Quote: (04-03-2014 02:16 AM)It_is_my_time Wrote:
Quote: (04-03-2014 12:56 AM)spalex Wrote:
If soldiers were allowed to carry weapons and ammunition around freely on an army base. They believe there would be more cases of soldiers going crazy and opening fire on each other rather than civilians or terrorists targeting the base.
Thats why on most army bases the guns are locked away and the ammunition is locked away on the other side of the base.
I could be wrong, but I read that soldiers were free to carry weapons on base until Bill Clinton changed this in the 1990's.
The problem is they keep cutting military spending on the guys in the field. Who go through 4, 5, 6+ deployments, get paid little for it, then come back to the V.A. hospital (socialist healthcare in the USA) which is beyond a joke of how bad it is. There is little to 0 mental health consoling for these vets who have seen the worst. Many are simply ignored, others have their requests and paper work "lost" in the system.
All the while, we have to waste billions of tax payer dollars on planes or boats we will never use and eventually give away to some other country.
I would say the people in the USA need to wake up before this thing collapses under the weight of our massive federal debt and the amount of fraud and corruption. But probably 45% of the country is already wide awake to it (a large % of this 45% are men). The other 55% simply could not give a damn, and will not give a damn until they can no longer watch "Real Housewives of ____" or "The Bachelor" because the electricity grids collapse.
I don't know what the exact reason is. But there are a lot of concerns.
All the bases I have been on (including a couple in the US), your weapon had to be in an armoury at all times. I was just under the impression it was always like that.
The US military is very unique when it comes to how they take care of the soldiers.
I couldn't believe it when I found out how badly they get paid.
Also, in many other countries, the military go to lengths to help you integrate into a civilian lifestyle once you discharge. They would usually give you an opportunity to take up a trade, or get some civilian qualifications before you discharge.
It seems the US military just say "yep, thanks for your service, sorry about you getting permanently disabled... But we paid you $40k a year... So you should be fine."
In the Australian army, you wouldn't even get paid for your deployment until you had gone through weeks of post-deployment psychological sessions and testing.
I don't know what they do in the US but I am fairly sure it isn't as thorough, or helpful. If they do anything at all!
If there is guys coming back from deployment with PTSD. Of course you cant let them walk around a base with loaded weapons!
Fuck, I remember a few cases from years back after the liberation of Iraq when a US marine shot another marine in the chest after having a freak out just days before they were about to head home.