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 JimBoylan
   
Location: SouthEast Pennsylvania, U. S. of A.
Gender: Male
 |  | Exploring an Army Post
< on 2/23/2012 2:52 PM >
|  | | | I found this on Railway Preservation News
http://www.rypn.or...ic.php?f=1&t=32914
Can any of us post the other point of view?
[NCO = Non - Commissioned Officers, like Sergeants]
Post subject: Re: "Urban Explorers": Problem or Promotion?
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:38 am
It’s not RR-related but when I was active duty Army (1999 if I recall correctly), we were doing a tactical exercise on a seldom-used portion of the post we were at. Myself, the other officers and the NCOs had done a ‘leader recon’ of the site twice and found some old WW2-era artillery observation bunkers and decided to make them part of the scenario. We didn’t have anyone in them but the idea was to let the soldiers stumble onto them without knowing they were there to see how they’d react. When it happened, I got that fateful radio call, “We’ve found a group of bunkers with two-zero individuals inside. We’ve secured them, standing by for further, over.” I’ll never forget that moment, myself and two NCOs standing over the hood of a Humvee with classic, “What the?” looks. We ran up and sure enough, there was a large group of these “urban explorers” who had also recently found out about these bunkers. They were all sitting on the ground with their hands behind their backs in a circle, surrounded by my people with weapons pointing at the bewildered group. Somehow they got through the gates of a secured Army installation. My soldiers thought they were part of the scenario and did an admirable job handling them by the book. I was proud of how they tactically handled them, but was terrified at what would happen later once we freed them. They had all been flex-cuffed and were under armed guard (only blanks, but I doubt any of them recognized blank adapters, especially at a moment like that). This group had apparently been doing all kinds of tours like this and NEVER with permission. I bet they all thought twice after we got hold of them. And no, I didn’t have to ‘stand tall before the man’ afterward like I was sure I would at the time. The group never lodged any formal complaints.
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OwlsFlight
  
Location: Ehn Jay
One foot in the grave, the other on a banana peel
| |  | Re: Exploring an Army Post
<Reply # 1 on 2/23/2012 4:07 PM >
| | | | Haha. Classic "Hi... we were looking for some bunkers.... and a clean pair of shorts" moment.
Exploring the distance between points A & B. |
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MrSivalls
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I'll be a-surfin' in yer blood on Saturday night
| | Re: Exploring an Army Post
<Reply # 2 on 2/23/2012 7:31 PM >
| | | | Exploring active military sites can have bad result$.
Your security measures were inadequate.
How unfortunate for you. |
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Astro
   
Usually naked
Location: The Delta Quadrant
Gender: Male
Resistance is Futile
| | Re: Exploring an Army Post
<Reply # 3 on 2/23/2012 7:38 PM >
| | | | Posted by MrSivalls
Exploring active military sites can have bad result$.
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Yeah because of Nazi Chemical weapons buried on them
[02:33:56] <Valkyre> Astro your whole life is ruled by the sentence ' life is better without clothes on'
[22:16:00] <DSomms> it was normal until astro got here
Astro: Patron Saint of Drains |
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cdevon
Location: west county
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Exploring an Army Post
<Reply # 4 on 2/23/2012 9:10 PM >
| | | | HAHA!!!
this makes me happy.
When I say I'm 'clean and sober', it means I've showered and I'm headed to the liquor store. |
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WarBird69
 
Location: Eastern TN
Gender: Male
Atomic Bird of War
| | Re: Exploring an Army Post
<Reply # 5 on 2/23/2012 10:16 PM >
| | | | I work on a military base. No fucking way would I explore something on base, or even consider gaining access illegally. Good way to get several M16's in your face and federal charges thrown at ya.
When twilight draws near, when you are pushed to the very limits of your soul, when it seems that all you have left are the dead remnants of the fabric of your life:
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MrSivalls
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I'll be a-surfin' in yer blood on Saturday night
| | Re: Exploring an Army Post
<Reply # 6 on 2/24/2012 12:01 AM >
| | | | Posted by WarBird69
I work on a military base. No fucking way would I explore something on base, or even consider gaining access illegally. Good way to get several M16's in your face and federal charges thrown at ya.
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That's federal charge$.
Your security measures were inadequate.
How unfortunate for you. |
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