troops to be armed for a few reasons:
There's a very high risk that enlisted troops will kill themselves at night when they realize their entire life is a lie
If they don't kill themselves, they'll kill their officers
And
Regular troops are not allowed any semblance of autonomy.
I will never understand why people "support our troops." It's a giant death cult that hates you. There is no honor to be gained in the military and there hasn't been since WW1.
The DoD instruction that governs armed sentries on bases was revised at the urging of the commission that looked into the Ft Hood shooting. The new instruction allows O-5 and above commanders to grant concealed carry permission to subordinates on a case by case basis, and for a limited time.
That being said, we all know how anal retentive officers are when it comes to personal firearms. AFAIK, no one has actually utilized that provision of the new instruction and actually granted carry permission to any soldiers, sailors, airmen, or Marines.
I got my state CCW permit in 2002, and have had it all the way through to my retirement in 2014, and still have it today. I also took personal leave time, and spent my own money, to go to Gunsite, and Thunder Ranch, plus taking a whole bunch of other classes with people like Chris Costa, Steve Fisher, and dearly departed Pat Rogers.
Right before I retired I could document over 140 hours of formal instruction on the use of handguns alone, and nearly as much documented time on rifles. That is almost 4 times the formal instruction on handguns given at the state law enforcement academy. That is more formal instruction than given to NCIS or Army CID agents, both of whom can carry on any base, any time they want.
Yet I had to commute back and forth to work totally disarmed.
Story is she fought them off and ran into a barracks to get the attention of the NCO then standing charge of quarters watch therein. The 7 Afghanis were caught in base housing, still roaming around.
Apparently the Incident Report is floating around the internet, somewhere... I read about it here:
You said they "tried"... what happened? Did she shoot at them or were there some actual chads around to run them off?
Most military bases don't allow servicemen to be armed. Even after, you know, Ft. Hood... and the one in Pennsylvania... and Pensacola... This being Ft. Bliss, and her being in the enlisted area, I'm willing to bet a group of good ol' boys with stripes and rockers on their sleeves gave the offending hajjis some... close and sustained instruction on how to behave.
The high command doesn't allow regular troops to be armed for a few reasons:
There's a very high risk that enlisted troops will kill themselves at night when they realize their entire life is a lie
If they don't kill themselves, they'll kill their officers
And
I will never understand why people "support our troops." It's a giant death cult that hates you. There is no honor to be gained in the military and there hasn't been since WW1.
The DoD instruction that governs armed sentries on bases was revised at the urging of the commission that looked into the Ft Hood shooting. The new instruction allows O-5 and above commanders to grant concealed carry permission to subordinates on a case by case basis, and for a limited time.
That being said, we all know how anal retentive officers are when it comes to personal firearms. AFAIK, no one has actually utilized that provision of the new instruction and actually granted carry permission to any soldiers, sailors, airmen, or Marines.
I got my state CCW permit in 2002, and have had it all the way through to my retirement in 2014, and still have it today. I also took personal leave time, and spent my own money, to go to Gunsite, and Thunder Ranch, plus taking a whole bunch of other classes with people like Chris Costa, Steve Fisher, and dearly departed Pat Rogers.
Right before I retired I could document over 140 hours of formal instruction on the use of handguns alone, and nearly as much documented time on rifles. That is almost 4 times the formal instruction on handguns given at the state law enforcement academy. That is more formal instruction than given to NCIS or Army CID agents, both of whom can carry on any base, any time they want.
Yet I had to commute back and forth to work totally disarmed.
Story is she fought them off and ran into a barracks to get the attention of the NCO then standing charge of quarters watch therein. The 7 Afghanis were caught in base housing, still roaming around.
Apparently the Incident Report is floating around the internet, somewhere... I read about it here:
https://www.bigcountryexpat.com/good-job-and-expect-mor/
Link found, on instagram, a picture of the report via cell phone camera:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CUDPzPELaa0/
Awesome, thanks for the info.