Posted on 04/02/2021 6:27:18 PM PDT by PROCON
The Army is investigating a rifle that was possibly stolen from D.C. National Guard during a training event in Virginia last month, Army Criminal Investigation Command spokesperson Chris Grey confirmed Tuesday, according to Politico.
Two people familiar with the probe said the M4 rifle and a scope disappeared around March 11 while a quick reaction force that was created to protect the U.S. Capitol was training at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia.
The Army’s Criminal Investigation Command alerted D.C. National Guard of its examination Tuesday. Statements were collected on Thursday from those who were at the Fort A.P. Hill range at the time that the firearm went missing, one person familiar with the situation said. National Guard members who provided states filled out dozens of pages of questions on their whereabouts.
Guard members told Politico that an unaccounted-for rifle is a serious security risk, particularly amid the branch’s current mission securing the Capitol building.
National Guard leaders started interviewing service members stationed at the Capitol after the firearm was determined to have gone missing, but it was not resolved, prompting the more in-depth investigation from the Criminal Investigation Command.
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USMC. We locked down over a lost lensatic compass. Tritium you know.... nuclear threat.
Over a compass! That sucks!
When I was in Basic Training at Ft Leonard Wood an M16 went missing from another company. They closed the base down and tore it apart. They found it hidden in the ceiling of a mess hall. I don’t know if they ever determined who hid it there or what happened to the trainee whose weapon it was.
I had Army basic training at Ft. Jackson, SC in 1969. One day we were at a training site that was way out in the woods. We had to go inside a building for the training. We were instructed to leave our packs and M-16’s outside. After the training was over we came out to put our gear on and head back to our company site. However one of the weapons was missing. We looked all around the area but didn’t find it. Our drill sergeants were pissed. They knew that one of the instructors had taken it. So each squad had to leave two “volunteers” behind to watch the area overnight. And it was a cold night.
Early the next day we were back out there. We were able to search the area more thoroughly and eventually we found it. And the volunteers got the rest of the day off!
Don’t know if they figured out who took it.
Feinstein and Schumer are Satan’s Children.
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