1. Trespass. 2. Duck Marine Fire. 3. ? 4. Profit!
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Oddly Not Satire
Well, this is an all new level of stupid:
Hundreds of Marines were conducting a combat training mission in the Mojave Desert when an air patrol spotted something kicking up dust: A civilian pickup truck speeding across the barren landscape.
Behind the wheel was a suspected scrap metal thief who had been combing the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center for spent brass shell casings. His intrusion onto the base was the 12th time in six months that scavengers had inadvertently halted combat exercises.
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After he was spotted by troops last December, the pickup truck driver barreled directly at a Marine, who fired five shots at the vehicle. The driver swerved, flipped over and spilled hundreds of dollars in collected metal. He was taken by helicopter to a hospital and later charged with attempted murder.
Seems it’d be far simpler to just get a damned job.
Tags: use your head
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May 14th, 2008
I think these men are some of the most patriotic of persons, volunteering themselves to be active live targets for our fighting men and women to practice against.
May 14th, 2008
Why do we have to stop the exercises? They would be in the same situation as someone wearing gang colors wandering at random through South Central LA – responsible for their own safety.
I’m not saying that the Marines should deliberately target them, but dodging any stray fire or ricochets is the responsibility of the (uninvited and deliberately discouraged) intruders.
They don’t post “No Trespassing” signs for no reason, y’know.
“Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be prosecuted.”
May 14th, 2008
Prefer “Trespassers will be shot; survivors will be shot again”
May 15th, 2008
The Army Infantry taught us better marksmanship, and to empty the magazine if necessary.
May 16th, 2008
I think it is range time for a certain member of the Marines.
My firearms instructor would have been all up in my grill with such a poor performance.