I’m sorry if everyone who has never lived on a base is ignorant about being on a base. We DON’T UNDERSTAND...considering the circumstances of what happened. Please explain to us who are ignorant. I just want them SAFE ON THEIR BASE, IN THEIR HOMES, WITH THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
I always had live ammo in my pockets at Ft. Hood. It would drive me crazy sometimes when we would go to the field with no ammo...and we were expected to pull guard duty.
I can’t remember if it was Ft.Hood or Ft.Sill, but I remember one year some civilians came on post and stole some weapons from some privates that were bivouacking.
Lots of us always carried personal weapons as well.
It wasn’t allowed...but we didn’t know any better...we were from West Texas.