Posted on 05/23/2013 4:34:44 PM PDT by the scotsman
The prime minister has said the public want to see armed forces members in their uniforms - after advice to conceal them in public was relaxed.
A defence source had told the BBC the advice was a "common sense" step during the Woolwich attack investigation.
But the advice was later relaxed following a review, said the MoD.
In a message to forces personnel, David Cameron said: "The British public love our armed forces; they love them being in the public eye."'
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—— If soldiers want to go off base in uniform, they should. They should also be allowed to carry loaded sidearms as part of their uniforms -——
I worked on an army base for a time, and none of the soldiers carried, only the civilian security guards!
I asked a navy guy and a marine about it, and they said that it was not unusual.
Didn’t make sense to me.
That was in the US
None of the soldiers at Ft. Hood were carrying, which is why that terrorist Major got off so many shots before a civilian cop got him.
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