[TheVrist]

the french will send their FFLs in

[Blewvane]

Originally Posted by niknik ↗

My girlfriend works for the Airforce in intelligence gathering using drones. They had a briefing last night telling them they have information showing 6 military bases in the US are possible targets. And told all military personnel to not wear military uniforms outside the gates of the base. They said they want to behead US personnel here in America. The threat must be credible, or they wouldn't be taking these precautionary measures.

Is there any other information apart from this? Which bases?

[niknik]

Originally Posted by K9Grip ↗

Yeah, I know nothing about the military.


They do wear uniforms off post/base and there is absolutely no way to make sure everyone off post/base is not in their uniform. They can ask all they want, but there's no way to control that.
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I can see you know a lot . How can they make sure service members are are not wearing uniforms off base? Hmmm. How about when they arrive and leave base the go through security Are you suggesting they take the uniform off at the base and go home and put it back on to go out?
And yes my girlfriend works for the Airforce. And yes my girlfriend is in the Air Force.
You know so much you assumed drones are flown and the images they collect are analyzed over seas. When a drone can be flying over Syria with the pilot sitting at the controls in Texas or Kansas.

[niknik]

Originally Posted by Blewvane ↗

Is there any other information apart from this post? Which bases?

Only base i know is McConnell. They didn't give her much information. She just analyzes video from drones, she doesn't have any special clearance. But what they did say is isis knows their shit. They know what military units are bombing them. And those are the target bases. The only specific example they gave was they were worried about sympathisers going to these cities near those bases. Identify easy targets wearing military uniforms and follow them home. And chop their head off.

[Blewvane]

I did a quick search and found articles from the US, Australia, and GB on soldiers advised not to wear their uniforms off base. Personally i think that soldiers should wear them and be allowed to carry their weapons as well. I have no fear of our soldiers, armed or not. They are citizens like you and me, and they are doing a dangerous job. They deserve our respect and support.

[Blewvane]

Here's one news story i found.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/2511...ked-in-sydney/

[30564U]

Ah...hating to pee in the punch. But doesn't the US military require stickers with rank or status to be placed in the left side of the car's front windshield? So much for OPSEC.

[TheVrist]

Originally Posted by 30564U ↗

Ah...hating to pee in the punch. But doesn't the US military require stickers with rank or status to be placed in the left side of the car's front windshield? So much for OPSEC.

Pretty much anyone that works on base gets those. Civil service workers can get misidentified to anyone that don't know.

[30564U]

So wouldn't it be kind of a waste of effort to forbid the wearing of your country's uniform? Seeing as how anyone allowed on base would have a DOD sticker on their private vehicle...that they park at their home, etc. What kind of percentage of a terrorist attack are we talking about? A fraction of a fraction of less than one percent? You'd run a higher percentage of having a shark attack at the enlisted personnel club's pool. I knew there was a rumor of possible attack/incident, but this whole thing sounds dumb...not that the US military can't do incredibly dumb things...I'm just not sure this is one of them.

[TheVrist]

I am pretty sure any homeland attacks will be less focused on -who- they attack, and more on -how many- can be harmed.