TSA from a soldiers view point

[CINDER02]

Originally Posted by VcrusaderV

They stopped that about 2 yrs ago... Now none of us can get a beer in Shannon. It was a real downer to get there and some POS refused to allow any MIL to get a drink. I believe they have even forced the Guiness tap to be removed.

Wow, I didn't know the Army did it too... I though they were just playing games with us.. Ugh. What I want to know is whose stupid idea it was to not allow any military member a drink after spending 7-12 months out in this sihthole. It like that light at the end of the tunnel.

[Reprobate]

Originally Posted by Big Brunsy

I got this in an email and thought I'd share it with everyone....how sad it has become...


THEY PROBABLY FORGOT ABOUT THOSE DANGEROUS BALL POINT PENS ..



Subject: Idiots in action

As the Chalk Leader for my flight home from Afghanistan, I witnessed the following:
When we were on our way back from
Afghanistan, we flew out of Baghram
Air Field. We went through customs at
BAF, full body scanners (no
groping), had all of our bags searched,
the whole nine yards.
Our first stop was Shannon, Ireland to
refuel. After that, we had to
stop at Indianapolis, Indiana to drop off
about 100 folks from the
Indiana National Guard. That's where the
stupid started.

First, everyone was forced to get off the
plane-even though the plane
wasn't refueling again. All 330 people
got off that plane, rather than
let the 100 people from the ING get off.
We were filed from the plane to
a holding area. No vending machines, no
means of escape. Only a
male/female latrine.

It's probably important to mention that
we were ALL carrying weapons.
Everyone was carrying an M4 Carbine
(rifle) and some, like me, were also
carrying an M9 pistol. Oh, and our
gunners had M-240B machine guns. Of
>>> course, the weapons weren't loaded. And
we had been cleared of all ammo
well before we even got to customs at
Baghram, then AGAIN at customs.
The TSA personnel at the airport
seriously considered making us unload
all of the baggage from the SECURE cargo
hold to have it reinspected.
Keep in mind, this cargo had been
unpacked, inspected piece by piece by
U.S. Customs officials, resealed and had
bomb-sniffing dogs give it a
one-hour run through. After two hours of
sitting in this holding area,
the TSA decided not to reinspect our
Cargo-just to inspect us again:
Soldiers on the way home from war, who
had already been inspected,
reinspected and kept in a SECURE holding
area for 2 hours. Ok, whatever.
So we lined up to go through security
AGAIN.
This is probably another good time to
remind you all that all of us were
carrying actual assault rifles, and some
of us were also carrying
pistols.

So we're in line, going through one at a
time. One of our Soldiers had
his Gerber multi-tool. TSA confiscated
it. Kind of ridiculous, but it
gets better. A few minutes later, a guy
empties his pockets and has a
pair of nail clippers. Nail clippers. TSA
informs the Soldier that
they're going to confiscate his nail
clippers. The conversation went
something like this:

TSA Guy: You can't take those on the
plane.

Soldier: What? I've had them since we
left country.

TSA Guy: You're not suppose to have them.
Soldier: Why?

TSA Guy: They can be used as a weapon.

Soldier: [touches butt stock of the
rifle] But this actually is a
weapon. And I'm allowed to take it on.

TSA Guy: Yeah but you can't use it to
take over the plane. You don't
have bullets.

Soldier: And I can take over the plane
with nail clippers?

TSA Guy: [awkward silence]

Me: Dude, just give him your damn nail
clippers so we can get the f**k
out of here. I'll buy you a new set.
Soldier: [hands nail clippers to TSA guy,
makes it through security]

To top it off, the tsa demanded we all be
swabbed for "explosive
residue" detection. Everyone failed, [go
figure, we just came home from
a war zone], because we tested positive
for "Gun Powder Residue". Who
the F**K is hiring these people?

This might be a good time to remind
everyone that approximately 233
people re-boarded that plane with assault
rifles, pistols, and machine
guns-but nothing that could have been
used as a weapon.

Can someone please tell me What the F**K
happened to OUR country while
we were gone?

Sgt. Mad Dog Tracy

I haven't read the whole thread but just a comment on your experience. Thank you for your service. Now about the nail clippers...They have absolutely lost their minds imho.

[Russo]

you dont have to quote him ^ we know