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I cannot say much to reveal my current post, nor can I describe the geography of the base I serve. I can deliver a general warning. The USAF Security Forces are being taxed with an enormous amount of contingency operations. We have stretched our resources to the limit. Common items, such as kevlar and munitions are being rationed. I write to you in the sincerest manor. We are not buying enough emergency/battle gear for our deployments. Coming from the great sand-box I assure you that I know first hand information. I wont mention sites or other tell-tale circumstances, but ...

The Sherriff was awoken at a rude hour 0200. The ATF had a warrent to serve. Someone had an auto in the heartland of a certain state. ATF had command and control and depended on the Sherriffs dept. for direction to the site only. The warrent was simple. There was a single automatic rifle on the premisis. We gave directions and stood at the end of the driveway of the house. By the time ATF got resources and arrangements it was 0800. They moved on the location. There were two 70+ year old residents. They held them in a position ...

Someone please give me a hyper -link or explicit address of STATFOR on the web. PLEASE!!

Here's a holiday deal for gun lovers. CZ-70 pistols for under 70.$ . They are 32 ACP and accurate by my own testing. I fired 150 rounds with no jams. Comes with additional clip and all leather holster. Have Santa put one of these in your stocking!! Available with Curios and Relics license and of course FFL. On the more unusual side, there are 7.62/25 Russian Nagant revolvers for 49.$. They can be made more useful with a 32 ACP cylinder on sale for the same price. Pistols come with holster, lanyard strap, disassembly tool, and cleaning rod. These deals ...

Before entering the military, I worked in a civilian law enforcement agency. I enlisted in April 98, at age 25, in the USAF. Through life experience I was able to view the training and conditions of my small part of the military. During the enlistment process we did the traditional underwear olympics; bending coughing, giving blood etc. You were given four typed slips of paper about the traditional fortune cookie size. These were the vessels of all your pertinent information. If you lost one, you simply could not process. I left the process feeling poked, prodded, and a little ...