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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Aug 31, 2010 12:29:56 GMT 9
ok..I was stationed at travis Afb from 74-76 and was roomy with a friend that we stayed in touch even after all these yrs. He died 2 yrs ago from cancer. but that's another story....my skiing buddy (the crazy guy that taught me to ski by taking me up to Boreal Ridge and said..point down that way)...was on guard duty..he got pulled to stand in a shack that is at the edge the ramp where all the C5's are parked. he was bored and it was about 2:30 am ...dark...summer california nite...Dan decided to take his M16 apart....just to see how it worked I guess, when a truck pulled up with a couple of cops approached ...He about freaked cuz his M16 was in pieces.. Dan stepped out and looked at the badges and waved them thru..which of course they stopped and asked him where is weapon was... Dan told the one cop..in the shack....naturally the cops were really curious now and asked him to get it.....Dan's comment was..I don't wanna...  Why not asked the other cop.....cuz it's in pieces....WHAT???GET THE DAMNED WEAPON NOW SGT!!....and they watched him put it together on the roof of the truck.... next morning Dan was infront of the Sqdn commander explaining why he had taken his weapon apart......man we laughed so hard it wasn't funny!!.. Steve |
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Post by Bullhunter on Sept 1, 2010 1:41:00 GMT 9
M-16 !!!!!!! Now that reminds me of a story.
I think I have told this one before in another thread but just can't remember. So, here goes for maybe the second time.
This one Security Police (SP) I think was a buck Sgt often parked hear the C-130 engine test cell. It was an out of the way place but allowed for viewing of the complete C-139 parking ramp.
The NCOIC was OK with him parking there at night but did not like cleaning up the cigarette butts he left behind.
One evening the NCOIC went out and saw the SP pick-up trucked there. He walked out to the truck and discovered the SP asleep and noticed the cigarette butts on the ramp next to the trucks door. He had been asked the week before not to throw his cigarette buts on the ramp as others that worked the test cell had to clean them up.
Our NCOIC was abit pissed-off as a verbal request hadn't worked with him. So, The NCOIC reached inside the truck and took the SP's M-16 and went back to our shop and call the SP squadron and informed the duty officer what was going on and why.
No SP vehicles ever parked there after that night and no cigarette butts were ever found on the test cell ramp.
I never heard what happened to the SP Sgt but I'm sure it was not good. Nothing happened to the test cell NCOIC either.
This took place at McChord AFB, WA in the early 1980's.
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Post by burt49 on Sept 1, 2010 20:01:01 GMT 9
The SP's were a different breed to work with. There were times at the Griff that it would warm up to the 20's and I would be wearing a tee shirt. The SP's would still be wearing parkas and bunny boots. The main adventure for me was the time my plane was in the hanger with an SR-71 for a few days. We now know the spy plane was making flights to the Mid-East, but I still do not know why my plane was in the same hanger. What I did know was I had to show my badge to the SP everytime I came back into the roped off area. This was an annoyance since the SP was usually asleep when I walked by. What I remember most was the time I assumed he was still asleep and I just walked toward the plane. All of a sudden, I heard him tell me get down on the ground. I turned to him and told him that he had seen me all morning, that I had worked all night, that I was extremely tired, and that it would not happen again. He told me to make sure it did not happen again (it didn't). I also think he knew that if a truck load of SP's hauled me off that I would be telling his boss 1) it is difficult to show a badge to a sleeping person and 2) if it that critical to station an SP at a plane that is assigned to me, we could find someone more responsible than this person. It is not one of my finer Air Force memories, but it is right there at the top. :  |
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