Re: Hey, J. Sloud

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Leuck wrote:
> "JoeRaisin" <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>Monday I'll be at a T/S government facility working on a very large
>>>project having to do with homeland security and keeping your ass safe
>>>from being blown up.
>>>
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>>When I was in the Marines I spent 3 yrs on active duty support for the
>>reserves out of Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee MA.
>>Our Armory had an ADT system in it and I know it worked well because
>>every few months someone would lean against a bench wearing the panic
>>button (a box slightly larger than a cigarette pack with a big white
>>button sticking out from the front) and within a few minutes the
>>building would be surrounded by state troopers with shotguns out and a
>>pucker factor of 10. (we were an anti-tank unit - lots of TOW missile
>>launchers, 50 cal and Mark-19 machine guns and a slew of M-16's.)
>>Since the alram was silent we generally didn't know it until someone
>>tried to leave....
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> If you are in an armory with TOW missiles, 50 cal and M-19 machine guns
> having a few state troopers with 12-guages doesn't sound very frightening...
>
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Which is why they had a pucker factor of 10...

They did know we never held any live missiles (they were always sent
right to the ranges - I wonder why...)

But when we were gearing up for training we did house the ammunition for
the other stuff.

Can you imagine standing behind a patrol car wondering if this is all
another fuck up or if someone is really doing something in there - and
if there is they are gonna rip this car apart like tissue paper...

The beaten zone of an M-19 has got to be pure hell - at least with ma
deuce you can get REEAALLLL LOW and hope...

Point is... we hated that stupid panic button...  Even back then I saw
garage door openers smaller than that thing.

But the dispatch was always right on time..