LOCKDOWN: Dugway Army Base 01/26/2011

[ChunkyMonkey]

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/nat...osition=recent

The military said in a statement Thursday the amount missing was less than one fourth of a teaspoon of VX nerve agent, which affects the body’s ability to carry messages through the nerves.

The missing vial prompted a lockdown late Wednesday afternoon that lasted until the agent was found early Thursday.

[theGinsue]

Had some action on Schriever AFB on Wednesday - just part of which was a Security Forces officer accidentally shot himself in the foot with his M9.

I'll edit this post with details after I get some sleep.

ETA:

After getting some sleep) okay, lots of sleep...
So, this Security Forces Airman accidentally shoots himself in the foot with his M9. The official story is that he tripped and the firearm (which by USAF policy has a loaded chamber and the safety is off), discharged a round into his foot. I've tried to semi-re-enact this with my gear and could not get my foot to sit in directly line with the muzzle of the gun while still in the holster. Hmmm.

Now, on to the next event. As I was coming into the base Thursday to I heard on the radio how on Wednesday there had been a threat made via "electronic medium" to 2 families living in base housing @ Schriever. These families have kids in the Ellicot schools, so the schools got locked down. All SF members are recalled and every inch of the base is searched with SF members and dogs, etc. into the wee hours of the morning. By the next morning they find that the whole deal with the threats was actually a hoax perpetrated by a female Airman ~ somrthing about an extramarital affair or something. This whole hoax cost lots of money and inconveinenced hundreds (lets also consider that every contractor on base remained "on the clock" for the 2 hours they weren't allowed off of the base). Last I heard, this female airman was taking a vacation in the El Paso County Detention Facility. Once they're done with her she'll get to face the military judicial system.

Never a dull moment.

[jerrymrc]

Dugway is a nice place to visit.