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    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]

    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.
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  • #2
    What a joke. Tsa is a joke

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    • #3
      Government at it's finest.

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      • #4
        Fucking Idiots.
        I build websites. PM me.

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        • #5
          Ftg!

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          • #6
            naggers... the word was naggers...
            http://www.truthcontest.com/entries/...iversal-truth/

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            • #7
              In 2006, we were coming home, and weird, but we were required to remove the bolt from our weapon. Going BACK THROUGH SECUTIRY at our first stop on US soil, we had to go through metal detectors.
              Security said to one of the first people through, "whats that"
              "the bolt to my weapon"
              "Your weapon"
              "yea, my rifle on the plane"
              "you have a gun on the plane"
              Bullshit ensued, and our CO actually handled it.


              You'd think they'd realize this.
              Like we were the first unit to go through that airport.
              DE OPPRESSO LIBER

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              • #8
                Fucking assholes. And this country is full of babies. We deserve to be kicked in the throat again.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Sean88gt View Post
                  Fucking assholes. And this country is full of babies. We deserve to be kicked in the throat again.
                  oh it's coming
                  http://www.truthcontest.com/entries/...iversal-truth/

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                  • #10
                    Lmao @ the wikipedia entry for TSA!



                    "TSA employee at Reagan National Airport; 2008"

                    Originally posted by lincolnboy
                    After watching Games of Thrones, makes me glad i was not born in those years.

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                    • #11
                      naggers... the word was naggers...
                      http://www.truthcontest.com/entries/...iversal-truth/

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                      • #12
                        I call bs there are no body scanners in BAF. lol And Bagram is spelled minus an H all most everytime I have ever seen it.

                        TSA are in control and no exactly what is going on and how to stop potential threats.



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                        Fuck you. We're going to Costco.

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                        • #13
                          naggers... the word was naggers...
                          http://www.truthcontest.com/entries/...iversal-truth/

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                          • #14
                            What do people expect? These aren't trained individuals like in the military. These are rent-a-cops at best, civilians with some authority. Barney Fife has had more training, IMO.
                            "Self-government won't work without self-discipline." - Paul Harvey

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by GhostTX View Post
                              What do people expect? These aren't trained individuals like in the military. These are rent-a-cops at best, civilians with some authority. Barney Fife has had more training, IMO.
                              I think most if us ID'ed that as part of the problem a long time ago.

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