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Old 12-08-2010, 06:12 PM   #11
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Bringing their weapons onto a civilian airliner? I'm calling BS. What would be the point in doing that? Why wouldn't they get shipped separately via military plane/boat? It isn't like they need their weapons immediately after landing in the US.

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Old 12-08-2010, 06:13 PM   #12
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Bringing their weapons onto a civilian airliner? I'm calling BS. Why wouldn't they get shipped separately via military plane/boat?
Everyone flies in and out of the combat zone on civilian airliners. Kuwait- to Ireland - to your destination. Only exception is advanced parties escorting equipment.
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Old 12-08-2010, 06:14 PM   #13
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Everyone flies in and out of the combat zone on civilian airliners.
Yep, I'll buy that.
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Old 12-08-2010, 06:19 PM   #14
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Yep, I'll buy that.
Ok don't take my word for it. I've only done it multiple times. All major deploying bodies of a unit use civilian airliners. The only time you board military craft is for the jump from turkey to afghanistan or the jump from kuwait to iraq.
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Then that wouldn't be a combat zone then. They're just flying from the US to Turkey or Germany or whatever. Not straight to Afghanistan.

And again, if they are headed home, why not put their weapons on a separate transport, instead of occupying space on an airliner?
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Then that wouldn't be a combat zone then. They're just flying from the US to Turkey or Germany or whatever. Not straight to Afghanistan.

And again, if they are headed home, why not put their weapons on a separate transport, instead of occupying space on an airliner?
Huh? Why are you arguing with me? We carry our weapons everywhere, including on the plane. We don't disarm ourselves until we are at home in the US at the unit arms room. You sound like an idiot right now arguing with a soldier on how he deploys.
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Old 12-08-2010, 06:34 PM   #17
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I'm arguing cuz you said you fly directly into a combat zone on a civilian airliner. You don't.

You got me on the weapons thing though. I still don't see the point, if you're just going home. Seems like they could be shipped separately. Now, going the other way, TO theatre, makes more sense, since you would need them as soon as you arrived. But what do I know.

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I'm arguing cuz you said you fly directly into a combat zone on a civilian airliner. You don't.

You got me on the weapons thing though. I still don't see the point, if you're just going home. Going TO theatre, now that makes more sense.

We are talking about TSA. This point doesn't even matter. Quit being silly. It's a military tradition to always have your weapon on you in a combat zone and Kuwait is still considered a sensitive area and only in the last few years was it changed. It was considered part of the combat zone for many years.. They still received combat pay there.

As soon as you get to kuwait you head to the ranges and practices shooting and other combat drills.
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True, TSA can EAD
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True, TSA can EAD
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