[tisket]

You have an interesting profile. The only way any of us could be disarmed is if, indeed, the government sent the military against us. They are far too powerful for a civilian force to resist.

And you think this "Courtesy Patrol" is really a courtesy?

[MrEdd]

I think this courtesy patrol...is exactly the same as courtesy patrols of the same composition the military has always had.

They had them when I went in during the Carter administration. They had them under Reagan and Bush 41.

MPs wont recognize people from every unit on base as they asses what young rowdies may be up to. A courtesy patrol consisting of NCOs and staff NCOs from each unit is another kettle of fish - they know who is who...and who from their unit might have been supposed to be on duty or on alert that has snuck out to cat around.

There is no "There" there.

This is normal operations, not some new development.

[2banana]

And you think this "Courtesy Patrol" is really a courtesy?

I spent over a year at Benning. The only thing the "Courtesy Patrol" is doing is policing up drunk soldiers. And it better that they do it than the MPs. With the MPs, things like lawyers, trials, Article 15s, reduction in ranks, etc. tend to pop up...