"We just got our asses WHIPPED by a bunch of goddamn nerds."
Posted on 07/14/2007 11:43:27 AM PDT by Renfield
CANON CITY, Colo. - A unit of 25 military paratroopers landed inside the perimeter of a state prison, but not to quell a riot or attempt some movie-script breakout. They just goofed.
The paratroopers, armed with exercise rifles that shoot rubber bullets, landed in a corn field outside the Fremont Correctional Institute early Thursday, Colorado Department of Corrections spokeswoman Katherine Sanguinetti said.
Guards escorted them off the grounds with no violence, she told the Rocky Mountain News.
Sanguinetti said she did not know which military unit was involved. She said an investigation is under way but it appears guards handled the inadvertent intrusion correctly.
The newspaper said the Army and Air Force denied knowledge of the episode. The Colorado National Guard did not return a call seeking comment.
bet the first guy that realized where they were said “oops...”
Golly... I’ll bet that was awkward.
Excuse me, but WHAT? These were American troops?
Some jumpmaster will have a hard time living this down.
That’s funny. I’d like to have seen video of that.
If I were one of the jumpers, I think my first response woud’ve been:
Whaa? followed by my mouth being stuck in the wide open position and eyes blinking without seeing.
Patton would be rotating 360’s in his grave at the though of warriors armed with rubber bullets.
I was thinking the same thing.
This will be the occasion for lots of beer and guffawing.
Yeah, why shoot rubber bullets if its an exercise? Either shoot the real thing, or blanks.
"We just got our asses WHIPPED by a bunch of goddamn nerds."
wwwooolvvveriness!!!!
Isn’t that SUPERMAX?
Hey, rubber bullets can sting and leave a nasty bruise. :-)
I’m sure they have rubber bullets to use in quelling riots and such, but “exercise rifles” and “rubber bullets” for a training exercise? Are they using Airsoft guns like kids play with? Way to bizarre.
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Breakout (1975)
Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Jill Ireland, Randy Quaid
Sentenced to 28 years in prison for a crime he never committed. Only two things can get him out - A lot of money and Charles Bronson!
A bush pilot is hired for $250,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
I’ve never heard of “excercise rifles.” We used our issue weapons with blanks.
They could put an eye out.
Conjures up an image of troops carrying pop-guns or Daisy rifles, doesn’t it?
:-D
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