The stupidity is even worse than you imagine. A friend of mine in the AF sent me a pic (couple of years ago now) of herself at Bagram. I noticed in the picture she had her sidearm in a shoulder holster and there was no magazine in it. Via a facebook exchange I asked her about it. Standing policy - weapons on base are unloaded. W ... T ... F !!! In a war zone, surrounded by valuable personnel and equipment they are basically unarmed and unready to defend these assets.
What, the libtards are going to say "that's security forces' job..." Duh, these people are in our Military - they all are "security forces" and had better be ready to act like it at a moments notice!
I do not think this is new. It is insane - but it is not new.
The guards at our Marine barracks in Beruit in 1983 were similarly unarmed and unready to defend the building and its occupants.
That's just what the assistant base commander said last night in the press conference. He said that soldiers shouldn't be armed walking around base, and that security forces should be called. A reporter asked him how long it would take for armed police to arrive at a scene like this, and he said, "Within ten to fifteen minutes." A complete loon, completely brainwashed.