[Robert A Cook PE]

Cool!

(Where are their weapons?)

[LibertarianInExile]

TSA swiped `em. Security risks, donchaknow. Can't have those soldiers hijacking the plane.

[aft_lizard]

If it was like when I flew, the bolt is in your pocket and the weapon on the floor.

[CholeraJoe]

Their weapons are in the baggage compartment, Robert.

[Preech1]

They are generally stored on the floor in front of their seats or stowed in the belly luggage compartment.

[John123]

(Where are their weapons?)

Haven't you heard? Kerry voted against all weapon systems. Our military will have to use spitballs...

[P-Marlowe]

(Where are their weapons?)

They put them away for Bush. They take them out for Kerry.

[Beckwith]

Where are their weapons?

With the armorer and flying military or military contractor.

Look at the plane. That's a commercial aircraft under contract to the US Army. There's probably a couple of flight attendants as well.

[Spacetrucker]

When I flew to S.A. for the first event in the sand, we carried our weapons (fully operational) with us - security of said weapons was left to us, but we didn't get any ammo until we were on terra firma in the desert.

[Rakkasan1]

safely stored in the overhead compartment.

[Uncle Jaque]

Notice how there seem to be no SS guards hovering over the President in this crowd?

Although we see a couple of "suits" in the background, they seem to rightly assume that this is a pretty friendly crowd!

I wonder how many Kerry supporters were aboard...;

Heh, heh, heh.... };^{D~

Let's just hope that the votes of these deploying braves manage to actually get counted this November... the USPS bears close watching, Amigos!