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PENTAGON: Recruiting Centers to Remain Unarmed, Unguarded; Recruiters Told to Not Wear Uniforms
The Gateway Pundit ^ | 7-17-2015 | Kristinn Taylor

Posted on 07/17/2015 7:19:52 PM PDT by servo1969

Army chief of staff Gen. Ray Odierno said on Friday he has no plans to arm recruiters or add security patrols to military recruitment centers in the wake of the Islamist terror attacks on unarmed, unguarded military offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Thursday. Odierno basically said he doesn’t trust his troops to handle their weapons properly.

Also on Friday, the Marine Corps ordered recruiters to not wear their uniforms at work for ‘force protection.’

Thomas J. Sullivan
Gunnery Sgt. Thomas J. Sullivan, one four Marines killed in Islamist terror attack in Chattanooga, Thursday, July 16, 2015. Photo: Screen grab.

Odierno made his comments at a breakfast with reporters, according to the AP.

“”Security at military recruiting and reserve centers will be reviewed in the aftermath of the deadly shooting in Tennessee, but it’s too early to say whether the facilities should have security guards or other increased protection, the Army’s top officer said Friday.

“A day after a gunman shot and killed four Marines and wounded three other people in Chattanooga, Gen. Ray Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, told reporters that arming troops in those offices could cause more problems than it might solve.

“”I think we have to be careful about over-arming ourselves, and I’m not talking about where you end up attacking each other,” Odierno said during a morning breakfast. Instead, he said, it’s more about “accidental discharges and everything else that goes along with having weapons that are loaded that causes injuries.””

…”In the wake of previous shootings at military facilities, the services have reviewed and strengthened security precautions at the centers. But most of those involve safety precautions and the need to be aware and watchful of surroundings.

“Odierno said that there are currently no plans to have security personnel posted at recruiting centers, but added that there will be a review. He said a notice went out Thursday to all Army locations reminding them of protection measures.”

On Friday evening ABC News Pentagon reporter Luis Martinez reported on Twitter the Marine Corps ordered recruiters to not wear their uniforms at work.

Marine Corps Recruiting Command has instructed Marine recruiters to not wear uniforms at work, part of force protection since Chattanooga

— luis martinez (@LMartinezABC) July 18, 2015



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chattanooga; dod; marines; military; pentagon; terrorism; uniform; usmc
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To: servo1969

They could always lock the doors and hide under their desks. /spit


21 posted on 07/17/2015 7:31:42 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
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To: servo1969

Not in OK! The Okla. Governor told them to arm themselves at all military facilities.


22 posted on 07/17/2015 7:32:06 PM PDT by CAluvdubya (<------- has now left CA for NV, where God and guns have not been outlawed! Cruise with Cruz!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I looked him up on wikipedia. Impressive education and career. I can only imagine his talking points come from Valerie.


23 posted on 07/17/2015 7:32:10 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: servo1969

Oh, yeah, this is going to help, because clearly the islamists wouldn’t kill civilians in a military installation.


24 posted on 07/17/2015 7:32:26 PM PDT by Chaguito
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To: servo1969

We need a total General Officer purge.


25 posted on 07/17/2015 7:32:59 PM PDT by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: servo1969

Unfreakinbelievable!


26 posted on 07/17/2015 7:33:04 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: servo1969

I cannot look at his face. He is our best and brightest. And dying in the vanity of the chief of staff doubling down in stupid Obama worship


27 posted on 07/17/2015 7:33:11 PM PDT by stanne
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To: servo1969

This crap is getting rediculous.


28 posted on 07/17/2015 7:33:30 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: servo1969

Somedays I think half of Americans are mind controlled pod people


29 posted on 07/17/2015 7:34:18 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: servo1969
I'm having a hard time believing that this is true!
30 posted on 07/17/2015 7:34:41 PM PDT by The Cajun (Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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To: servo1969

I would neither man such a location or place myself at risk by going to such a location for any reason.

It’s time to reject Mass Murder Zones.


31 posted on 07/17/2015 7:34:48 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless)
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To: servo1969

Odierno. What kind of name is that? Don’t we have any regular Americans left in our armed forces?

Foxtrot uniform, Odierno. You are not fit to wear the uniform.


32 posted on 07/17/2015 7:35:32 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: stanne

marines = Marines, that is


33 posted on 07/17/2015 7:35:37 PM PDT by stanne
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To: servo1969

We are on our own. Not only are they not defending us, they are importing the enemy into our neighborhoods and preventing our troops from even defending themselves. DC must go.


34 posted on 07/17/2015 7:36:02 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The use of the name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: CAluvdubya

The Okla. Governor told them to arm themselves at all military facilities.
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OK and AR Governors want military armed.

[AR] Gov. Hutchinson Orders Adjutant General To Arm Full-Time Military Personnel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3313371/posts

Oklahoma Oath Keepers Summit Announcement
http://oathkeepers.org/oktester/oklahoma-oath-keepers-summit-announcement/

In Wake of Attacks, Gov. Fallin Authorizes Adjutant General to Arm Full-Time Military Personnel
http://services.ok.gov/triton/modules/newsroom/newsroom_article.php?id=223&article_id=16200

Oklahoma Governor Authorizes Arming Certain Military Personnel on Military Installations

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/17/oklahoma-governor-authorizes-arming-certain-military-personnel-on-military-installations/


35 posted on 07/17/2015 7:36:59 PM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: Lake Living

un f ing real


36 posted on 07/17/2015 7:38:36 PM PDT by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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To: servo1969
Gen. Ray Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, told reporters that arming troops in those offices could cause more problems than it might solve. ...he said, it’s more about “accidental discharges and everything else that goes along with having weapons that are loaded that causes injuries.”

By this BASTARD'S logic, he trusts some armed rent-a-cop more than the military to carry loaded weapons.

Traitor.

Stinking Traitor.

37 posted on 07/17/2015 7:38:45 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: TADSLOS

“We need a total General Officer purge.”

Clinton already did that.

No MacArthur, no Patton, no Nimitz could survive in today’s fagged-up military.


38 posted on 07/17/2015 7:39:38 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

“The man should be fired.”

And his boss...all of those POS’s in the chain of command above him!


39 posted on 07/17/2015 7:41:50 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: servo1969

Not wear your uniforms??

This is BullSHIT. They told us the same thing on arrival CONUS from Vietnam. What a fu*king disgrace this Muslim homo led Administration is.

A low-life down-low Mf’er Obama is.


40 posted on 07/17/2015 7:42:31 PM PDT by wetgundog ("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
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