[GrayNo]

I saw an interview yesterday where the question was asked if the soldiers were armed and the answer was that Fort Hood was their home so only the regular security people carry firearms on the base. I thought that was really interesting to hear.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"I saw an interview yesterday where the question was asked if the soldiers were armed and the answer was that Fort Hood was their home so only the regular security people carry firearms on the base."

Bases are like little cities unto themselves. Sure, the soldiers do carry firearms on base. However, that is only when cleaning their issued weapons or when conducting training exercises or live fire shoots. These areas would usually be far away from other base facilities like the one described here.

I've never been to Fort Hood, but I suspect that the area they have described would be an area where no field training is going on and therefore, there is no military carrying weapons around there except for base MPs.

[bcsco]

Most weapons on military installations belong to the military and are kept in unit armories (or motor pools for armed vehicles). Personal weapons are not warn unless a CCW is applicable - the same as in public. Just because it’s a military base, that doesn’t mean people walk around armed to the teeth.