Too close to home . . .

[PrairieSpyder]

Man arrested, planning to detonate car-bomb at Ft. Riley, near where I live.

http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/...-planned-bombing-at-Fort-Riley-299346981.html

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Patti,
You've got to move farther back into the boonies to avoid all of the squirrels! nojoke

 

[ARtraveler]

They are out there and that is very scary. So far, they appear to not be very smart. That is to our advantage. Lock em up and throw away the key.

 

[PrairieSpyder]

They recently tightened up security at the gates to Ft. Riley. It had been easy to go onto the post by showing your picture ID and car insurance, and they'd randomly select cars for searches. Now you have to be pre-registered and they do a background check before they let you only the post. Locals who have to go on post regularly have to be sponsored and can get a pass. (One of my friends goes on post regularly to give piano lessons and had to go through that.)

It's an old cavalry post and has lots of historic interest. When I was a kid, we'd go on post all the time to see the sights. And a state highway went directly through. Now it's an ultimate gated community!

 

[bruiser]

Our local AFB has been requiring passes for non military for several years now. All IDs are checked at the gate. Now if only the DoD would allow us to carry on base for our protection...

 

[Bob Denman]

Isn't it a shame; the folks that we trust to guard our lives when things get ugly... :shocked:

... need to be protected from US! :gaah::cus::gaah:

 

[vided]

Work place violence, really :banghead:

 

[bruiser]

Although I'm retired, I'm still active on base. We did three separate flag lines this week to welcome home returning airmen from deployment. DoD prohibits carrying weapons on base either on your person or in your vehicle. In a discussion with base leadership, we were told that we are still considered targets by the "bad guys". When asked about concealed carry we were told that DoD regulations apply and will be enforced.

The USAF did away with base stickers shortly after 9/11. So that identifier is no longer required. Now all IDs are checked at the gates. I had some friends come down for a day visit and they wanted to go see the base. No problem, but we had to get them a pass. Not a problem as long as the visitors center is not crowded.

And yes Bob, it is a shame. But they not only need protecting from outside but from within as well. Look at the two incidents at Fort Hood and the DC Navy Yard. There was a move recently by some Senators to allow active duty to conceal carry on base. DoD shot it down. No pun intended.

 

[Chupaca]

Know the feeling...

lived in the embassy resident home area in south america when the terrorists took to bombing the gates...hope they get a grip on things around there...ray:

 

[cuznjohn]

right after 911 we had the FBI ring our bell and ask if we spotted anyone using the telephone box on the pole across from our house. we told them that the phone guys almost live on that pole so there are always people using it. when i asked why they didn't say anything else but two weeks later there was a raid on a house about a block away from us and we never found out what it was about

 

[PrairieSpyder]

It is sad that our troops are targets, like Bob says. It's also sad that the guy who wanted to blow them up is an American!!

It's also scary that many military folks live off base in my town and I see them and their families all the time about town. The places I go could also become targets!

I wonder if I'd be safe at the Wal-mart, since an attack there might be mistaken as a labor dispute!

 

[Bob Denman]

If Wal-Mart gets blown up; it might be considered part of a Town Beautification Project!

 

[PrairieSpyder]

If Wal-Mart gets blown up; it might be considered part of a Town Beautification Project!

I hope not, Bob! I shop there all the time!:yikes:

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Oh my! :yikes:

 

[grumpybob]

They recently tightened up security at the gates to Ft. Riley. It had been easy to go onto the post by showing your picture ID and car insurance, and they'd randomly select cars for searches. Now you have to be pre-registered and they do a background check before they let you only the post. Locals who have to go on post regularly have to be sponsored and can get a pass. (One of my friends goes on post regularly to give piano lessons and had to go through that.)

It's an old cavalry post and has lots of historic interest. When I was a kid, we'd go on post all the time to see the sights. And a state highway went directly through. Now it's an ultimate gated community!

Sad to hear things like this.. Haven't been on Fort Riley since 1996. The museum there was/is very interesting. The old films of the Cavalry training were a must see for me every time I visited there.

 

[Dan McNally]

:shocked: Patti,
You've got to move farther back into the boonies to avoid all of the squirrels! nojoke

Ted Kaczynski, the "Unabomber" proved that the crazies live everywhere . . .

 

[PrairieSpyder]

Sad to hear things like this.. Haven't been on Fort Riley since 1996. The museum there was/is very interesting. The old films of the Cavalry training were a must see for me every time I visited there.

Whenever people from out of town would visit, we'd take them to see the sights at Ft. Riley and the Eisenhower Center in Abilene. It's not like we could go to the beach or see the Eiffel Tower here. Besides the Cavalry Museum, there's the Custer House, all the old stone buildings, etc. It's too bad it will be so hard to see now.

I've never been on any other military posts, but from what I've heard, this new regime makes Ft. Riley more like most of the others.

 

[Bob Denman]

Ted Kaczynski, the "Unabomber" proved that the crazies live everywhere . . .

True; but hopefully a lower population density, means less chance of them living next door... :shocked:

 

[Oldmanzues]

Our local AFB has been requiring passes for non military for several years now. All IDs are checked at the gate. Now if only the DoD would allow us to carry on base for our protection...

I agree with both your statments

I am glad FT Riely was just a news item and not like FT Hood.
Oldmanzues