Posted on 06/30/2005 6:35:02 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Vandals target Army Reserve Center
Anti-war diatribes painted on buidling
By Joel DoepkerBay City — (06/30/05)
Vandals have targeted a Bay City Army Reserve Center with anti-war graffiti.
The red, spray-painted, anti-war messages were found on the center located on Henry Street. The soldier we spoke with has been an active member of the United States Army for 21 years.
He's a man who put his life on the line for his country and he is upset about how anyone could consider him a killer.
The anti-war messages hit Sgt. Ronald Owens hard. He was wounded in Iraq last May when the Hummer he was riding in hit a landmine, severely injuring his leg.
He saw the graffiti Thursday morning when he came into work.
"It's ... it's shocking to me, and it really makes me angry, to be politically correct."
It's believed the anti-war graffiti was spray painted Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
Owens says he thinks uninformed kids are the culprits, who don't understand the positive things the U.S. has done in Iraq.
"We are doing so much good for the Iraqi people," he said. "The amount of schools that we've built and reopened, the amount of electricity that the people of Iraq now have, their freedom that they now have."
Owens' wife Barbara is shaken and hurt by the images.
"There are men, husbands, fathers risking their lives in Iraq today from this unit," she said. "I don't know if anybody even stops to think what these family members feel like seeing things like this."
Bay City police have no suspects in mind, but they have supplied the center with chemicals to remove the graffiti.
Two local Army reserve units are based out of that center: the 980th Quartermaster and the 180th Transportation Company.
Those units have been in Iraq since last November and this January
That's just damn wrong. I hope the anti-war punks try again and get their asses kicked.
CW2 Ping.
This time, we can't let the commie scum betray our military unchallenged.
Hey, don't Army Reservists have, like, real weapons, with real bullets and night vision goggles?
I'm with you but what can you do?
The cops protect the bastards.
If you give one of them so much as a dirty look if a cop is around they want to put you in jail.[If you don't want go to jail, move on was the words]
This is crap.
The punks and their parents need their ass beaten.
Hmmmm. Wonder just which group that might be...
I hope the little punks get caught. I imagine that the penalties for what they've done are pretty severe.
Some people just need an a$$-kickin'. These vandals fit the category.
Most of the time, the military doesn't want to take any action against our own citizens -- that job belongs to civilian law enforcement. I hope the cops catch these delinquents -- maybe Army investigators can help out.
If they are caught, I say strip them of their citizenship and deport them to the Third World paradise of their choice.
I would think the Commander of the unit would suddenly decide that some night patrols would be in order. What a deterent to any crime- fully armed soldiers guarding and patrolling.
I can't post what I'd like to say, about what to do.
set up a decoy recruiting display, then stake it out.
I looked up their phone # and plan on calling them with my words of SUPPORT! This crap can't go unchallenged. grrrr!!!
A 3 man SO team could clear this up and make it certain to never happen again. Of course Vets or someone would end up taking the heat. Know any mercs?
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My rather HUGE son just told me that he would like to have ten minutes alone with these ignorant little pissants... I would look the other way.
It wouldn't be the first time.
This is federal and military property. It is a federal crime. Where is the FBI ?
Oh yeah. The FBI is busy overseas protecting Hollywood copyrights.
ex devil 1/504 ABG
Quartermaster and Transportation units might have NVGs, they might not. They almost certainly do not have bullets on site. Was it your implication that AGRs should build a hide site and kill the vandals if they returned?
Quartermaster and Transportation units might have NVGs, they might not. They almost certainly do not have bullets on site. They do have weapons. Was it your implication that AGRs should build a hide site and kill the vandals if they returned? Or just that the facility should be better protected, given the valuable materials within?
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