From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Mon Aug 08 2005 - 19:24:43 PDT
I just flew space A to Europe and it was the same, all kinds of safegards
leaving but I was only checked when entering the terminal building by some
"careless" Germans when leaving Ramstein.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kealey" <cwkealey@atlanticbb.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Military travel in 2005
> The really IMPRESSIVE part of all this is that the rules only apply to
> outgoing
> flights.
>
> My wife's nephew just arrived a little over a month ago from Europe and
> had one
> layover, again in Europe. NO shake down and very fast boarding at both
> airports
> in Europe.
>
> He did not observe any personal security check coming to DC.
>
> However, upon leaving D.C. last week he had to get to the airport 3 hours
> before
> the flight to check in. Then waited for several hours to go through the
> lines
> to the boarding area. Then he had to take off his shoes and remove all
> metal
> objects from his pockets and carry on bags. What a sad joke.
>
> We watched people taking off belts because of the belt buckles and other
> things.
>
> Truely amazing what we will go through to pretend to be safe and secure.
>
> Sorry, this just strikes me as ridiculous. Former law enforcement officer
> and
> all that. <Sad Grin>
>
>
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> Before deploying from Savannah, Georgia to Iraq by a chartered airliner;
> the troops of the 48th Brigade Combat Team, a National Guard unit, had to
> go through the same security checks as any other passengers.
>
> Lt. Col. John King, the unit's commander, told his 280 fellow soldiers
> that FAA anti-hijacking regulations require passengers to surrender pocket
> knives, nose hair scissors and cigarette lighters. "If you have any of
> those things," he said, almost apologetically, "put them in this box now."
>
> The troops were, however, allowed to keep their assault rifles, body
> armour, helmets, pistols, bayonets and combat shotguns.
>
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