Are the roads able to handle that load?
I see huge potholes in the future.
It helps determine which troops are ... ummm ... “reliable”.
I think we all know why this is happening.
Training? Bull Shi!. Some heads should roll. This is a clear picture what America is becoming.
Ping.
The military did lots of in-city training under Clinton. Helicopters, tho, not usually armor.
Lots on FR about it, naturally.
According to the Blaze.
I wonder how much coverage this “supposed” incident would get if Glenn Beck weren’t getting money for showing it to you.
Q: “Why are Army Tanks Rolling Down Residential Roads for Training”
A: To give the pilotless drones something to shoot at for practice.
To get to St. Louis from MD, they needed to roll right past Fort Campbell which has some great urban combat and artillery training environments. Something doesn’t smell right here.................
This was a regular occurence when I was young. I would sit on the porch...thinking I could attract these gorgeous hunks. Alas...I was 12....No takers.
These aren't "tanks", they are M1117 Armored Security Vehicles.
That point having been made, it's still wise to question the need to conduct this "training" in a civilian area when such training could have been accomplished on a military reservation just as easily.
Maybe they can clean up the North side of the city and then roll in to IL and clean up East St. Louis. But my guess is that Obummer will have them roaming the streets of Clayton, Ladue, Frontonac and Town & Country where the really bad citizens of the St. Louis area live. If he would just clean out these people, their homes and bank accounts there would be no problems in the US.
St.Louis is a far worse place then Chicago where they are killing each other every day.
Send them to Detroit to clear some old houses while they are at it. ;-)
Depends on the definition of "policing capacity"... There hasn't been such a major need for military tanks to manuver through suburbia in the past. Other than a muzzy usurper in the WH, what has happened to change that?
Getting ready for the election in November? Maybe BHO is planning on announcing there will be no election (national security reasons) and he’s getting the Army ready for the ensuing riots. Just a thought.
‘Makes Very Little Sense’: Why are Army Tanks Rolling Down Residential Roads for Training?
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It would be real interesting if someone could post their observations on just what the armor and associated troops are doing:
Are they going in and out of buildings or aiming cannon at them?
Are there discernable fire zones?
Do those zones point generally outward(a) from a core facility or (b) toward outskirts of the city?, or inward (c) toward a salient facility or area or (d) from outskirts to city core?
Are they setting up check points/outposts, or decontamination centers...or compounds?
Are they running around in bizarre suits and/or gas masks?
Or are they just buying souvenirs and trying to meet girls?
I always wanted to be an NP when I was a little kid.
There is no such unit listed at Ft Meade, MD, however there is a reserve unit listed from St Louis, MO that is the 354th MP Company.
I guess I'm just too used to armor going all over hell and creation in Germany. Tiny back roads, autobahns, wherever. Just can't get worked up over this.