Posted on 05/23/2025 6:08:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
It's all fun and games until someone starts with the machine gun fire.
Yep, 18 of them were suspended after blanks were fired in front of beachgoers off the coast of Crab Island, Florida.
As reported by Task & Purpose:
The May 16 incident at Crab Island in Destin, Florida, led to at least two 911 calls and several social media posts. Videos posted on social media showed men in military uniforms with Ranger tabs and blank adapters on their weapons firing at least two bursts into the air.
In one of the videos, a woman who is off camera can be heard shouting after the first burst, 'Is that real?'
Despite the fact that they were not live rounds, the servicemen involved soon found themselves in hot water. And not the kind you find along a sandy Florida beach.
Michael Ingram, a charter boat captain who was at Crab Island at the time, told Task & Purpose that the soldiers did not give any advance warning that they intended to fire their weapons, prompting several boaters to take cover.
'This is unacceptable because there are so many real mass shootings going on in America each year.'
'You can't be joking about it.'
Eighteen soldiers with the 6th Ranger Training Battalion have been temporarily suspended as instructors pending further investigation.
Well … at least they were blanks.
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Destin - Fort Walton Ping!...............
Blank brains . . . you just don’t f*** around with firearms of any kind for any reason . . . especially in uniform.
Plus, Florida has been overrun by low IQ liberals from Kanaduh as well as new york. That makes it worse.
What’s the story here?
Every ranger I’ve ever met is completely opposite of this horrific buffonery
What happens every year is the infamous pirate Billy Bowlegs attacks the city of Fort Walton Beach and a mock battle ensues. People are dressed in 17th century pirate garb, and have a real cannon firing.
We have an Army Ranger Training Base here as part of Eglin Air Force Base. They usually just have a tent along with the festival vendors where they show off their collection of poisonous and non-poisonous snakes from the area. This is the first year that the Army Rangers participated in the battle, AFAIK.
Like I said, this has been going on for 69 years.......................
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IF they had on pirates costumes, brandished swords and fired a cannon (away from the beach), it’d be borderline acceptable. Depending on how the authorities gauged it. But this is disrepecting the uniform in public and gives bad optics to the public about the military.
No such thing. Well, technically all snakes are non-poisonous.
I’m afraid the only way this would’ve been acceptable is if they had permission and the public at large would have been notified beforehand.
Were they dressed in period garb? Or in contemporary battle dress uniforms?
Contemporary for the Rangers............
😎..........I’ve eaten rattlesnake.................
These guys might be in some trouble. Not sure what the whole story is
Dumbassery!
Just showing how they handle real pirates like Somalis.
That’s not true. Training exercises were always a blast.
I've eaten chicken. Neither are poisonous.
If they get any real serious punishment, the Army will look like the bad guy. Not good PR for the Perfumed Princes of the Pentagon.
They should just be told to not do it again, and drop it..........
Obviously you’ve not eaten any from Taco Bell................
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