Looks like the military brass is feeling the "defenseless military recruiters" heat - Granite Grok

Looks like the military brass is feeling the “defenseless military recruiters” heat

A pack, not a herd – De Tocqueville example where regular citizens see a need, and go fill it.  No Government necessary to provide “guidance” – in this case, Government has been running away from it.  Given the anger that many have towards their Government (re: Obama Administration) is more for itself, a fundamental transformation, and now Obama’s legacy, and seeing that this Administration is all too willing to throw those that have given much to protect the rest of us, ordinary citizens are doing the job that Government won’t do.  So they have, all over the country, gone and stand guard at recruiters’ offices.

And gaining a LOT of PR and media attention.  Methinks the brass is mostly caught in the middle, but some of this is of their own political natures at the top, so now they’ve decided that they’re tired of being embarrassed.  And sent out an order to the recruiters to call the cops on these armed citizens – putting them at risk of getting SWATTED?  Emphasis mine:

Subject: USAREC Policy – Armed citizens at recruiting centers ATO’s,

Situation: The USAREC COC has received reports from two Brigade ATOs, social media and TV coverage that law abiding armed citizens are standing outside of our recruiting centers in an attempt to safeguard our recruiters.

Execution:

1) Recruiters will not acknowledge the presence or interact with these civilians. If questioned by these alleged concerned citizens; be polite, professional, and terminate the conversation immediately and report the incident to local law enforcement and complete USAREC Form 958 IAW USAREC 190-4 (SIR)

2) Do not automatically assume these concerned citizens are there to help.
Immediately report IAW USAREC 190-4 (Suspicious Behavior)

3) Immediately report any civilians loitering near the Station/Center to local police if the recruiter feels threatened. Ensure your recruiters’ clearly articulate to local police the civilian may be armed and in possession of a conceal/carry permit. Ensure recruiters include any information provided by local police in their SIR reporting the incident.

4) Ensure all station commanders implement FPCON Charlie 6 (Lock and secure entry points) addressed in previous email.

5) I’m sure the citizens mean well, but we cannot assume this in every case and we do not want to advocate this behavior.

*** The timely and accurate submission of 958s (SIR) is imperative to track these incidents and elicit support from TRADOC, ARNORTH and NORTHCOM

Being military minded, I dunno if these head honchos have heard of SWATTING – man, it could be that the embarrassment for them is just going to mount up ESPECIALLY if some civilian dies in the defense of their armed service members.  I get that some bad actors might take advantage of the situation and some caution is needed.  Just solve the dang problem and issue orders to allow these folks to protect themselves and make the “civilian problem” irrelevant and gone.

(H/T: This Ain’t Hell)

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