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'Emergency situation' at Fort Benning close to resolution, officials say
FOX NEWS ^

Posted on 04/22/2015 10:40:47 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Authorities at Fort Benning, the U.S. Army post in west Georgia, say they're dealing with an ongoing "emergency situation" at the post's Warrior Transition Battalion.

Fort Benning officials said Wednesday afternoon on the base's official Facebook account and on Twitter that officials have secured the area and that personnel were safety evacuated as a precaution. Officials at the scene have determined that there is no longer a threat to anyone on base, according to a Facebook post.

Base officials said in the social media posts that children in a child development center were safe but were being moved to another site due the emergency.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: braking; jumpercables; ohnoes; omg; wut
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To: taxcontrol
I’m thinking that causing an “emergency situation” at the home of the Infantry training / Airborne school / Ranger training school .... might be a bad idea.

Not anymore. Iron Mike is now Totally Fabulous Bruce and/or Michelle.

21 posted on 04/22/2015 11:31:28 AM PDT by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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Mixed jumper cables and it winds up in Breaking News. Must be a fundraiser going on.


22 posted on 04/22/2015 11:38:41 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR...PLEASE DONATE!!!)
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To: RoosterRedux

My last duty station at retirement from the Army. Was stationed there two times. Once when I returned from Nam and spent four months in Martin Army Hospital there. Great post. Hard core place.


23 posted on 04/22/2015 11:41:46 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (MARANATHA, MARANATHA, Come quickly LORD Jesus!!! Father send thy Son!! Its Time!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
So much for his career in EOD.

LOL!

24 posted on 04/22/2015 11:43:13 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: RoosterRedux

That “explanation” makes it sound as if some idiot thought part of a car’s engine was a “bomb”.


25 posted on 04/22/2015 12:05:09 PM PDT by Rockpile
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To: RoosterRedux

I am IN Columbus, GA, and we have numerous monitors around here, and this didn’t even make the news HERE!


26 posted on 04/22/2015 12:05:35 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Full Definition of ORDINANCE 1 a : an authoritative decree or direction : order b : a law set forth by a governmental authority; specifically : a municipal regulation ...

Although they should all be under lock and key, they rarely are.


27 posted on 04/22/2015 1:23:11 PM PDT by wrench
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I got you. Ordnance. I cannot type, nor proof read I guess.


28 posted on 04/22/2015 1:30:20 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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Just ribbing you. With so many folks posting from smart phones, auto-correct is making the net increasingly more difficult to read.


29 posted on 04/22/2015 2:11:37 PM PDT by wrench
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To: Talisker

He wouldn’t have made it past the quarter deck at the school......:o)

Hope yer well Slim !


30 posted on 04/22/2015 6:45:00 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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